The city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and beauty in the world. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald Dear …
TAGS: 5Rhythms, Amber Ryan, Chaos, Conscious Dance, Conscious Dancer Magazine, ecstatic dance, Flowing, gabrielle roth, jewel matheison, jonathan horan, kierra foster-ba, Lyrical, New York City, Open floor, sanga of the valley, Staccato, Stillness, Tammy Burstein, The Moving Center, the moving center schoolToday is a rare interlude of Stillness in a typically dynamic city. The windows are impossibly bright. Snow is caked on the screens outside. Still-falling snow makes the air seem opaque. Piles of white obscure Brooklyn’s sharp edges and make everything blur together. “Are you ready for Snowmageddon?” I was asked yesterday. “Yes!” I answered emphatically.
TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, Chaos, Conscious Dance, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Gestalt Therapy, Heartbeat, Lyrical, Maps to Ecstasy, Medicine Dance, meditation, Meghan LeBorious, moving meditation, Notes On Practice, shamanic dance, Staccato, Stillness, sweat your prayers, WavesI 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..
January 2016 Musings + Art from our Tribal Individuals The 5Rhythms practice both begins and ends with movement, but it doesn’t stop there… It is a …
TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythm Teacher Association, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, 5Rhythms Teacher Association, 5RTA, Amber Ryan, Anja Mutik, Anne Marie Hogya, Barbara Marlowe, Chaos, Conscious Dance, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, Gestalt Therapy, James Porto, jonathan horan, Lyrical, Maps to Ecstasy, Medicine Dance, meditation, Movement Teacher Training, moving meditation, Natasha Frost, Open floor, Raven Recordings, shamanic dance, Silvija Tomcik, Staccato, Stillness, sweat your prayers, Teacher Training, The Moving Center, the moving center school, WavesThe 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, WavesIn the first year of my practice, I gradually became aware that I had no Staccato, none. I only knew how to flow around obstacles, not meet them clearly and …
TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythm Teacher Association, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms OneTribe, 5Rhythms Teacher Association, 5RTA, Chaos, Conscious Dance, dance movement therapy, ecstatic dance, five rhythms, Flowing, gabrielle roth, irene hernandez sanchez, jason goodman, Lyrical, moving meditation, Staccato, Stillness, The Moving Center, the moving center school, Waves