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.
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Tagged with: Dance, Divine, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Sacred dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Dance, Dance festival, Global OutReach, moving meditation, Religious dance, retreat, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal, World Dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Dance, Dance festival, Global OutReach, moving meditation, Religious dance, retreat, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal, World Dance
VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM
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.
Let Them Praise God’s Name in the Dance (Ps 149:3)
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.
Tagged with: Christian Worship, Performing Arts, Religion and Spirituality, Sacred dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Christian dance, Dance, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, retreat, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
Posted in Body Prayer, Christian dance, Dance, Liturgical dance, Religious dance, retreat, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
Marian Chace Foundation Lecture 2020 Trauma-Informed Dance Movement Therapy: Real Life Trainings with Syrian Refugees, China and US COVID-19 Hotline
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.…
Tagged with: Dance, Movement Therapy, Performing Arts, Rituals, Sacred dance
Posted in authentic Movem, Body Prayer, Dance, Drama, folk dance, Global OutReach, moving meditation, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
Posted in authentic Movem, Body Prayer, Dance, Drama, folk dance, Global OutReach, moving meditation, Religious dance, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
LIVING ART
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.
Tagged with: Dance, Performing Arts, Prayer, Sacred dance
Posted in Art, authentic Movem, Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Drama, moving meditation, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
Posted in Art, authentic Movem, Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Drama, moving meditation, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
1,000 Bows to Beauty
I am obsessed with the Divine Dance. My dance led and moved me from childhood, into the UCLA Dance Department, through seminary and seminary teaching, into Body and Soul Dance Company, and on to cofound InterPlay with Phil Porter.
AN ECOLOGY OF THE BODY
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.
Tagged with: Dance, Environmental Dance, Performing Arts, Prayer, Sacred dance, Site Specific Performance
Posted in Art, authentic Movem, Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Drama, Editorial, modern dance, moving meditation, retreat, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
Posted in Art, authentic Movem, Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Drama, Editorial, modern dance, moving meditation, retreat, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
Why I Am Not a Dancer
These kinesthetic motifs were innate to a life that once placed an ear close to the ground and lifted eyes upward to read the signs and signals of nature. They satisfy the body’s longing for movement that is pure, joyous, and essential
Tagged with: Body Prayer, Judith Rose, mindfulness, Sacred dance
Posted in authentic Movem, Body Prayer, Dance, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
Posted in authentic Movem, Body Prayer, Dance, Sacred Dance, Sacred Dance Guild Journal
Alleluia Dance Theater: COME TO THE WATER a Dance retreat by Stella Matsuda
“COME TO THE WATER” ALLELUIA DANCE THEATER Dance/Prayer Retreat Holy Spirit Retreat Center, Encino, CA January 15-17, 2016 We entered into the year 2016, with our thoughts focused on water as a precious commodity in our lives. As we gather together…
Posted in Body Prayer, Choreography, Dance, Liturgical dance, moving meditation, Religious dance, Sacred Dance
Moving in LOVE TOGETHER… Integrating Sacred Dance into Worship/Spiritual Communities By JoyBeth Lufty
Many have experienced their most connected feelings of oneness with God, the Divine Source, while watching and/or moving through Sacred Dance. Sacred Dance is movement which connects us directly with the Divine Creative Source, with the LOVE energy available to…
Tagged with: Body dance, Christian Worship, Circle dance, Dance, Ecstatic Dance, INSPIRATIONAL MOVEMENTS, Sacred dance, Sufi Dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Circle Dance, Dance, Liturgical dance, Sacred Dance
Posted in Body Prayer, Circle Dance, Dance, Liturgical dance, Sacred Dance
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