“ 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? [...]
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 [...]
