Category Archives: Circle Dance

A Midwife for the Divine

Posted on March 21, 2022 by jenny

I’ve been reading Cynthia Bourgeault’s book, The Wisdom Way of Knowing.  I’ve read it before, there are underlinings, but this time through something made much more sense to me.  Here are some quotes from Chapter VII: Seeing with the Eye … Continue reading →

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Steps on the Way to Neskaya

Posted on January 24, 2022 by jenny

Imbolc is the Cross-Quarter Day, also called Candlemas. February 2, 1992     Imbolc I went to folk dance yesterday, it was very hard getting myself there, and the tapes and tape deck and cauldron and candles.  Driving out the … Continue reading →

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Beginnings of Neskaya

Posted on January 24, 2022 by jenny

Some of my dancers are doing a project about the history of Neskaya, and wanted more information.  So I went back in my journal, looking for the first mention and some history about how the process happened. October 14, 1991  … Continue reading →

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“Priestess of Neskaya”

Posted on September 25, 2021 by jenny

It feels very scary to call a part of myself “Priestess of Neskaya.” But I think if I were living out of my True Self, that’s who would be manifesting. This blog piece attempts to document a process toward integration … Continue reading →

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My Indigenous Celtic Soul

Posted on July 13, 2021 by jenny

Something I’ve been discovering lately, after reading The Gatherings, is that I in fact have an indigenous soul, and an indigenous spirituality.  I realized that the traditional folk dances are indigenous, they come from people who had lived for generations … Continue reading →

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A Container for Initiation

Posted on February 23, 2021 by jenny

Weller describes the container: What distinguishes these two things is initiation, what I call the contained encounter with death. The containment was provided by the community, by the elders, by the ancestors, by the rituals, by the space itself. In … Continue reading →

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Gratitude

Posted on April 8, 2020 by jenny

I have been concerned lately about what are the things I would really regret not having done if I died tomorrow.  That was the push to get me over the hump to actually write gratitude letters to people I had … Continue reading →

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Legacy

Posted on September 23, 2019 by jenny

Because of Stephen Jenkinson, I’ve been thinking about my legacy.  I don’t care if people remember me.  If Neskaya’s still going, I expect they’ll have a memorial service like the one we did for Evie.  What I do know is … Continue reading →

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To Hold Your Work Free from both Hope and Fear

Posted on May 27, 2019 by jenny

Looking up the source of the story about Yitzhak Perlman, I found it came from a piece by Margaret Wheatley called “Eight Fearless Questions.” Quoting Perlman: “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music … Continue reading →

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Working for Peace, Justice, and Environmental Sanity

Posted on October 10, 2018 by jenny

In 2004, when the political situation was not nearly as bad as it is now, I reached a point of despair.  I sent out a plea to the Circle Dance network.  (This was before facebook.)  I got lots of supportive … Continue reading →

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