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VIII. Lindsey Baris from Rising Sun Farm & Orchard DEFINING: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from Lindsey Baris, Organic Farmer, Human Being Extraordinarie, Owner of Rising Sun Farm & Orchard.
VII. Tracey Mortensen from Inspiring Actions Yoga DEFINING: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from Tracey Mortensen, the Owner of Inspiring Actions Yoga.
Do You Know When to Reach Out? And When to Pull Back?
Think about little babies, how they cuddle and contract into tight snuggly balls, and how they cry out and expand their bodies when they need something. Or as they learn to venture out and reach for objects and people around them. How a dysregulated child might hide or lash out with hitting. Or how an adult in conflict might avoid or be aggressive. These are all examples of the Open Floor International Core Movement Resource of EXPAND AND CONTRACT. We are constantly opening and closing and extending and pulling back to center.
Do You Live Your Life with Potency and Direction?
In life, we must be able to move, think, and feel with focus and direction. Turn right, not left. Come here, not there. Run, don’t crawl. Being able to move with intention and energy serves us well in life. This is the Open Floor International Core Movement Resource of VECTOR. Come hone your sense of VECTOR:
• Open Floor Conscious Dance 101 3-Part Series starting Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at 8:30-9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!
Are You Able to RELEASE Tension, Emotions, and Thoughts with Ease?
RELEASE is one of Open Floor’s Core Movement Resources. Release is about being able to release “tension, emotion, thought and the entire body to the will of life force…”
Come practice your ability to RELEASE through meditation and conscious movement with Open Floor! What you practice on the dance floor builds awareness and skills for navigating life off the dance floor.
• Moving Meditation & You-Pick Blooms! Saturday, August 12th, 2023 from 10am-12n at Two Bees & A Bud Flower Farm in New Richmond, WI!
• Open Floor Conscious Dance 101 3-Part Series starting Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at 8:30-9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!
ABUNDANT YOGA COMMUNITY
I am honored to announce that I have been elected to serve as a Board Member-at-Large for the yoga non-profit, Abundant Yoga Community (AYC)! AYC was founded in 2019 by Tracey Mortenson, the owner of Inspiring Actions Yoga to create accessibility for all to yoga. Its mission is “Yoga is for everyone. Yoga changes lives. Community is everything. We help yoga teacher, health workers, school, and yoga studios bring yoga to those in need.”
GROUND/GROUNDING/GROUNDED
Without ground where do you stand? Come connect to what’s below you and in you, build safety, and sense support. Practice GROUNDING through meditation and movement with Open Floor! Two opportunities coming up this summer:
• Open Floor 101 3-Part Series starting Thursday, June 30th, 2022 at 9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!
• Open Floor Moving Meditation & Wine Spritzer Social at Forestville Vines Winery, Sunday, August 14th, 2022!
9 Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Meditative, Free-Form Dance Movement
There are many different styles, philosophies, and names for dance movement practices around the globe (i.e. Ecstatic Dance, Authentic Movement, etc.). We all know exercise and meditation offer multiple health benefits. Essentially meditative, free-form dance movement practices are (cardio workouts + meditation + connecting to self/others/spirit = SO MANY WELLNESS BENEFITS)!
How to Be Steady in an Unsteady World
Life is constantly happening in and around us. Certain things we welcome wholeheartedly and other things we resist. One of the great skills of life is learning how to remain steady in an unsteady world. I believe our three greatest resources in this pursuit are 1) body-based movement, 2) nature, and 3) community.
In partnership with Inspiring Actions in River Falls, I’ll be facilitating the workshop How to Be Steady in an Unsteady World on Sunday, April 11th, 2021.