What: An Experiment in Embodied Worship*
When: Mon, March 25, 2019, 7 p.m.
Where: St. Anne's Episcopal Church
2035 Charlton Road, Sunfish Lake, MN (map below)
Let's breakdown what an Experiment in Embodied Worship is...
Monday, March 18, 2019
Experiment: Embodied Worship in Sound and Movement
You're invited to an experiment in worship!
What: An Experiment in Embodied Worship*
When: Mon, March 25, 2019, 7 p.m.
Where: St. Anne's Episcopal Church
2035 Charlton Road, Sunfish Lake, MN (map below)
Let's breakdown what an Experiment in Embodied Worship is...
What: An Experiment in Embodied Worship*
When: Mon, March 25, 2019, 7 p.m.
Where: St. Anne's Episcopal Church
2035 Charlton Road, Sunfish Lake, MN (map below)
Let's breakdown what an Experiment in Embodied Worship is...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Spring DUP Circles in TC, IA, WI
There's lots of Dance Circles gathering this spring that Conie from Points of Light Music will be sharing song and movement.
Come! Invite others!
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Highlighting Anahata (Vision for the Dances)
We're getting to know Anahata Iradah, the featured guest Dance Leader and trainer for the 2019 Newton, Iowa Dances of Universal Peace retreat (Dancing Ourselves Awake & The Music and The Dance). We've asked her a few questions and she has been kind and gracious enough to answer them, even while she's travelling in Brazil! We hope you enjoy reading about this as much as we have!
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PLM: Where do you dream the Dances will be 50 years from now?
Anahata: For me the question is a little broader than this. For me the question is more like “will the rituals and ceremonies that we need for the survival of the planet be available for humanity 50 years from now”? What the rituals actually look like is not so important, nor the name that we give them. What is important is that we pass down the tools we need from generation to generation. For our indigenous friends, dance is as important as eating and drinking. So we imagine that dance will always exist. What is essential is that our sense of awe for creation is protected, our reverence for life. We need to value our inter-connectedness. We need to preserve the honoring of our ancestors and the wisdom of our elders. If the Dances continue to hold these values, then they will survive. What I feel the Dances do best is to show us the paths that are cherished by the devotees of the many faith traditions. As long as the earth still has people of many faiths, then the Dances show us the perfect way to tread lightly in the footsteps of the devotees and to taste a little of the nectar of their traditions. Probably as planetary consciousness evolves the Dances will evolve too. Most likely in fifty years from now the Dances will mirror the concerns, joys, sorrows and prevailing wisdom of the seekers of that era.
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PLM: Where do you dream the Dances will be 50 years from now?
Anahata: For me the question is a little broader than this. For me the question is more like “will the rituals and ceremonies that we need for the survival of the planet be available for humanity 50 years from now”? What the rituals actually look like is not so important, nor the name that we give them. What is important is that we pass down the tools we need from generation to generation. For our indigenous friends, dance is as important as eating and drinking. So we imagine that dance will always exist. What is essential is that our sense of awe for creation is protected, our reverence for life. We need to value our inter-connectedness. We need to preserve the honoring of our ancestors and the wisdom of our elders. If the Dances continue to hold these values, then they will survive. What I feel the Dances do best is to show us the paths that are cherished by the devotees of the many faith traditions. As long as the earth still has people of many faiths, then the Dances show us the perfect way to tread lightly in the footsteps of the devotees and to taste a little of the nectar of their traditions. Probably as planetary consciousness evolves the Dances will evolve too. Most likely in fifty years from now the Dances will mirror the concerns, joys, sorrows and prevailing wisdom of the seekers of that era.
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| Anahata presenting Morgan and Cindy a gift of appreciation at the end of the 2017 Newton retreat |
Join us for The Music & The Dance or Dancing Ourselves Awake, late April in Newton, Iowa. Follow the links for more information and to register.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Highlighting Anahata (Being a Dance Leader/Musician Means...)
We're getting to know Anahata Iradah, the featured guest Dance Leader and trainer for the 2019 Newton, Iowa Dances of Universal Peace retreat (Dancing Ourselves Awake & The Music and The Dance). We've asked her a few questions and she has been kind and gracious enough to answer them, even while she's travelling in Brazil! We hope you enjoy reading about this as much as we have!
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PLM: What does it mean to you to share the Dances as a Dance Leader and Musician?
Anahata: The most precious thing we have on this earth is our time spent here. So for me to be deserving of having a circle around me, it is my sacred responsibility to use that time wisely and well.
Because there are an infinite amount of possibilities and ways people can spend their time, I realize that they have selected to be in the circle because there is an experience their soul is needing.
It is my job to find out what that might be in any given moment and also to find out what the group soul needs as well.
So once I have tuned in to what that need is, it is my job to shape the energy, to prepare the space, to create the opening for that transformation to take place. Whether as a dance musician or leader, it is my job to use my gifts to meet that need in the best way I know how. All the time listening, fine tuning, crafting and shaping that experience in the same way an artist applies the brush to the canvas. The results will be felt on many levels, and can bring inspiration and courage as well as states of deep peace and silence. So there is a responsibility to wear the mantle of leadership with respect and humility.
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| Anahata leading Dances of Universal Peace |
PLM: What does it mean to you to share the Dances as a Dance Leader and Musician?
Anahata: The most precious thing we have on this earth is our time spent here. So for me to be deserving of having a circle around me, it is my sacred responsibility to use that time wisely and well.
Because there are an infinite amount of possibilities and ways people can spend their time, I realize that they have selected to be in the circle because there is an experience their soul is needing.
It is my job to find out what that might be in any given moment and also to find out what the group soul needs as well.
So once I have tuned in to what that need is, it is my job to shape the energy, to prepare the space, to create the opening for that transformation to take place. Whether as a dance musician or leader, it is my job to use my gifts to meet that need in the best way I know how. All the time listening, fine tuning, crafting and shaping that experience in the same way an artist applies the brush to the canvas. The results will be felt on many levels, and can bring inspiration and courage as well as states of deep peace and silence. So there is a responsibility to wear the mantle of leadership with respect and humility.
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Join us for The Music & The Dance or Dancing Ourselves Awake, late April in Newton, Iowa. Follow the links for more information and to register.
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