Conscious Dancer Magazine

Curated by members of the Dance First Association.

By Mark Metz - Director of Dance First

Mark Metz - Director of Dance First
Books
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 …
1 hour ago
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Consciousness
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 …
6 days ago
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Pandemics
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
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Pandemics
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 …
April 28
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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 …
April 21
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Monday Love to your Essential Institutions plus Danielle Woermann's Coping with Covid story
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Which workings of your world do you take for granted? How important are the institutions that underpin society to you? What can you do in your dance …
April 14
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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 …
April 7
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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 …
March 31
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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 …
March 24
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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 …
Monday Love to your Socially Distant Dance plus a Tip of the Hat to ZeroOne - Conscious Dancer
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March 17
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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 …
March 10
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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? …
March 3
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Consciousness
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 …
February 25
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Animals
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 …
February 18
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Language Learning
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 …
February 11
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Consciousness
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 …
February 4
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Consciousness
Monday Love to your Path and Perspective plus Dance Away Sadness with Dr. Birgitte Tan! - Conscious Dancer
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How do you gauge your progress? What lets you know you’ve reached a milestone in life? Why is it that perspective can be so valuable and yet elusive …
January 28
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Monday Love to your Problem Solving Process plus get ready for The Edwardian Ball! - Conscious Dancer
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How do you tackle the quirky conundrums in your life? Do you have a secret sauce for solving problems? Where do you find guidance and inspiration …
January 21
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Monday Love to your Temporal Travels plus One Dance Tribe NY Early Bird ends Wednesday! - Conscious Dancer
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What’s the most valuable asset that you can’t put a price on? Why is it so much fun to waste if there’s a limited supply? How can something that so …
January 14
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Monday Love to your Big Heart and Balance plus Shout Out to LA's Medicine Dance!
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How do you stay in balance? What keeps you on an even keel? Why is inertia such an important factor in life? As we leap forward into the first real …
January 8
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Newsletter
New Year’s Love to your Joie de Vivre and Happy 2020 to the Dance First Member Community!
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January 1
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Monday Love to your Psyche & Soma plus make plans for Vibrance in Bali!
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Which comes first, your soma or your psyche? Is your consciousness in a continuum between the two? How well do your physical and mental health dance …
Dec 24, 2019
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Monday Love to your Lessons Learned and shout out to “Live Wire” Lorca Simons!
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What kind of life lessons did you learn from your parents? How are you passing them along today? Why is it that some things are so easy to understand …
Dec 17, 2019
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Monday Love to your Walk of Life and Kudos to Madrona MindBody Institute in Port Townsend, Washington!
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How far along are you on your ‘walk of life’? Has it been the same path so far? How intentional have your choices been along the way? You’ve probably …
Dec 10, 2019
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Monday Love to your Literary Life and make plans for Movement Medicine in North America! - Conscious Dancer
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Why is it that stories imbue so much meaning to your life? What are some of the scenarios that you’ve lived vicariously through literature that have …
Dec 3, 2019
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Gratitude
Monday Love to your Attitude of Gratitude and make plans to Sing for your Life to wrap up your year!
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What’s your favorite way to give thanks? How do you like to receive appreciation? Why is having a healthy relationship with gratitude so …
Nov 26, 2019
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Consciousness
Monday Love to your Confidence and Consciousness plus big love to Melissa Michaels and Golden Bridge!
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Where are you confident in your life? When have you felt like you could use a little more? How does your confidence relate to your level of …
Nov 19, 2019
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Art
Tuesday Love to your Creative Flow and make plans for The Dickens Fair today!
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What’s your relationship to creativity? How do you nurture your creative spirit in your day to day life? Why is the drive to create such an important …
Nov 13, 2019
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“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.“ ~Shirley Chisholm Have you ever caught yourself complaining? Are you acquai …
Energy
Monday Love to your Kind Creativity and join Moti in Costa Rica for the 7th Annual Contact Improv Retreat!
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Nov 5, 2019