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"To dance is to hear our heart speak"- hopi proverb
Healing Movement. Body Wisdom.
" We have come to be danced
Where the kingdoms collide
in the cathedral of flesh
to burn back into light
to unravel, to play, to fly, to pray
to root in skin sanctuary
We come to be danced."
-Jewel Mathieson, "We Have Come"
We Believe Your Dance Can...
provide
a felt sense of belonging
Our body's feelings are an innate emotional INTELLIGENCE that can provide wisdom, insight & an embodied knowing of interconnection.
create
rituals for meaningful change
A power within all beings, regardless if you call yourself an artist or not, is our CREATIVITY. It can catalyze personal, communal & environmental change.
be an act of
embodied activism
in a society that encourages us to be literally & physically smaller, tending to the body, moving the body, & giving it space to EXPRESS is a form of system disruption.
PHILOSOPHY
The mistreatment of our planet is directly connected to the mistreatment & objectification of our bodies.
All bodies, with their beautifully unique age, shape, race and ability, have their own set of sensations or voices that desire to be heard. Learning to listen to our body's voice re-connects us to the power that we each hold. Learning to listen to our body is a courageous act of love for our bodies, relationships, and our earth. As we transform our relationship to our bodies, we naturally transform our relationships with our communities and environment.
AuroraDances.org
Classes, private sessions, workshops & performances
that provide pathways that connect you with your body's innate wisdom & creative power.
My work combines my experiences from both the Fine Art and Somatic Healing Fields. Both fields contain rituals and tools for witnessing, expressing and understanding the body.
From my Fine Arts background: international touring career; research in the body as a symbiotic knowing of self, other, and environment (GradSlam Research Awardee 2018, UCSD); MFA in Dance from the University of California, San Diego; BA in Theatre from Fordham Lincoln Center, NYC.
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From the Somatic Healing Arts: Shamanic Practitioner (in Hawaiian Huna and Japanese Shinto), Ayurveda Acupressure, 500 E-RYT Yoga, Yin Yoga & Meditation teacher, RSME (Registered Somatic Movement Educator) from ISMETA, Reiki Master, Trained Energy Worker, Certified in Stanford's Cultivate Compassion Training (CCT).
About Me
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