Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Holotropic Soul in Motion



















dear dance adventurers,
What if we lived as if this movement,
this dance partner, this day, this night,
this life, this universe were all on our side:
rooting for us, drawing us unknowingly on
the rocky path towards clarity, aliveness, wholeness?
And that what is called for is to simply
cooperate with this healing intelligence
by moving, on purpose?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Ocean Refuses No River

Soul Motion™-inspired movement practice
Thursdays 6:30 - 8:00pm
Jeffrey Bihr Studio
5390 Miles Avenue
Oakland 94618

dance the dance that you are.
move with music, move in silence. alone, together.
listen, inside and out. exalt. dance.

i remain your host, Michael Z
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Early Session 1.10.10 Nevada City















music that moved us, 8:15-10am (thanks for asking, Katherine):

Deep Self/Mystic Pete/Deep Self
Presence/Adam Hurst/Illusions
Limmat/Balmorhea/Rivers Arms
Variations on 'Carmen'/George Blondheim/DaVinci's Inquest: The Sessions
Primavera/Ludovico Einaudi/Divenire
Fratres for Violin and Piano (Arvo Part Remix)/Beats Antique)/The Trunk Archives
Karuna/Stellamara/Star Of The Sea
Baraka/Stellamara/The Seven Valleys
Marooned/Pink Floyd/The Division Bell
Mahadev/Ranga/Radiant Awakening
Jesus says 'Tada!'/Four Stones/La Vie Chill
Adir Adrimi (Featuring Victoria Hanna)/Balkan Beat Box/Balkan Beat Box
A lo Cubano/Orishas/A Lo Cubano
African/Slagerij vanKampen/
Berim Dance - Urban Trad/Urban Trad/Ethnomixicology
Passion/One Giant Leap Feat. Michael Franti/1 Giant Leap
Hymn To Her/The Pretenders/Greatest Hits
Keep Breathing/Ingrid Michaelson/Be OK
Song To The Siren/This Mortal Coil/Lilliput
Approaching Silence/Bob Holroyd/Hollow Man

The Great Stillness


so full of possibility, if we have the patience to listen.
thank you for this morning in Nevada City.
here's the exterior soundtrack:

Empty Landscape/Brian Eno/Eno Box I - Instrumentals
Lost In The Humming Air/Brian Eno & Harold Budd/The Pearl
Foreshadowed/Brian Eno & Harold Budd/The Pearl
Fireflies/Robin Guthrie/Songs To Help My Children Sleep
Bringing Down The Light/David Sylvian & Robert Fripp/The First Day
Beata Viscera/Jan Garbarek w/Hilliard Ensemble/Officium
Sacred Stones/Sheila Chandra/Weaving My Ancestors' Voices
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed/Herbie Mann/The Evolution of Mann
Breathing Space/Jairamji/Kindred Spirits
Rakandao/Shaman's Dream/Africa Dream
Spiritwvs8/Skeltonmix
Maharaji.Now.Here.This 04/Prem Rawat
Represent/Orishas/A Lo Cubano
Tengo Sed (The Batidos Song)/Batidos/Six Degrees 100
Dorset Perception (Total Eclipse Remix)/Shpongle/Shpongle Remixed
Bigmouth/Underworld/Underworld 1992-2002
Man With The Red Face/Funkagenda, Mark Knight/Ultra Hot Dance Hits
I Like The Way You Move/Body Rockers/todos los nÂș1 del dance
Once In A Lifetime (white label remix)/Talking Heads/Remade
Chambermaid Swing/Parov Stelar/Charleston Butterfly
Lovers In A Dangerous Time/Bruce Cockburn/Waiting For A Miracle
Temptation/Moby/Hotel
Love Me Like A River Does/Melody Gardot /Worrisome Heart






Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Thursday Class Resumes: Join Us!


















When a great moment
knocks on the door to your life,
its sound is often no louder
than the beating of your heart
BORIS PASTERNAK

dear dance devotees,
please enter, as we begin again, in the intimate embrace of stillness,
with the ongoing opportunity to trust that which arises in each of us,
and share it with our fellow dancers, and the world.

we need us. heed the call. open the door.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Ocean Refuses No River

Soul Motion™-inspired movement practice
Thursdays, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Jeffrey Bihr Studio
5390 Miles Avenue
Oakland 94618

dance
the dance that you are.

move with music, move in silence. alone, together.
listen, inside and out. exalt.
dance.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
More movement opportunities this week:
i return, by the grace of what some call god,
to teach in Nevada City, this Friday the 8th, 5:15-7:15pm
and to hold space with music this Sunday the 10th,
(two sessions: 8:30-10, and 10:30-noon).
South Yuba Club
555 Searls Avenue
Nevada City, CA

i remain your host: michael z.