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Category Archives: health
the most delicate of petals
The woman’s body, tuned into the natural rhythms, it ebbs and flows and changes with its own seasons. Each part of it ages, just like the leaves from spring to autumn to winter and beyond. And like those leaves the … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, creativity, earth, elderhood, health, menopause, nature, relationships, rites of passage, sharing, women
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A Mandorla of Intimacy vs High Energy
I’ve been sharing workshops for nearly twenty years now, in dance and in personal process’s. And I am writing now about the challenge I see within how many students, as in the size of groups that we undertake to hold, … Continue reading
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Tagged artists, changes, community, creative writing, creativity, dance, dancing, dreams, earth, energy, faith, gatherings, grandmother wisdom, group work, health, heart, intimacy, love, medicine, nature, oracle, poem, poetry, relationships, sharing, space holder, spirit, Spirituality, tribal, vision, voice, women, writing
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Why & how does shamanism work?
Why does shamanism work? And how have scientists proven this is now fact? Shamanic healing has often been named as superstitious and primitive, with no proof of reality. However, scientists have now recognised that there is a quantum mechanism behind … Continue reading
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Tagged changes, community, creative writing, creativity, dance, earth, ecstacy, ecstatic dance, education, energy, faith, healing, health, human history, nature, poetry, shamanic healing, shamanism, shamans, society, spirit, Spirituality, vision, writing
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The Muse in the Dark
I knew my menopause would ‘happen’ as I turned 50. My claws and my new found wings, Jumping off their pedestal into the dark night. Now is the time to leap! Continue reading
Posted in ceremony, dance, dark night, health, menopause, ritual, shamanism, women
Tagged bleeding, changes, creativity, emotions, femininity, madwoman, menopause, menstruation, muse, sisterhood
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my cultures wounds
Shamanism is about healing our own cultures wounds – and when I look at the dysfunctions around me I get a glimpse of why I follow this path. I’m not sure that shamanism is always the right description for me, … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, creativity, cultures wounds, dance, energy, healing, health, inner voice, medicine, medicine women, nature, rites of passage, shamanism, speaking out, spiritual, voice, wild love
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‘Mandorla’
Its an interesting word, it means almond in Italian. I sometimes think I’d like to find a different word for it. The ancient symbol with its profound meaning, was always called the Vesicus Piscis. And that means fishes bladder…even stranger! … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, changes, creativity, dance, energy, faith, health, magic of mandorla, movement medicine, poetry, vesicus pisces
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Middle Earths Origins
If we were all to look deeply into our lives and our history, what might we discover about our own souls calling? Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy in movement, benefits of dance, boundaries, caroline carey, ceremony, changes in society, children, creative writing, dance, dancers, dancing, death and rebirth, deep sense, dreaming, dreams, drum beat, earth, ecstatic dance, elements, embodiment, faith, feminine, femininity, healing, heart, honesty, love, mandorla, meditation, mother, movement, movement medicine, poetry, shamanic journey, shamanic work, shamanism, soul, soul purpose, soul retrieval, souls calling, spiritual, Spirituality, state of consciousness, voice, women, workshop, writing
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Learning from a dancing doctor
I’ve been an ecstatic dancer most of my life. Even in ballet classes I couldn’t wait till the teacher gave us a few minutes of release, of dancing freely away from the structure of ballet steps and poses. I liked … Continue reading
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Tagged bushmen, dancing doctors, desire, empowerment, leveraging, namibian tribes men, passion, power of dance, psyche, tension
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To learn from an addict ?
When we think of the addict, what do we see? A poor beggar on the street, a homeless man? Do we see drunk teenagers or young people partying, or a crazy woman shut in her home consuming bottle after bottle … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, alchemy in movement, alcoholism, caroline carey, community, consumerism, creative writing, creativelyaddicted, death and rebirth, hunger, judgement, movement medicine, nature of addiction, society, soul retrieval, thirst
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One Step At A Time
Is it a voice? A passage of words, a diary of keepsakes? Is it designed to be a different kind of voice because it will be heard in a different way? I guess that’s what I hope for as the stream … Continue reading
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