not an oxymoron
Posted in On Personal Practice on Apr 10th, 2009
If you only dance when you are in the mood, you will probably only dance in a certain mood. This is not a practice. A practice is a process of bearing witness to all of the self, not just certain moods. A Dancemeditation practice is dancing/moving regularly, with awareness, patience, respect, and appreciation. We go [...]
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; [...]
Posted in Of Core Knowing, On Personal Practice, Poems on Jan 11th, 2009
In the land of false flowers, there is a mirror. Stop gaping there. Turns your eyes in, where Gaze has heat running under the skin, and marbles of pulses roll along the canals between the eyeballs and toes. Sensation is the first way of Knowing who we are. This Dance is not what you think. [...]