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Dunya/Dancemeditation Enews, October, 2003
Seminars, Announcements, Practices & Pleasures
=================== In this Issue --->Quote of the Month
--->Seminar: SAVOR & SENSATION * NY, NY * 10/12/2003
--->Seminar: CELESTIAL BODY * HOUSTON, TX * 10/31 - 11/ 2
--->Practice of the Month
--->Real Fact of the Month
--->Music Recommendations
--->Testimonial of the Month
=================== Quote of the Month " 'Niwa' [the title of her life-long dance project] means a forgotten garden, very tiny, very Japanese. I wanted to see my life from the perspective of a woman seated in a garden, watching it bloom and wither. It is not art that I aspire to, but love."
--Muteki-sha, Butoh dancer =================== Seminar: SAVOR & SENSATION
4-8pm, NY, NY * OCTOBER 12, 2003
Dharma Yoga Center, 297 3rd Avenue @ 23rd St., NY, NY Fluid Yoga, Dancemeditation, Spiritual Bellydance, Sufi Healing Elegant embodiment. Savor & sensation. Motion meditation. Attain deep healing, profound relaxation and integration self-connecting dance. Development in the Subtle. Evolution initiated and mediated by opening in the heart center. Attention given to the feeling of the movement. REGISTRATION:
$40 by 10/7; $50 after:
By Credit Card: through website By Check: made to: ‘Dervish Society of America’:
& mail to Dunya, 250 Elizabeth St. #7, NY NY 10012 =================== Seminar: CELESTIAL BODY:
HOUSTON, TX * OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 2
Fr 12-6pm; Sa 12-7pm; Su 12-5pm
NiaMoves at the Fitness Exchange, 4040 Milam, Houston, TX Fluid Yoga, Dancemeditation, Spiritual Bellydance, Sufi Healing This workshop traverses a variety of dance territories: lush, serene Fluid Yoga to open your body & center attention; contemplative mudra dances; the unfolding of slumbering pelvis and spine into detailed, sensuous vibration; spacious, releasing exploration of movement to expand your body’s resonance with universal forms. Chanting and whirling may arise from the unfolding of subtle energy. Writing from these somatic sources moves the cognitive into connection. All periods of action are intertwined with deep resting.
Immersion. Celebration. Beauty. Bring a yoga mat, notebook & pen.
Wear whatever you love to move in. Dunya is offering personal sessions on Monday, November 3. Fees will be on a sliding scale from $50 - $75 per hour. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 713-737-222 REGISTRATION:
Full 3-day workshop $180 by 10/15; $220
F 12-6pm $80; Sa 12-7pm $90; Su 12-5pm $70
By Credit Card: through website
By Check: made to ‘Dervish Society of America’ & mail to Sita Lewi, 2476 Bolsover, PMB 376, Houston, TX 77005 INFO: 713-737-2221 =================== Practice of the Month Spine's Progress This exercise integrates the spine and supports organ function through gentle nervous system stimulation. It may promote dreaming or early body memory. In a settled, clean, undisturbed room, do the sequence slowly at a relaxed pace. It has a watery, oceanic quality. Linger in the sensations, the feelings, the motions. Use easy-going, warm music. Lie on a well-cushioned but solid surface so the ground is there for you. 1. In spinal twist on the floor, rest and breathe. Come to center, rest and breathe. Twist to the other side, rest and breathe. Then center, rest and breathe.
2. 2. Twist right leg over the left, and lower both legs to the floor over to the left. Arms open on floor spread eagle.
3. Begin in the sacrum with up and down motions. That is, up and down relative to what would be an upright spinal posture, one hip rising towards one shoulder then alternating the other hip towards the other shoulder. Of course these motions are very, very small so it is a little wiggle feeling.
4. Sacrum forward and back. That is, the pelvis rocking forward in space and back. Again, very tiny. Until now the movement has centered in the pelvis. Continue on with the rocking or wiggling motions until the occiput (the base of the skull) can respond in a released rocking. 5. Begin a circling motion in the direction that feels most organic. Which direction is it? Clockwise or counterclockwise? The movement is in the pelvis but let the head follow the impulse and rock in response to the pelvic motion. Small range of motion. Non-urgent.
6. Gradually let the circular motion spiral up the spine, vertebrae by vertebrae, like a very gentle scouring. Some areas will be more resistant than others. In the upper back the spread eagle posture is very different than the lower spine's twist from the crossed-over twined legs. Giver yourself 7 to 10 minutes to complete the progression up the length of the spine. No rush.
7. Once you have progressed all the way up the spine, stop your movement. Rest and breathe in the twist. Then, remaining in the twist, draw your breath and energy from the coccyx straight up the spine into the head and forehead.
8. Return to center, rest and breathe.
9. Go to the other side and repeat the entire sequence. When you get to the rotation do you find the same direction organic? Or do you go in the opposite direction? Just notice and go with what draws you. ©2003 Dunya Dianne McPherson =================== Music Recommendations "Pukar" by Najma =================== Real Fact of the Month 1/4 of the bones in your body are in your feet. =================== Testimonials of the Month Hi Dunya, I auditioned for the Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company recently, and they accepted me! This accomplishment is no small feat for a fellow who still must grapple with 19 years of negative conditioning with the idea that he couldn't dance. I can't thank you enough for opening up this new world to me -- and you opened it in such a non-restrictive way. I first learned to feel, then I learned to dance; for many westerners, the opposite is true. Duncan Smith Rohberg, Harvard undergraduate =================== And that is the end of our newsletter. Thank you very much!
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