If you haven't experienced Dance Lodge, you may have wondered, "What is Dance Lodge and what does it have to do with Nonviolent Communication?" Great Mystery’s Mana will help you answer that question!
On the other hand, if you have experienced Dance Lodge, you're probably wondering, "When's the next one?"
We're glad you asked. On New Year's Eve, we'll dance, meditate, feast, paint, color, communicate, and create our way into 2012 in a special 12-hour Dance Lodge. Details below.
We hope you can join us.
Blessings and Peace All Ways,
Jesse and Catherine
Connection to the Living Ceremony of Our Life
Dance Lodge: Great Mystery's Mana
Saturday, December 31, 2011
1:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Ashton, MD
We are dancing and singing to save lives and to affect the quality of life for all.
“I have always dreamed of dancing and grew up telling myself I couldn't dance... [In Dance Lodge], I was so free... I have been able to carry that lightness and freedom with me over the past weeks... I feel very safe and happy in my body and have been able to live my life as a reflection of my truest self... It feels incredible.”
– Brinkley H., USA
Dance Lodge is a sacred space for free-style expression where participants journey through the universal dancing wheel, share their own authentic movement, and play with the artistry of life in a nonjudgmental environment. This is a call to your Soul’s Journey, letting go of self-imposed ideas that restrict sound and movement. Through empathic connection, movement and stillness, sound and silence, we will open to new ways of expression with the body, mind, and spirit. Perfect for those who think they "can't dance" and for experienced dancers alike.
This Lodge's theme is Great Mystery's Mana. Together, we will gather on the eve of 2012 to deepen our communication with ourselves, our partners, our community, and all Life by exploring the understanding of the Mana, the life-force. We will discover practices that fuel us, ignite our abilities, and balance our systems. Connecting to our Mana, we will work with regret and indecision as well as access the Celebration of Life to feed our unique talents - that which brings in our greatest potential. In essence we will Dance, Meditate, Feast, Color, Paint, and Create with the quickening that is inside of each one of us and in our world which is speaking during this precious time of global change.
In support, consideration, and respect of this experience we request:
REGISTRATION AND UGISTATI:
As space is limited and the meal needs planning, registration is required to participate in this Lodge. Sign up online at http://bit.ly/dancelodge2012 or email signmeup [at] zenvc [dot] org. UGISTATI (ooh gee sss tah tee) is Cherokee, meaning "to pay for medicine". Here, Ugistati is a request to provide for the sustainability of this Lodge. Your $125 contribution pays for the medicine of this Lodge and includes all materials and a vegetarian meal. You can make this contribution by credit card or Paypal or by mailing a check - further information about this is provided through the online sign-up form. Once we receive your registration and contribution, you will be registered. Registration closes on Dec. 29.
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CATHERINE CADDEN offers a reservoir of experience to support people reaching and expressing their truth through their own Body of Knowledge. This offering is formulated from the traditions that were taught and passed on to her from her teachers/ elders - as well as her 7-year cycle of studies at the Institute of Indigenous Arts/ SMI International; her depth of living, teaching, and practicing Nonviolent Communication for 15 years; and more than 20 years of dance, performance, and teaching experience. Catherine’s work has spanned 6 continents, taking her to places such as Afghanistan, South Africa, Argentina, Australia, and China. She brings this Lodge/ this work to this land with respect to the traditions she has been taught.