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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
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, 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 at the crossroads. This is literal and figurative. Our inspiration Read more…

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

Why we need sacred spaces

Are we letting our children down when their education about the climate includes no tools for climate grief? The myth of Demeter and Persephone can offer some guidance.

By emily, 2 yearsOctober 28, 2021 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

A gift from the grief puppies

Dear sweet one, I love connecting with you and sharing the process of navigating these times with love. I continue to write less frequently than usual because life is moving at a different pace right now. I am convinced we are all supposed to be moving a little more slowly Read more…

By emily, 2 yearsOctober 12, 2021 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

You are the ocean, not the wave

Hello beautiful soul! Happy Interdependence Day! Yes, let’s just re-brand Independence Day. Perhaps because July 4th is my parent’s wedding anniversary, July 4th has always been about being in relationship. I wonder what our communities would be like if we put as much energy into celebrating our interdependence as our Read more…

By emily, 2 yearsJuly 5, 2021 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

What will you do for love?

Wow, I cannot tell you how wonderful it has been to resume outdoor group classes. I love seeing people in the flesh! I’ve even seen some bare feet. I love the beauty and relative warmth of spring. It feels like a homecoming. The wholeness I feel when I am mindfully Read more…

By emily, 2 yearsApril 29, 2021 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

How To Stop Polarization In Your Heart

Merry Monday dear one, I begin this week hoping it will be gentler and more balanced than last week. While we are feeling the extreme polarization in our country I want to share a minor miracle: the experience in my heart of unity. It feels like a gift. I don’t Read more…

By emily, 3 yearsJanuary 11, 2021 ago

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