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?
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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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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 nº1 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

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.
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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.
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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.

Last Night's Soundtrack: Rumi's Wedding Night

Glasspieces (Choreographed by Jerome Robbins): Glasspieces/Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman/Glass: Dancepieces
Fireflies/Robin Guthrie/Songs To Help My Children Sleep
The Ghost Has No Home/Harold Budd, Simon Raymonde, Robin Guthrie, Elizabeth Fraser/The Moon and the Melodies
Mystic/Shahram Nazeri & Hafez Nazeri/The Passion of Rumi
Santoor Taksim/Sufi Music Ensemble/Himma
The Garden of Mirrors/Stephen Micus
Bahadur Shah's Last Poem/Al Gromer Khan & Kai Taschner/Black Marble & Sweet Fire
Prayer To Shakyamuni Buddha/Jai Uttal & Ben Leinbach/Loveland: Music For Dreaming And Awakening
Chant/Chant
Med sud í eyrum/Sigur Ros/Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust
One Step Too Far/Faithless featuring Dido/Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits
Shackles (Praise You) (Maurice's Radio Mix)/Mary Mary/Everybody Dance Now! (Disc 3)
guide me god/Sinead OConnor, Natacha Atlas
The Dreamtime Returns/Shaman's Dream/Dance : Dream : Dance
Electric Sufi/Dhafer Youssef/Electric Sufi
Guide Me God [Afterlife Mix]/Sinead OConnor/Rasa Mello 2
The Prayer Cycle - 1.Mercy-A Choral Symphony in 9 Movements/Movement/Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan;Alanis Morissette/The Prayer Cycle
Fljótavík/Sigur Rós/Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
O Mary Don't You Weep/Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band/Live In Dublin [Disc 1]
In The Sun 6:33/Donna De Lory/Heart Of Innocence
Across the Universe/Rufus Wainwright/I Am Sam (Music from and inspired by the Motion Picture)

Rumi's Wedding Night, Thursday in Rockridge

Rumi says,
I belong to the beloved, have seen the two
worlds as one and that one call to and know,
first, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human being.

What a relief to be empty!

At sunset on December 17, 1273, mystic poet Jelaluddin Rumi left the body. This day remains a celebration of his union with the Divine (his urs, or wedding night). Please join me this Thursday (2009's final gathering) as we aspire to enter the circle of the sacred, and, against all odds, dissolve the barriers to love.

The Ocean Refuses No River
Soul Motion™-inspired movement practice
(nearly every) Thursday, 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.

Year's End Teaching Sked

dear dance dreamers,
here is my teaching schedule for the rest of 2009.
thank you for the opportunities for presence you continue to offer and accept; i look forward to being with you.
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Thursday 26 November and 3 December: No class.

Sunday 29 November: Two opportunities to Move with Gratitude!
SEBASTOPOL, 10:15-noon: Body Prayer, Wischemann Hall, 460 Morris Street (next to the Community Center). I sub, humbly, for Zuza Engler.
BERKELEY, 7:30-11pm: Barefoot Boogie. I'll be holding space with music and intention on the theme of gratitude. Open floor, freestyle jam. 2525 8th St @ Dwight.

Thursday 10 and 17 December:
The Ocean Refuses No River
Soul Motion™-inspired movement practice
Thursdays, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Jeffrey Bihr Studio
5390 Miles Avenue
Oakland 94618

Thursday 24 and 31 December: no class. Happy everything!

Tuesday 29 December, BERKELEY, 6-7:30pm: Soul Motion: The Practice. Again, i'm honored to sub for Zuza in this rich soup of dedicated movers. Studio 12, 2525 8th Street between Parker & Dwight.

Thursday>Friday, 31 Dec>1 Jan, GRASS VALLEY: New Year's Eve Dance Celebration. I'll be deejaying for this vibrant and joyous community in the Sierra foothills. Stay tuned for details.

i remain your host, michael z.
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