The second Sacred Dance Guild newsletter (later renamed the Journal) was indicated as Fall Issue 1958.
The second Sacred Dance Guild newsletter (later renamed the Journal) was indicated as Fall Issue 1958.
“The annual meeting of the Eastern Regional Sacred Dance Association was held Feb. 10, 1958 at the Unitarian Church in Winchester. …. “ “The new by-laws were read and discussed at length, much time being spent on the question of a suitable name for our organization.
It was voted that the name of the organization shall be – “The Sacred Dance Guild”.
The Sacred Dance Guild began issuing a “newsletter” to members 2-3 times per year in 1958 which continued until 1978. In 1978 the “newsletter” was changed to the “Sacred Dance Guild Journal” continuing with three issues per year until 2009 when it changed to twice per year until the final printed issue in 2012. So – 54 years of print – we have a total of 154 Newsletter/Journals in our archives “box”!
Thank you for joining me as together we enter the Sacred Ground between us and thank you for taking this time to explore the healing power of our most precious gift of Sacred Dance.
Bharatanatyam dance explores the path towards Spirituality. Dance is a form of praise, a way to connect with the divine. The purposes of the practice of a religion are to achieve the goals of salvation for oneself and others. Salvation, for the Hindu, can be achieved in one of three ways: the way of works, the way of knowledge, or the way of devotion.
as we engaged with open welcome in a dance workshop in a space where faith has been expressed in many ways over centuries, at least one woman from the local area found a renewal of faith expression through movement that had lain dormant for some time. As we engaged the mysticism of Julian of Norwich in a circle dance, those present connected with the spiritual ancestry of our context.
by Ilene A. Serlin, Ph.D, BC-DMT Over the course of the last twenty years, I have had the opportunity to get more experience working with intergenerational trauma, starting in Israel in 1986 through Dr. Vivien Marcow Speiser and Lesley University.…
The dance that evolves from my practice is a Sacred dance that embodies all the struggles and empowerments of selfhood and identity as well as the liberation of transcendence. These experiences are all interwoven and are integral to my divine journey.
Our bodies are the earth. The earth is our body. In my practice of walking, dancing and writing in connection to the landscape and seascape is where I keep living these words.