Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Strenuous dance and stretching can actually stiffen the muscles as they cool down and the lactic acid accumulates in the muscle tissue. My solution is to take a warm Epsom Salt bath after I dance. A gallon of the salts costs under $5 (usually $3) and can be purchased at Wallgreens, Longs, Rite Aid, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Improvisational Movement, Isadora Duncan, Paris, Rodin Museum, Sculptural Movement, Wild Writing Women on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
The dancer of the future will be one whose body and soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of that soul will have become the movement of the body. The dancer will not belong to a nation but to all humanity. She will not dance in the form of nymph, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alternative dance, creative movement, dance exploration, dreams, ecstatic dance, Gabrielle Roth, healing dance, Sweat Your Prayers, The Moving Center on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
A dyslexic dance teacher? A free-form dance teacher? Are these oxymorons?
I’m both. Through no intention of my own. It started with a dream. A dream that gave me the blessings and encouragement to teach and share my passion of the healing journey dance had taken me on throughout my life to that point at 37 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, alternative dance, dance exploration, ecstatic dance, Gabrielle Roth, morning dancing, stretching, Sweat Your Prayers, The Moving Center on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Dancing is usually considered an evening pastime. Bonfires and dance halls, night clubs and parties. Dancing in the dark is more mysterious. Inhibitions loosened by low light and exhibition fueled by alcohol. Boundaries are hazier. People less self conscious if they can’t be seen so easily as in the stark light of an early Sunday [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged creative movement, dance, exercise, healing dance, movement, self expression, stretching, Tina Turner, writing, Yosh'is Jazz Club on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you remember when Tina Turner made a comeback in the 80s? MTV was the venue and her dress was short with beaded fringe ( I think?), her skin glowed and her legs were STUPENDOUS! She was almost 50 years old. Damn, she danced like she was possessed by the Goddess of Sexy Fire Tower [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged core strengthh, creative movement, dance, exercise, hands, healing dance, movement, self expression, stretching, writing on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
There is a way to dance where the movement goes beyond the body. I use my hands to expand my range of movement beyond my physical perimeters. Having the movement continue out the finger tips, like invisible threads of expression, brings a core strength and passion that anchors me in the subtle yet strong unity [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged creative movement, dance, exercise, Harry Belafonte, healing dance, movement, self expression, stretching, writing on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
From the day I arrived home from the hospital my mom would pick me up, place me on her hip and dance around the living room to music from the radio before my dad got home from work.”Think like a feather,” mom would say as she bent down to lift me into her arms for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alternative dance, creative movement, dance, divorce, ecstatic dance, exercise, healing dance, movement, self expression, spiritual healing, stretching, writing on March 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Dance as a healing art form? How is this so? I’ve been teaching dance as a healing art form for 17 years in Marin County, California. Rediscovering dance in my mid-thirties was extremely healing. It provided me with an artistic vehicle for my emotional expression. Divorce and awakening were simultaneously tearing me apart and reconnecting me with my [...]
