not an oxymoron
Posted in On Practices, The Path on Feb 24th, 2010
A salient aspect of Dancemeditation is learning to be receptive inside our bodies. We have to do not doing in order to undo overdoing. We make an effort to let go. Michael Sells in his beautiful introduction, in Early Islamic Mysticism, to Qushayri’s essay on Tawajad (Making Ecstatic), Wajad (Ecstasy), and Wujud (Ecstatic Existentiality), gives [...]
Posted in Events, performance on Feb 16th, 2010
In its beauty and integrity, the Dunyati Alembic had the deserved honor of being the Wednesday evening event in the Main Hall at Kripalu Center for Yoga in the Berkshires. The Main Hall is a high vaulted temple, dramatically lit, with soft carpeted floors, and Wednesday evening is usually a community kirtan with many attendees. [...]
Posted in The Path on Feb 6th, 2010
Below are three stages of development in the tradition of Sufism articulated by Qushayri. Their simplicity is helpful — graspable benchmarks.
Moving from one to another rests on understanding oneself. In Dancemeditation this means time spent with, and in, the body. We are our bodies. Within a movement practice, we see, feel, and discover who and [...]