Next Dyfit?--Wednesday, 3/31, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library

Hello Dyfiters,

Our final session of the "winter" season will be tomorrow Wednesday, March 31, 5:00-7:30pm, at the Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.  We don't know yet what the topic will be, but if it's anything like last time, we'll be out in the sun and fresh air and grass.  Also, we'll do some planning for our outdoor season which will start in May.

Always wanting to see what other practices are out there to help us better figure out what we're doing, I've come across these two:

www.laughteryoga.org/
www.danceanywhere.org/index.htm

With practiced happiness, marcus


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Inviting artists and non-artists interested in PUBLIC DANCE, MISCHIEF, AND JOY--"Don't you feel it too?"

We're looking for daring dancers and inner-life explorers!  “Don’t you feel it too?” is a newly-discovered mind-body practice of freeing the spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. A generous and courageous act of self-embarrassment and joy, the work is also emotional study, gentle protest, performance, and physical exercise. It premiered during the RNC in Saint Paul in 2008. Currently, over the winter, we are developing this form in indoor settings in preparation for our practice season outdoors on Nicollet Mall. Free, no obligation, and everyone is welcome to come for one or more sessions.

If you're interested, contact Tamara at Dyfit@graceminnesota.org, or just drop in.  **Important: Bring your mp3 player with your favorite music on a playlist and street-dancing shoes.**  www.graceminnesota.org

Final session of the indoor season:
Wed March 31, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.

Next Dyfit?--Monday 3/15, 5.00-7.30pm, St. Anthony Park Library

Our next session will be tomorrow Monday, March 15, 5:00-7:30pm, and the topic will be: "The Physical Spaces: Center, Fringe, Audience, Interaction."  We're at the St. Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.

We learned a lot from our last session when we worked on "Endurance and Meeting Ourselves at the Limits" including:

1. When we work on endurance, we may get an out-of-body experience and feel the hilarity and wonder of the practice. You laugh and love it so much, feeling clarity with exhaustion.

2. We didn't have to stay inside the whole endurance session.  We could go back and forth, outside and inside, to feel the differences in temperature, interaction, environment, etc.

3. Serving each other simple refreshments at the end of a long endurance session was a nice ritual.  It nurtured the group and created another way to be together.

Hope to see you at Dyfit? for last two sessions of our winter indoor season.  With practiced happiness, marcus


*****
Inviting artists and non-artists interested in PUBLIC DANCE, MISCHIEF, AND JOY--"Don't you feel it too?"

We're looking for daring dancers and inner-life explorers!  “Don’t you feel it too?” is a newly-discovered mind-body practice of freeing the spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. A generous and courageous act of self-embarrassment and joy, the work is also emotional study, gentle protest, performance, and physical exercise. It premiered during the RNC in Saint Paul in 2008. Currently, over the winter, we are developing this form in indoor settings in preparation for our practice season outdoors on Nicollet Mall. Free, no obligation, and everyone is welcome to come for one or more sessions.

If you're interested, contact Tamara at Dyfit@graceminnesota.org, or just drop in.  **Important: Bring your mp3 player with your favorite music on a playlist and street-dancing shoes.**  www.graceminnesota.org

Final sessions of the indoor season:
Mon March 15, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Wed March 31, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.

Next Dyfit?--Monday 3/1, 5.00-7.30pm, St. Anthony Park Library

Our next session will be Monday, March 1, 5:00-7:30pm, and the topic is a good one: "Endurance and Meeting Ourselves at the Limits."  We're at the St. Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.

Theresa and Julia will be our fearless leaders.  Also, don't forget Theresa and Mad King Thomas this weekend at the Southern!

With practiced happiness, marcus


*****
Inviting artists and non-artists interested in PUBLIC DANCE, MISCHIEF, AND JOY--"Don't you feel it too?"

We're looking for daring dancers and inner-life explorers!  “Don’t you feel it too?” is a newly-discovered mind-body practice of freeing the spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. A generous and courageous act of self-embarrassment and joy, the work is also emotional study, gentle protest, performance, and physical exercise. It premiered during the RNC in Saint Paul in 2008. Currently, over the winter, we are developing this form in indoor settings in preparation for our practice season outdoors on Nicollet Mall. Free, no obligation, and everyone is welcome to come for one or more sessions.

If you're interested, contact Tamara at Dyfit@graceminnesota.org, or just drop in.  **Important: Bring your mp3 player with your favorite music on a playlist and street-dancing shoes.**  www.graceminnesota.org

Mon March 1, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Mon March 15, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Wed March 31, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.

Next Dyfit? dance: Wed Feb 17, 5.00-7.30pm

At "Don't you feel it too?" winter session #3, our theme was "Get Intimate with Your Music."
Here's some of what we found:

1. We were pleasantly surprised we could hear our own well-known music in
new and deeper ways.
2. We found that it can be good to perform as if in our own personal, bad,
imaginary musical.
3. We observed our minds unable to focus on a song for its entire
duration, with many visual and mental stimuli occupying the same space.

The next practice session is this Wednesday.  You can forward the below
message to friends.  This week's theme is dancing in pairs or groups and
will be led by Julia and Theresa.

Since we worked on "Dyfit as prayer" two sessions ago, I heard recently a
new way of thinking about prayer: "Prayer is falling in love with life."  I
think that describes how I feel when I dance this dance.

With practiced happiness, marcus


*****
Inviting artists and non-artists interested in PUBLIC DANCE, MISCHIEF, AND
JOY--"Don't you feel it too?"

We're looking for daring dancers and inner-life explorers!  “Don’t you
feel it too?” is a newly-discovered mind-body practice of freeing the
spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. A generous and
courageous act of self-embarrassment and joy, the work is also emotional
study, gentle protest, performance, and physical exercise. It premiered
during the RNC in Saint Paul in 2008. Currently, over the winter, we are
developing this form in indoor settings in preparation for our practice
season outdoors on Nicollet Mall. Free, no obligation, and everyone is
welcome to come for one or more sessions.

If you're interested, contact Tamara at Dyfit@graceminnesota.org, or just
drop in.  **Important: Bring your mp3 player with your favorite music on a
playlist and street-dancing shoes.**  www.graceminnesota.org

Wed Feb 17, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.
Mon March 1, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Mon March 15, 5.00-7.30pm, Saint Anthony Park Library, 2245 Como Ave.
Wed March 31, 5.00-7.30pm, Hamline Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.

Dyfit? winter indoor practice starts Jan. 13, 6-8pm

Dear Dyfit?-ers,

 

We don't know enough about the mysterious and crazy "Don't you feel it too?" so we continue our exploration indoors this winter.  Come dance with us and develop this practice of mind, body, and meeting ourselves and each other.  Here is some of what we know:

 

*We're meeting on Wed, Jan 13, 6-8pm at Saint Anthony Park Library (2245 Como Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108) meeting room.

*Please RSVP to Kathleen at kathleen@graceminnesota.org

*We will do some dancing, maybe meditating, talking, planning, etc.

*Bring your mp3 player with your favorite music on a playlist and normal street-dancing shoes.  The floor surface is tile.

*Bring friends, anyone is welcome, yet we are not advertising this to the general public at this time.

*We want to embark on a 1000-year journey of exploration, and this is year 2.

*We are tentatively holding the next session on Wed, Jan 27, at 5 or 6pm, so put that on your calendars.

*If you can't come Wed nights, and you really want to join us, email Kathleen your February availability.

 

I saw on PBS last night that science is proving your happiness affects people up to 3 degrees of separation away from you, like my friends' friends' friends...hmmm...more dancing! 

 

Hope to see you Wednesday,  marcus