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Apr 10

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Intimacy with Eternity

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 beyond habitual impulsiveness to a mature, sustaining relationship to our embodied consciousness.

Developing a practice takes years and years. I don’t know anyone who hit on it right away then kept it going forever after without cessation or resistance. I don’t know anyone who fell in love with the toil of regular practice. But I know many people who have fallen in deep love with the  totality of their practice over time.
We appreciate the insights.
We savor learning about who we are.
We treasure the safe haven for de-bugging ourselves.
We have no words for the preciousness of our Intimate corner with Eternity.

May 2

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Shadow & Light

Practice: Shadow & Light
Stand, sit, or lie down.
Close your eyes.
Imagine a line down the center of your body.
Put one side of the body into shadow and the other in light.
Move the lit side of the body watching, with your inner gaze, the lit side.

I’ve repeatedly taught several practices this past month that I find myself running through, like a laundry list, as I do my own work. Shadow & Light is one of these. Who can’t relate to their differences? We all have them, are are trained into them.

Its charms and powers grow in me as I explore my body through it. Read more