This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Bay Area-based Open Floor, Somatic Experiencing, & Reiki facilitator Stacey Butcher “A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.“ ~ Olivia Owens I think we can safely say that all of us have had to step outside of our comfort zones in a [...]
"Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality." ~ Robin Sharma What’s your self-care practice? How do you make sure your well-being is up to par? Why is feeling great so important? You’ve likely heard the old saying about how when one door closes another one opens, right? [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Madison, Wisconsin-based Qoya facilitator Sarah Sadie, founder of Studio Sadie! Hello, and Happy Autumn, here in the Northern Hemisphere! How are you holding up? Myself, I hit the "six-month wall" that was much talked about sometime in September. As my kids went "back" to school—one to a substantially [...]
"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." ~ Robertson Davies Have you ever been a ‘tourist in your own town’? What amazing things might you be missing close to home? Why are we more biased towards things at a distance while ignoring what’s right under our nose? It’s [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Movement Medicine facilitator and producer and Dance Your Prayers founder Carrie 'Zaza' Branovan! Movement Medicine? I'd never heard of it. Since 2008, I had been exploring conscious dance practices in America. On a whim, while on a business trip to Dublin, I registered for a Saturday [...]
"In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it." ~ Barack Obama How do you get your point across? What’s your go-to strategy for messaging? Why is it that sometimes the most counterintuitive method is the most effective? At some point in your life, you’ve probably tried [...]
This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Brietta Leader, founder and creator of Wildcore Movement! Cycles of Wellness The cycles of wellness I am inspired to write about today connect us with our physicality, our energy body, and the bridge of metaphor that supports us in weaving our inner and outer worlds. In addition [...]
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." ~ John Lennon Why are connections so important? What are your most valuable ones? How do you maintain them? What a difference a year makes! If you’d have told me last October that (almost) everyone would [...]
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? [...]
