Dear Dancing Friends, I always feel Autumn as such a time of change in the year, especially here in NZ where we have the dual impulses of growth and dying in any one season. We have a maple tree in our garden and throughout the day leaves make their graceful descent to the earth. I remember … [Read more...]
Sweat, by Bill Goldberg
At first self-conscious, I dance until my sweat becomes a river, that takes me to my soul. Eyes closed, I disappear into the waves, and all that’s left is rhythm. Laughter ripples through my body. Joy arises, past walls that were there just moments before. Moving until my sweat erodes those … [Read more...]
Dancing The Spirit Sacred
by Inspirational Village, April 2011 Dance is a spiritual channel, an opening of metaphysical and sensuous doorways. Every dancer knows her goal: to get to that point where the body no longer stands in the way but becomes the instrument of the soul’s expression, the body, and psyche working … [Read more...]
Riding the Waves
Sacha Paddy writes... The change feels like it has finally come here in Auckland/Waiheke, the winds have picked up, even a little much needed rain, the seas are choppy and changeable, and I’ve started wearing socks again. The summer felt eternal this year and I must admit I am enjoying the relief … [Read more...]
Resistance To Change
Sacha Paddy writes: Dear friends...happy Spring! The kowhai are blazing golden across gardens and forest, fruit trees are in delicate blossom and all seems to have taken on a delicious sweetness here on Waiheke. However the wind and intermittent heavy rains are reminding that the transition towards … [Read more...]
