In the two weeks since Beltane Spring has fully arrived! The trees are green, flower are open the nights are warmer. I have put the pot plants from my living room outside to enjoy the coming summer. And weeds are growing like crazy in my garden too! So I pull them up. And they grow again from other weed seeds that lie in the ground. Sort of like busy or anxious thoughts that can grow in my head. So I practice weeding of my thoughts - through meditation, exercise and deliberating slowing down at times during the week. One of these times is the Sandbox Wednesday gathering. A time to connect with others on a deeper level than much of every day life provides. To share preparing the space and dinner. A time to play with others, to hug, perhaps to deeply listen to what someone is saying below the surface and to be deeply listened to.
This week I deliberate don't offer a planned activity or mini workshop at the gathering. So that in this fallow ground beautiful flowers may bloom of their own in the space we all create.
Do you hold on to stuck emotions in your body? Do you enjoy moving freely, uninhibited, to the sound of primitive rhythms? Do you want to go on a shamanic journey with others in a sacred space? Trance Dancing is easy to learn and releases stuck emotions from both mind and body. Plus it is fun to do! The focus is on connecting with self and spirit, not on how well you “perform”. To facilitate this we will dance in a darkened space. Join us as we dance to the five rhythms of the feminine, masculine, chaos, integrated and stillness. Dancing to stillness? How can that be? – find out at the dance! To help people get into the trance there will be no talking at this event once we start dancing. Wear fun clothes or bring scarves or to dance with.
Bring water to drink.
This dance is open to all (no dancing experience required). I will be facilitating the dance.
Suggested donation $20 (sliding scale for those in need - if you can only afford less then pay less)
- Michael/Michelle
PS Note that the June dance will be 6/15 and not 6/22 as previously announced. Jim Guzel will be leading that dance as I will be away at Free Spirit Gathering. We are scheduling future dances for the third Friday of the month.
Friday,
Note new location in downtown Bethesda - hopefully easier for folks to get to and more space that my house has!
Location:
Washington School Photography
4850 Rugby Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
Directions at
http://abundantmichael.com/blog/page.cfm/Directions-to-Washington-School-Photography
Thanks to Jim Guzel for providing this location!
