Make plans to time travel this holiday season to the Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party at the Cow Palace in South San Francisco the Friday after Thanksgiving and every weekend through Dec 21st! Now in its 41st season, The Great Dickens Christmas Fair continues to enchant generations with its sprawling recreation of [...]
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” ~ Eckhart Tolle What do you think about gratitude? Is it a value? A principle? Perhaps a methodology? It’s that time of year again here in the USA where we have that special holiday with thanks in [...]
Join Daria Halprin for Movement as a Metaphor in Life and Art at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur March 9 - 13! "Everything I have experienced in my life, I take into my art." —Anna Halprin What if everything you’ve experienced in your life could be danced? What if an image drawn carried [...]
“ The individual’s function is to inform and be informed. You really exist only when you’re in a field sharing and exchanging information. You create the realities you inhabit.” ~ Timothy Leary How much do you enjoy doing things with others? What about your solo activities? Why does it matter? On one end [...]
Take time to get to know Jean Trewhella and Insights Studio in Malta, New York, for both in-person and online movement experiences! In our busy world of doing - doing - doing, it’s easy to lose sight of the importance of BEING. Awareness, connection, and nourishment of your true self opens up a deeper [...]
“ I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.” ~ Anne Wilson Schaef Where is your sense of humor? Can you locate it somewhere on your body? How does it relate to your other five senses? If your body is [...]
Join Zuza Engler for Grappling with Our Luminous Doom — a Moving with Life Daylong workshop in Berkeley, Nov 15th! "All night I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling with a luminous doom. By morning I had vanished at least a dozen times into something better." ~ Mary Oliver Do you notice sometimes, especially after some deep, [...]
“ Is it not strange... to mistake change for progress? ” ~ Millard Fillmore How important is it to be adaptable? When do you find it more rewarding to stick with the tried-and-true? Where is the balance between innovation and tradition? It’s our lot in life to constantly be moving forward and adapting [...]
Join Moti Zemelman & Taina Lyons for the 12th Annual Contact Improv Retreat at the Goddess Garden in Cahuita, Costa Rica, Feb 21-28! Dancing Your Pleasure & Power: Contact Improvisation in Costa Rica In these times of uncertainty, Contact Improvisation has remained a grounding force for me—an anchor in motion. Having a regular practice [...]
“ If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself. ” ~ Albert Einstein Which is better — a simple solution to a complicated problem? Or a complex solution to a simple problem? Does the fact that a technology is new mean that it is necessarily better? [...]
