“ Travel makes one modest.You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” ~ Gustave Flaubert What do you reckon is the best way to increase your understanding of the world? Education is great, but nothing compares with travel, amirite? It’s one thing to simply be a tourist and see the [...]
This week's Dance First Spotlight is on Jennifer Joy Jiménez & TranscenDance! Best described as “pure joy in motion”, Jennifer Joy Jiménez is a groundbreaking leader in the fields of personal development, health & wellbeing, and conscious dance. Jennifer has been featured alongside some of the world’s greatest thought leaders including; Marianne Williamson, Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D., Maya Angelou, Byron [...]
“ Dare to be honest and fear no labor.” ~ Robert Burns Just a quick note to let you know that in observance of Labor Day the United Newsletter Self-Employed Editors Nationwide, (U.N.S.E.E.N. Local Chapter 23) has officially giver your humble scribe the day off. Please pay no mind to the fact that [...]
This week's Dance First Spotlight is on Phoenix OneSong & Dancing Freedom! The Mythic Body I recently came out of a week-long immersion with one of my teachers, Josh Shrei, who hosts “The Emerald” podcast. After studying with him for 10 months, online, 20 of us welcomed him and his family from the US [...]
“ Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Everyone has them. Not everyone likes them. You can’t escape them. You may as well make the best of them. What might I be talking about? Responsibilities, of course! But what does that actually mean? Let’s unpack that word [...]
This week's Dance First Spotlight is on Karin Conn & the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival! 65th Annual Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival To be held Sept 17 & 18 The longest running West Coast juried art festival of the country’s 130 top fine artists (Mill Valley, California) The 65th Annual Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival will take [...]
“ So many books, so little time.” ~ Frank Zappa I’ll bet you like to think of yourself as intelligent, right? Well, sure, I would imagine that everyone does. So let’s break that word down a little bit, what does intelligence really mean? To begin with, in our linear left-brain-oriented Western way of thinking, [...]
This week's Dance First Spotlight is on Adam barley & ZeroOne! Movement, Honesty, and Psychedelics What a wild ride we’re on. I’m so grateful that I learnt how to let go of everything on a thousand dance floors with Gabrielle Roth in the 1990s. I remember her saying back then, “If you’re not scared, [...]
“ Where words leave off, music begins.” ~ Heinrich Heine Are you by any chance the type of person who works with clients? And if not you, maybe you know someone who does? Or perhaps you sometimes spend one-on-one time with a counselor or a coach or a therapist or a body worker [...]
This week's Dance First Spotlight is on Tamalpa - with a special insight from Sophia Ali on completing Level 1 Training! My level 1 journey made me dive into the work that Tamalpa offers. Learning from highly experienced professionals and enthusiastic batchmates out here, helped me open my horizons. I was aware of my [...]
