Tag Archives: Notes On Practice

Notes on Practice: It Speaks Very Much For Itself

I had an urgent errand this morning, but it cooperated and I was able to make it to this Sunday’s Sweat Your Prayers class, which was taught today by Daniela Peltekova. Stepping into the already vibrant room, I happily greeted many friends, found a spot on the floor, and fell into circular movement.
Today I was exceptionally grateful to step into a 5Rhythms class. Being away for the holidays kept me out of classes for nearly two weeks. Also, during my time away, I attended a brief not-5Rhythms dance retreat. I wanted something satisfying to do for New Year’s Eve and the retreat seemed like a good option. Although I am not one to bounce around to many different spiritual practices, I remain receptive. If I find that if I am insisting on 5Rhythms..

TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, Chaos, Conscious Dance, Cycles, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Heartbeat, jonathan horan, Lyrical, Maps to Ecstasy, Medicine Dance, meditation, Meghan LeBorious, moving meditation, Notes On Practice, shamanic dance, sweat your prayers, Waves
No comments

Notes on Practice: Rhythms in Waves Workshop (The Entire Universe Opens Up)

The first night of Tammy Burstein’s “Rhythms in Waves” 5Rhythms workshop at the Paul Taylor Studio on the Lower East Side followed an extremely unpleasant day in my own small life. I stepped into the high-ceilinged rectangular room, with its clean, metal theatrical fixtures and foot-scuffed black floor and immediately collapsed, touching my forehead to the floor, grateful to enter the charged space of dance, and looking forward to three consecutive days of intentional moving—hoping it would provide me with some kind of antidote.

TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, Chaos, Conscious Dance, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Gestalt Therapy, Heartbeat, jonathan horan, Lyrical, Maps to Ecstasy, Medicine Dance, Meghan LeBorious, moving meditation, Notes On Practice, shamanic dance, Staccato, Stillness, sweat your prayers, Waves
No comments

Notes on Practice: Inverse Operations, Love Songs & The Pain of Living

I have had Amber Ryan’s “Examine Stillness” workshop on my calendar for over a year. When I first spotted the date on Amber’s calendar, I emailed her, thinking it was …

TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, Chaos, Conscious Dance, Cycles, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, Esalen, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Gestalt Therapy, jonathan horan, Lyrical, Maps to Ecstasy, Medicine Dance, Meghan LeBorious, moving meditation, New York City, Notes On Practice, ritual theater, shamanic dance, Staccato, Stillness, sweat your prayers, Tribal Mirrors, Waves
No comments

Notes on Practice: Let the Ground Receive It

I was lucky to attend two 5Rhythms classes this weekend, Tammy’s Friday Night Waves class, and Jason Goodman’s The 7th Wave class, which was taught this week by Ray Diaz. …

TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, Chaos, Conscious Dance, dance movement therapy, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Lyrical, Meghan LeBorious, Notes On Practice, Open floor, ray diaz, Staccato, Stillness, The Moving Center, the moving center school
No comments

Notes on Practice: Road Rage, Soccer & Playful Antics

Despite the fact that the babysitter arrived right at 7pm and I left promptly, I arrived an hour late to Tammy’s Night Waves class on Friday. The car was literally …

TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, Chaos, Conscious Dance, Cycles, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Heartbeat, jonathan horan, Lyrical, Maps to Ecstasy, Medicine Dance, meditation, Meghan LeBorious, MIrrors, moving meditation, Notes On Practice, shamanic dance, Staccato, sweat your prayers
No comments

Notes on Practice: Expand Lyrical

I have a confession to make. This is hard for me, but here it is. I have been cheating on Chaos. It all started during the summer, when I spent …

TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, 5RTA, Chaos, Conscious Dance, Cycles, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, gabrielle roth, Heartbeat, Maps to Ecstasy, Medicine Dance, meditation, Meghan LeBorious, moving meditation, New York City, Notes On Practice, ritual theater, shamanic dance, Staccato, Stillness, sweat your prayers, Waves
No comments

Popular Posts

• 5RTA | May 2021 Spotlight
• 5RTA | April 2021 Spotlight
• A MOVING CENTER | Stillness
• 5RTA | March 2021 Spotlight
• 5RTA | February 2021 Spotlight
• TO BE A FREE SPIRIT | LYRICAL

Archives

• May 2021
• April 2021
• March 2021
• February 2021
• January 2021
• December 2020
• November 2020
• October 2020
• April 2020
• March 2020
• February 2020
• January 2020
• November 2019
• October 2019
• September 2019
• August 2019
• July 2019
• June 2019
• May 2019
• April 2019
• March 2019
• February 2019
• January 2019
• December 2018
• November 2018
• October 2018
• August 2018
• July 2018
• May 2018
• April 2018
• March 2018
• February 2018
• January 2018
• December 2017
• November 2017
• October 2017
• September 2017
• August 2017
• July 2017
• June 2017
• May 2017
• April 2017
• March 2017
• February 2017
• January 2017
• December 2016
• November 2016
• October 2016
• September 2016
• August 2016
• July 2016
• June 2016
• May 2016
• April 2016
• March 2016
• February 2016
• January 2016
• December 2015
• November 2015
• October 2015
• September 2015
• August 2015
• July 2015
• June 2015
• May 2015
• April 2015
• March 2015
• February 2015
• January 2015
• December 2014
• November 2014
• October 2014
• September 2014
• August 2014
• July 2014
• June 2014
• May 2014
• April 2014
• March 2014
• February 2014
• January 2014
• December 2013
• November 2013
• October 2013
• September 2013
• August 2013
• July 2013
• April 2013