by Sabrina Page | Jul 24, 2006 | Work
To be aware of the body is the beginning of love . . . every cell contains all of existence. These words from the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh speak to the depths of our interconnectedness. Living and feeling from the inside of our bodies –...
by Sabrina Page | Jul 14, 2006 | Musings
As we become conscious of the inner body – organs and glands, how our blood and fluids move, the feeling of the cells, and the way our energy is moving through us – all of this creates a tremendous support for our daily lives. Instead of living on the surface of the...
by Sabrina Page | Jul 14, 2006 | Musings, Uncategorized
Lately I have been feeling an increasingly direct connection with the cells of my body. Many years ago I had begun using the mantra “love” with my cells, gently saying this word over and over again. When I do this I feel an excitement in my cells, a joyful jumping to...
by Sabrina Page | Nov 30, 2005 | Musings, Uncategorized
In our womens’ group we have been focusing on the hara, the belly center, and even more specifically, at the very center of the hara – the tant tien – where one can feel what has been called “the rhythm of the primordial force” by Kaneko Shoseki (see the appendix of...
by Sabrina Page | Oct 12, 2005 | Musings
Rhythm is fundamental to our nature, from the beat of our heart to the cycles of the moon, we exist in a universe of rhythmic creation. By feeling deeply into our bodies, the rhythmic ground of our being becomes tangible. Entraining to the rhythm of the Earth, we feel...
by Sabrina Page | Jun 15, 2005 | Work
Guidance comes to me in many ways, mostly through my body and movement. For this class I wanted to investigate something that had been lurking at the edge of my awareness for awhile now, something still very mysterious to me – my relationship with the element of...
by Sabrina Page | May 15, 2005 | Work
Thus the overflow from things pours into you. Just as a fountain’s higher basins spill down like the strands of loosened hair into the lowest vessel, so streams the fullness into you, when things and thoughts cannot contain it ~ Rilke In her introduction to The...
by Sabrina Page | May 5, 2005 | Work
BODY AS TEMPLE: Embodiment in Solar Storms “We are in need of integrity of being that recognizes this disregarded inner world. I mean integrity in the true sense of the word, the sense that addresses a human wholeness and completeness, an entirety of...
by Sabrina Page | Apr 30, 2005 | Work
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. ~ John Muir In her introduction to The Resurgence of the Real, Charlene Spretnak asserts, “that the actual presence and power of body, nature...
by Sabrina Page | Apr 6, 2005 | Work
Through my experience as an improvisational dancer, I have become increasingly embodied, learning to feel within myself moment to moment and watch what is arising. I have learned to pay close attention to the interrelationship of feelings, impulses, and thoughts, as...
