“ Learning never exhausts the mind.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci How do you learn things nowadays? What kind of learner are you? Do you find that learning new skills, talents, or techniques keeps you help your mind body and soul more limber? Everyone has a preferred way of garnering knowledge. But knowledge isn’t [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Ya'Acov Darling Khan and Phoenix Rising! Is There Really Someone to Blame? Movement Medicine Co-Founder and Contemporary Shaman Ya'Acov Darling Khan talks about the human addiction to blame and the choice to stand up, grow up and play our role in the dance of life………. It's a [...]
“ A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.” ~ Mark Twain Are you a creature of habit? How much of your life is routine? How often is it spontaneous? One way to look at life is through the lens of [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Amara Pagano & Pier Paolo DeAngelis of the Azul Conscious Movement! It is a pivotal time on our planet, and a great awakening is happening, unveiling a new way of living together that is sustainable and humane. To support this unprecedented transition into the new and [...]
“ Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.” ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau Who are your "inter-dimensional allies"? Do you connect to nature? Or does the natural world connect with you? Even folks who live in the most sterile of high-rises have some tenuous connection to nature. Just as some Walden-esque [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Sofiah Thom and the Danyasa Yoga Retreat and Eco-Lodge! Creative Director and Co-founder of Danyasa Eco-Retreat | Creator of Temple Body Arts School of Sacred Sensuality and Dance. Sofiah is a creative muse and mentor, Sacred Movement Artist, Teacher and embodiment coach, committed to guiding women [...]
“ 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 [...]
