not an oxymoron
Posted in Retreat, Spiritual Bellydance on Feb 14th, 2009
“Art is not an end in itself. It is a medium in service of sacred understanding.”
–Rasa, Rene Daumal
I just returned from presenting this year’s 5-day Program at Kripalu. We are a mixed-level group of 20. Many were beginner dancers, or new to bellydance, and were unfamiliar with my methods, yet by the end everyone was [...]
Posted in On Personal Practice, The Path on Feb 6th, 2009
When you are at the beginning,
Begin at the beginning.
We are never born in the middle of our life; we are all born babies. It is the same with doing our practice or with teaching a class — the beginning of a session is always the beginning. The beginning is not a warm up; it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2009
This is beautiful description of what one woman’s heart attack felt like. It belongs in this blog because it is so somatically connected. A woman’s heart attack may not resemble a man’s.
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NURSE’S HEART ATTACK EXPERIENCE
Women and heart attacks (Myocardial infarction). Did you know that women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when [...]