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Movement Menu eZine - April 2011
Springtime is in full swing even in the colder parts of the country, and if you are like most of us, not only is it spring cleaning time, it's time to get outside and move! There's no better time of the year to try out a new class or dance, sign up for a workshop, or make plans for a training. And somewhere along the way find some time to open up the calendar and start making plans for summer! We have an exciting week at Omega on tap in early June, see the listing for the Move Mix Conference below. And we're putting the finishing touches on the Summer Travel issue hitting the streets in June, and have a few remaining slots left to promote your practice, product or event, so if we can help you serve your needs please contact us by next Monday the 18th. We trust that you are using movement to appreciate more of your moments, and thank you for sharing these newsletters and your copies of the magazine with your dancing community far and wide. ~M.M. All the best from the Conscious Dancer Team!
Yoga Toes - These silicone gooey healers are essential for spreading the naked ball of the feet into a fan of delight. Toes are separated and relived from all the stresses we put on these supportive base of our body - our feet are the hands that touch the earth and the toes may feel freedom and allow espression in the roots of our being this spring. We salute and celebrate the roots of our body - I have healed my plantar faciatis through barefoot dance and conscious movement and healed my toe base from becoming my family bunion through the use of Yoga Toes in my rest. Strengthening the feet through barefoot dance and stretching the feet through Yoga Toes and conscious LOVE in every inch of my body's structure - honor and love those feet -Liz Mac
GRATITUDE to GABRIELLE ROTH, JONATHAN HORAN, 5 RHYTHMS and EVERYONE in ONENESS by Michael Julian Berz "HI GABRIELLE" we missed you and were with you while moving to the rhythms towards embodiment. Thanks to everyone involved making this happen. October 2-4, 2009, Montreal. Read more about Gabrielle Roth and hear her speak on the Omega website. Move Mix Conference:
Where: The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY. Conscious Dancer Magazine invites you to our first ever "co-laboratory!" Five diverse days of music, dance, panel discussions, workshops, and more. Are you curious about mind, movement, and consciousness? You might think that knowing a modality is all it takes to achieve transformation. Or that things like post-workshop burnout and and facilitator fatigue are inevitable parts of the territory. But really, a lack of easy tools to clear metaphysical blockages can be what gets in the way of balanced integration. If you just learn some simple somatic processes using your hands and physical body, then you may be more grounded and centered in the long run, with a new key for upshifting awareness that you can easily share with others. Integration is the theme with Wow Process somatic meditations, (a form of epigenetic medicine), led by the Rev. Louisa Dyer MA woven through nine modalities in five days. Opening night keynote address from Gabrielle Roth; 5Rhythms moving meditation with Jonathan Horan; LivingDance somatic movement with live music facilitated by Kinections director Danielle Fraenkel Ph.D., BC-DMT, LMHC; blindfolded Dance of Liberation with Parashakti; the integral brain-balancing TaKeTiNa rhythm process led by Elaine Fong; KiVo founder Lis Addison shares the kinetic voice and additional classes in Nia and Zumba. Darrell Duane, host ofCamp Contact at Burning Man, lead classes and offers a 30FT dome. This is your opportunity to collaborate with the founders of several different modalities, and discover the complementary benefits of each. Move Mix is pleased to be sharing the spectacular Omega campus for the week with the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, noted nutritionist Jena la Flamme, and famed nondual philosopher Rupert Spira. We are hosting two open events — an outdoor interactive performance of Anna Halprin's Planetary Dance led by Elisabeth Osgood-Cambell, and an ecstatic Journeydance with Toni Bergins and DJ Root. Prepare to cross-pollinate with movers and shakers from across the land, and return home with new integration techniques to share. We invite you to meet in the co-laboratory of Omega in June, and expand the meaning of "movement for a better world!" More details at: www.consciousdancer.com/move-mix Register at: eomega.org/omega/workshops/c4fb51d47e1579376132488465fd8c4a/ Conscious Dancer Sponsored Events Bhakti Fest Spring OMmersion
Where: Joshua Tree, CA The first annual Spring OMmersion is the more learning-oriented and intimate version of the hugely successful "Spiritual Woodstock" known as Bhakti Fest. From April 15-17, you will experience kirtan with world-traveling chant artists, yoga with the finest master teachers, and an outstanding curriculum of workshops. There will be delicious vegetarian and vegan food, a wellness sanctuary for massage, and an eco-friendly vendor village all located at the beautiful Joshua Tree Retreat Center in Joshua Tree, CA. Kirtan artists include Jai Uttal, Dave Stringer, Wah!, David Newman, Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band, DASI Karnamrita, Jaya Lakshmi, Shantala, C.C. White and many more. Yoga will be lovingly led by Shiva Rea, Saul David Raye, Sara Ivanhoe, Micheline Berry, Janet Stone, and many more. Don't miss Jai Uttal's class on "Awakening Bhakti", Dave Stringer's "Kirtan Flight School," Shyamdas' discourse on the study of "Bhava," or any of the other amazing opportunities to delve deeper into your spiritual practice. You will leave renewed and revitalized, with a greater understanding of what it means to be in union with your Highest Self. San Francisco New Living Expo:
Where: San Francisco Concourse Our annual New Living Expo focuses on incredible opportunities available to you for healthy, spiritually fulfilling, environmentally sustainable, and socially just lives! At the San Francisco Expo, you will find information nuggets and fabulous services, all geared to help navigate your healing, growth, and green living adventure. BROWSE this year's bustling marketplace with 300 exhibits and TAKE YOUR PICK from over a dozen free workshops, 3 special events, 4 free panel discussions, 100 free lectures throughout the weekend, all connecting body, mind and spirit. Knowledge is power! Mingle with like-minded people and experts that are connected with the evolving human empowerment and global community. Special event Speakers: Buy Tickets now and save $ till 4/22. Dick Gregory, satirical political activist who uses his wit to insight civil rights, social justice, and world peace; Daryl Hannah and Julia Butterfly Hill, outspoken environmentalists; Gregg Braden, a pioneer in bridging science and spirituality, speaking about Deep Truth. Exhibitors ~ Panel Discussions ~ Workshops ~ Lectures ~ Special Events ~ Expo Bookstore ~ Business Opportunities ~ Green Food Court ~ Anti-Aging ~ Bodyworkers ~ Green Business. For more information visit www.newlivingexpo.com or call 415.382.8300. General Admission: General Admission includes: Workshops, Lectures, Panels & Exhibits Dance the Body Divine On-line Facilitator Training
Where: Online - dancethebodydivine.com Learn how to increase your workshop results & profits and discover ways to help your participants (whether your program is live or virtual) activate their personal power through conscious movement and get great results from working with you. Explore the body a sacred vessel of creation and uncover why that matters to those in your workshops and how you can help them expand their creation abilities. Join Hay House Mover and Shaker, life-long dancer and teacher, Lisa Michaels for this content-rich and activation-packed on-line training where you'll learn the secrets to creating great results for your participants you'll be bringing them back time after time hungry for more. Move your business bottom-line forward in 2011! Attend on-line live April 16 or easily work with the replay. Find out more on http://dancethebodydivine.com and http://naturalrhythms.org Yoga Trance Dance w/Elyce
Where: NYC Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W 19th street (bet 7th & 8th Ave) 3rd Floor Yoga Trance Dance, created by Shiva Rea, is an exploration of the eternal flow of movement through breath, yoga and dance. Yoga Trance Dance breathes creativity and free expression to yoga poses and leads to a free form improvisational trance dance that supports you in authentically dancing however you feel in the moment. Come enjoy a spontaneous, embodied experience that liberates your creative life force and opens you up to your full, juicy potential. We will dance to embody freedom! Get ready to sweat, liberate your spirit and free your emotions in this vital community of movement and connection! Advance Registration is recommended! www.meetup.com/thedancingpath/ To join the mailing list e-mail thedancingpath@gmail.com. Presented by www.thedancingpath.com FlowFest Southwest
Where: Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX 'When you're free to flow as water, you're free to communicate naturally. information is exchanged, and knowledge advances in a way that benefits everyone.' ~ {Wayne Dyer} FlowFest Southwest is a springtime conscious creativity & movement festival designed to inspire every-BODY to move, play, integrate, breathe, vibe up and learn through PLEASURE. A myriad of experiential movement modalities, from Yoga and Circus Arts to Tai Chi to Ecstatic Dance, are offered to make joyful, embodied living accessible and inviting to folks of all ages & walks of life. The setting is an urban lakeside at beautiful White Rock Lake in Dallas with activities offered outdoors as well as inside the Cultural Bath House where an intimate theatre and gallery setting are abuzz. This is an eco-conscious/friendly & awareness-raising event. For information, call Monica Blossom @ 214-597-6800 or email marketing@earthrhythms.org with 'FlowFest' in the subject field. Financial & volunteer time/energy/talent support is needed for the production of this community event. if you're an individual, an organization, or a company who believes in the power and importance of Joyful, Creative, Embodied Living in Harmony with the Earth, please donate here: (earthrhythms.org/ ). Your financial contributions are 100% tax deductible! 'Everything is in motion. everything flows. everything is vibrating.' ~ {Dr. Wayne Dyer} Tina Malia and GuruGanesha in Concert
Where: Rudramandir, Berkeley, CA Tina Malia and GuruGanesha's intention for the tour is to offer music that speaks to the soul and helps us create light for ourselves along our paths toward our highest humanity. Come be uplifted. Come open your heart. $25 in advance, $30 at the door Tickets online at www.rudramandir.com or call 510-486-8700 JourneyDance™: "Honoring The Mother Spirit"
Where: May 6, 2011, 7:00-9:00pm You are the Prayer: your body, your movement, your breath. You are the Goddess: your passion, your emotions, your sensual heart. You are the Warrior: your power, your intentions, your life's journey. JourneyDance™ will move you through deep, personal exploration into a loving, intimate relationship with body, mind, and source energy. In a shamanic style, Toni carries us through an intentional and seamless flow of guided ritual and free expression. We embody our physical temple, learn Toni's Embodiment Series of release technique exercises and powerful core connections. We unleash animal energies and awaken our sensuality. We move in waves, diving into our ocean of emotion, expressing with sound. We dance our funky, playful self in community, and hold a vibration of joy! We access our power of release, purge, and sweat. We connect with the inner shaman to clear the cluttered mind, making space for the abundance of joy available to us. We explore the inner realms of our hearts, listening deeply. We engage in Toni's Heart Series of partner and group connection, opening energy awareness. We dance as source and ride our pranic flow. We move from our feelings, senses and intuition, opening to our highest vibration in a community prayer dance. Registration Link: Dance Parade
Where: New York City Dance Parade New York is the world's only parade to exclusively celebrate and showcase the diversity of dance. This annual celebration of eclectic dance styles from around the world boasts tens of thousands of dancers and spectators, over 70 styles of dance and nearly 200 groups. The parade is a colorful explosion of beautiful costumes, decorative floats, lively music and joyous dancers. A family and community favorite, the yearly parade is a one-of-a-kind display of New York's richly diverse artistic community and its international impact. The parade commences at Broadway and 21st Street, travels south through Union Square, turns east onto 8th Street and continues into Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. As the parade filters into the park, it transforms into a new world, full of vigorous dance displays and interactive activities. The post-parade DanceFest is three hours of staged performances, dance lessons, workshops, kids activities and dance parties. A One-Day Symposium:
Where: Meridian University, Petaluma, CA Somatic Psychology and Expressive Arts are blessed with rich histories and vibrant professional communities. Both approaches rely on accessing untapped sources of implicit knowledge to deepen our understanding of what it means to be human and to strengthen our capacity for change. Although both Somatic Psychology and the Expressive Arts work with the imagination, and have developed sophisticated tools for undertaking the profoundly important work of personal and cultural transformation, few opportunities for dialogue between these two communities currently exist. This symposium is intended to be such an opportunity and to foster an ongoing exchange of ideas, practices, and inspirations. The day will feature practitioners in somatic psychology and expressive arts, as well as poets, artists, and movement practitioners. Presenters include: Natalie Rogers, Eleanor Criswell, Arianna Strozzi, Larry Robinson, Rae Johnson, Aftab Omer, Meagan Pugh, John Conger as well as others. Students, professionals, and individuals interested in exploring "The Poetic Body" are encouraged to attend. (MFT/LCSW/RN CEU's available) NCDC Dance Camp -- Where Dance and Community Meet!
Where: Camp Hye Sierra, CA Join a community of playful dancers for nine days in a beautiful setting in the mountains of sunny, central California. Registration includes classes in a variety of exciting and enlivening movement styles, nighttime boogies and performances, art and music-making, plus camping or cabin accommodations, gourmet vegetarian meals that we help prepare, and Kids Camp for the young ones. Just wanna slow down? There's a pond for swimming and canoeing (or basking on the beach), Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks are nearby, and the weather is divine. Go to www.ncdcdances.org for online registration. The website has all the details on pricing, work-exchange, ride share, the class schedule, and photos of past events. Call 510-496-2722 or email info@ncdcdances.org with questions. Join us in our village of dancers this summer! The Equus Projects Summer Intensive:
Where: Rhineback, NY THE EQUUS PROJECTS is a NYC-based dance company established to create site-specific performance works that partner dancers with horses. Over the past 11 years, the company has performed and taught all over the country, using its human-equine explorations as the starting point to develop a unique interdisciplinary movement language. Its Summer Intensives provide a once-a-year opportunity for dancers to gain first-hand experience with the Equus Projects' studio process and its work with horses. For 2011, there are two five-day Intensives (June 20-24 or July 4-8). During each, dancers will focus on ways to move with horizontal stability, while staying grounded; making movement choices consciously and in the moment; and using horsemanship rules to create choreographic structures. Each session includes 15 hours of studio work in NYC and two days of hands-on training with horses in Rhinebeck, NY. Cost: $500. Enrollment limited to 10 dancers. For more information, contact jmsnyc@aol.com. Dancers who want to find community every hour of every day - search nianow.com and navigate to your local area website... new classes are added weekly. Nia is a conscious movement practice using structure and freedom to express and activate your body and life ~Liz Mac Final Note Our goal is to serve the needs of movement communities where ever they are found, and provide a meaningful vehicle for ideas and information with Conscious Dancer magazine. We welcome your input and submissions, and invite you into the conversation with us at any time. Are there copies of Conscious Dancer at your local dance or retreat center? Let us know if you would like to help distribute or know a good spot for us to be. Thanks for dancing! |
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