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Body Poetry: Learning to Crawl, Learning to Fall
You must have the neutral demeanor of a martial artist for all Butoh exercises, because that means you are open to the most authentic expression arising in the moment, and you are unfiltered. The moment you try to make something of it it is false, it is contrived actually, and the body will always betray…
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No Kings: Keep it Embodied
We are being collectively manipulated and controlled more than any time in the history of the human race. This is the dark side of the technological revolution, which has led to such a consolidation of power that we—in the United States, yes, but also globally—now find ourselves walking, as Joanna Macy once described, arm in…
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Protest Art
It wasn’t until I started studying shamanism that I began to understand how deeply shamanic Butoh really is. It brings you face to face with the fullness of your corporeality through poetic imagery, through symbolism and archetype. It deconstructs your concepts of yourself – if you allow it – until nothing remains but the dance.…
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I Sing The Body Electric
This is the fierce, unapologetic, uncensored passion of butoh based shamanic embodiment – this is our Body Poetry. Be the poem, beloved, embody it with every cell of your being, without pause to think or correct, without second thought or doubt – I dare you to be that fearless, I dare you to be this…
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The power of Embodiment in the face of tragedy
Embodiment is a powerful practice – and it is a practice for days just like today. When we are practiced and fluent with these techniques we can respond holistically, we can notice and tend to what we need to self-regulate and then we can really be of service to others. In the spirit of this…
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But what is “Body Poetry” anyway??
Body Poetry is: condensed corporeality essential embodiment human expression expressive flesh poignantly real holistic reality What if you could dance all of that? That is exactly what we will be exploring in this 6 week workshop of butoh based shamanic embodiment. It is all those things, and none of them, and it is what you…
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Body Poetry: Come As You Are
During my morning moving meditation practice, I was envisioning everyone who would join, and en-join embodiment. The Zen Center itself is carpeted, not ideal necessarily for a full out dance class, but this will actually be more like a “full in” – a going full in to your embodiment, and letting the movement flow from…
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Is Body Poetry calling to you?
You are cordially invited to join me for a six week journey into butoh based shamanic embodiment – the essential poetry of your embodied being.
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Ministry of Presence
I do many things – music, dance, ritual, ceremony, writing – which represent the medicine of connection, clarity, and embodiment – and yet the deeper I lean into working with the richesse of my life, working with the elements that are laid at my feet to weave a meaningful life in service to the world,…
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Where I Belong
It’s a sacred thing – this calling to hold and be held within a sacred container of community and connection, and deepening and sharing. It’s a feeling of belonging, of purpose. Of being able to be fully present with whatever is arising in the moment, being open and curious to learning and receiving, and at…