Category Archives: Circle Dance

From “First Memory” to Sacred Circle Dance

Posted on October 10, 2024 by jenny

Written in Tuesday night writing group.    First memory I remember skipping down a brick sidewalk and falling.  I think I was four years old.  We were in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  My father was back from the war — World War … Continue reading →

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Writing: Sacred Dance

Posted on September 30, 2024 by jenny

Written with Sharon on a big open porch: I hear some machine grinding away.  There’s blue sky with clouds, sun sometimes. I’m alone too much.  It started with COVID, but it doesn’t seem to end.  I don’t know what to … Continue reading →

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1997: Wonderful Circle Dance Evening

Posted on September 10, 2024 by jenny

I’ve been feeling scared and lonely and forgetting to do things that might help like go to a movement class. It did help to come across this in my journal for 1997 to remind me of something I really did … Continue reading →

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1997: Candlemas

Posted on September 2, 2024 by jenny

From my journal for February 3, 1997 A headache spoiled my experience of circle dance, but it actually went well for the people — they liked the ritual I had designed of putting visions in a seed and “quickening” them.  … Continue reading →

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Sacred Circle Dance

Posted on August 4, 2024 by jenny

This quote is from an article by Katie Carr about the Sufi Dances of Universal Peace. It was posted on the blog of Dr. Jem Bendell. In an era where many feel disconnected from others and from themselves, these dances provide … Continue reading →

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1996: Beltane

Posted on July 13, 2024 by jenny

From my journal for April 29, 1996.  The holiday I am talking about is Beltane, May 1, also called May Day, one of the cross quarter days of the Old Nature Religion of Western Europe.  My energy for teaching dance … Continue reading →

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Teaching Astronomy and Sacred Circle Dance

Posted on May 1, 2024 by jenny

This was originally written in writing group on Monday, October 2, 2023. Then I did a lot of editing and adding material since I hadn’t had time to finish. Today is Beltane, it seems an appropriate time to publish this. … Continue reading →

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Questions about Vocation

Posted on April 16, 2024 by jenny

I’ve been reading Parker Palmer: Let Your Life Speak.  In some ways it’s a continuation of what I did with Stephen Cope’s book.  Parker Palmer talks about vocation.  How do you know what your vocation is?  Not from ego, not … Continue reading →

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Amazing Conclusion from Horrendous Experience

Posted on March 23, 2024 by jenny

I’ve just been rereading a blog post containing a long passage from 1996. It comes from the journal volumes that I wrote but stopped typing in 1995, because I realized that the book I was putting together from journal entries, … Continue reading →

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The Dance of Hope

Posted on January 5, 2024 by jenny

This was today’s post from the Center for Action and Contemplation. It interested me because he talks about a circle dance and the Ghost Dance. My understanding is that the “Ghost Dance” was intended to call the ancestors. In our … Continue reading →

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