Join Moti Zemelman and a global tribe of somatic adventurers for the 11th Annual Contact Improve retreat the Goddess Garden in Cahuita, Costa Rica - February 22 to March 1st!! “The combination of a paradise jungle/ocean location and Moti’s loving, experienced teaching made this a contact improv dancer’s dream. - Bobby Dolan, (MA, USA) [...]
“ We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m writing about ‘cohorts’ — an odd word that happens to be top-of-mind today. Definition’s range from “a group of people who share a characteristic” to simply “a [...]
Dance this summer to the Grateful Dead legacy at iconic outdoor Northern California venues in Monte Rio, Marin County, and Tahoe/Truckee! “This series is a beautiful way to honor the incredible community that grew around the music of the Grateful Dead,” ~ Grahame Lesh, (event co-producer and son of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh) [...]
“ And so castles made of sand slip into the sea, eventually.” ~ Jimi Hendrix Let’s see, where shall we begin? Mourning? Loss? Non-attachment? Let's go with the inter-connected nature of humanity and the universe. There’s a common tendency during major disastrous events to sort of shrug and tune out and be glad that [...]
Join Toni Bergins, creator of JourneyDance®, and Kripalu faculty Antoinette Simms, Lena Warchol, and Steven Hosking for MOVE TO FEEL at Kripalu, June 6 - 8, 2025. ACTIVATE YOUR CREATIVITY ENHANCE YOUR LIFE Are you eager to discover the wisdom your body wants to share with you? Are you ready to release stuck emotion, [...]
“ Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” ~ Seneca Time for a fresh start, right? Here’s to new beginnings, turning the page, and facing the world with fresh eyes. The usual New Year's business. It’s the season for such sentiments. It’s part and parcel for this time of the year [...]
“ For last year's words belong to last year's language... And next year's words await another voice.” ~ T.S. Eliot For the second week in a row, I will respect the holiday tradition of keeping a light touch on my official duties here as your humble weekly newsletter scribe. Suffice it to say [...]
“ Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke In the grand [...]
Get ready to join Grace Yu and the amazing "The Power With Grace" community for an unforgettable dance fitness challenge! Sunday February 2nd, 3:30pm in San Rafael Are You Ready for the Ultimate Dance Challenge? Dancers, this is your moment! You’ve heard of marathons. You’ve heard of triathlons. Now it’s time for a Stop [...]
“ Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard Here we go again! It’s that time of the year when the great cosmic pendulum swings as far as it can, for us folks in the Northern Hemisphere the days are the shortest, the nights are the longest, [...]
