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What’s Still Possible? Life Lessons from Dancing
What’s still possible? Hovering on the threshold of the dance studio, I remember to ask myself this question. I’m losing my nerve to take the challenging class in a genre which is not my strength. Pre-COVID, routinely taking difficult classes … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, poetry, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged Creativity, Dance, dance class, expansiveness, improvisation, Inspiration, Joy, movement, passion, poetry, possibility, practice, quotes, resilience, transcendence, vibrancy
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Intrepid: Life Lessons from Dancing
A living room. A town green. A Zoom screen. A sand bar. A list of random nouns? Nope. To keep dancing this past year, these have been my “venues” for teaching, rehearsing and performing. As I prepared to teach class … Continue reading
Opening Up! Let’s Practice
“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” ~Deepak Chopra Let’s break out of our comfort zone! Let’s break … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking/Food, Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged comfort zone, cooking, dancing, energizing, experimenting, fresh, movement, newness, opening up, possibility, practice, quotes, uncertainty, vitality
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Passion: Jet Pack
Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
I started to write about the amazing fuel that passion constitutes, inspired both by a movie we just watched and my recent dance experience. I realized that there at least two posts in all of…
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged Dance, expansiveness, flow state, movement, optimal experience, passion, transcendence
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The Glow of Flow, or Optimal Experience
Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
? “….[T]he best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times…The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish…
So, You Used To Be A Dancer? Life Lessons From Dancing (Reprise)
Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
? “Ask [yourself] what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.”~~Howard Thurman Folks keep coming across my path, voicing their passions along with…
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, poetry, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged aliveness, Dance, expansiveness, identity, Inspiration, passion, quotes, success, vitality
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Surprise Yourself: Life Lessons from Dancing
Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”~Andre Gide We are in heavy duty dance performance mode now. After months and months, and in some cases years,…
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, Mindful
Tagged artist, Dance, life lessons from dancing, movement, Performance, practice, quotes, refreshing, rehearsal, risktaking, self, unfamiliar, vitality
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Lighten Up and PLAY
“play”–to engage in an activity for enjoyment…have fun, relax, frolic… In my new dance solo, I am exploring the power of being playful. As I share with the audience in patter between sections, it’s taken me a long, long time … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged agility, buoyancy, Choreography, Creative Process, Dance, enjoyment, flow, imagination, lighten up, movement, playful, possibility, quotes, relax
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Personal Legend: Life Lessons from Dancing (Encore)*
“A Personal Legend is the reason you are here…You can fill your hours and days with things that are meaningless. But you know you have a reason to be here….It is the only thing that gives you enthusiasm….”~Paulo Coelho These … Continue reading
Why Be Vulnerable?
Vulnerability. Ah, yes. Our old friend. Vulnerability: the state of being exposed to possible attack or damage, physically or emotionally. Why we would choose to be so assailable? Brené Brown reminds us why. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged artistic process, being seen, Brené Brown, Change, Choreography, comfort zone, Dance, expansiveness, failure, illusion of control, innovation, Inspiration, Performance, Performing, possibility, risk taking, Viola Davis, vulnerability
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