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Monthly Archives: February 2018
How Dancing Saved My Life
Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
Sounds dramatic, right? Yet, I realized once again last week that the seeming hyperbole is actually spot on in so many ways. I had been sitting alone in my kitchen, crying. Feeling powerless to help…
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged body, Dance, empowerment, expansiveness, healing, Inspiration, Joy, movement, passion, physicality, positivity, quotes, transcendence
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Sparking Generosity
One of my adult kiddos just conceived of and single-handedly spearheaded the planning, funding and implementation for an event to enrich the imaginations and lives of 100 young students from an underserved area nearby. Students she doesn’t know and … Continue reading
Cultivating Aliveness!
“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”~Hafiz It’s been a bumpy ride around here, lately. Not earth shattering, but sufficiently unsettling and discouraging to be enervating. My plan had been to go dancing today. But after … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged aliveness, Dance, dance class, expansiveness, Hafiz, Inspiration, practice, quotes, transcendence, vitality
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Grace Is A Rainbow
Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
Grace. I think about it a lot. As a dancer, of course, but also as a human being. Grace is a funny and amazing thing. People talk about it a lot, yet often have trouble…
Posted in Dance, Inspiration, Nature, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged body, buoyancy, Dance, dancers, deer, ease, elegance, expansiveness, flow, fluidity, grace, graceless, inimitable, Inspiration, Jazzercise, leaping, marsh, nature, physicality, spirit
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Still Dancing
Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
In Dani Shapiro’s marvelous “Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life,” she shares a classic anecdote in an artist’s life. Her friend, who is a notable sculptor, is asked at a dinner…
Posted in Dance, Inspiration, poetry, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged artist, body, calling, coming home, Creative Process, Dance, Dani Shapiro, expansiveness, Inspiration, life of the artist, Mary Oliver, movement, poetry, practice, tenacity, writing
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