DANCEMEDITATION
on Chebeague
Stretching   Breathing   Moving   Spiritual Bellydance
 
Demonstration & Introductory Class   with DUNYA

Wednesday August 30th     7 - 8:30pm 
Chebeague Island Recreation Center

 

Dancemeditation does not require learning steps. Students who try dance meditation claim feelings of pleasure, relaxation, integration and healing. Wrote Psychologist Tom Anderson, Ph.D.: "...Dunya's workshops go beyond both dance and our common notions of meditation to create a new form, melding the natural delight of the body with the natural freedom of the spirit."
Dancemeditation is both juicy, pleasurable exercise and creative exploration. There is a paradoxical feeling of personal spaciousness as well as warm friendliness and intimacy. Dunya's presence generates an atmosphere of trust. The boundaries are clearly but subtly drawn, the transitions are smooth and relaxed, the attitude supportive. Feeling at ease, participants can let go of defenses. This allows the body to release tension and the psyche to explore and expand.

   Bring a mat and wear comfortable exercise clothing.

A pioneer and innovator in the field of Dancemeditation, Dunya, aka Dianne McPherson, has summered on Chebeague since childhood. (Her parents, Joan and Mac Hulburt, have the Yellow House on Ricker Head.) A faculty member of various colleges including Barnard College, Amherst College, Montclair State and others, Dunya has conducted workshops and retreats at numerous centers throughout the USA and abroad for over 20 years. She holds a BFA in dance from the Juilliard School, MA from Lesley University and teaching certificaton in Sufism from Adnan Sarhan, director of the Sufi Foundation of America. Her forthcoming book, Door for the Dervish, is a literary memoir about dance as a spiritual path. She has most recently taught at Swarthmore College and Kripalu Center.
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Dunya Dianne McPherson
Director, Dervish Society of America
http://www.dancemeditation.org
DSA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the path of evolutionary Sufism providing development and exploratory inquiry into embodied spirituality and community connection through service, performance and practice opportunities. Donations are tax-deductible.