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Savoring Our Way To Well-being
Originally posted on Mermaid and the Marsh:
savor: to taste, smell or experience something with pleasure Pause and savor, pause and savor.… The Universe has been sending this repeated reminder recently of the importance to our well-being of the simple…
Posted in Dance, Inspiration, Mindful, Nature, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged expansiveness, healing, Joy, positivity, possibility, practice, relishing, rewiring the brain, savor, savoring, sensory, Stress, trauma, vitality, well-being, wellness
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Precious Cracks: A Message Of Resilience
Originally posted on Sirena Tales:
“Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world…
Posted in Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged Connection, expansiveness, healing, heron, humanity, Inspiration, light, Love, marsh magic, positivity, possibility, quotes, resilience, water energy, wounds
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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…
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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Precious Cracks: A Message Of Resilience
“Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged Alchemy, Art, cracks, glow, healing, inimitable, inner treasures, intention, kintsugi, life lesson, light, Love, mending, practice, quotes, recovery, resilience, scars, Transformation, uniqueness, wounds
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The Practice Is The Thing: Devotion
“I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise … Continue reading
Making Art Is A Political Act–Reprise
Choreographer and master dance teacher, Dan Wagoner, used to us to remind us often of this truth, which I wrote about here. His wise words have echoed endlessly for me… perhaps no more so than these days. So, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged art heals, art is political, artist, change the world, community, Creativity, empowering, galvanizing, healing, Inspiration, life force, make a difference, meaningful, Pharrell Williams, political, positivity, possibility, quotes, vibrancy, vitality
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Dancing Gratitude: Pop-Up Dance Performance
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh I have been fortunate to discover nearby some lovely, generous souls who share my passion for spreading the joyful, healing power of dance. We came together … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged Connection, Dance, dance video, dancers, grateful, gratitude, healing, improvisation, Inspiration, Joy, movement, pop-up dance, possibility, public art
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Transform and Heal: Movement Practice On The Marsh
A dear friend’s sharing some Qigong sequences and Thich Nhat Hanh’s powerful, luminous work have inspired me to get back to a movement practice out on the marsh. I had been doing my healing dance (which I wrote about here) … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Inspiration, Kindness/Generosity, Nature, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged Connection, Dance, egret, feelings, Generosity, healing, Inspiration, Joy, marsh, mindfulness, movement, nature, positivity, practice, Qigong, quotes, Thich Nhat Hanh, Transformation, wholehearted
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How To Keep Moving
Just do it. ‘Don’t mean to sound flippant or simplistic. But the way to keep moving is, well, to keep moving. Moving whatever of our glorious bodies can move. Because the body wants to move, was made to move, and … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Inspiration, Mindful, possibility and expansiveness
Tagged body, body wisdom, Dance, ever evolving, expansiveness, growth, healing, injury, Inspiration, mobility, movement, moving, opening up, openness, practice, self-care, vibrancy, vitality
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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
Posted in Creativity, Dance, Inspiration, possibility and expansiveness, Soulful
Tagged accepting differences, body, body wisdom, Choreography, collaboration, Connection, Creative Process, Dance, elixir, empowerment, healing, hope, Joy, movement, mystery, openness, positivity, possibility, quotes, transcendence, uncertainty, understanding
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