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Dunya/Dancemeditation Enews, September, 2004
Seminars, Announcements, Practices & Pleasures
http://www.dancemeditation.org
=================== In this Issue --->Quote of the Month
--->Course: SENSUAL ALCHEMY * Cape Cod, MA *
--->Schedule of Upcoming Fall Offerings
--->Practice of the Month
--->Music Recommendation
--->Testimonial of the Month =================== Quote of the Month "My body is the book of me, the book of my world, the book of human history. My dance is the quill poised to write again."
---Dunya Dianne McPherson =================== Course: SENSUAL ALCHEMY: SPIRITUAL BELLYDANCE with DUNYA
Workshop Series
9/25, 11/20 & 12/18, 2004
11am - 2pm
Mary French Studio, Rte. 28A & County Rd.
CAPE COD, MA We'll begin the workshop with a period of Fluid Yoga to open and relax our bodies, then progress into the beauty and mysticism inherent in dance traditions originating in the Middle East by pursuing a somatic interior root of the form’s intricate isolations and trance-y rhythmic substrata. We'll look inward, feel the sensation in our bones & tissues, gravitate towards absorption in interior spaces beyond our minds. Middle Eastern dance - ornamental mudras, vibration, undulation - is specifically suited to this self-amplification. Through the emerging internal openings, Sufi lineage energetic materials are manifest. The heart center flowers, mediating our voyaging in the Subtle. Bring: yoga mat, veil, scarf or belt to accentuate your hips. Make sure you have layers to be completely warm during resting periods. REGISTRATION
Series of three: $60 by 9/20
Single session: $25 by previous Friday; $30 after
LOCATION: Mary French Studio, Rte. 28A & County Rd., Cataumet, MA
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 =================== COMING THIS FALL: o CELESTIAL BODY with DUNYA
HOUSTON, TX
Fri 10/01/2004 -- Sun 10/03/2004 o WHILRING DANCE MEDITATION with DUNYA
WAKEFIELD, RI
OCTOBER 23 -24 o SENSUAL ALCHEMY: SPIRITUAL BELLYDANCE with DUNYA
NEW YORK CITY
Sunday November 7th 4-7pm o WINTER MOVEMENT MONASTERY
CHAPPELL HILL, TX
DECEMBER 29TH, 2004 - JANUARY 7TH,2005 =================== Practice of the Month For sluggishness or that sense of having a hard time getting in motion, set a timer for 20 minutes or put on music that runs for at least that long. Then give yourself the cue to move continuously until the end of that time. It needn't be rigorous movement. It can be gentle or can shift pace. But don't stop until the time is up. Just move straight through your feeling of wanting to slow down and phase out. Again I want to emphasize the attitude. Be firm and patient but not punishing. There is not need to go to the point of pain. There is always movement to do which is pain-free. But if you have been sluggish it is important to get back into motion. It may require this push of discipline. Do this every day for a month. =================== Music Recommendation The music of pop North African singer, Youssou Nadour. =================== Testimonial of the Month "What an incredible feeling. Tuesday morning I couldn't stop crying because everything was so beautiful everywhere I looked and then that night it felt like the whole room erupted into a thick golden honey. I am wondering if everyone is feeling something similar, it felt so much more like a group explosion than just something I was experiencing. I didn't really get how powerful the energy was until the next morning when I walked into school and I was carrying it with me... it felt like I hadn't lost any of it. Even today after a flat tire and numerous other little events it still feels thick around me... I am charged with a strong current... I wake up in the mornings to hot hands and strong heat in my upper back behind my heart and heat in the front of my face and neck. My dreams are strong and dramatic... beautifully full of life energy. Dancemeditation has made my life much more vital and worth living." Majida Smith, High school science teacher, Houston, TX =================== And that is the end of our newsletter. Thank you very much!
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