Embodied into a family of passionate dancers and artisans, my journey on this earth began on Rose Monday (the highest carnival holiday in my area). They put a funny hat on my head & shoved me through the hallway, while outside colourful street-parades took part. I was born into art in motion.
TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, 5Rhythms Teacher Association, 5Rhythms Teachers Association, art therapy, Chaos, Christine reimer, Conscious Dance, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, gabrielle roth, germany, meditation, Movement Teacher Training, netherlands, Open floor, Rimke Pepers, shamanic dance, Sonja Hellman, sweat your prayers, The Moving Center, yogaLooking back, I see that I was engaged in an important struggle. My autonomy was vital – the space to be as I am, self-directed and free to express and dance in my own way. Belonging was vital – needing the nourishment of a tribe – and wanting to explore what happens when we are who we are together. Surrendering to the dynamic flow between these needs was my struggle.
TAGS: 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms tribe, 5RTA, catherine llewynn, gabrielle roth, Heartbeat, Ikaria, Jup Jansonius, movement medicine, netherlands, one dance tribe, Open floor, soul motion, susannah darling, The Moving Center, yaakov darling“We can’t bring Dad home for Thanksgiving,” Mom texts. It’s the first year Dad won’t be home for Thanksgiving. My Dad has Alzheimer’s. I moved him into the locked unit a year and a half ago. Mom just couldn’t.
TAGS: 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms Teachers Association, 5RTA, ann kite, bethesda, death, father, gabrielle roth, Heartbeat, meditation, Mirjam van Hasselt, movement medicine, netherlands, new years, One Tribe, Open floor, Sanctuary, The Moving Center, Urban dance retreatI had been struggling for a long time with anorexia. The disease not only affected my body but it also deeply hurt my soul and my spirit. I longed to vanish from this world for so many years. I was stuck in a vicious circle and didn’t know how to escape from it.
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