2026 Spring Message
After the resounding success of our three screenings of “Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations”, I return my awareness to the natural worlds.
Beltane has passed. But the time of fertility and fire, when the god and goddess consummate their union, continues to reverberate.
Now! Life erupts with song and dance as every being delights in sharing their joyfilled beauty.
My heart, body and soul also begin to dance, longing to join the party…
Isadora Duncan wrote:
the dance is love, it is only love, it alone and that is enough
I invite you to join me in this celebration.
With Love and Gratitude,
Tannis
Ongoing Workshops
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Authentic Movement
In this introduction participants will learn the form of Authentic Movement. They will explore the roles of mover and witness to gain a deeper understanding and acceptance of their embodied experience in all areas of their lives.
Moving Prayer
Our need to pray is as ancient and central to life as our breath. In this workshop, we listen to the prayers moving in and through our bodies using guided visualization and structured movement improvisation. By joining body, mind and spirit to dance our prayers, we celebrate ourselves and the earth as miracles of Creation.
Ecstatic Body Postures and Moving Prayer
Learn to journey to the realms of Non-ordinary Reality using Ecstatic Body Postures and integrate the teachings of spirit into conscious awareness with Authentic Movement. Discovered by anthropologist Felicitas Goodman, Ecstatic Body Postures are a sacred technology used by our elders thousands of years ago to commune with the world of spirit for healing, divination, and ritual celebration. Now, to regain access to these realms, practitioners hold a posture from an early indigenous culture, accompanied by drum or rattle, and enter a visionary trance state. In this workshop, we will explore both practices to connect with our ancient roots and the guidance of spirit. Transformed by these gifts, we will feel our place in the web of life and a compassionate acceptance of all being.
Embodying the Roles We Play
This workshop begins by embodying our unconscious realms through Authentic Movement, inviting the emerging parts of ourselves to dance their roles. Then, using the playful tools of drama therapy, we will discover and enact the stories that wish to be revealed.