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Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

A five-part blessing of water for World Water Day

The sap is rising and we are beginning a new growing season.  Some of us live still surrounded by snow but soon we will see GREEN! The bursting-forth energy of spring supports each of us to plant our intentions for ourselves, our work, our families, and our world and to Read more…

By emily, 10 yearsMarch 20, 2014 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Dancing like our hips contain the universe

What is in the swish of the hip? To pulse my shoulders or throw my hips, I have to find a spiral within my body that allows me to twist. These shimmies and shakes are what makes Romani (Gypsy) dancing so playful and exuberant. I am exploring how their power Read more…

By emily, 10 yearsFebruary 20, 2014 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Confident, Passionate, Captivating

There is a scientific explanation for why we often leave the dance floor feeling confident, passionate, enthusiastic and captivating. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy’s research shows how “power posing” can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain which can affect how powerful our presence is. Learn more in Cuddy’s TED Read more…

By emily, 10 yearsJanuary 14, 2014 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

An Open-Hearted Winter Solstice Wish

Winter solstice is approaching with the promise that the dark and cold of winter will end. The turning of the seasons is our creative teacher. For me, winter always feels like a test of my resilience. Beyond winter, these are testing times. We are all experiencing a stress that is Read more…

By emily, 10 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Moving with Gratitude

How do you practice gratitude with your body? Sometimes I feel like my gratitude is a conscious practice, a skill I am developing.  It’s a list I make, or the blessing I say over my meal. Other times, gratitude feels more like an attitude of my heart. It springs from Read more…

By emily, 10 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Thinking Like a Tree

Dancing heals us.  I know this with my whole body. This is a picture of me four years ago.  I’m connected to an IV awaiting the first phase of major surgery. My team of four top surgeons warned me that total success in removing all cancer from a delicate area Read more…

By emily, 10 yearsOctober 18, 2013 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

We Are Creators

I love living near the Mississippi River. This river shapes our landscape, in some places creating beautiful bluffs and also bringing rich soil to places where it floods. Each spring and fall, I greet the birds that follow the river as their migration route.  The river designs our life.  It Read more…

By emily, 10 yearsSeptember 12, 2013 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Finding home, finding freedom in Roma dance

The first time I stepped into a Roma dance, I felt a sense of home.  I was filled with heat.  I felt another pulse match and invigorate my pulse.  The dance stood out from the evening of diverse dances and I knew I needed to learn more. When I was Read more…

By emily, 10 yearsAugust 15, 2013 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Why Dancing Outside Matters

The deer, turned golden by the evening light, moved through the field of purple lupine at the far side of the meadow.  It stopped and watched us dance, then returned to grazing. If I were the sort to tell fish stories, in each recounting of this moment the deer would Read more…

By emily, 10 yearsJuly 2, 2013 ago

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