This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Sofiah Thom, creator of the Temple Body Arts™ School for Embodied Feminine Leadership. Dear Conscious Dancer tribe, 2020 left so many of us feeling powerless... We watched as the old systems and structures began to crumble and fall. If there is anything that navigating the pandemic and 2020 has taught us, [...]
“ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~ Anne Frank How do you know when some faraway drama may affect you personally? What's your method of dealing with the unexpected? When is it time to ask your community for help? It might seem [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Megha Nancy Buttenheim, Founding Director and CJO (Chief JOY Officer) of Let Your Yoga Dance® Dear Dancers, Happy 2021! Despite the sorrow and tragedy 2020 brought to humankind, I have also experienced much Grace and have experienced deep learning. The place of my primary employment for 35 years, Kripalu, closed on March [...]
“ Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” ~ Victor Hugo What would you like to see more of in the New Year? Why is love perhaps the most misunderstood human capacity? How can we raise our collective level of consciousness to love or above in the year to come? It [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Alana Shaw, founder and Executive Director of Turning the Wheel, a national non-profit arts and education organization dedicated to "making body-based creative expression and play accessible to individuals of all ages, experiences, genders, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds." Dear Dancers, This beautiful conscious dancer community of dancing, singing, moving, evolving beings is [...]
“ Ring out the false, ring in the true ” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson How do you take stock of the year behind? Are you a believer in New Year's resolutions? What does your crystal ball say about the year ahead? This being the last Monday of 2020 it seems like some taking [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Cathy Ryan, creator of Humans-Being, an embodied movement meditation provider and collaborative organization based in Ireland. Dear Dancers, I live on the edge of Ireland in the eye line of a lighthouse. Today is Solstice, Winter and Summer, as the Earth's North Pole tilts furthest away from the Sun and it's South Pole [...]
“ Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.” ~ Edith Wharton Happy Solstice to you! How does it feel to chalk up another spin around the sun? What is it that's so compelling about this twice-yearly event? Why does every religion, spiritual tradition, or ancient culture make [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from Kumu Karyne Daniels, founder of Sacred Dance Path. Dear Dancers, As we move into 2021, let us gather the wisdom we have gleaned from 2020 and convert it into movement that moves. Push past mountains, walls, restrictions, fears, darkness, and all that no longer serves, so we truly can DANCE from our MANA. [...]
“ When did this journey begin...? When did this fire begin in my heart...?” ~ Avijeet Das What are your forgotten passions? Why do some of the things we might have enjoyed early in life go off the radar for so long? How do we know what's worth circling back to? My older [...]
