Wisdom Dances
  • Home
  • About
    • Wisdom Dances
    • Emily
    • Community Equity
    • Water
  • Dance
    • Tranditional dances and songs for healing and transformation
    • Dance for Creative Aging
    • 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…
    • Special Events
      • Winter Water Blessing
      • Spring Dance Events
      • Earth Day Dance Celebration
      • Mid-Summer Celebration
      • Dancing into the Dark Mysteries
      • Winter Rest
      • Winter Solstice Celebration
      • Introductory Workshop
  • Healing
    • Healing Sessions
    • Spring Forest Qigong Level One Training
    • Healing Waters Qigong
    • New Moon Meditation
  • Leadership
  • Calendar
  • Blog
  • News Sign Up
  • Give

gratitude

Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Focus on the Light

Dear brilliant soul, Let’s stay focused on the light. Goodness knows this is a challenging time. When every day feels disrupted it can feel like we are constantly pivoting. The light is your beacon, what orients you and guides you forward. Kindness and generosity shine a beautiful light. The sparkle Read more…

By emily, 2 yearsNovember 17, 2020 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

How to Create an Ancestor Altar

A threshold that connects the past and future Ancestor altars have long captures my imagination. At first it was just a gut resonance. Something about the beauty and aliveness of the candles and array of photos pulled me in. I have always felt that the lives of my ancestors were Read more…

By emily, 2 yearsOctober 20, 2020 ago
abstract painting of eye and profiles of women
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Standing in Complexity

Dear heart, “You were made for these times.” I love this quote from Clarissa Pinkola Estes. It’s something that I have to keep reminding myself because these are incredible times to be alive. We appear to be in a state of potent (we hope creative) unraveling. I am reminded of Read more…

By emily, 2 yearsJuly 17, 2020 ago
Uncategorized

Helped along the way

We are fast approaching the longest night of the year. This year I am offering FOUR different opportunities to bless the New Year with others. The first event will be the Winter Solstice Celebration this Thursday. More details about all four happening at the bottom of this post. With the Read more…

By emily, 2 yearsDecember 17, 2019 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Appreciating You – New Years 2018

Happy New Year! It is my honor to be connected to you through my blog. The highlight of 2017 has been about community, colleagues, and being part of a larger movement to build regenerative culture. Wishing you a lively community of support. Emily   Joyful community I invite you to Read more…

By emily, 4 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, 6 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Showers of love

I’m guessing your compassionate self likely gives a lot to this world. Do you also embrace receiving the world’s love and support with equal importance? I’ll admit my reflex is often to do things myself so they are done the way I like them. I often prefer cooking for myself. Read more…

By emily, 6 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Moving with Gratitude

How do you practice gratitude with your body? Sometimes I feel like my gratitude is a conscious practice, a skill I am developing.  It’s a list I make, or the blessing I say over my meal. Other times, gratitude feels more like an attitude of my heart. It springs from Read more…

By emily, 9 years ago
  • Contact
  • Sign Up
Hestia | Developed by ThemeIsle
 

Loading Comments...