5Rhythms Tribe | Community That Inspires | January 2017 contributions:
THE RHYTHMS OF BIRTH by Brenda Cohen Sabban, Argentina | CHAOS & CONNECTION by Julie DoBias, Virginia, USA | HEART, LEADERSHIP and VISION: APPLYING 5Rhythms in BUSINESS by Cass Donnelly, Australia | A POSTCARD FROM THE ECHOES OF OUR DANCE TOGETHER by Stuart Phillips, United Kingdom
by Julie DoBias, Richmond, Virginia USA Art by Liz Collier During the break at a recent workshop, as I lay face down on the floor after what was probably an …
TAGS: 5Rhythms, art, art in motion, Chaos, five rhythms, gabrielle roth, movement medicine, moving meditation, Open floor, release, Stillness, The Moving CenterAs I leaned over the toilet vomiting with morning sickness – between lessons teaching art to school kids – I promised myself it was time to quit my day job, …
TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythm Teacher Association, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, 5Rhythms Teacher Association, 5Rhythms Teachers Association, 5RTA, Chaos, Conscious Dance, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Jean Rankin, Lyrical, meditation, Movement Teacher Training, moving meditation, Natalie Poole, Open floor, shamanic dance, Staccato, sweat your prayers, The Moving Center, the moving center school, WavesDear Friends, Today is #GivingTuesday, a global movement that inspires charitable giving, and we’re asking our tribe to challenge each other to dance the rhythms in inconvenient places to raise funds for 5Rhythms …
TAGS: #5rrochallenge, #danceanywhere, #danceeverywhere, 5Rhythms, 5rhythms reach out, 5rro, gabrielle roth, grand central station, jana malloy, jonathan horan, moving meditation, New York City, nycRather than big, easy-to-follow, repeating gestures as sometimes arise in Lyrical, we skittered down chains of intricately arranged repeating patterns, which would then shift and re-configure, taking form then never landing for long enough to be defined or understood. Our dance featured some bursting and chasing gestures, too. I would rise up on my highest toes, reaching for his height, wanting to be expansive along with him, then squiggle myself down and away. He laughed at my antics, joining in, too. After this long, intricate, layered exchange, we finally ended up doing the initial assignment—a simple repetition—grinning wildly as we both realized it, rocking back and forth.
TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, Chaos, Conscious Dance, gabrielle roth, Lyrical, Medicine Dance, Meghan LeBorious, moving meditation