Letting ourselves get a little weirder.

Friend, I am sooooooo ridiculously excited for this week’s focus. This week is all about getting a little weirder as we dance. I’ll explain. :) You see, Aya is all about freeing our body (and self), and yet…. sometimes I find myself making my dance look…. well…. normal. I can feel that inhibition. I want to roll around on the floor more, but I don’t want to be quite so different than everyone else. I want to let my body move freely, but I don’t want it to look too weird and

Nov 30, 20257 min read

Radiating gratitude.

Thanks, so much, for another lovely week of dancing, friend! We’ll continue our focus this week on gratitude… but this time, we’ll revisit a practice we explored last year at this same time: radiating gratitude. It’s a practice where we sense our gratitude in the moment, and also practice expressing (and radiating) it outwardly. It’s thanks… giving . We can explore things like: • How do you show, communicate, or express your thanks? • Who could you express your thanks to toda

Nov 24, 20251 min read

Practicing gratitude (via our senses).

Thank you so much for another beautiful week of ease & just being here now last week, friend. November is here, and you know what that means… Yep!! It’s time for coming back to: gratitude. This week and next, we’ll focus on exploring what it’s like to practice gratitude via our senses. We’ll practice looking at (and listening to, tasting, smelling, and touching) the world around us with our gratitude filter activated. The big question: What can we be grateful for ___________

Nov 17, 20251 min read

Ease & just being here now.

Thank you so much for joining me last week for our November self-care reset. This week, we’ll revisit our monthly integration focus of ease & just being here now. Ahhhhh….. I always love coming back to this focus again and again. I hope it feels like great timing for you too. This focus always includes 2 parts: 1) Ease We’ll dance with ease. Ease in our shoulders. Ease in our hips. Ease in our spine. We’ll simply dance and connect with the sensation of ease. Nothing to prove…

Nov 9, 20251 min read

November self-care reset.

Whoosh… what a wild ride life is. Friend, these past four months have been a blur. Back in July, we embarked on the start of a new chapter for our family. We began searching for a new home (still here in Waterloo), and found ourselves a really lovely house that is a wonderful fit for us. We then quickly began the process of purchasing, renovating, and moving into our new home, and listing our old home for sale, etc., etc. Throughout that time, we also continued our work, star

Nov 2, 20254 min read

Sensing how it feels to PLAY.

It’s Halloween week, friend… and I always LOVE how dancing in a costume, seeing you all in costumes, and belting out Halloween songs together helps me lighten up and not take myself soooooooo seriously. I’m so looking forward to this week! We have 4 classes left this week — 2 of them Halloween-themed (Monday night, 5:45, at the CF Woman’s Club, and Wednesday night, 5:30, on Zoom), and 2 regular Aya classes... All will focus on the question: how does it feel to play? We can a

Oct 26, 20252 min read

Listening to your body.

Ooh, friend, I loved our practice of listening so very much last week. It was just what my soul (and nervous system) was needing. Thank you! While we primarily focused last week on listening to the music, this week we'll focus a bit more on listening to our body . We'll move, tune in, notice our body sensations, and really explore the key question of: what is my body telling me? --------------------------------------------- How is this different than every other week? Great q

Oct 19, 20253 min read

Practicing listening.

Oh man, last week's focus on ease felt soooooooo great. It was just what I was needing. Thanks so much for joining me. THIS week, let's dive into a practice of listening. Listening deeply: To the music. To each other. To your body. To the sounds of life --of the moment, right here, right now-- all around you. To the silence... the space... the in-between... To your inner self, heart, knowing, spirit.... To ________________. We'll practice listening as a way to: 1) stay prese

Oct 13, 20252 min read