Improv Tribal Style Belly Dance

New tribe on Tribe.net, folks!

http://tribes.tribe.net/improvtribalstylebellydance

Hosted by yours truly and Riven, a tribal dancer in Ft. Hood.

Improv Tribal Style (ITS) bellydance is a group of dancers with tribal style bellydance traits composing choreography on the spot (i.e. improvising) through previously arranged cued moves. Solos are performed, but are generally supported in a group environment. Improv Tribal Style is a sub-group of Tribal Style bellydance. [Also known as: Tribal Group Improv, American Improv Tribal, Group Improv Tribal.]

Although this style of modern fusion world dance is rooted in the United States, Improv Tribal Style has grown, and continues to grow, internationally and can be found in Australia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Columbia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom, Sweden and other countries.

Enjoy! :`)

Therapy / Yoga / Spirituality

Some interesting integral philosophy from David Daida (his ideas, my translation... any mistakes are most likely mine. Especially if they are grammatical in nature. ;o)

Therapy / Yoga / Spirituality

These things really get mixed up and they are very much their own entities.

Therapy takes dysfunction to function. (Physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, etc.) You need a safe environment to do this work. You need to do this work in order to properly support yourself. Therapy fixes that which is broken. Like in a stained glass window.

Yoga is art. It works with edges. It is the Flow. It's always pushing us into the very realm of the impossible. It is not safe. But it should be done carefully, with compassion and kindness. Yoga clears the dust and grime off of the window. Yoga can be done while broken. Obviously, it would be a more full experience to fix things before clearing things out. But life does not always allow things to proceed in a logical, rational manner and art is anything but logical and rational in a lot of ways.

Spirituality is The Glowing. The light shines through and it is a way of Being. You can be broken and have no particular edge and have a spiritual epiphany. But the light shining through a gorgeous clear stained glass window is quite spectacular, no?

Function, Flow, Glow.

For more: Integral Naked: A Seminar on Sexual Yoga with David Daida