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 [...]
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 [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Margaret H. Wagner, founder of WRITE IN THE BEAT™, a certified Open Floor and 5Rhythms® movement teacher weaving writing and art-making into her classes. Dear Dancers, What a time we live in – pandemic, politics, and protests combining with the pandemonium of fire, wind, and water. What can help us stay positive and fluid [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Dr. Jamie Marich Ph.D., founder of Dancing Mindfulness. Dear Dancers, When I was about four years old, I discovered that dancing spontaneously could help me process my emotions. This realization came from growing up in a high conflict home. To avoid the conflict, I often took refuge in my [...]
This week’s Dance First Member Insight is brought to you by Daria Halprin, co-founder of The Tamalpa Institute and lead innovator of The Life/Art Process Dear Dancers, When the pandemic’s full force finally hit me, it became clear that life as we knew it was in the process of radical challenge and change. I took the necessary steps I could to sustain [...]
This week’s Dance First Member Insight is brought to you by Banafsheh Sayyad, founder & creator of Dance of Oneness. Dear Dancers, In these dark times, amidst the raging global pandemic and the US’s tragic disintegration into a state of chaos as a result of inept and dangerous leadership, it is a breath of fresh air to contemplate the sacred. How [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight shines on Jennifer Joy Jiménez, founder & creator of TranscenDance™. ’ve known Jennifer for over a decade and have witnessed her growth and evolution as a transformative movement leader. It’s exciting to share with you the news that she is offering a rare Facilitator Training, especially in these times of transition we’re all living [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by E. Sophia Kozak, founder of Critical Mass Dance Company. Greetings dancers! This summer is calling us to connect more deeply to both the Earth and to our bodies. We dance our ever-awakening Hearts open to tune into our own Heart's inner Wisdom. Our Hearts connect us to deep Intuitive [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Kumu Karyne Daniels, founder of Sacred Dance Path. Aloha Rising! "Your heartfelt hula is the vehicle for aloha to travel out into the world! This aloha is just what the world needs right now. When you step into your dance time, know that the world benefits as well - your world, and [...]
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Adam Barley, founder of ZeroOne. Dear Dancing Community, Like everyone, I have been shaped by the past few months. I was on tour very far from home when the locks came down. At first, I went through some pretty intense fears — stuck on the other side of the [...]
