I was at
Ya’Acov’s birthday party, talking to Chris Lüttichau about his new bookAnimal Spirit Guides. Chris was explaining that the publishers
had asked him at the last moment to add some pages about Australian
animals. He had some problems with this at first but after some
research and shamanic dreaming had successfully completed the job.
“Tell me about
Kangaroos.” I asked Chris, “What are their Spirit Guide qualities?”
I’m travelling home again
after a quite beautiful week teaching Wild
at Heart, my bi-annual venturing into the world of ‘for men only’
workshops. I was struck, as I have often been recently, by the mature ‘no
bullshit’ approach all bar none of the participants had to the work we did
together. That feeling was mirrored in Billy Connolly’s DVD about his journey
through the North-West passage called
Journey to the Edge of the World, which I watched on the train home. In one
episode, he participates in a traditional sweat lodge in British Colombia. He
is disarmingly honest throughout his epic journey and his sweat lodge
experience is no different. He begins the ceremony with some trepidation.more>
The Door of Manifestation
By Susannah
I asked our editor at Hay
House about whether our book could be up on Amazon for people to pre-order. She
said casually “Oh, I think it’s already up there”… I looked. It was. It is. Oh
my god, it’s real!
So, there it is, you can pre-order
our book which is called Movement Medicine: 9 Gateways to living the Dream and
our instructional CD: Movement Medicine: Movement Meditations for Life from Amazon
UK. In fact please do!more>
Moving Stories This month's winner of £100 School of Movement Medicine workshop voucher
By Rob Porteous
I am fascinated by stories;
in particular how the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what we
are doing here define and limit the choices we make. If I have to be the hero,
what do I do with my cowardice? If I’m a ‘pillar of society,’ what happens to
my desire to subvert the system? How can my ‘Mr Nice Guy’ get angry? If I feel
like the victim or the perpetual outsider, how do I ask for what I want? If I’m
always busy, what happens to my need for stillness? If I have to have all the
answers, how do I cope with my stupidity? more>
Source: Why did I do this dance weekend? by Debbie
Rosenberg
“I’m going for a cardio-vascular workout,” I heard myself telling my friends as
we sat in the car en route to the dance venue for Source on Friday night. My
friends laughed at that and one of them expressed much deeper and potentially
profound reasons as to why she was going. You know what though? I could also
have chosen to do an elaborate combination of box steps, spotty dogs and
grapevines to achieve that end and even a few mambo cha-cha-chas thrown in to
make it seem ‘dancey‘.more>
Dance with your backpack on if you have to leaving, homecoming, initiation and what do
you put in your medicine bundle?
By Ellen Head
Come, come, whoever you are,
wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving
It doesn’t matter.
Ours is not a caravan of
despair.
Come, even if you have
broken your vow a thousand times
The weeks preceding ritual’s “fire module” were filled with resistance. Fatigue, migraines, symptoms that have become so achingly familiar. Telltale signs that a war is raging within. Breathing. Asking Source for guidance and being shown that a Change is coming. A first in many that would signify a turning point in my life, from that of struggle and survival,constantly gulping down air in what seemed to be a place of stifling darkness, to that where there would be infinitely more space for authentic movement.
Here is another
opportunity to partake of the Pachamama Symposium“Awakening the Dreamer”.
We (Susannah, Ya’Acov and Chris Salisbury) have been deeply moved and inspired
by the work of the Pacha Mama alliance. We gave our first Pachamama symposium
at Schumacher, and were inspired all over again; this material rocks!This is a deeply creative, intelligent,
empowering, and heartful response to the challenges of our time, bringing
together environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfilment.more>
Walrog CD The Walrog CD is out at
last. It’s a highly improved version of the tape which came out 10 years ago,
with 3 bonus (instrumental tracks). With the first 50 copies ordered, you get a
free Walrog book along with the CD. Roll up!We’ll also have Morgan
Doctors new CD in soon (its on its way from Canada) and Gabrielle Roth’s new CD Jhoom, with some funky
tribal percussion, and a beautiful long meditative track from Chloe Goodchild. more>
Rituals 2008 - 2009 - The power of present!
By Odet Sleeswijk
Today 29th of March.
It is a week ago since I have left rituals module 3…
I feel more peace
and calmness in myself. I feel so deep connected with my companions on my
journey. Everybody is so focused to give all their attention to the circle, so
I feel so safe to let myself go and experienced all energy through my body….more>
All by accident or coincidence - after Awakening
by Hans Nusink
I 'did' Awakening this April
and had a deep experience of grief and fear in the dance of the four elements,
that I danced with two beautiful partners. The basis for things happening on my
way home and being at home.
I travelled by ferry from
Harwich to Hook of Holland as I usually do. To reach Harwich I took a bus from London. In the bus I was seated next to a boy a bit younger
than my son Bart. Let's say ten. He probably had had a tiring shopping weekend
with his brother and father in London.more>
Pranamotion: The Dance of Yoga, the Yoga of Dance by Keef Miles
I spent my twenties lost at sea, intoxicated with drugs and alcohol,
occasionally debilitated with depression and feeling, for the most part,
spiritually bereft and confused by life as a human on this planet in these times.
If it wasn’t for the discovery of dance/yoga, I am really not sure if I would
still be alive. Grace and the cosmic choregrapher had a more extraordinary
Dharma lined up for me however. Journeys to India, Thailand, Brazil and the USA opened my mind and
heart to the exquisite beauty of a life lived fully, whole-heartedly and
mindfully. more>
DanSing! - Wow!
Letter to Susannah from David Kellett
Dearest
Susannah,
Thank you
for such a wonderful and inspiring weekend. I enjoyed myself so much - it was
just amazing!! I always enjoy the workshops but in singing and dancing together
there was a different kind of freedom - somehow something wilder,
more joyful and more raw (roar? ;-) came through. It was most unexpected
actually. I wanted to do the workshop but with an attitude that was a little
"This WILL be GOOD for me, so I MUST MAKE myself DO IT"more>
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