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Movement Menu eZine - February 2011
One-by-one we get to know each other on and off the dance floor, and when we put our shoes back on and step into the default world we take the lessons learned in motion and try to put them in practice. The dances we participate are powerful metaphors for life, and within them we encounter questions of self, others, and community. When is it safe to open ourselves to others? Where do we draw the line and establish boundaries? How do we respect ourselves by giving good 'no' in a kind and loving way? These are the kind of questions that come up in the dance of life that are well reflected by personal inquiry and introspection. We are fortunate to be in the company of others who ponder the gift of life in many similar ways, and can offer insight into the territory we all encounter as individuals. As artists of consciousness and movement we have the opportunity to be in service to one another and the highest ideals of the whole. With appreciation for the present moment we can move beyond the limitations of the ego and expand into an awareness of the depth and beauty of the great mystery of life. As we travel along our paths let's ask ourselves – what can we do to serve? ~M.M. - All the best, from the Conscious Dancer team! Staff Favorite: Etymotic Ear Plugs
Staff member Liz Mac protects her ears while dancing right near the big subwoofer, and with live drums at African dance class. Protect your ears, and still hear the music. Great for taking with you to all your conscious dance events, festivals, and music blasting gatherings. Comes connected to handy strings to keep these ear protecting treasures from straying too far from your head. Don't forget your dance break today! Blog: 5RHYTHMS® Movement Psychotherapy: How it Works
While many people are familiar with the profound gifts of Gabrielle Roth’s 5RHYTHMS® movement practice and many more are familiar with the process of counseling and psychotherapy, it is not commonly understood how the two weave together fluidly... Read More Posted by Jim Kragtwyk M. Ed, RCC, ICADC on January 12, 2011 Sweet Prize Giveaway Winner
Congratulations to Beth Goren for winning the Coracoa Confections giveaway. She will enjoy a box of 22 raw cacao superfood chocolates. What a treat! Conscious Dancer Sponsored Events MoveMix Conference: The Roots and Shoots of Conscious Dance
Where: Rhinebeck, NY. Omega Institute Integration is the theme of the first-ever Conscious Dancer magazine movement symposium. Why is movement so vitally important? How can we integrate what we learn in the dance into our lives and the community? What are the deeper lessons of the body? Explore these questions for five diverse days of music and dance, panel discussions and movement workshops, integration and celebration. Explore the 5Rhythms™ with Gabrielle Roth and Jonathan Horan, entrain your brain with Elaine Fong and the body rhythm meditation of TaKeTiNa™, let Parashakti guide you inward in the blindfolded Dance of Liberation™, and learn to embody universal somatic principles with Danielle Fraenkel’s LivingDance™. Mid-week ecstatic. Grand Opening: Dance Journey (formerly Dance Jam)
Where: Berkeley, CA. Studio 12, 2525 8th St. Dance Jam in Berkeley is under new management. The venue is now DANCE JOURNEY. Ken Martini, long time organizer and DJ is the new owner. Under Ken’s leadership the Jam will be consolidated into one space at Studio 12 in its current location. A new schedule featuring 2 Deejay’s will have an uptempo and downtempo jam. There will be a live band once a month. Grand opening will be on February 11th. Admission will be only $6 that evening. Our normal admission will be $12 for 4 hours of dance, which is the best dance value in the Bay Area. Our new schedule (Fridays):
Live band first Friday of each month. Contact Ken for any comments or information at: info@dancejourney.org Shimshai and Seraphim Sound System
Where: Ashkenaz, Berkeley - Yaquelin and Jamie Opening Shimshai & Seraphim Sound System have a huge underground following spanning the globe. Shimshai blend of Reggae, Jazz, Kirtan, South American music and folk, infused with a world beat influence is presented with high energy bass and drums and various other instrumentation. Fans in Israel, Columbia, BC, Australia, Europe and especially the Western US flock to Shimshai’s performances for a high energy spiritual music experience. More info here. Envision Music Art and Movement Festival
Where: Dominical, Costa Rica You are invited to come and play in Paradise at the first annual Envision Festival, held at Bamboo YogaPlay and bordering river properties in Dominical, Costa Rica. Envision Festival will offer a combination of musical performances, environmental seminars, circus arts, yoga, dance and artistic workshops, with an array of local mercantile booths. This multi-facet approach looks to exceed the typical realm of festival production by immersing our patrons deep into a new world of possibilities and culture. Envision Festival boasts a fusion of world-class local and international talent. Musically we will offer artists from a wide variety of musical genres -- from Latin to Folk to Reggae to Electronica and more. Attendees will further be treated to a myriad of visual arts, performing arts, movement arts, and healing arts all happening where the rainforested mountains meet the Sea. SPRING RISING ECSTATIC TRANCE DANCE
Where: Richmond, CA. Bhakti Mandir, 6225 Doremus Ave. Explore the Inner Mystery & Ecstasy that is your Essence as we revive the untamed longings of the Eternal Dance... the Spontaneously Arising Ecstatic Agony of Endless Bliss born at the dawn of consciousness. Celebrate the day Isis opens the unknown seas to navigation and ushers in the Resurrection of the Light as we fast approach the Spring Equinox. Catch the rising wave of discovery, insight, intuition, and sudden shifts in experience as the Moon conjoins with Uranus in Aries at 8:30pm, birthing a grand new cycle of brilliance and communal creativity! It's the perfect moment to join us for Trance Dancing and Shamanic Journeying to World Beat Kundalini Chant, Crystal Bowls, Nyasa Anointing, Sound Healing, DJ Grooves, Meditation, & the joys of connection in a radiant commUNITY of kindred spirits. "Be prepared to travel the full spectrum of human longing, from the ecstatic to the deranged. You will be profoundly changed and humanized in the process." AXIS MUNDI Sonic Shamanic TranceFusion ~ 9pm to 10:30
DJ Feral ~ 11pm to Midnight (Church of WOW, Hookahdome, Sea of Dreams) Crystal Bowls with Kitty Wells - Opening Activation & Sound Healing with Meditation
For Music & more: www.soundclick.com/axismundi Information Contact: axismundi@jps.net BHAKTI MANDIR - Plenty of Street Parking! (please do not park in the driveway) JourneyDance™ Teacher Training Module 1
Where: Boston, MA. Samadhi Yoga Toni Bergins' JourneyDance™ is a holistic movement practice opening dancers to transformation, self-love, living our highest potential, and finding fullest expression. Learn to guide others on this spiritual journey using Toni's distinct flow of evocative music, movement suggestions, guided imagery, and ritual. Create sacred space for dancers to feel, process, and worship. Facilitate groups in expanding and elevating their energetic vibrations. Lead shamanic-style rituals to purify, clear negative thought-patterns, liberate old cellular memories, and cleanse the body and mind with sweat and breath. Enjoy new realms of abundance, joy, exuberance, and compassion. Hold space for your own authentic dancing spiritual practice, and inspire others to delve and explore with you. Come spend a week with Toni's exhilarating and sensuous journey to get funky and divine. Heartbeat: 5Rhythms Workshop with Kathy Altman
Where: Sacramento, CA. Coloma Center Watch young children, and you will see open hearts in action as every delight or disaster dances freely through their bodies. By the time we reach adulthood, we have often lost the ability to express our feelings honestly and heartfully, to allow emotions to move through our bodies without festering or getting stuck. We then wonder why we’re longing for deeper intimacy, why our vitality is constrained and our passions go unlived. Heartbeat is for anyone who wants to transform the weight of old feelings into fuel for creativity and ultimately compassion. In this work we invite the energy of our feelings to come out and dance. We use the 5Rhythms to access, release, and even enjoy the ocean of our own emotional waves. A minimum of 12 hours of instructed 5Rhythm practice is recommended before registering for this course. Coming from out of town? We have beautiful sleeping bag space for you! For enrollment contact: bella@bodyjoy.net (916) 267-5478 Ageless Vitality: Perpetual Renewal in Action with Elisa Lodge/Wowza
Where: Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA Perched on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific, the thermal tubs, the lush organic gardens and healthy delicious food, come spend a rejuvenating week into transformational empowerment of body, mind and soul. Living in a world undergoing radical change a more fluid, adaptable body language is required to move us wisely and feelingly into a new and different future. Embodying the 'physiology of youthful aliveness' with breath, sound and movement will enliven the fire in your eyes, the flowing motion of your spine, the resonant warmth in your voice, and renew the emotional authenticity of your loving heart beyond all reason. As a facilitator of expressive arts therapy, movement education, sound healing, innovative bodywork, and spiritual counseling for four decades. She is the author of The Humming Book and Wowzacise - Growing Young on the Ball. E-mail: wowza007@gmail.com The Sound of Yum with Alyssa DeCaro and Phillip Novotny
Where: Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA Combining Body of Sound and Yum movement sessions, this workshop offers the best of both worlds. In Body of Sound, discover your body as an instrument. Delve into its innate rhythms, exploring structure and improvisation to create a musical tapestry that draws from body percussion, Contact Improvisation, vocal and rhythmic exercises, circle song, and Balinese Kecak. Yum sessions, inspired by the teachings of Vinn Martí, Gabrielle Roth, and Contact Improvisation, use live improvised music as a bridge to spontaneous connection with others. Dance and connect through breath, movement, and music. KiVo Practitioner Initiation
Where: San Rafael, CA Blending sound-healing and chant with tribal dance, KiVo exercises body, mind, spirit, and voice. Work out your inner self by accessing the subtle vibrations of your voice, and your outer self by dancing. In the process, clear your physical and energetic bodies in order to more fully receive and radiate Spiritual Light. Rooted in the Shamanic tradition, KiVo engenders the awareness of all living beings as our relations. This practitioner initiation offers tools such as healing chants, drum rhythms, and choreography, as well as routines for presenting at classes and gatherings. Participants will be eligible to become licensed KiVo practitioners. Bhakti Fest Spring OMmersion
Where: Joshua Tree Retreat Center, Joshua Tree, CA Immerse yourself in yoga, chanting, ritual, and meditation at the first annual Spring Bhakti Fest OMmersion. Join Kirtan stars Jai Uttal, Dave Stringer, Sean Johnson, and the Wild Lotus Band as well as yoga teachers Shiva Rea, Saul David Raye, Micheline Berry, and Sara Ivanhoe. Explore and develop your devotional practice at three-day workshops with themes like Awakening Bhakti (Jai Uttal), A Beginner's Guide to Kirtan and Indian Music (Daniel Paul), The Fierce Goddess: The Divine Model for Our Times (Laura Amazzone), and The Bhakti Mandala (David Newman). Let Your Yoga Dance®! Teacher Training
Where: Kripalu, Stockbridge, MA Let Your Yoga Dance® Teacher Training offers lovers of dance, movement, and yoga a power-packed, comprehensive 100-hour course in the art and science of merging yoga and dance through the chakras. You do not have to be a teacher already in order to take this program, but you can be. The training takes you on an unforgettable journey while teaching you to become the most authentic, grounded teacher you can be. Based in the time-honored traditions of yoga and dance, this compassionate, creative, fun-filled training provides you with an exceptional springboard for teaching and guiding others. Final Note Our goal is to serve the needs of movement communities where ever they are found, and provide a meaningful vehicle for ideas and information with Conscious Dancer magazine. We welcome your input and submissions, and invite you into the conversation with us at any time. Are there copies of Conscious Dancer at your local dance or retreat center? Let us know if you would like to help distribute or know a good spot for us to be. Thanks for dancing! |
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