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Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

A monthly blog on awakening our creative power through moving our bodies, connecting with nature, and spiritual practice.

Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

How to Tap the Source of Feminine Yang Strength

One of the most radical things you can do is feel satisfied with your life. However your body is, whatever you have accomplished, it is enough. This is true even if you are facing life threatening illness or working to stop climate change. There is always more to do. There Read more…

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

Don’t miss the treasures hidden in the dark

As my extended family makes holiday plans I’m reminded of how it can be such a frantic time of year. There are a lot of extra things that bring us both stress and joy in this coming season. In many ways it is a great antidote to how very dark Read more…

By emily, 12 monthsOctober 11, 2022 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Deep embodied learning to awaken trust in the dark

I wish you good health and inner equanimity as we pass the autumnal equinox. We are entering the season of increasing darkness and I am already buzzing with excitement for the fall and winter programming I am planning. (Look for an announcement of the full season line-up in the coming Read more…

By emily, 1 yearSeptember 27, 2022 ago
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 and fall. It is a time of year to be Read more…

By emily, 1 yearSeptember 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 heart racing. When this happens it’s not because you are Read more…

By emily, 1 yearAugust 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 itself has come to take on greater meaning for me. Read more…

By emily, 1 yearJuly 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 up in my head that the conference was going to Read more…

By emily, 1 yearJune 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 my first dance class I danced among Grecian columns at Read more…

By Keren, 1 yearJune 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 even longer and abundant branches. I only succeeded in removing Read more…

By emily, 1 yearJune 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 in a blizzard. This question is also about the big Read more…

By emily, 1 yearMay 27, 2022 ago

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