Dance as "me time."

Wow, friend. I heard the term Maycember for the first time this past week, and boy did it resonate. This past week many of you mentioned feeling similarly…. Mostly… really really BUSY. Work, weddings, graduations, sports, spring concerts, finals, end of school-year busy-ness… plus the nicer weather and the desire to plant the garden, the need to mow, and the urge to go on fun adventures…. Not to mention all of the unexpected not-so-fun things that can also arise that require

May 103 min read

Returning to ease & just being here now.

Y'all, last week’s discussions were just what my heart needed. Thank you. After the past few weeks deep-dives into Flexibility, Gratitude, and Full-spectrum Living, this week we’re coming back home to ease. Ease as in the opposite of hard. Ease as in the opposite of struggle. Ease as in the opposite of dis-ease. There’s a time and place for embracing the hard and effortful... the growth and improvement…but these “ease” weeks are here to remind us to also: • soften into onenes

Apr 261 min read

Living a full-spectrum life.

Ooh, friend. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on this one... One of our son’s (homeschool) projects this year was to write the history of his life so far. It was a BIG project --- part photo-book, part autobiography. He spent months working on it —hours choosing photos, writing about moments of his life, and designing the entire (150-page) book through Canva. His book is beautiful, and I will forever treasure it. But as we sat together to proofread it one day before sendin

Apr 193 min read

Re-centering in gratitude.

Ooh, friend, our focus on flexibility felt soooooo wonderful last week. Many thanks for joining me in that focus. This week, let’s come back to sensing & practicing gratitude. As we dance in class (and move through life), we'll simply practice asking ourselves again and again the big question of the week: what can I be grateful for in this moment? Then we can also sense things like: how does tapping into gratitude feel? What do we sense in our body, mind, emotions, or spir

Apr 91 min read

Staying flexible.

Welcome to Part 7 of our series on Cultivating Organic Fitness ! Well, friend, this past week was interesting. In 2 different classes, we had some sounds beyond our control that required a bit of… flexibility . :) 1) On Monday, a smoke detector located on a very high ceiling above us chirped very loudly approximately every 60 seconds… 2) On Wednesday night, at the start of Zoom class, my microphone was accompanied by a loud buzz that I couldn’t find the source of… Both sound

Apr 58 min read

The sensations of safety.

Hello, beautiful soul! I hope you had a most wonderful spring break week. We are back from a quick camping trip, and I can’t wait to get back to the dance floor with you. This week, let’s dive into a somatic exploration of safety… The big questions of the week: 1). What does safety feel like? What do you sense in your body when you feel safe? Unsafe? What do you sense/notice in your: Feet Shoulders Face Heartbeat Belly Breath Eyes Muscles ________ 2). Do you move (or hold yo

Mar 223 min read

Tortoise Mode & Hare Mode: Celebrating Aerobic & Anaerobic Conditioning.

Hello, friend! This week, we’re going to dive back into our Cultivating Organic Fitness series with a special focus on two sweet modes of training. Remember that old story about the tortoise and the hare? You know—the one where they race, and the really cocky hare speeds away at the start? Then the hare stops to take breaks, and even snooze a bit? And, in the end, the tortoise who is cruising along slowly (but steadily) wins? This week, we’re going to use those two charac

Mar 710 min read

Back to ease & being here now.

Yeppers—- it’s time for another ease week, friend. After our last 3 deep dives into our breath, heart, and then feeling our feelings, let’s take a week to eeeeeeease our way on into this beautiful month ahead of us. “Ease & just being here now” is a focus we come back to often. While we can still move as vigorously as we’d like throughout class, we can think of this focus (once it is familiar) as a bit of mental rest week. Instead of diving into a new mental concept or prac

Mar 21 min read