5R Update 14 June 2010
Dear all,
Attached is the Summer Calendar [PDF opens in new window]. As you will see, there are 2 more Thursday classes before the summer break, quite a few SYP over the summer and a couple of Intro Wednesdays, including the open session during the week long dance event. Some of this is in The Park and some in Cluny, Forres. It is all on the website if you forget - or on this calendar which you can keep, print out, or look at posted around the Park.
I hope it is clear enough. There are a few dates still uncertain (depending on the Nairn jazz festival) so i have left them out and if they happen, in August, will email separately.
I am teaching some, Bettina is teaching a few SYP and Sarena Wolfaard from Edinburgh with be holding a SYP in the beginning of July. Enjoy!
I am in a review process about the weekly classes and will send a separate email about that as soon as I have had the time to write it!
Up and coming workshops 2010/11:
There are other things brewing; Retreats for Individuals, a weekend in Sheffield, an on-going group in Geneva, Secret Garden parties in Edinburgh, London and Bristol (and Paris??) and more. My Angel of Openness for the year is having a field day playing with my terror of the unknown and the excitement that comes when new things happen.
Keep in touch
x
Deborah
Attached is the Summer Calendar [PDF opens in new window]. As you will see, there are 2 more Thursday classes before the summer break, quite a few SYP over the summer and a couple of Intro Wednesdays, including the open session during the week long dance event. Some of this is in The Park and some in Cluny, Forres. It is all on the website if you forget - or on this calendar which you can keep, print out, or look at posted around the Park.
I hope it is clear enough. There are a few dates still uncertain (depending on the Nairn jazz festival) so i have left them out and if they happen, in August, will email separately.
I am teaching some, Bettina is teaching a few SYP and Sarena Wolfaard from Edinburgh with be holding a SYP in the beginning of July. Enjoy!
I am in a review process about the weekly classes and will send a separate email about that as soon as I have had the time to write it!
Up and coming workshops 2010/11:
- July 2-9th : Elemental Waves, Greece
- August 14th-21st: Awakening to Change, Findhorn (FF)
- October 22nd - 24th: Awakening2Dance, Geneva
- November 5th-7th: Heart2Heart, Findhorn (BSS)
- January 29th-31st: Replenish, Findhorn (FF)
- March 4-6th: Secret Garden, Findhorn (BSS)
- June: Mirrors with Jonathan Horan date tbc (BSS)
- August 13th-20th: Awakening to Change, Findhorn (FF)
- December: 5Rhythms New Years celebration (BSS)
There are other things brewing; Retreats for Individuals, a weekend in Sheffield, an on-going group in Geneva, Secret Garden parties in Edinburgh, London and Bristol (and Paris??) and more. My Angel of Openness for the year is having a field day playing with my terror of the unknown and the excitement that comes when new things happen.
Keep in touch
x
Deborah
Findhorn Update 3 March 2010
Bright sun shine and cold fresh air - yes, soak it
up.
Deepening Waves class tomorrow night and 'Delicious' on Friday night 8pm in the Universal Hall. This is in honour of International Women's day. 10% of the profits are going to a local womens' refuge. Please come and enjoy and support the night. No previous experience of 5Rhythms is required.
I was asked a good question about Friday night and the 'men in frocks' bit. Who is this for? All women and all men are welcome - men who love to dance with a dress/skirt kilt on cos it feels great, men who cross dress, are transgender, exploring their inner feminine, like dressing up just for the fun of it. Men who do this regularly or who never do but have always wanted to... all welcome. Some frocks will be available on the door....
We have well over 20 women attending the Secret Garden and have room for 4 or 5 more. If you want to take part please email Liz in the BSS office and give her your deposit! admin@bodysurfscotland.co.uk
see you there,
x Deborah
Deepening Waves class tomorrow night and 'Delicious' on Friday night 8pm in the Universal Hall. This is in honour of International Women's day. 10% of the profits are going to a local womens' refuge. Please come and enjoy and support the night. No previous experience of 5Rhythms is required.
I was asked a good question about Friday night and the 'men in frocks' bit. Who is this for? All women and all men are welcome - men who love to dance with a dress/skirt kilt on cos it feels great, men who cross dress, are transgender, exploring their inner feminine, like dressing up just for the fun of it. Men who do this regularly or who never do but have always wanted to... all welcome. Some frocks will be available on the door....
We have well over 20 women attending the Secret Garden and have room for 4 or 5 more. If you want to take part please email Liz in the BSS office and give her your deposit! admin@bodysurfscotland.co.uk
see you there,
x Deborah
Findhorn Update 9 December 2009
Dear all,
I have various events to flag up with you so please take your time to read this and absorb the information.
love
Deborah
I have various events to flag up with you so please take your time to read this and absorb the information.
- Deepening Waves: Dance for Copenhagen 7.30-9.30pm Thursday 10th December £10/6
- Sweat Your Prayers: 7-8.30pm Sunday 13th December. Last evening SYP of 2009 £5
- Deepening Waves: 7.30-9.30pm Thursday 17th December. Last Thursday class of 2009 £10/6
- STOP PRESS: Solstice Sweat, Sunday 20th December 10.30am-12pm. £5
- BSS New Years Dance Event, Tuesday 29th December - Sunday 3rd January. Information on Open Sessions to follow.
- Replenish: Saturday 30th January - Monday 1st February, 3 day dancing retreat organised by FF S&PD. See Special Events for details.
- January 2010 weekly classes information to follow.
- All classes in the Auditorium of the Universal Hall, The Park, Findhorn
love
Deborah
News from Bangkok
I write to you from Bangkok to remind you all that
Martin is teaching another SYP in
CLUNY BALLROOM this Sunday 15th November at
7.00-8.30pm as usual.
It is so hot and humid here - a welcome change from my usual November weather! teaching today was harder than I expected. Very loud air-conditioning, poor acoustics, getting the hang of teaching in Bangkok chaos which is very different than the more ordered way in Japan. We did great. I am completely at the mercy of wonderful translators for every word I say and keep needing to change the way i teach - use my body more to demonstrate which is great. (Read More...)
It is so hot and humid here - a welcome change from my usual November weather! teaching today was harder than I expected. Very loud air-conditioning, poor acoustics, getting the hang of teaching in Bangkok chaos which is very different than the more ordered way in Japan. We did great. I am completely at the mercy of wonderful translators for every word I say and keep needing to change the way i teach - use my body more to demonstrate which is great. (Read More...)
Findhorn Update 11 March 2009
Dear all,
Firstly thank you for the phenomenal response to my email asking for feedback. 30 people have replied with a range of responses that have been very insightful and useful to read for Bettina and myself. I can say the Dance Studio is certainly not some peoples favourite place to be! Whilst some have also grown to love and appreciate the holding and intimacy it offers.
Goddess & the Whore was a huge success. 13 women gathered at Newbold and have emerged nourished and juicer I would say Having taken part 3
years running now, I realise that a workshop is
the wrong word to describe it, it is
more a
life-changing and enhancing event.
Blessed am I.
(Read More...)
Firstly thank you for the phenomenal response to my email asking for feedback. 30 people have replied with a range of responses that have been very insightful and useful to read for Bettina and myself. I can say the Dance Studio is certainly not some peoples favourite place to be! Whilst some have also grown to love and appreciate the holding and intimacy it offers.
Goddess & the Whore was a huge success. 13 women gathered at Newbold and have emerged nourished and juicer I would say
Having taken part 3
years running now, I realise that a workshop is
the wrong word to describe it, it is
more a
life-changing and enhancing event.
Blessed am I.
(Read More...)
Findhorn Update 21 January 2009
Dear 5Rhythms dancers,
Here is some more information about what is happening in the Community over the next wee while. As a reminder, due to the floor being sanded in the Auditorium (and the new film screen and equipment being installed) we have some changes of venue as there are also events happening in Cluny. So we dance between Cluny Ballroom and the Dance studio. Don't worry about space, there is always the magic of the art of circulation, with the breath in the body and the body in the room. I know myself the myriad of excuses I can come up with NOT to dance and.... I have never regretted showing up in over 20 years of this practice being in my life. (Read More...)
Here is some more information about what is happening in the Community over the next wee while. As a reminder, due to the floor being sanded in the Auditorium (and the new film screen and equipment being installed) we have some changes of venue as there are also events happening in Cluny. So we dance between Cluny Ballroom and the Dance studio. Don't worry about space, there is always the magic of the art of circulation, with the breath in the body and the body in the room. I know myself the myriad of excuses I can come up with NOT to dance and.... I have never regretted showing up in over 20 years of this practice being in my life. (Read More...)
Findhorn Update 11 December 2008
Hello this beautiful cold, bright morning,
The last few classes of 2008 are occurring in the next week. Thank you all for your ongoing presence, engagement, commitment and passion for showing up; for yourself and the dance, here in this fantastic group of dancers. It has been a rich year of study and work for me. As I finish teaching the second ongoing Heart2Heart group, I am very grateful for the Heartbeat training I was able to take part in with Gabrielle Roth. These ongoing groups have been so rewarding; meeting week after week with the same group of people, and the individual sessions that each person receives, touches me deeply. These are challenging times and this work can be profound in what it offers. I will be sending out the dates for my next ongoing course soon. (Read More...)
The last few classes of 2008 are occurring in the next week. Thank you all for your ongoing presence, engagement, commitment and passion for showing up; for yourself and the dance, here in this fantastic group of dancers. It has been a rich year of study and work for me. As I finish teaching the second ongoing Heart2Heart group, I am very grateful for the Heartbeat training I was able to take part in with Gabrielle Roth. These ongoing groups have been so rewarding; meeting week after week with the same group of people, and the individual sessions that each person receives, touches me deeply. These are challenging times and this work can be profound in what it offers. I will be sending out the dates for my next ongoing course soon. (Read More...)
New Year's Event Taster Session
Bodysurf Scotland’s 7th
New Year’s Dance Event 2008/09
WARM UP & TASTER SESSION
Saturday 13th December 3.00 - 6.00pm, The Universal Hall
Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® with Deborah Jay-Lewin
Contact Improvisation with Karl Jay-Lewin
As the sun sets and the temperature drops, come warm up your bodies with an afternoon of dance, shared bodywork, mulled wine & mince pies. We’ll start the class with some guided bodywork to ease out the joints and soften the muscles, take that into some gentle flowing Contact Improvisation, which will lead into an enriching Wave. All rounded off with a glass of hot mulled wine & mince pies. Book & pay in advance (& guarantee a mince pie) £7, pay on the door £10
To book for this or the New Year’s Dance Event contact us: www.bodysurf.findhorn.com or +44 (0)1309-691 661
WARM UP & TASTER SESSION
Saturday 13th December 3.00 - 6.00pm, The Universal Hall
Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® with Deborah Jay-Lewin
Contact Improvisation with Karl Jay-Lewin
As the sun sets and the temperature drops, come warm up your bodies with an afternoon of dance, shared bodywork, mulled wine & mince pies. We’ll start the class with some guided bodywork to ease out the joints and soften the muscles, take that into some gentle flowing Contact Improvisation, which will lead into an enriching Wave. All rounded off with a glass of hot mulled wine & mince pies. Book & pay in advance (& guarantee a mince pie) £7, pay on the door £10
To book for this or the New Year’s Dance Event contact us: www.bodysurf.findhorn.com or +44 (0)1309-691 661
New Year's Event 2008/2009
I love the Bodysurf Scotland New Years Event which is
why I am excited about teaching on it again. This
year, having had a year off, we are trying something
different. Karl and I have invited Robert Anderson,
an old friend of ours from London who teaches Contact
Improvisation in London and all over to join us. With
a mix of 5R and CI sessions, time off to relax in the
hot tub and walk on the beach, two open sessions for
those who can't or don't want to participate in the
whole thing, dinner in the Community Centre each day
so we get to share food, local and far away dancers
(inc. Japan and Ireland so far!),
a fabulous Hogmanay Ceilidh and
party, this promises to be a wonderful 5 days.
(Read
More...)