I’ve shared that body-movement is my spiritual practice. While Sacred Dance is my montly ritual for release, Rhythm and Motion Dance Workout Program satisfies my weekly need to dance. learn and sweat.
Today our teacher Amara Tabor-Smith started class with an extra umph of inspiration. “Hey, it’s TUESDAY!” She announced as if Tuesday was a gift. Then she added, “Hmmmm…let’s see…What can be special about TUESDAY?”
As [...]
As a spiritual woman and mother of two who has been growing her worklife alongside her kids, the last 13 years has seemed like one long juggling lesson. The path of caring for all my beloveds while tending to my individual needs has generated a constant awareness of balance.
The practice of balance involves tangible issues like who is [...]
When funding for Homestyle Midwifery was cancelled and I completed my full time job as coordinator in July of ‘07, I needed to replenish from the experience. Homestyle’s absence created space for a new unknown regarding my work life and the only direction was a whispered word:
Integration.
I found myself hibernating; even when I wanted to emerge illness kept [...]
Thank you, Sacred Dance.
Body
stretches
open
freeing
song
inside
Movement
voices
feelings
follow
inner
map
Remembering
choice
composts
grief
into
healing
Yesterday, just after I published Imbolc, seeds and grief, I entered my car with the question “What is the relationship between grief and seeds?” reverberating through me. I turned on the radio to Ben Harper’s “In the Colors “…
So, meanwhile, in the not knowing, I’ll keep dancing.
I’ve been having an email conversation with a mentor friend about a word for the New Year. For me this word is an intention that helps guide me in 2008. So many are in the running: transformation, integration, and actualization top the list. But the one that most reverberates at this moment is commitment. So in the spirit of the [...]
