Healing. Wisdom. Depth. Simplicity. Presence. Trust. These are the words that emerged most frequently in my work over this part year. They do a good job describing what happens in the communities that practice qigong and dance with me.
I had fun putting together a collection of pictures to tell the story of the past year. They also give a little map of the year to come: in community, with joy, reweaving our relationships to each other, our ancestors, and Mother Earth, and sending our love into the future.
Winter Water Blessing 
Sharing water blessed by our qigong meditation. 
Welcoming March by wearing Bulgarian martenitsi bracelets. 
Delving into the story of Demeter and Persephone at the Spring Dance Retreat. 
A favorite way to end our weekly qigong practice group. 
Offering water blessed by our qigong meditation to Lake Hiawatha. 
Dancing for people and places in the Twin Cities on Earth Day. 
Mid-Summer Dance Celebration. 
We gathered in the shelter of these pines for qigong practice in the summer. 
Summer dancing among the pines at Lake Hiawatha. 
Wisdom Dances collaborated with guest artist Lyla June Johnston on an event titled Roots and Kinship. 
Dancing for 150 people in honor of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women at Roots and Kinship. 
Offering water blessed by the qigong practice group to Lake Hiawatha. 
Connecting with ancestors, becoming ancestors of the future, at the All Souls Dance Retreat. 
Winter Solstice Celebration.
