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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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      • Spring Dance Events
      • Earth Day Dance Celebration
      • Mid-Summer Celebration
      • Dancing into the Dark Mysteries
      • Winter Rest
      • Winter Solstice Celebration
      • Introductory Workshop
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    • Spring Forest Qigong Level One Training
    • Healing Waters Qigong
    • New Moon Meditation
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Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

From pandemic limbo to complete healing

Dancing in Limbo is the title of a book that kept me sane after cancer treatment. I was in limbo, not sure if I was cured or not. After months of vigilance and effort I was at loose ends for how to focus my energy. The metaphor of dancing helped Read more…

By emily, 1 yearMay 17, 2021 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Keep falling in love despite the ache of it

Dear one, I bow to your precious, unique soul. I bow in wonder that our lives are profoundly woven together with the fabric of the universe. I wonder what the world would be like if we lived with this reverence to each other. This morning I’m keenly aware of the Read more…

By emily, 1 yearApril 12, 2021 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Receiving and Healing

For more than two and half years I have been walking closely with my friend Michael as he lives with brain cancer. Recently he shared his health adventure as part of a healing stories project. I was so moved by how he felt his healing began when he stopped worrying Read more…

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

She persists! Wisdom dances!

There are two feet of fresh snow outside and it can be hard to remember that it’s April and we really are moving towards spring. The news is full of crises and one could easily lose doubt that there is a larger evolutionary impulse towards more love. How do we Read more…

By emily, 4 yearsApril 16, 2018 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

Who You Are

Last November I heard Hopi elder Vernon Masayesva speak about his work protecting water. I was struck by how he described his work as a response to the question “who am I am as a Hopi?” His repetition of the question helped me hear that he wasn’t asking a self-absorbed Read more…

By emily, 4 yearsJanuary 22, 2018 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

More Alive

I love the tradition of reviewing the year. What a wild year this has been! Sometimes its mind boggling to just review the day’s news and catastrophes of a month ago are so quickly subsumed by the next urgent thing. So while I get so much out of reviewing my Read more…

By emily, 4 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, 5 yearsJuly 12, 2017 ago
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Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

“In-the-Bones” Understanding 2.0

You may have noticed that “in-the-bones” understanding is a favorite phrase of mine. Intellectual knowledge gradually seeps into my body. As knowledge penetrates “the bones” it becomes spiritual understanding. And like our skeleton, this spiritual understanding creates a structure that can support our whole lives. One of my healing clients Read more…

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

Why it Can be So Hard to Focus

I love watching my daughter grow into her power. I get a thrill of watching her learn to focus her strength through her karate classes. She’s a joyful, boisterous soul who is learning how to move beyond happy flailing. One day she will be able to break a board. Even Read more…

By emily, 5 yearsMarch 21, 2017 ago
Blog: Awakening our Creative Power

How do we frame these times?

It’s so difficult to hold all the danger and uncertainties around us and stay active, engaged, and creative! In a single day I cycle through a bunch of different frames of mind, each with its own level of adrenaline, fear, anger, courage, and hope. Fortunately I know what shuts me Read more…

By emily, 5 yearsJanuary 29, 2017 ago

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