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Shamanic Dance

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Sunday, March 27, 2011, In : Expressive Dance 
”in many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions.

when did you stop dancing?
when did you stop singing?
when did you stop being enchanted by stories?
when did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence? "

~ gabrielle roth
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Sweat your Prayers: Dancing in Nia classes

Posted by Carmen Loureiro Hadas on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, In : Expressive Dance 
Whether we turn to dance with steps, rave all night in clubs or aerobicise until we have buns of steel, the idea is to get moving.  Once your body surrenders to movement, your soul remembers its dance.

You have to dance through the dark in order to see the light. You have to go to the source of all our wounds, the big wound, the divorce of spirit from flesh, and heal this wound if you ever want to fulfill the longing for a real self, a soulful self, a big, huge self, one that sleeps with the B...
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