Dancing at Friends for Peace Day - October 1st, 2011

Please join me and many more others at Friends of Peace Day next Saturday at Ottawa City Hall from 11-11:30. I will be doing a free 1/2 hour conscious dance experience. There will be many other great things to check out that day .... dancing, drumming, laughter yoga. All free, all welcome!

Thanks for Dancing at Suround Circle Yoga

My sincere thanks for joining me at Surround Circle this past Friday May 27th. I am loving what is happening with the classes as I bring more and more inspiration from my Soul Motion practice. Here is the poem I shared from Friday:

Love after Love by Derek Walcott

The time will come
When, with elation
You will greet yourself arriving
At your own door, in your own mirror
And each will smile at the other's welcome,

And say, sit here, Eat.
ou will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
To itself, to the stranger who has loved you

All your life, whom you ignored
For another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

The photographs, the desperate notes,
Peel your image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.

Come Dancing this Friday May 27th 2011

Welcoming all to join us this Friday at Surround Circle Yoga Centre. This Friday's class will be deeply inspired by my studies with Vinn Marti and his body of work he calls Soul Motion. Very basic yet profound concepts of gravity and space and how we relate to self and others. Maureen from Surround Circle has invited you to come dressed up to dance! So whatever that means to you ... maybe some colour, maybe some extra adornment, or not. Welcoming you just as you are.

Journey Dance
Friday May 27th
7:00 - 9:00 PM (refreshments to follow class)
Surround Circle Yoga Centre
Cost $20.
Register with Surround Circle Yoga Centre
(613) 730-6649 or eMail maureen.fallis@sympatico.ca

Brand New Offerings for February

I'm trying out two new offerings for February to give people more dance options. The Unconditional Dance is a version of the Barefoot Boogie which many here in Ottawa will remember. It is improvised movement, practiced barefoot, with no conditions! You can use this time to strengthen whatever movement practices you currently have, to let loose, express your creativity, or just simply be. The Mindful Motion practice will be a movement practice with lots of room to breathe and self express. An opportunity to deeply examine our selves and our relationships to our outside world through movement.

Unconditional Dance
Also known as Barefoot Boogie. Short & sweet warmup followed by freedancing. Dj'ing by brian. Sun. Feb. 6th, 201 5:00 - 7:30 pm Arts Court, Studio B, 2 Daly Avenue, $10.

Mindful Motion - Conscious Ecstatic Dance
Offering a sanctuary for participants to practice the art of moving mindfully. With eyes wide open we explore our connections to self, other and community. Improvised movement with gentle inspiring guidance. Discover how the simple act of paying attention can elevate the ordinary to extraordinary. Nothing fancy, nothing forced. This class is an opportunity to delve deeply into movement as a practice. Welcoming all souls, regardless of movement or dance experience, with deep respect for each person that graces us by their simple presence. Honest facilitation by dodie & solid DJ'ing by brian. Sun. Feb. 27th, 201 4:30 - 7:00 pm Arts Court , Studio B, 2 Daly Avenue, $17.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Wishing all beings peace, love, ease & well being. I posted some new dance dates which you can view by clicking  "Upcoming Events" on the menu bar above.  Also look out for a new class which I'm giving the working title of Mindful Movement - The Practice. It will be a longer class, very gentle on instruction to allow for greater freedom for play and creative exploration. Dates for this new class to announced.