Men, Moving: A Soul Motion™ Odyssey for Men

I love dancing with women.
I love dancing with men.
I have noticed that it can be a fundamentally different experience, sourced from different internal, archetypal places.
I believe I ask for and offer different qualities, and can have different outcomes in mind.
You?
I wonder what would happen if we gather as guys -- all ages, stages, persuasions -- and use our Soul Motion practice to open to ourselves and each other: moving in the space between and around us, pausing to listen with our inner ears and hearts, inspiring each other along the way?
What would be different? What the same? Who might we be in such a space?
On Saturday, May 11, 11am-2pm in Berkeley's Western Sky Studio, we'll dance as men, with men. Strong, upright, clear. Vulnerable, wobbly, off-balance. Broad, brilliant, fearsome and flawed.
Are you willing? Will you?
Say "Going" on FB.
Register below (if you haven't already, above).

Soulful Spring

The light is a bit harsh today, and it's kind of hard to tell if the few leaves on the neighbor's plum trees are last season's leftovers, or the noble foreshadowing of longer and warmer days to come. Mushy as they are, I'm still eating the few apples that even the squirrels have given up on, and I make little chuk-chuk-chuk sounds with my mouth as I do. I move from studio to house to mailbox and back again, with my feet, my heart, my spine; my thoughts and memories and plans and, from time to time, the subtlest sensations of breath and heartbeat are discernible, as well. I am alone, with, well, so much.

Please join me for Spring Odyssey, Saturday, March  30, from 11am - 2pm: a journey through the relational landscapes of Soul Motion™. Like to move solo, with one or more others, with the Great Heart of the World? Come to Western Sky Studio (in the back of the lobby that feeds into Dance Journey's two rooms in west Berkeley) and dance with like-minded souls in motion! $20-25 suggested. Facebooking here.

Grace: Soul Motion in Nevada City Nov. 17

Not so long ago, a friend defined grace as "life meeting life." Just so!
Discover resources, tell your secrets, and find freedom in the dance of relationship with self, others, all. Dev Bry and I humbly and deeply and passionately welcome you to this day of Soul Motion, Vinn Marti's conscious movement practice, in Nevada City. Saturday, November 17, 2012, South Yuba Club. 1-5 pm, $30 - 55 sliding scale. Talk to Dev, if you so desire, @ 415-671-9716. PayPal process: Send Money to: lucid.ocean@gmail.com; Enter the Amount you're paying; Choose "Personal" (as opposed to "Purchase") in the box below, and check This money is being sent as a "Gift" in the box, as well. Merci!
(You know, of course, that this deceptively deep, roadmap-to-presence practice was designed by Vinn Marti, do you not?)

Dance The Day Before New Year's!

2011. A year of hope, fear, paralysis and activism. Fight? Flight? Freeze? Fly! In the good company of friends old and new, let's celebrate that which holds fast and clear and alive amidst the furious blur of change: the eye of the heart, shared and seen and offered freely, against all odds. We'll dance, supported by music known and new, gentle and grand, in accord with this day, unlike any other day. Gather and warm up, 11-noon; opening circle @ noon, traveling together until 2pm. Western Sky Studio, 2525 8th Street, Berkeley 94710. Come for part or all, but do come! We need us. $10-$15 suggested donation. Cash a problem? Trade arrangements available: lucid.ocean@gmail.com. Love.

Hope and Fear, Pretending

In these miraculous times, the air (spirit) and the earth (body) are ripe with uncertainty, change, and possibility. The world wobbles: imploding, exploding, barely settling to note its 7 billionth citizen. Hope and fear, like shy and hard-headed partners, dance on opposite sides of the room, each pretending to ignore the other.

Join the impeccable possibility of moving with all there is, inside and out, in an atmosphere of support and inclusion. I humbly aspire to hold Soul Motion space with openness and humanity. You show up with who you are (again, or for the first time), and we see/feel/move with what happens. This is a moment among moments. We can do this!
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This and every Thursday in Berkeley, 6-8pm
The Ocean Refuses No River
Soul Motion Conscious Dance Practice
Eighth Street Studio
2525 8th Street
bet Dwight and Parker

The Space Between: Soul Motion in the Foothills, 11/5/11

Held once again in the embrace of Moonbear’s 30' yurt on gorgeous land in the Sierra foothills, this time in the potent time between fall and winter, we'll dance and dream in the subtle spaces between in- and outbreath, sound and silence, impulse and action. Bask in supple guidance, spacious music. All are welcome!
Noon – 6pm
Saturday, November 5
Moonbear Sanctuary
Nevada City, California
$75 (if registered by October 21)
$95 thereafter (space permitting)
Inquiries: 510-847-7736; lucid.ocean@gmail.com
Registration: by PayPal (below), or by sending a check to Michael Zipkin, 447 Beloit Avenue, Kensington, CA 94708.

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Early reg (by 10/21) $75.00Space permitting $95.00

Refuge: A Soul Motion Worskhop in the Foothills 9/10/11

Held in the embrace of Moonbear’s 30' yurt on gorgeous land in the Sierra foothills, we’ll inspire and be inspired by each other to move with confidence and courage. Traveling the spiral pathways to our most intimate dance, we’ll expand to include our fellow travelers in dialogue, discourse and divine prayer. We’ll also have the opportunity to walk the labyrinth adjacent to our dance space. Please bring water, lunch and whatever else you need to support you in this day of refuge and rejuvenation. Bask in supple guidance and spacious music. And we will dance. Oh, yes, we will dance.
Noon – 6pm
Saturday, September 10
Moonbear Sanctuary
Nevada City, California
$75 (if registered by August 19)
$95 thereafter (space permitting)
Inquiries: lucid.ocean@gmail.com
Registration: http://tinyurl.com/soulmotion-moonbear

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Early reg (by 8/19) $75.00 Space permitting $95.00