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    • PerformanceDance for joy.  Dance for healing.  Dance to connect with wisdom.  Emily leads dance workshops and also incorporates dance into rituals and events.  The Wisdom Dances Circle is a source of more in-depth study.  Read more about each offering in this section and make sure to check out the calendar page.  Contact Emily to invite her to lead a workshop with your group. Wisdom Dances Circle Make dance a vital part of your life: a joyful form of exercise,  sacred practice, community experience, and vehicle for transformation on many levels. Dance is our muse, our joy, our healer.  By paying attention to the integrity of the dances we will cultivate wisdom to guide us. Learn dances deeply, so that you can inhabit the dance fully. Study the music, culture, and wisdom that is connected with the dances Explore incorporating improvisation into the structure of the dances Share in an exploration of dancing into joyful, resilient diverse communities. Dance with a trust that these dances have more direct healing power than you can imagine. Participants are asked to make a 10 week commitment to the circle.  The end of each 10 week circle concludes with a public dancing celebration. Cost: Contribute…
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      • Winter Solstice Celebration
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Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

How I’m finding my May Day spirit during a pandemic

What I’ve always loved about spring in Minnesota is that people emerge out of the isolation of winter. No longer sheltering inside from the cold, I will see neighbors that that I haven’t seen for months. Unbundled from our layers of parkas, scarves, and hats, we see each other anew. Read more…

By emily, 9 months9 months ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Time Out

A video message because I miss being in person with you. And a recap of the questions I’m asking: What do you want this time to feel like? How do you want to use your time now? How do you want to be changed by this experience? Where do you Read more…

By emily, 10 months10 months ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Only 20% Hopeless

My father is visiting and one of the great benefits is that he fixes things for me. He has glued the bench, hammered the loose shingle, and applied WD-40 to the sticky lock. I get a little thrill out of things being fixed up. It is so satisfying when a Read more…

By emily, 3 years3 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Why focusing on water is so transformative

I have just returned from a deep dive into the woods. During my retreat we opened up big questions about how we participate in the universe’s unfolding story. This work shakes up our entire worldview – in a good way! I love the big picture. But at the end of Read more…

By emily, 4 years4 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Moving from empty change to transformation

Here is a nasty double bind. So many people I know are just trying to tread water while their lives heave and change. At the same time the suffering in our communities calls for major changes on many levels. We resist and long for change at the same time! What’s Read more…

By emily, 4 years4 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

The Journey is Long

This past weekend I participated in the Minnehaha Creek Water Walk, a prayer walk that traveled the 22 miles from Lake Minnetonka to the Mississippi River. Sharon Day, an Ojibwe elder, led this ceremony. Before you think about being impressed by my long distance walking skills, I should tell you Read more…

By emily, 4 years4 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

How About Just Faking It?

For many of us the suffering in the news triggers all sorts of pain. While I aspire to live out of a deep trust of love and life, when I’m triggered this trust feels almost impossible. How about just faking it? Qigong Master Chunyi Lin has taught me the healing Read more…

By emily, 5 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Did someone stop the music?

Things haven’t been going as expected. All sorts of stuff, big and small, is going down. Most notably, earlier this month while I was in Greece my mother-in-law died and I needed to cut my trip short to return for her funeral. Sometimes it feels like someone stopped the music. Read more…

By emily, 5 years5 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

More Being

What more do I need to do? This question is top of mind as I prepare to travel to Greece next week. I’ll be there for Greek Easter and to study dance. My mind is definitely preoccupied with my packing list and tying up loose ends. I can get quite Read more…

By emily, 5 years5 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

The Worst Part of Approaching the Tipping Point

It is hard to wake up in the morning when you know your life doesn’t fit. I frequently hear people share their unhappiness with jobs that suck them dry or relationships that are draining. People often find their way to me looking for a way to address their stress. Mostly Read more…

By emily, 5 years5 years ago

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