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Power Play

What’s more powerful than spring? Springtime dance traditions can teach us about power. This is how Wisdom Dances cultivates resilience, compassion and joy through dance on Earth Day.

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Nature is Here For You

Learn how to feel nature supporting you from within. This Creative Nature Qigong meditation will help you feel strong and ready for whatever comes your way.

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Why We Are Here

Culture traditions help us remember why are here. The Wisdom Dances Earth Day Dance Celebration begins with two dances to affirm our interconnection with all of life and our purpose to send love to future generations. Practicing a focused sense of purpose cultivates presence and sets the stage for joy.

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Full Catastrophe Dancing

What do you do after everything you’ve been working on falls apart? Do you dance? Zorba the Greek was able to dance with the full catastrophe of life – both literally and figuratively. If you embody resilience in dance you can access resilience in your whole life. 

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Adventure in Kindness

Why is it so hard to be kind? The spiritual root of why it is hard to be kind points to why practicing kindness is a spiritual practice. Intentionally choosing to become more kind is to set out on a transformational adventure; it will bring you to the deep source of kindness and make you available to be a generous and fearless agent of good in the world.

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Qigong and Wiggling

Learn tools to help you fall back to sleep. Play with how qigong can be free and spontaneous, and this can help you soothe your body for sleep. Find out what makes the difference between an ordinary movement and a qigong healing movement.

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May Your Spirit Soar

The red bird and the flying woman are key images for working with the energy of 2025. Explore the meaning of the image of the red bird and flying woman, including the wisdom from the phoenix. Mastering working with the seasons and elements is a central part of learning how to have freedom and ease and prepare your spirit to fly free.

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The Art of Intention

Why setting intention is important in qigong practice. Four ways intention setting is an art. What to do if you don’t feel clear about your intention.

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Working with Winter Solstice Energy

How to work with Winter Solstice energy. If the summer we have the most yang (fire) energy, in the winter our yang is the weakest. We simply can’t do as much and need to protect the warmth in the body. Slowing down in winter gives us space to embrace our inner life.

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The Angel of Risk

Every week in the middle of my dance class I love offering my basket of angel cards to my students with the invitation to pick one. By that point in the class, everyone is so much more relaxed and energized than when they walked in the door. Each card in the basket has one word on it, and we use the cards to help us attune to the qualities coming through us as we dance.

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