At Haramara Retreat, Sayulita Mexico, July 8-14 This 7-day fully-catered residential retreat takes you on an immersive journey into the Embodiment Map of the Dancing Freedom mystery school. This retreat will invite you to come home to your authentic Self. In this retreat you will dance every day, learn new skills for powerful embodied [...]
“ Our greatest human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain.” ~ Tom Robbins What color is consciousness? Does it have a texture? Is it something that you can see, touch, hold, or even describe? When it comes [...]
This rare retreat will focus on cultivating a connection to self as the starting point for connection with others. The embodied teachings of consent, listening, supportively structured movement, authentic expression, yoga asana and breathwork will be bolstered by reverence, devotion and fun as we approach this inner dance space. Each day will be filled [...]
“ Tradition is not the worship of ashes,but the preservation of fire.” ~ Gustav Mahler You've surely heard the expression "That's a lost art", right? With so many new ones popping up all the time, how can we know when one disappears? We live in an ever-changing world, where innovation and invention are [...]
Join Melissa Michaels and the Golden Bridge Rhythm Keepers for Original Medicine! This weekend will be a sweet return to the simple practice of bodies in motion with live music. It will be a time of study and delight. All of us will be invited to deepen into our dances, liberate stuck energies, meet [...]
“ Diligence is the mother of good fortune.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Have you ever heard yourself saying “Wow, I’m so lucky!”? You might say it when some amazing opportunity shows up. You may use it in terms of a really special person in your life that you get to spend time [...]
A Dance for Peace among Peoples and Peace with the Earth. This community ritual—created by Anna Halprin in 1980—is a participatory dance in the spirit of the powerful traditional rituals that brought communities together for a vital purpose, such as calling for rain or a successful harvest. Its underlying purpose is to advance Peace [...]
“ Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” ~ Terry Pratchett What [...]
Critical Mass Dance Company supports the well-being, joy and resilience of women and gender non-conforming individuals through the transformative act of dance and movement. We center the wellness of Black, Indigenous, women of color; immigrants (documented and undocumented); and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aspire to co-create brave movement spaces where all bodies can dance freely [...]
“ Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought.” ~ Albert Einstein “Only talented people are creative.” “You’re either born with talent or you’re not.” “The first idea is usually the best.” What do all those statements have in common? They are preconceived notions about [...]
