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Dunya/Dancemeditation Enews, November, 2003
Seminars, Announcements, Practices & Pleasures
http://www.dancemeditation.org =================== In this Issue --->Quote of the Month
--->Seminar: THE RUBY SPINE: Unlocking the Vault * CAMBRIDGE, MA * 11/9
--->Seminar: MOVING IN SENSATION * CAPE COD, MA * 11/29
--->Practice of the Month
--->Real Fact of the Month
--->Music Recommendations
--->Testimonial of the Month =================== Quote of the Month "It takes special conditions and guidance to study the self. It requires time and care and support…We need a special form of attention, mindfulness and sensitivity, especially to the how of things. A calm unhurried attitude is also needed. Effort, struggle or a narrow orientation towards goals and achievements make careful attention to the how of things difficult. (That's why monasteries are the way they are, minimizing as much 'noise' as possible, the noise of the bustle of cities and worldly cares.) Self discovery requires a meditative attitude. You cannot storm the self. Force will not work. Force sends the child into hiding."
--Ron Kurtz, psychotherapist, Hakomi =================== Seminar: THE RUBY SPINE: Unlocking the Vault
Spiritual Bellydance with DUNYA
NOVEMBER 9TH, 2003 * 1-5pm
Boston Dance Complex, 536 Mass. Ave. in Central Square, Cambridge, MA This seminar investigates spinal micro-motion as initiation into inward journey. In the opening exploration we progress through a specific sequence of tiny movements. The attentive focus is on line-of-movement and its accompanying sensation. The session carefully treads into the 'no-man's-land' of developmental and primordial motion underscoring both Middle Eastern dance vocabulary and our somatic animal source. We unlock the interior sensory vault in part to uncork exterior freedom, but also to enjoy self-accompaniment. The progression, like slow, non-urgent sex, embraces pleasure, edge, sweetness, intimacy, connection, the unexpected. Please bring a blanket/yoga mat to exercise on. REGISTRATION
$35 before by 10/20; $45 at the door
By Credit Card: through website http://www.dancemeditation.org
By Check: made to: ‘Lisa Tieman’ and mailed to:
Lisa Tieman, 60 Oris St., Melrose, MA 02176-1639
INFO: 781-662-6027 =================== Seminar: MOVING IN SENSATION
Dancemeditation with DUNYA
NOVEMBER 29th * 11am - 2pm
Mary French Studio, Rte. 28A & County Rd., Cataumet, MA Spinal wave motion, breath, released stretching & explorational motion to increase sensation and enjoyment of your movement. Expanding into juicy dance! Bring a cushy mat. Wear whatever you love to move in. Make sure you have layers to be completely warm during resting periods. REGISTRATION
$25 by 11/20; $30 after
By Credit Card: through website http://www.dancemeditation.org
By Check: made to: ‘Dervish Society of America’
& mail to: Jayne Bissonnette, PO Box 3006, Waquoit, MA 02536
INFO : Jayne, 508 540 6974 =================== Practice of the Month Concerning Fluid Yoga
by Dunya Dianne McPherson
Fluid Yoga practice is neither held poses nor is it continuous motion. There is an oscillation of actions. For instance, do a combination of poses, one flowing into the other and out again. Then repeat the combination a number of times, a dance idea more than a yoga idea. The yogic sensibility emerges when there is a fermata in the full extension. Linger in the extreme extension, fill it with awareness and let the body deepen the stretch. Afterwards there'll be a flowing away - an oceanic receding of the wave from the shoreline - and the next part of the sequence will come into play. The ebb and flow of the combination has a rhythm that allows for elongation of the endpoints in time, a drawing out, a sensitive unfurling mediated by the sensual feel of the stretch. You'll know how to negotiate this timing by feeling the body let go, the muscle fibers almost sighing gently in relief as they ease themselves out of holding and into expansion. In the process of repeating a combination, attention can shift to the in-between spaces - that long period of transition between full extensions comprised of the successive passing of effort from one muscle group to the next. In this passageway we gather deep strengthening and integration. It is also the arena where lapses in concentration are best addressed. It is easier to pay attention in the full extension because we work at our threshold of intense sensation. It lends itself to being noticed. By contrast, the sensation of movement transition is subtle and can sink into a shadow of attention. Maintaining present-ness and awareness in transitions is the key to developing center, power and intimacy with oneself. ©2003 Dunya Dianne McPherson =================== Music Recommendations Shiva Ray's "Yoga Trance Dance" =================== Real Fact of the Month "The inner ear registers where we are in relationship to the Earth via the magnetic attraction of the pull of gravity. In the inner ear there are little stones called otoliths and little hairs called cilia. The stones fall towards gravity and stimulate the cilia. The stimulation of the cilia by the otoliths tells us where our head is in relation to the earth."
--Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, author Sensing, Feeling and Action =================== Testimonial of the Month Dunya, I've been wanting to write down my experience(s) from the LA workshop but every time I try nothing comes; and I just realized that it's because I can't separate that experience from the way I feel right now. The integration feels constant, as though I were (am) experiencing the moments, hours, days since the workshop with more of my being than ever before. I'm feeling my feelings with and in my body. I feel more connected to the energy pervading and flowing through me and my surroundings (I've been visually seeing energy rather distinctly, flashes/sparks of blue, yellow and white light, along with a kind of liquid quality to everything). I've had a couple of amazing evenings just sitting and watching/feeling the energy in my apartment. My dreams have been especially powerful and lucid, including some wonderful, free, joy filled dancing. I've felt, very strongly, what I can only describe as the feminine divine around me in my sleep and living in my dreaming. In the workshop I felt both very present and distant…more free with my dancing than ever yet like I neither could nor wanted to move. When I danced in the circle on Saturday, I didn't know where I was but it made me feel incredibly happy. During yoga class a couple of nights ago, as the teacher was talking about our breathing, I suddenly understood (to a point) that every single breath we take is a microcosm of the universal in and out breaths. That in every single breath we live out the unfolding and the condensing of the universe, the entire cycle of being at the level of being. I could go on and on, but the point is that those two days in your workshop feel directly related to a palpable deepening in me and many moments of feeling joyful and peaceful. So once again I want to thank you, and extend my appreciation for your facilitation, guidance and support. I hope this finds you well, Love and Blessings,
Stephen Berger =================== And that is the end of our newsletter. Thank you very much! To UNSUBSCRIBE, please reply with 'Remove from List' in the subject line.
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