Move and Be Moved

Gabrielle Roth Interview with Michael Stone of Conversations

Follow the link, and click on her picture.

Acrobatic Ballet

Some amazing balance and strength!

I was returning to my home in Taos from teaching at the Omega Institute yesterday, and spoke at the airport with a man who was a private contractor for the National Defense. We spoke about the current state of affairs in the United States and the ineffectiveness of our defense strategies. At one point, he poses the question, "Really, who is going to sign a surrender agreement?"

Yes, I wonder, about our own dances, "Who will sign the surrender agreement?" What will it take for us to surrender to not only what is true and real, to our possibilities, potentials, but beyond into the deepest place of infinite grace?

This is an act of true courageousness, to surrender so deeply to the dance, to the infinite wisdom within. If we cannot sign surrender agreements in our own beings, how can we hope that our relationships, families, communities, countries, the world sign surrender agreements?

Our Task

Dance
Dance Beauty
Dance Love
Dance Peace
Dance Unity
within and without

An article in the Olympian about Paul Mongillo's photography work and experience with Lucie Nerot's Dancing Across Borders project. Link to Olympian Article

I don't need to know everything. It will be revealed in due time.

Arrived here last night, half an hour north of Phnom Penh at the FLOW orphanage, a beautiful haven in the middle of chaotic ugly suburbs. Some 200 children live here. They were lined up for lunch at 11 am. Impressive. It is strange to see so many children ( most of them are over 7) who are left to themselves, rely on each other for company and support, etc. It is hard to imagine what it's like. They shout and laugh and have this incredible khmer smile and I wonder what the suffering and the hardships have been. The older ones all speak of how grateful they are for what they have. One asked me what I thought of the fact that there were people who were so poor and others so rich. I didn't know what to say. I saw them sleeping on the floor behind mosquito nets, in packs of 3, 4, 5, as they do here. There are 3 buildings to host 200 kids. The program does not seek adoption for them, but feeds them three times a day, makes sure they go to school and gives English, computer and maths classes for the teenagers. They also support 6 who have become young adults to go to university. I am happy that I will come and work with them in February for a week. They have a life built around survival. Everything they do has to be useful: learning skills, making sure you get fed. Even the khmer dancing is for performance. I'm looking forward to offering them some space to just be and play. with much love Lucie

The universe always provides. Are we listening?

One need not limit oneself to two months of being, one has a lifetime to be.

Shared by Marcus: I think I saw Jenny Macke in this......

Funny, I noticed when I logged in to do my daily porno spam check that Move and Be Moved has me as a member for 2 years and 5 hours. That surprised me - - today is the second anniversary of Move and Be Moved. Wow! Time has flown.

Not only is it an anniversary but it falls near this time of Thanksgiving. Thanks to all who contribute, and who participate. It is a beautiful extension of our 5Rhythm and spiritual communities. This has truly been a gift to me.

The new year for M&BM starting also coincides with my steps towards a new year in a new location. In this move, I reflect upon words of Lao Tzo who advocates affirming a life of simplicity and integrity, consuming only for the body and soul, and defining the essential self through acts of love and service.

The verse at Olympia's Sunday Morning Early Wave.

To serve humanity,
there is nothing more important
than to be moderate.

To be moderate
is to return to the female yin principle.

To return to the yin
is to become nurturing.

To be nurturing
is to acquire enormous capacity.

To have enormous capacity
is to be ready for the Great Integrity.

To be ready for the Great Integrity
is to be ready to serve humanity.

In this way we will become firmly planted
in the Great Integrity,
the pathway to a clear vision and a long life.

My attempts to prevent porno spammers has not had the effect I anticipated. First, they are still logging in(and sometimes still getting their stuff posted) , and second, my dear legitimate posters have declined...so back at the drawing board.

I discovered that I could require approval of user accounts, so I've enabled that, and have disabled the approval of posting. If you are an existing user than please feel free to begin posting again without sensorship, and if you would like to post and don't currently have an account, please register and we'll get you going quickly.

Best, Visudha

Silver Desert was deeply profound and life changing for me. I'm still in the depths of it, and integrating the experience and change into my being.

Here are links to photo albums:

Claire's Picasweb Album

Andrew's Picasweb Album

Andrew's second

Jo's Picasweb Album

Lisa's Picasweb Album

Jenny's Picasweb Album

Nina's Picasweb Album

Friends,

I'm very dissapointed. This site, in the spirit of community was designed to allow unmoderated posting by any person who creates a log-in and wishes to share about their dance of life. Unfortunately we have been spammed with x-rated material 4 times in the last 2 weeks.

Fortunately the material has not remained on the site long but it still affects the safety and sacredness of our hearts and content.

After speaking with several users we have come up with some ways to prevent this violation. Beginning immediately we will institute two measures. The first is a temporary fix until the spammers stop trying to access the site. For the time being you may create content which will post to your personal blog, but it will go into the cue for approval for the front page. This is to ensure that no more ugliness will be posted on the front page.

Which brings us to the second measure. If you would like to be a part of the team to monitor and approve content please contact me and I will give you an editor's assistant permission which will allow you to help review and approve the material.

When I am away from the internet more than two days I will also ask someone to pay particular close attention to the site.

If you notice any issues with the site, please call or email me. Thanks, Visudha

Shawn Swanson, 5Rhythm teacher from California visited the Olympia Tribe this week, masterfully spinning his tunes and rocking our worlds at this morning's Inner Wave and Sweat Your Prayers.

His SYP invitation was to meditate upon returning, which he delivered with a gentle, nurturing voice. Wave upon wave he guided us through the mysteries of returning, returning, returning with a great selection of music inspiring release, freedom, deep joy and connection.

I am reminded through this dance of Robert Henri's words, "There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom."

Andrea Juhan, Phd will visit Olympia's WAVES studio this week to share her 5Rhythm workshop Ferocious Heart. Andrea has taught the 5Rhythm Movement Meditation practice for many years. This is her first teaching visit to Olympia.

She rocks. She plays great music. She fearlessly leads us into wild terrain, and gives her full heart.

Her workshop information can be found on the Moving Center California or Olympia WAVES studio websites. Contact WAVES studio for more information.

Olympia's 5Rhythms WAVES studio moved last week to Fusion Studio, which is next door.

Some class times have changed. See WAVES studio website: www.waves-studio.com for an updated schedule.