Deeper Dance

 Deeper Dance

In these monthly sessions we will explore through the dance and practice simple tangible tools and somatic skills to access a deeper dance experience. Using the 5Rhythms movement map to deepen into the body's wisdom and natural  intelligence, dancing these skills within the safety of a conciously co-created container enables the integration somatically and them to be available to draw on anytme, on any dance floor, and in daily life. As in life, as in the dance. Dance is the metaphor, it is the space to practice dancing more deeply and living a more fully expressed and creatively fulfilled life. Join us for a deeply nourishing series.

This series will be offered as one off drop in sessions with an arc throughout all five. Every session welcomes all levels of experience and ability.

The Path of the Wounded Healer

 The healing path has a trajectory. Gabrielle Roth called this, The Path of The Wounded Healer. It is here that we look closely at our healing process. We mark both where we are and where we want to be. We dance through the five stages of healing in relationship to being the victim, the survivor, the healer, the transformer and eventually the one who rests in compassionate service.

It is my belief that our sacred task in life is to transform the most difficult things we have been through, into our greatest strengths. These are the stories of our resiliency, vulnerability and strength. It is here one may learn how to move with what is and transform it to what we want it to be.

In the Heartbeat Map, we investigate what is moving through the shores of the heart. Through understanding the relationship of the emotional polarities we come to respect and appreciate what we have been through. Without fear, we do not experience courage. Without anger, we cannot experience forgiveness. Without love, we cannot experience grief. Without loss we cannot experience or appreciate the full spectrum of joy. Without all of these qualities, we cannot know the true nature of compassion.

You are invited to join this journey of movement and awareness, focused on how emotions transform the heart. This map is Gabrielle Roth’s living wisdom. I am here to pass this gift on to you to be carried in your own bones and blood.

Each session will be primarily focused on the 5Rhythms® moving meditation (dance practice). We will integrate each movement session with a seated meditation practice, focused on one of the Buddhist Heart Practices (Brahma viharas) which are equanimity, loving-kindness, compassion and joy. Included in the group will be optional sharing and a question and answer period.

Recommended Reading: Sweat Your Prayers & Maps To Ecstacy By Gabrielle Roth and Dancing with Dharma: Essays on Movement and Dance in Western Buddhism by Harrison Blum