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Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

The Secret to Good Health in One Song

Happy Lunar New Year! The emergence of the New Year takes time and I love to celebrate it in as many ways as I can. Another New Year is another occasion to wish you good health. Last week my daughter had an assignment to interview me for her Health class. Read more…

By emily, 2 weeksJanuary 19, 2023 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

We Need Your love

Happy New Year! The days are ever so slowly growing longer and we have a few months to incubate what will grow in the coming year. I savored the space to sleep in over the holidays and have many vibrant dreams helping me to focus my intentions for the year. Read more…

By emily, 1 monthJanuary 3, 2023 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, 4 monthsSeptember 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, 5 monthsSeptember 13, 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, 7 monthsJuly 7, 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, 8 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 in a blizzard. This question is also about the big Read more…

By emily, 8 monthsMay 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 up every day and continue to learn and serve through Read more…

By emily, 9 monthsMay 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 at the crossroads. This is literal and figurative. Our inspiration Read more…

By emily, 10 monthsApril 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 happiness for no reason. We are happy when positive things Read more…

By emily, 10 monthsApril 1, 2022 ago

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