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Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Embodied Knowing: 3 Ways Embodied Spiritual Practice Can Free Us From Anxiety

This is one of my favorite times of year, filled with the warmth of summer but also with a cozy taste of autumn. From the point of view of Chinese medicine, these few weeks constitute a fifth season between summer Read more…

By emily, 9 monthsSeptember 13, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

A Story For When You Want To Run From Meditation

Do you ever just want to crawl out of your skin during a meditation? Most of us experience this at some point. It can feel so unfair; just as you feel your body calms, suddenly you are agitated with your Read more…

By emily, 10 monthsAugust 16, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

The Meaning of Wisdom Dances

Reflecting on the themes from the first ten years of Wisdom Dances has brought me a lot of joy. As this series of blog posts comes to a close, I want to share with you how the name Wisdom Dances Read more…

By emily, 11 monthsJuly 7, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

From Frivolous to Necessity: Learning to Trust that Dance Matters

At age eighteen I attended the 1995 NGO Forum on Women in Beijing, China. I combed through the catalog of thirty concurrent sessions looking for the one that would offer me the best solution for world peace. I had built Read more…

By emily, 11 monthsJune 24, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Searching for European Indigenous Roots: A Dance with the Past and Future (Part II)

cont. from Searching for European Indigenous Roots: A Dance with the Past and Future (Part I) With hindsight I can see that I have always been attracted to the fragments of this old world view. They are all around. In Read more…

By Keren, 12 monthsJune 17, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Searching for European Indigenous Roots: A Dance with the Past and Future (Part I)

I always want to get to the root of things. Without getting to the root every effort feels as futile as trimming back the same trees along the foundation of my house. When pruned back those pesky trees keep growing Read more…

By emily, 12 monthsJune 10, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Lessons Learned From Weathering a Storm

How do we weather the storms in life? This question matters to me not only because I’ve needed to get through my personal dangerous and disorienting storms and also not only because I worry about basement flooding or losing electricity Read more…

By emily, 1 yearMay 27, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Celebrating Six Great Teachers who Have Inspired Wisdom Dances

This summer marks the ten year anniversary of Wisdom Dances. In 2012 I said yes to a leading I could no longer resist and quit my steady job in a hot mess of burnt-out exhaustion. Now I’m grateful to get Read more…

By emily, 1 yearMay 12, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Blessing the Crossroads

This Saturday is one of my favorite spring time traditions – the Wisdom Dances Earth Day Celebration. Our community of dancers will dance and sing throughout the Cities to participate in activating the energies of spring. We will be dancing Read more…

By emily, 1 yearApril 22, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Why Joy is Essential

I’ve been reflecting on the crucial, powerful mystery of joy lately. These are such difficult times, I know joy might feel impossible, frivolous, or inappropriate. But I believe joy is an essential ingredient for cultivating healing and transformation. Joy is Read more…

By emily, 1 yearApril 1, 2022 ago
A group dances at the edge of woods and prairie, in a circle, hands raising to the sky where a bird if flying by.

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