"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart" -Buddha
My intention as a teacher, and in my own emotional evolution, is to practice staying present with feelings. So it is with great tenderness that I approach this journey into the heart, the part of us that beats and pumps and gives and receives and takes the old and transforms it into the new, purifying us, every minute of every day. Using the 5Rhythms as a map to how our emotional energy morphs and moves, we will explore our emotions as energy, as power, as part of being human.
The wilderness of our heart scares us. we haven't been taught to track our feelings, much less respect them. In fact, we often feel ashamed of them when they show up. Even in our own families we hold back, dismiss and deny true responses. Even in the dark of the movie theater we swallow our tears. This is very sad. We've lots our spontaneity. Why do we give fear so much power?
To befriend our emotions, not to be frozen by fear, is our destiny on this dancing path. Fear is the clearest meter of our edge, the edge where we feel comfortable and grounded. When we start to feel uncomfortable, its a challenge. challenge is an invitation to move form who we are into who we are becoming. The bigger the fear, the more important it is for us to face it. It's not just a stoplight, it's a huge road sign: COME DANCE WITH ME.
Let's take the time to stop the world and pay attentions to our hearts. Our attention is like a spotlight. Feelings live in our body parts, and when we shine the light of our attention on specific body parts, memories crack open and move, dissolving the hard hold they have on us. Shapeshifting through feelings as they come up will open us up to their messages, their symbols and their signals.
One of the single-most powerful acts we can do is share our vulnerability. The more we open up and dance through our feelings, the safer the environment becomes to explore our edges. These dances will be our offering to the bigger world. They will be our prayers for peace.
Heartbeat with Jonathan Horan
In the deep of winter in the deep south
Atlanta Georgia
Location: Portfolio Center 125 Bennett Street Atlanta Ga 30305
Dates: February 27-March 1
Time: Friday 7-10 Saturday 11-5 Sunday 11-5
Tuition: $250. or $220 early registration by Feb 5
Contact: Tracey Upton thewaveatlanta@yahoo.com 678-937-0049
or Smith Hanes smith@smithhanes.com 770-780-1316
Prerequisite: Waves
Recommended reading: Sweat Your Prayers, Maps to Ecstasy both authored by Gabrielle Roth
Travel and accommodation advice available upon request
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