“ Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ~ Mark Twain When was the last time you looked up an old friend? How do the people you know change over time? What stays the same? It's all too easy to lose track of people over time, but [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Toni Bergins, creator of JourneyDance! Dear Dancers, Feel the feelings. Find the gifts. Find the blessings….hmmmm. You may have heard this phrase and found it painful. Many of us have been tested and faced losses great and small. We have been challenged to become flexible, resilient, and certainly [...]
“ You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ Mae West What are some things you only do once in your life? Why are reminders that life is fleeting so important? How do you know when you've reached another stage in your journey? There are a number [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Jon Schreiber, Director of The Breema Center! Dear Dancers, We live on the planet of rhythm, in a rhythmic universe. From the Megalocosmos, to Nature, to our body, all the way to the physiologic systems that sustain our life, even down to the movement of our atoms and their electrons and [...]
“ The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ~ Alan Watts. What a difference a year makes, right? How do you keep in touch with life as it was just over a year ago? Why are touchstones to normalcy so important? A couple [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Lucia Horan, 5Rhythms leading light and First Family member! Dear Dancers, My name is Lucia Horan. I am a movement artist. My medium is emptiness. I work with dancers and movers to teach insight meditation and Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® dance. Dancing with adversity, challenge, and change has pushed many of us to our edge. [...]
“ Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.” ~ Robert Service. If you read last week's note, you know that my Dear Old Dad headed off to The Last Roundup four days shy of his 94th birthday so I'm up in Oregon with my [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Jennifer Joy Jimenez creator of TranscenDance! Dear Dancers One of my favorite quotes is from Gabriel Roth's book "Maps to Ecstasy": "So the body is where the dancing path to wholeness must begin. So many of us are not in our bodies, really at home and vibrantly present there. Nor are [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Maneesha McClure, creator of Dance Alchemy! Hi, Lovers of Dancing! I am new here and am happy to be part of the Dance First community! As the proud creator of Dance Alchemy, I've seen firsthand how dance and movement can impact a person's overall well-being. Dance Alchemy focuses on how dancing can transform - [...]
“Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. How do you define freedom? [...]
