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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…

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In The Middle Of Things: Dance!

(Sculpture: Gil Boro) “Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off.  Dance in the middle of the fighting.  Dance in your blood.  Dance when you’re perfectly free.”~Jalaluddin Rumi “How cool and beautiful to have dance spring … Continue reading

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waiting…no more

        she is waiting for the light to change for an opening to be understood or visible for the kettle to boil the paint to dry, the storm to pass, an answer someone herself ~~ and that one … Continue reading

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Dance: An Elixir of Hope

  Tomorrow, I am volunteering at a school to assist a group of adolescent students create a dance together.  The themes they’ve chosen involve embracing our differences and love. Some of the details of the project are still fuzzy.  And … Continue reading

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We Are Dancing for Those Who Can’t

Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
I don’t know when my dancing practice fundamentally changed–to include a conscious intention to dance for those who cannot.  Whether sidelined by injury, stymied by illness or stilled by persecution.  And even for those who…

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How Dancing Saved My Life

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 my husband who was in … Continue reading

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giving voice

show your self summoning stars too long swallowed into your unembraceable chasm, you now make a different choice conjure and give voice resounding and resounding to their breathtaking dreams Deep gratitude and admiration to Diahann  for the inspiring dialogue about voice that … Continue reading

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