Conscious Dancer Magazine

Curated by members of the Dance First Association.

By Mark Metz - Director of Dance First

Mark Metz - Director of Dance First
Monday Love to the Beginnings of Burning Man - Conscious Dancer
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How attached are you to your things? What makes something essential? Why is “three moves as good as a fire”? This being the week when a lot of …
Sep 1, 2020
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Monday Love to your Care and Contribution - Conscious Dancer
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What’s a sure-fire way to make your day? How often do you assist other people? Why is it that offering help or something thoughtful to someone else …
Aug 25, 2020
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Monday Love to your Motivational Magic - Conscious Dancer
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Are you focused on a goal? What the vision you’re aiming to achieve? How do you stay motivated? Motivation can be like quicksilver, there seems to be …
Aug 18, 2020
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Monday Love to your Creature Comforts - Conscious Dancer
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How close are you to the critters in your world? Do you have any canine or feline family members? What do the animals in our world have to teach us …
Aug 11, 2020
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Monday Love to your Kindred Contacts - Conscious Dancer
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Did you ever ‘run with the pack’? Or do you consider yourself to be more of a ‘lone wolf’? Does it ever feel like you’re just part of the herd? We …
Aug 4, 2020
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Monday Love to your Process and Progress - Conscious Dancer
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Do you have any long-simmering projects underway? What’s more important, inspiration or perspiration? How does it feel when you’re making progress? If …
Jul 28, 2020
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Monday Love to your Roster of Rituals - Conscious Dancer
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What are the special moments in your life that anchor you? Why are some activities more than just routine? How do you know when something becomes a …
Jul 21, 2020
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Monday Love to your Conceptual Connections plus Dance from the Heart - Conscious Dancer
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How do you stay connected during these unusual times? What have you learned that’s surprised you? Have you made any counterintuitive discoveries …
Jul 14, 2020
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Monday Love to your Lasting Legacy - Conscious Dancer
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How are you going to be remembered? What parts of your ancestors legacy do you carry forward? Why is it that creative contributions are …
Jul 7, 2020
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Monday Love to your Common Good and Giving and Grieving with Adam Barley - Conscious Dancer
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Are you idealistic? How have you expressed your values over the years? What do you do to connect with and share your inspiration with others who have …
Jun 30, 2020
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Monday Love to your Alchemy of Associations plus Azul's Online Embodiment Training is starting soon! - Conscious Dancer
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Jun 23, 2020
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Agriculture
Monday Love to your Cause and Contribution plus insight from Turning the Wheel's Alana Shaw - Conscious Dancer
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What can you do to make the world a better place? Why do small local actions sometimes yield big global results? How do you define …
Jun 16, 2020
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Monday Love to your Markers and Milestones plus 5 Truths from JourneyDance - Conscious Dancer
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What are the cycles in your life? How do you mark the time as it passes? Why are transitions and milestones so important? You’ve surely heard the …
Jun 9, 2020
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Monday Love to your Stream of Dreams plus Golden Bridge Inspirations with Melissa Michaels - Conscious Dancer
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Do your sleeping dreams inform your waking life? Are your daydreams aligned with your intentions? What sort of value can you find between the two? A …
May 26, 2020
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Monday Love to your Beaming Stream plus OneDanceTribe has an Online Retreat for You! - Conscious Dancer
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Are you taking to the new digital dancing stream like a duck to water? How is life in the virtual world treating you? What are you finding in our new …
May 19, 2020
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Monday Love to your Enlivening Environment plus Lockdown Love from Dance Jam! - Conscious Dancer
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How attached are you to your stuff? What do your physical possessions say about you? Is it easy for you to let go of things that no longer serve …
May 12, 2020
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Monday Love to your Social Sphere plus Megha's tips for Dancing into the New (Ab)normal - Conscious Dancer
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How are you staying socially connected during this time of physical distancing? Where are your favorite virtual hangouts? What is it about homemade …
Apr 28, 2020
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Monday Love to your Puzzling Pastimes plus Qoya for you with Sarah Sadie!
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What do you do during your ‘downtime’? What’s your favorite way to tune out from the world? Do you ever exercise your creative juices for the sake of …
Apr 21, 2020
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Apr 14, 2020
Mark Metz - Director of Dance First
Monday Love to your Place in History plus Temple Body Journey with Sofiah Thom
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Have you ever felt like you were witnessing history in the making? Were some of your ancestors caught up in the whirlwind of cataclysmic events? How …
Apr 7, 2020
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Monday Love to your Distant Dance plus LîLA's Kristen Mangione shares her Live Stream and Social Distance story.
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Have you ever attended or offered an online movement experience, like a class or dance? How is it different than being in person? What are some of …
Mar 31, 2020
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Monday Love to your Creative Cocoon plus Brietta Leader’s WildCore Movement Social Distancing Story
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How are you managing your social distance? What’s been your biggest insight so far on this journey? Are you making any creative discoveries in your …
Mar 24, 2020
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This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight shines on Adam Barley and ZeroOne. Adam blends the core concepts of Euler’s Mathematical Identity and transformative practice into a unique blend of science an …
Consciousness
Monday Love to your Socially Distant Dance plus a Tip of the Hat to ZeroOne - Conscious Dancer
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Mar 17, 2020
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Consciousness
Monday Love to your Abundance of Caution plus Shout Out to Melissa Micheals! - Conscious Dancer
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Have you ever had to make decisions for a group? What’s it like to lead when not everyone is on board? How important is it to err on the side of …
Mar 10, 2020
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Monday Love to your Health and Wellness and shout out to JourneyDance! - Conscious Dancer
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What’s your relationship to wellness? What are some of the factors that affect your health? How are your consciousness and physical body interrelated? …
Mar 3, 2020
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Monday Love to your Optimal Orientation plus One Dance Tribe in New York is coming right up!! - Conscious Dancer
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Why do your words have such an impact? How is it that four letters arranged one way can have such a negative charge while four different ones can be …
Feb 25, 2020
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Monday Love to your Creature Connections plus Stacey Butcher's Europe Tour - Conscious Dancer
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Do you have any furry or feathered friends? How often do you communicate with other species? What can you learn from your dance with other non-human …
Feb 18, 2020
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Monday Love to your Living Language plus Open Floor Ground Floor Lab in Santa Cruz! - Conscious Dancer
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What languages do you speak? Are you an expert in some special jargon? How do you differentiate between labels and descriptions? Language is a funny …
Feb 11, 2020
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Monday Love to your Blood and your Bones plus Shout Out to Megha Nancy Buttenheim and Let Your Yoga Dance! - Conscious Dancer
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What hidden skills or obvious talents do you carry with you ‘in your blood’? Why do experiences from your formative years carry so much weight later …
Feb 4, 2020