Open Floor Seattle

Dear Dancers,

We have moved through the rainy month of January and into February. I, for one, rejoice and hope for more sun! But rain or shine, it will be great to dance with you all tomorrow on Sunday, February 2nd. Come at 10:15 and get in some extra warm-up time.

Why dance? Because Conscious Dance and sitting meditation can be two sides of the same coin. They may both open the door for us to wake up, to know and to understand.

Love, Christine

Dear Dancers,

We will be gathering to dance this Sunday, Sept. 8th, in West Hall! It's been a glorious summer and I hope the warmth of the days has filled you to the brim. I am wanting/longing to see each of you, to put our feet back on the dance floor and let our bodies move, in all the ways they need to.

I recently re-read this haunting poem and I will print it here for you to consider. See you on Sunday!

Love, Christine



A Ritual To Read To Each Other

If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are,

a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and following the wrong god home we may miss our star.

For there is many a small betrayal in the mind, a shrug that lets the fragile sequence break,

sending with shouts the horrible errors of childhood storming out to play through the broken d**e.

And as elephants parade holding each elephant's tail, but if one wanders the circus won't find the park,

I call it cruel and maybe the root of all cruelty to know what occurs but not recognize the fact.

And so I appeal to a voice, to something shadowy, a remote important region in all who talk:

though we could fool each other, we should consider-- lest the parade of our mutual life get lost in the dark.

For it is important that awake people be awake, or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;

the signals we give--yes or no, or maybe-- should be clear: the darkness around us is deep.

~ William Stafford ~

Join us for the last dance until Sept 8th, this Sunday July 28th with Daniel.

We are going to take a break for the month of August, through Labor Day, and will not be having Sunday morning classes.

We will begin again on September 8th with Christine Havens.
Daniel will teach on Sept. 15th.

Have a wonderful August!!