In Cycles we use our movement practice to study the
most essential relationships of our lives. Who are the people and events
that have shaped who we are? What challenges and gifts did they leave
us? How do we honor our unique history without being ruled by it? How
do we see our fixed patterns of relating to the world and then free
ourselves from rigidity and habit?
Each life cycle holds an essential sacred task that begs to be embodied
in order for us to live in a full-hearted way. How do we surrender to the
natural movement from birth to childhood, through puberty into maturity,
to be ready for our eventual death?
This yearlong group is a place to transform our wounds into art, our
lifelong patterns into perspective. This then frees us to relax into the
strength and beauty of our distinctive contribution to this world.
Part 1: Grounding
In the cauldron of becoming who we
are, the particular circumstances of
our birth, childhood and parenting are
the most catalytic ingredients. We will
look at where the ground we were
given still wobbles today, and where it
has taught us to stand in strength.
Part 2: Centering
Moving into puberty, we try on
personas like styles of clothes:
rejecting, imitating, rebelling,
conforming. To the extent that we live
this task fully, we start to make our most potent, unique contribution to
the world – the cornerstone of our maturity.
Part 3: Expanding
As death appears on the horizon, we learn to use its presence to release
all but that which is most precious to us. This reckoning frees us from
what has held us here and expands us into what is truly essential.
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