This week's Monday Love Spotlight is on Santa Barbara Dance Hive!! "Santa Barbara Dance Hive's Conscious Dance Journey was truly magical! It began with a warm welcome and a gentle yoga flow to get our bodies ready for the journey ahead. We then moved into a guided meditation which allowed us to connect deeply within [...]
“ Flying starts from the ground.The more grounded you are,the higher you fly.” ~ J.R. Rim What do you do to feel grounded? Why is it so important to connect with the earth? And how often do you make an effort to keep that connection alive? It’s no secret that in today’s world [...]
This week's Monday Love Insight is from Brietta Leader and WildCore! My story highlights the memories, travels, communities and studies that led me to my path as a healing artist and conscious dance pioneer. Some of my earliest memories were choreographing dances and bossing all my little cousins around to perform a Thanksgiving show [...]
“ The best way out is always through.” ~ Robert Frost How are your powers of observation? Is there truly power in the act of observation? Paying attention is the cornerstone of our existence, and if we are blessed with the gift of sight, we are peeking, peering, and poring over things all [...]
This week's Monday Love Insight features the Conscious Dance Festival in GREECE! Born in Berlin, the CONSCIOUS DANCE FESTIVAL® expands out from the city/weekend format to a five-day retreat in nature so that we have more space to dive deeper into exploring the uplifting world of different conscious dance approaches. And when you’re not [...]
“ It's the job that's never started that takes longest to finish..” ~ J. R. R. Tolkien Are you close to the finish line? Does it seem like the closer you get the further away it is? Will you know for sure when you’ve crossed it? Goals can resemble a receding horizon. Without [...]
This week's Monday Love Insight features the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers! The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers starring Alasdair Fraser May 19 (Berkeley) - May 20 (Palo Alto) - May 21 (Carmel) sffiddles.org Three Northern California shows led by acclaimed Scots fiddler Alasdair Fraser fill the stage with over 100 Bay Area fiddlers performing tunes, [...]
“ Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow.” ~ Mary Tyler Moore How often do you goof up? It happens, right? What’s your reaction to it? We all make mistakes. Some of us make them more often than others. But there’s a difference between being disaster-prone or error-ridden and simply stretching yourself. [...]
This week's Monday Love Insight features Dr. Jamie Marich & the 10th Annual Expressive Arts Retreat! Join Us For Our 10th Annual Expressive Arts Retreat! We are thrilled to be back in our retreat home at Villa Maria Education & Spirituality Retreat Center in Western Pennsylvania for the Dancing Mindfulness Facilitators and Friends Annual Retreat. This year, [...]
“ In the presence of eternity,the mountains are as transient as the clouds.” ~ Robert Green Ingersoll Where do you find your silver linings? Every cloud has one, or so the saying goes. It’s almost like a law of nature. Events and actions and circumstances beyond our control might present themselves as either [...]
