2013
TransDance® Journeys 2013
(drop- in and co-ed)
1st and 3rd Saturday Mornings of each month
JAN 5, 19 FEB 2, 16 MARCH 2, 16 APRIL 6, 20, MAY 4, 18 JUNE 1, 15,
Special Theme One Billion Rising Dance Jan 5 and 19 (see below)
Each TransDance Journey begins with a movement meditation designed to unlock and unlayer unnecessary tension and invite you into a deeper experience of enlivened embodiment. We then explore through music and freeform ecstatic dance a symbol, theme or ritual from one of the great wisdom traditions as a gateway to conscious awakening and the celebration of life.
Spaciously facilitated. All movement is at your own pace.
Come dance what you need to dance!
Doors open 10am Dance begins 10:15am until 12noon $15
Location: 8th St. Studio, 2525 8th St, Berkeley,CA
JANUARY 5 and 19
TransDance® Journey AM
Jan 5 and 19 Saturday TransDances and
ONE BILLION RISING FLASH MOB REHEARSAL
Come Dance Alive the New Year!
Doors open 10am
TransDance Journey 10:15 to 11:45
Optional Opportunity to Learn Steps to Flash Mob Dance 11:45 to 12:45
2525 8th Street, 8th Street Studio
$15-$25 Suggested donation- No one turned away for lack of funds. Portion of proceeds goes to finance the creation of a viral video of the flash mob dance.
GO TO THIS LINK FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT FLASH MOB:
JANUARY 22
TransDance® Journey AM
Esalen
Big Sur, CA
WINTER CIRCLES
JANUARY 28
Women's TransDance® Circle begins (9 class series)
Goddesses In Every Dancing Woman
Monday Mornings
10am to approx 12:30pm
North Oakland, CA
JANUARY 30
Women's TransDance® Circle begins
(9 class series)
Goddesses In Every Dancing Woman
Wednesday nights
6:45pm to approx 9:15pm
North Oakland, CA
MARCH 8-10
Women Who Dance and Paint with the Sacred Wild Local Retreat
Unleash Your Wondrous, Wacky, Witchy, Wisdom Woman Self
Through TransDance and The Intuitive Painting Process!
Co-Facilitated by Heather Munro Pierce and Chris Zydel
Creative Juice Arts Studio, Oakland CA
Limited to 12 women
TO REGISTER : 510-845-4717
SPRING CIRCLES
Women's TransDance® Circle SPRING INTENSIVE
Kali, Kuan Yin, Dancing Women and the Power Within
Wednesday nights 6:30 pm to approx 9:15 pm
(5 class series plus one Saturday 4/27)
April 17-May 15
North Oakland, CA Call for more info! 510-845-4717
Women's TransDance® Circle SPRING INTENSIVE
Kali, Kuan Yin, Dancing Women and the Power Within
Monday mornings 9:45am- approx 12:30pm
April15- May 13
(5 class series plus one Saturday 4/27)
North Oakland, CA Call for more info! 510-845-4717
APRIL 20
EARTH DAY FLASH MOB
Earth Day Festival, Civic Center SF
Join Us!
MAY 24-27
Women's TransDance® Retreat
Lake Tahoe
Dance in the midst of majestic mountains, deep blue waters and the exquisite spaciousness of the sky! We dance to nourish and celebrate, we do art to express and integrate, we circle to honor and illuminate our stories. There is also time to simply hang out, eat, rest and reflect. Give your body and soul a chance to revitalize and renew in the company of other wondrous women and the healing presence of nature.
- Arrival between 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm on the first day and departure by 4 pm on the last day
- Location: Lake Tahoe's west shore
- We car pool
- Meals are purchased and prepared collectively
- Visa, MasterCard accepted. Payment plans available. Call for more info! 510-845-4717
JULY 8 and 9
Embodied Awakening through Meditation and Sacred Dance
Such an embodied awakening is crucial for contemporary Western practitioners, living in a culture in which we are often disembodied, virtual, and disconnected from the earth body. This embodied awakening is also foundational in the teachings of the Buddha: "Which one thing is to be developed? Mindfulness of the body." (Digha Nikaya 34)
In this two-day non-residential retreat, we will weave together several types of body-oriented meditative practices with spaciously guided free-form dance (with a musical background) led by Heather Munro Pierce, an acclaimed teacher of sacred dance. Through both formal sitting and walking meditation and moving dance meditation, we will awaken and stabilize body awareness in a number of ways, including exploring the four elements of earth, water, fire, and air-in order to invite awakening in our bodies and to nourish a joyful, grounded awareness.
Both beginning and experienced meditators and movers are welcome, including those with limited movement capacities.
More Info and Registration click here
Spirit Rockmeditation Center
Woodacre, CA
SUMMER CIRCLE
Summer Light (dates TBD)
Wednesday nights 5 class series
6:30 pm to approx 9:30 pm
North Oakland, CA Call for more info! 510-845-4717
Omega Institute Movement Faculty
Rhinebeck, New York
FALL CIRCLES
Wednesday nights 10 class series (dates TBD)
6:45pm to approx 9:15pm
North Oakland, CA Call for more info! 510-845-4717
Monday mornings 10 class series (dates TBD)
10am- approx 12:30pm
North Oakland, CA Call for more info! 510-845-4717
OCTOBER 13-18, 2013
The Dancing Buddha: Meditation, Movement and
The Divine Abodes of the Heart
co-lead by Heather Munro Pierce and Donald Rothberg
at the ESALEN INSTITUTE in BIG SUR
In this retreat, we will combine traditional Buddhist practice of the “Divine Abodes” of lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, with movement meditation and ecstatic dance, to help us access and cultivate these wonderful and beautiful qualities of the open heart. We will particularly focus on developing embodied expressions of these four qualities based on our understanding that embodied practices are key to making the qualities real in our daily lives.
Come join us in celebration and inspiration as we evoke the depths of our hearts through quiet and stillness, music and movement. Movers and meditators of all levels are welcome.
Heather Munro Pierce is the founder of TransDance® and has led inspirational, transformative, and healing movement for over 20 years nationally and internationally. Her passion for movement springs from her own experience with dance as a path to healing, health, and wholeness. Her new dance meditation CD, Embodied Awakening through the Elements is available now.
Donald Rothberg, Ph.D., the author of The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World, and the co-editor of Ken Wilber in Dialogue, is a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council in Northern California, and teaches meditation, daily life practice, and engaged spirituality. He is passionate about connecting deep wisdom, the open heart, embodied presence, and skillful action. www.donaldrothberg.com
For more info contact Heather at 510-845-4717
INFO and Registration click here
OCTOBER 26
TransDance® Journey AM
Science and NonDuality Conference
Corte Madera, CA
NOVEMBER 8-10
Women's TransDance® Retreat
Lake Tahoe
Dance in the midst of majestic mountains, deep blue waters and the exquisite spaciousness of the sky! We dance to nourish and celebrate, we do art to express and integrate, we circle to honor and illuminate our stories. There is also time to simply hang out, eat, rest and reflect. Give your body and soul a chance to revitalize and renew in the company of other wondrous women and the healing presence of nature.
- Arrival between 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm on the first day and departure by 4 pm on the last day
- Location: Lake Tahoe's west shore
- We car pool
- Meals are purchased and prepared collectively
- Visa, MasterCard accepted. Payment plans available. Call for more info! 510-845-4717