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, yogaI discovered my love of dance when I moved to a foreign city alone at the age of 19. What I first discovered was ballroom dance and I was taught by tournament dancers: What do I want to express, how do I bring it from the inside out? What is the message and essence of the particular dances? I loved to explore this.
TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, 5Rhythms Teacher Association, 5Rhythms Teachers Association, Chaos, Christine reimer, Conscious Dance, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, gabrielle roth, meditation, Movement Teacher Training, Open floor, sarena wolfards, scotland, shamanic dance, sweat your prayers, The Moving Center, yogaVeterans, especially ones with service-connected injuries, are notoriously resistant to and skeptical of alternative health practices like Yoga and Dance. Although these have been found effective for rehabilitation and are readily available, they remain ignored and held in contempt because of the stereotype of being perceived as feminine. My own story bears out this reality
TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms tribe, Chaos, Chronic Illness, community, five rhythms, gabrielle roth, inspiration, meditation, movement medicine, Open floor, Pain, poetry in motion, soul motion, veterans, yogaby Alexander Litvak, New York City, USA Veterans, especially ones with service-connected injuries, are notoriously resistant to and skeptical of alternative health practices like Yoga and Dance. Although these have …
TAGS: 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms tribe, alexander litvak, alternative healing, dance, feminine, Healing, macho, marines, masculine, meditation, military, ptsd, toxic masculinity, veterans, war, yogaThank you Ariel Karass for sharing this Gabrielle gem. love you brother! In reflection I wanted to share a writing from my teacher, writing that my friend Victoria reminded me …
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