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dancerjodiI got most of my homework for next Tuesday's class done already (!) I'm hoping to finish it tonight. Its amazing how keeping things with me and working on it when I have small bits of time has gotten me through things faster. I wish I had figured this out when I first started grad school a year and a half ago!
Last night was my first dance class of the fall session. They told us that there are 3 sessions this year (so I'm guessing one in the fall, one in January and one in April). Each session is 8 weeks.
Wow, its perfect! This session will be based on Gabrielle Roth's 5 principles of rhythms of movement (flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness). According to Roth aspects of our life fall into these areas, and we can meditate/dance in each of these ways to bring more understanding to things. I picked up one of Roth's books a few years back because I thought the title ("Sweat your Prayers") was cool, and I could gather from the back of the book that it was about dance and spirituality - two things that are very important to me. I LOVED this book, its one of my most favorite ones ever. I knew that my dance teachers offered a session based on the 5 rhythms, but didn't know that was what would be offered this term.
Yeah, so I'm getting some exercise, getting to dance and doing some spiritual meditation at the same time. I think this will be a really amazing 8 weeks.
For those of you that would like to check out the book I read see here
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I also found out that next week I should be able to get a copy of the video from our performance in June . . . would any of you like to see it? If so I could have a viewing at my house (and you could see our new kitchen, too).
(heh, which reminds me, I have to ask Cannongirl about getting copies of the pix she took and get them online with the ones that my dance teacher took once I have Dreamweaver again, and fix all the broken stuff on my website)
Last night was my first dance class of the fall session. They told us that there are 3 sessions this year (so I'm guessing one in the fall, one in January and one in April). Each session is 8 weeks.
Wow, its perfect! This session will be based on Gabrielle Roth's 5 principles of rhythms of movement (flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness). According to Roth aspects of our life fall into these areas, and we can meditate/dance in each of these ways to bring more understanding to things. I picked up one of Roth's books a few years back because I thought the title ("Sweat your Prayers") was cool, and I could gather from the back of the book that it was about dance and spirituality - two things that are very important to me. I LOVED this book, its one of my most favorite ones ever. I knew that my dance teachers offered a session based on the 5 rhythms, but didn't know that was what would be offered this term.
Yeah, so I'm getting some exercise, getting to dance and doing some spiritual meditation at the same time. I think this will be a really amazing 8 weeks.
For those of you that would like to check out the book I read see here
****
I also found out that next week I should be able to get a copy of the video from our performance in June . . . would any of you like to see it? If so I could have a viewing at my house (and you could see our new kitchen, too).
(heh, which reminds me, I have to ask Cannongirl about getting copies of the pix she took and get them online with the ones that my dance teacher took once I have Dreamweaver again, and fix all the broken stuff on my website)
