“ The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.” ~ Alfred Adler What are you next to in life? Beyond the people who live next-door, who are your neighbors ideologically, culturally, or socially? Have you ever considered that to which you are adjacent? They say if you want to [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Brooke Johnston & Conscious Dance! Hey everyone! My name is Brooke, and I'm Mark's writer/editor! I help out behind the scenes with some of the Monday Love particulars, including this section right here. If you've been reading Monday Love for a minute, you might have noticed [...]
“ Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard Out with the old, in with the new, amirite? A lot of folks might be looking back on '21 like it wasn't the greatest year or something, but really, if you consider the 'might haves', we [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Leslie Merrill Schmidt, a student of Tamalpa! A Year of Life and Art in the Tamalpa Level 1 Online Training Program Whenever my daughter and I play hide and seek, I know I need to hide quickly because I’ll only have until the count of 3 [...]
“ Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” ~ Goran Persson Say hello to '22, may it bring good times to you, Say farewell to '21, it's been fun, but now we're done. A [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Kumu Karyne Daniels and Sacred Dance Path! Dance Drop Many of us throughout the world have dropped into our “dance body” in our living rooms. It has been an uncommon season, which in turn, has bred uncommon fruit. I won’t downplay the severity and seriousness of [...]
“Aloha aku no, Aloha mai no” ~ I give my love to you, you give your love to me Mele Kalikimaka and a Happy Solstice to you! May this turn of the sun bring you happiness, meaning, fulfillment, and joy. Keeping it brief this week and sending you love from the islands... Mahalo! [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Caroline Kleindienst & Somatic Healing Arts Maui! Caroline Kleindienst, MA, RSMT, is a registered somatic movement therapist, expressive arts therapy practitioner, and artist living in Maui, Hawaii. She has been engaged in the healing arts for 20 years and runs a private practice as a somatic [...]
“ Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” ~ Thomas Wolfe Just how far apart are we, anyway? Is there really such a vast divide between people, especially here in the USA? What if there was more focus on what we have in common rather than what makes us different? [...]
“ Much like life, you don't complete a puzzle by throwing away the pieces.” ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough "OK brain, what are we gonna write about today?" "I don't know! You've only written about 400 of these things, are you out of topics yet?" "Oh come on, there's always something new. You're the [...]
