In December 2008, I heard about a local dance with “no alcohol, no drugs and bare feet”. Intrigued, I called the organiser. Would it be OK if my only recent dance experience was as an embarrassing uncle at a wedding? She replied “That’s perfect, you’ll love it!
TAGS: erik iversen, Mark Austin, movement medicineby Bella Dreizler, California – originally shared on Body Joy What’s alive in current culture always shows up on the dance floor. The issue of consent, especially of consent to …
TAGS: boundries, challenges, consent, dance, no, yesApril 2016 Musings + Art + Happenings from our Tribal Individuals The 5Rhythms practice | A lens for life COMPLETING A CYCLE by Bella Dreizler Sacramento, California …
TAGS: 5Rhythms Teachers Association, 5Rhythms Teachers Association, dance parade, dancing dharma, Flowing, Flowing, jonathan horan, Lucia Horan, Lyrical, Lyrical, Neil Pinnock, Staccato, Staccato, Stillness, StillnessHow do you create a container safe enough to literally dance like no one is watching, unfold, unravel, let the truth become visible on the outside? For sure, the quality of the space and facilitator is important. But in a Thursday night circle a couple weeks ago, I wanted to flesh out the significant contribution of every single person present. How stepping onto a dance floor is akin to entering a sacred contract, an agreement to help hold this so-called container. The quality of our individual presence is the ultimate glue that knits the space together.
TAGS: beginning middles & endings, california, completion, Cycles, moving center, Open floor, Open floor, sacramentoJune 2014 5RTA Teacher Spotlight Bella Dreizler, United States, Teaching since 2008 & Alex Mackay, United Kingdom, Teaching since 1998
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