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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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      • All Souls Dance Ceremony
      • Winter Solstice Celebration
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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 months2 months ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

The quest & why I put flowers in my hair

I love this picture of me from one of my first dance recitals. My first two years of dance, ages 4-5, were at the Temple of the Wings in Berkeley California. We performed in the school’s courtyard surrounded by tall Greek pillars. I can hardly believe that building is real. Read more…

By emily, 7 months7 months ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

I could not imagine all the good that would come from fixing my mistake.

A few winters ago I was attending a water ceremony by the Mississippi River. It was a very cold morning, I was tired and fuzzy headed, and I still felt new and awkward with the group. When Sharon Day, the Ojibwe elder who leads the ceremony, handed me the sage Read more…

By emily, 7 months7 months ago
woman standing by lake at sunset
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

The Wilderness of Quarantine

I’ve often found myself at a loss for words to express my prayers for this time. There is so much going on, how could I begin to think I could honor it all? In the past few weeks my prayer has boiled down to something simple: May all that is Read more…

By emily, 8 months8 months ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Unlearning Productivity

I have a confession to make. I
am one of those crazy people who thought the pandemic was going to give me time to write. It’s been a month and I now see my folly. In fact, ordinary life seems to be requiring a lot more energy than usual.

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

Healing for yourself, Healing for the world

Dear one, These have been very busy weeks with radical changes to all of our lives. While many of us have been given the order to “stay home” I have been feeling busier than ever. So many of us are not only retooling how we work but also checking in Read more…

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

Hidden in Plain Sight

Old European Indigenous wisdom went underground and is hidden in plain sight.

By emily, 2 years2 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Collective Impact

Wow, am I happy to be on the other side of the polar vortex of last week.  Not only the weather, but also an untimely bout of food poisoning, led me to cancel or postpone all my classes last week. I’m very sorry if this was an inconvenience to you. Read more…

By emily, 2 years2 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Our Automatic Reactions

It turns out the reason it is so hard to rationalize with my automatic responses is because rationalization and automatic responses happen in two different parts of the brain.

By emily, 2 years2 years ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Five Guiding Questions for Building an Ancestor Altar

How might your life be different if you felt profoundly supported? This is a bigger question than what would you do if you won $1 million dollars. It includes spiritual, emotional and social support for every aspect of your health and vocation. This is the time of year when I Read more…

By emily, 2 years ago

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