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=================== In this Issue --->Quote of the Month
--->Fall Schedule 2005
--->Seminar: GAZING IN: Roots of Stambali, Berkley, MA * 10/1
--->Announcement: Certification and MA Degree
--->Practice of the Month
--->Reading Recommendation
--->Contemplations of Retreat Quote of the Month “The only way out is in and through.”
-- John Weir ================================== Seminar: GAZING IN: Roots of Stambali
October 1st 1-4pm
Ancient Arts Studio
590 Berkley St.
Berkley, MA We’ll turn our view inward to part the interior veil covering hips and spine. Breathing and gentle vibration, as well as exploration of rhythm and sensation in our dance, can dissolve the blocks that tighten our viscera and constrict our connection to the pelvis. This is the root of Stambali, the trance dance women have used for centuries in the Middle East to heal themselves.
Please bring an exercise mat, a veil and a hip scarf. Registration:
$35 at door; $28 by 9/21
Info: 508-822-6449;
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FALL SCHEDULE PAINTING THE WIND BERKELY, MA
OCTOBER 1 * 508 822 6449 DANCEMEDITATION, OKLAHOMA CITY
OCTOBER 15 & 16 * 405 615 3886 NYC FALL INTENSIVE
OCTOBER 25 - DECEMBER 7 * 212 226 2114 SENSUAL ALCHEMY BODY OF SANTA FE
NOVEMBER 18 - 20 * 505 986 0362 CELESTIAL BODY FT. WALTON BEACH, FL
DECEMBER 3 & 4 * 850 243 9444 WINTER MOVEMENT MONASTERY
CHAPPELL HILL, TX * DEC 29 - JAN 4 ANNOUNCEMENT:
Teacher Training Certification & Advanced Levels:
Intensive Training Certification & Advanced Levels:
MA with Specialization in Dancemeditation Intensive Training Certification:
This is a limited but in-depth course of study with no outside requirements other than retreat and seminar attendance. It is best suited to those seeking a serious self-evolution environment. Advanced Levels are available post Certification. . Teacher Training Certification:
This is an in-depth program that includes retreat and seminar attendance, development of a teaching resources and community building through production skills. Advanced Levels are available post Certification. Advanced Level Sufi Apprenticeship is available for those who have completed either Teacher Training or Intensive Training Certifications and Advanced Levels. MA with a specialization in Dancemeditation:
Those interested in Masters level study and credentials in Dancemeditation can do so through Lesley University’s flexible non-resident Independent Study Degree Program or Interdisciplinary Degree Program. For those who’ve completed a Teacher Training Certificate, the Advanced Level Certification can be part of your Masters of Arts Program. ================================== Practice of the Month Move and write. Close your eyes and move for 20 minutes. (Move any way you feel to any music you wish, or to silence.) Rest for 5 minutes. Write for 20 minutes. Move for 10 more minutes and rest. If you do this practice with a friend, you can read back what you wrote to one another to end the session. Feel free to adjust any of the timings, but beginning with 20 minutes of movement is highly recommended. ================================== Reading Recommendation Arching Backwards.
by Janet Adler
Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT, 1995 A dancer’s poetic journal of embodied practice leading through the fire of awakening. ================================== Contemplations of Retreat “The retreat helped me connect with my spirit, to more easily understand, nurture and strengthen that aspect of myself. This is one of the \"newer\" things for me, the increased clarity in this area. I have experienced support and healing psychologically with counseling, and in the physical/emotional body with the Rosen Method, and craniosacral therapy. This spring my counselor said to me she thought my spirit had been wounded due to a deep hurt at a young age. I kind of understood what she meant but didn\'t know how I would address this aspect of myself. DM has helped me to access and nurture my spirit. That is huge for me, and I am very grateful! I really enjoy the focus on the experience of spirit/God with support for the process, but not a structure which restricts it. I also like the lack of emphasis on \"form\" for God, since I have given up naming or relating to that. The care and respect that you showed individuals varying within the group is deeply appreciated. My being is vulnerable at at time like that, as I know others are. Its great to feel and see that space honored sensitively, even though I imagine at times it\'s tiring. It\'s good training to see, for life, teaching, whatever. All of us humans are just one big group on this ball together; we\'re all different, maybe we\'ll learn to live together.
I liked the intensity of the work: the longer chants, practices, meditations. I was tired and really needed the rest after. My brain hurt, and I couldn\'t think. I was able to when I left, though I still felt the need for rest. I feel able to reach a quiet space inside myself more easily.”
Ann Galkowski, Physical Therapist, Newport, RI And that is the end of our newsletter. Thank you very much!
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