Bearthday 2011 blog

Deb Dancing

Every April, in honor of Earth Day and Bar Ostrand’s birthday (Bar is the ‘goddess in charge’ of my Daring Diva Dance Class) I create a special “Bearthday” class.  Each year I wonder how I will create a playlist as wonderful as the last year’s.   And each year, like magic, the perfect music comes to [...]

The most fun you’ll ever have cleaning out your closet.

Clothing Swap Food

Last weekend I had the most fun cleaning out my closet! It all started with an idea from my friend Marianne MacKenzie who wanted to create a “Clothes Swap” with a twist. The twist? Well, Marianne’s specialties are soul coaching and Feng Shui, so she wanted to teach women the deeper aspects of clearing their [...]

Prepare for the Full Moon on the Winter Solstice

The Full Moon

As a wellness practitioner in the 70’s my main focus was the body. Then in the 80’s the scientific literature made it clear that the physical body could not be separated from the mind. So my focus became mind and body. In the 90’s we began to understand more fully the impact of emotions and [...]

Embodying Your Prayers

When I was growing up I had the hardest time sitting still in church. I played hangman and tic-tac-toe with my sister on the back of the church bulletin, scribbled notes to my dad on communion cards, and generally squirmed in my seat. So you can imagine what a revelation and a relief it was [...]

Fun as a Spiritual Practice

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I absolutely love the community of women I dance with every Monday and Wednesday in our Daring Diva Dance Class!  A few weeks ago, one of the lovely divas in class gave me a mix of ‘Hot Disco’ tunes and I had so much fun creating a class with that music.    We dressed in our [...]