This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Jennifer Joy Jiménez, founder of Transcendance™! Hello, Fellow Conscious Dancers! If you're like me, you may have had a "before finding conscious dance" story and an "after finding conscious dance" story. Before finding conscious dance, I was a professional modern dancer and a "body abuser." I [...]
“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.” ~ Aldous Huxley Are you getting enough movement in your day-to-day life? Have the shifts in our society caused a shift in your practice? What kind of adjustments have you made to deal with our evolving reality? Since our world turned [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Egypt-based Leslie Zehr, creator of The Alchemy of Dance. Moving through the Pandemic Interesting times. Fortunately for me, the pandemic was not a great struggle—but there are always limits. Being an introvert, I have a high tolerance for being alone. My children and grandchildren all live in [...]
“ Music is life itself ” ~ Louis Armstrong (more notes from a musical memoir...) In which a curious student befriends a family of fans. When the Bus Trip reached its end, we returned to Colorado and settled down. The idea of moving elsewhere never happened and to hear my parents tell it, [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Soul Kitchen Dance in Fort Collins, Colorado! Soul Kitchen Dance is a nonprofit, free-form, conscious dance organization promoting health and creating community through the shared love of movement and music. Belongingness and strong community connection are vital human needs that are often lacking in our lives. Soul Kitchen [...]
“ You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” ~ Jimmy Dean How do you define 'good fortune'? Is it something you can invite into your life at will? What is luck anyway? Mythology and folklore is [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Dialogical Persona founder Kelsay Myers! My name is Kelsay, and I am a professional writer, artist, and somatic movement educator living in Marin County, CA. I'm passionate about personal and social transformation through embodiment and expressive arts. I stand for self-expression in all of its forms: embodied, spiritual, [...]
“First, say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do.” ~ Epictetus Have you ever wished life came with instructions? Where are all the answers anyway? Would you like to have a "manual for living"? Well, it turns out you're in luck. Once upon a time way back in [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Earthdance Retreat in Massachusetts! Earthdance is an arts organization and retreat center hosting workshops, artist retreats, and community programming surrounding the flow of movement and sustainability. Our organization began in 1986 when a group of dancers and artists in Boston joined together to cultivate a place [...]
“I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.” ~ Oscar Wilde Have you ever put something off for a later day? Postponed something until "the time is right"? Dare we say - procrastinated? There are a million reasons why one might choose to wait until a [...]
