Dance - the Sacred Art
SkyLight Paths Publishing,US (Verlag)
978-1-59473-268-3 (ISBN)
For many people, the idea of "dance" is relegated to professionals. But for Cynthia Winton-Henry, dance is the movement of life. In the pages of this book, she invites all of us, regardless of experience, into the possibility of dance/movement as a spiritual practice. Offering simple movement suggestions that even the clumsy among us can try, Winton-Henry opens up a liberating form of spiritual practice that can lead to spirit-centred living in our human bodies.
Drawing on her extensive background in movement and dance and her studies and understanding of spirituality, she combines her lived experience to introduce such practices as:
·Dance for Soul Retrieval: Movements that can bring serenity,
energy, humour, strength and healing
·Seven Minutes of Heaven Therapy, or Just Vacation: Movement
practices for invoking, blessing, releasing, balancing, discerning
·A Few Elegant Forms: Open, loose movement structures to help
us follow our own instincts to move
DANCE - THE SACRED ART is a simple, approachable resource for people at all levels on the movement path who want to explore how dance and movement can be an important element in their spiritual growth. The book, also, includes suggestions for "Creating Dancing Community" for readers who want to take their dance and movement practices to the next level.
Cynthia Winton-Henry, cofounder of InterPlay (an international not-for-profit organization with locations in over fifty cities on five continents), teaches people to unlock the wisdom of the body through movement and creativity. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at Pacific School of Religion and the Sophia Center at Holy Names University, and is author of Chasing the Dance of Life: A Faith Journey; What the Body Wants and Dance—The Sacred Art: The Joy of Movement as a Spiritual Practice (SkyLight Paths).
Introduction ix
A Dancing Parable xv
Chapter One: May I Have This Dance? 1
Chapter Two: Approaching Holy Ground 16
Chapter Three: Unlocking the Dance of Joy 37
Chapter Four: Dancing into Wholeness 51
Chapter Five: Dancing for Healing 77
Chapter Six: Dancing for Spiritual Direction 103
Chapter Seven: Dancing with Beloved Community 131
Chapter Eight: Dancing as Peacemaking 158
Resources 181
Suggestions for Further Reading 185
Index of Movement Practices 191
Gratitude 193
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.11.2009 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Woodstock |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59473-268-X / 159473268X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59473-268-3 / 9781594732683 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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