This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by mindful partner dance innovator and Cocréa founder Wren LaFeet! Leading a Death Affirming Life I know many of us had high hopes for this year, and though it hasn’t delivered in ways we might have wanted, it certainly seems to be giving us a heaping dose of [...]
"At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails." ~ Angela Duckworth What’s more important, the direction your heading, or how fast you’re getting there? Why are persistence and determination so important? What exactly is ‘grit’ anyway? [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by UK-based 5Rhythms Dance and Ritual Theatre facilitator Lorca Simons! Dear Dancers, Since March, I've committed to offering 1:1 online work internationally. With dancers globally, these intimate windows are a healing balm, plugging into the spirit of creativity and a fundamental necessity for sanity and grounding. I have witnessed [...]
"Either you adapt to change or be changed by it." ~ Bernard Kelvin Clive How well do you adjust to shifting circumstances? Do you find it easy to change course when needed? Why is adaptability so important? If there’s one thing that has enabled we humans to proliferate all around this not-always-hospitable [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Europe-based 5Rhythms facilitator Emma Leech, aka Emma Dance! Dear Dancers, Where to begin? For most of us, the impact of COVD is a surreal reality, hitting like a Sci-Fi movie: a mysterious killer pandemic sweeping the Globe, claiming thousands of lives, and testing humanity to its core. It [...]
"Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next." ~ Jonas Salk How often do you follow your hunches? What happens when 'a little bird' tells you something? Why is intuition so important? Intuition is one of those woo-woo things that defy rational explanation. We all have it and we all [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Alexis Mulhauser, faculty member and facilitator at The Breema Center in Oakland, California Dear Dancers, I once read a quote from a book about Breema that said, "Ideas are exciting, but this moment is real." When I first took the quote in, I remember feeling something inside me open up to know [...]
"History is entirely created by the person who tells the story." ~ Lin-Manuel Miranda What’s your story? How do you tell it? Why is storytelling so important? If there’s one thing that sets humanity apart from the other creatures of the earth it’s our ability to build narratives and tell stories. Our power [...]
This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Lucia Horan, a member of the 5Rhythms family and a teacher of Dharma, Dance, and Meditation. Dear Dancers, My name is Lucia Horan. I was born and raised at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. A year ago, I returned to my homeland with my husband and daughter. It was [...]
"Your desire to do what you want to do has to be greater than the world's desire to stop you." ~ Mark Pauline How attached are you to your things? What makes something essential? Why is “three moves as good as a fire”? This being the week when a lot of creative [...]
