Monday Love to our Dolphin Movement Mystery School leader and hats off to your Halloween Shadow!
Happy Halloween! May your shadow be kind to you on these days that celebrate the dark side. Have you ever had a holiday that you simply dread? For some folks it’s the Christmas season with it’s overabundance of manufactured cheer, [...]
Monday Love to Turning the Wheel and Your Happiness as an Emergent Property
Do you ever think about what it takes to be happy? Some people think that happiness is a destination outside somewhere that they're moving towards. But really, happiness and well-being are more like byproducts of your activities in the here [...]
Monday Love to Visudha do los Santos, 5Rhythm’s Shamanic Ambassador & Celebrating the new MoveMap!
Do you ever get involved in a project that seems like it's never going to end? Do you have first-hand experience with seeing ‘the light at the end of the tunnel’? Sometimes we struggle by ourselves in the dark, only [...]
Monday Love to Dance First’s Iranian Innovator & Is there really room for more modalities?
Does the world really need another movement modality? Aren’t there enough practices out there to satisfy everyone already? Why would anyone want to start something new when there are so many options? These are some of the questions I get [...]
Monday Love to “An Intimate Dance” and Bravo to the Smuin Ballet!
What was your entry point to the world of ‘conscious dance’? Did you come to it from a more refined professional background? Or were you more like me, an enthusiast in the discotheques and clubs drawn to a more conscious atmosphere? Perhaps your first encounter was one of the pioneering modalities in the field such as 5Rhythms or Soul Motion?
Monday Love to Heather Munro Pierce and the Ecstatic Semantics of Conscious Dance
What a difference a decade makes! Have you ever noticed how as we mature a decade can feel like a year and a year can feel like a month? As I was writing today’s spotlight below I realized that we are coming up on the 10 year mark for Conscious Dancer, which means that “conscious dance”, the open-source term I coined back in the early 00’s has been gaining traction for well over a decade.
Monday Love to Cavalia — The Greatest Equestrian Dance on Earth!
What was your “formative moment”? Can you recall a time when you were a child when there was a moment of inspiration that set you on a course for the rest of your life? Sometimes our future path is set in motion by early experiences, and we can count our blessings when the imprint is a positive one.
Monday Love to the Internet’s Empathy Engine and Big Ups to BhaktiFest
Why does helping people feel so good? What is it about providing an answer to a question or providing your two cents worth of advice that us up? Today is Labor Day in the USA, a holiday given to most people with regular jobs in honor of work and service. It’s a good time to reflect on what makes us feel good, and how we can have more of that in the here and now.
Monday Love to Authentic Movement Mentor Susan Bauer & Musings on Mercury’s Motion
What's your oracle? Do you have a tool that you use to set your compass? Perhaps you are internally oriented, going strictly from intuition and gut feeling. Or maybe you are the type that likes to rationally analyze every decision before making a move? Whatever your style may be, it's a good idea feel confident in the path you choose, regardless of how you made your decision.