Moving Presence - Embodied Transformational Arts

10/21/2024

Done and did. Voting feels so freakin wholesome! Yay for wholesome trust in our collective humanity and collective systems. 💛 God bless America and all the rest.

09/09/2024

Organized the 60+ home Mapleton Hill Rummage Sale again this year with my wonderful neighbor Sandy Briggs! The streets were filled with thousands of beautiful people engaging in a circular economy, supporting various fundraisers, and just feeling the warmth and goodwill of community coming together on a beautiful summer day. I ❤️ Boulder. ☺️

09/05/2024

Life is peachy 🍑😁

07/19/2024

Some random recent ⭐️

06/21/2024

Late Spring moments. Happy solstice! 🌞

02/21/2024

"You and your partner are not only having a dance, a dance is having you. Both."
— Steve Paxton, 1939-2024

Oh my! So many dances have had me because of Steve and his co-surrenderers, together generating the form known as Contact Improvisation. So many friendships, so many dissolutions into bliss and amazement, so many nutritious and embodied discoveries, so many moments of maturation into a full mover and human have had me because of Steve Paxton and the continuous stream of intrepid explorers which have flowed forth from his clarity and openness. I’m so grateful to have swam in that stream so thoroughly that I became a part of it, part of the neighborhood of minds and bodies and beings unfolding this profound way of moving and being together. Thank you for having me, Contact Improvisation. Thank you for having me, Steve. Onward, towards the infinitely small dance!

11/13/2023

My baby turned 8yrs old! So we celebrated by eating cake then threw an Open House for the public! The Boulder Healing Hub, LLC community is thriving with almost 150 members; amazing humans who do amazing work with their clients in our collective space everyday. And the Hub management team - led by Erica Ligon - brings so much care and true love to the project… I am filled with so much gratitude and awe. I love and keeping it both weird and healing oriented. :)

10/18/2023

I organized the Mapleton Hill Rummage Sale again this year and truly nothing warms my heart more than to see a neighborhood out in the street interacting with each other in goodwill. Wholesomeness overload! Over 50 houses participated and our streets were filled with people finding treasures to love anew, and keep out of the landfill. Old friends ran into each other, kids sold some serious lemonade, neighbors met each other for the first time. And stuff like that. 💓

I *loved* this event as a participant when I lived on Mapleton Hill over a decade ago and it’s a part of what made me want to move back to this ‘hood a few years ago! So when I found out that the original organizer of the rummage sale was moving away and the event was going to die after 16 years because no one was taking it on… we’ll, I took it on! 😜

It’s a labor of love. I don’t get paid to do it and it’s a lot of work, probably 40 hours or so. I organize all of the sellers, create the public map and list of items being sold, and spread the word to the public, etc. And I hope to get some more help next year! But it’s a deep value of mine that traditions like this should be nourished… we need MORE things in our communities that bring us together, not less. And these kinds of grassroots happenings simply die without love and time and care. So, I’m on it. 😎

09/19/2023

https://www.movingpresence.com/events/2023/9/29/boulder-healing-hub-open-house-amp-health-fair

EVERYONE! Join us as we celebrate our wonderful Boulder wellness community - all together! Free sample bodywork and energy-work sessions Free presentations on a variety of healing topics from local leading professionals Raffle of free full-length sessions Free refreshments and gen

04/08/2023

Boulderites! Go see Every Brilliant Thing at .art downtown. Heartwarming, hilarious small theater. There’s a wine bar in the gallery to get a drink before the show or sip during the production, though you might need your hands free for part of it. :) Tell your friends. 💛☺️

08/28/2022

I organized the 50+ house Mapleton Hill Rummage Sale this year and it was a A LOT of work, which is a testament to how highly I value keeping open neighborhood-based community events like this alive! It was going to die after 16 years because the original organizer moved away, and no one else was taking it on. So this year I put in about 40 volunteer hours and organized the 17th Annual Mapleton Hill Rummage Sale — and it was a smashing success! New neighbors met each other for the first time, old friends ran into each other in the sunshine, kids had stellar lemonade sales 🍋, and people got rid of their junk while others found amazing finds. Children get to go door to door on Halloween, but adults need a way to visit all the neighborhood houses too! 😆😍 My heart is still glowing, knowing the event allowed so many people to connect in such a heartwarming way. And I couldn’t have done it without all of the neighbors who were willing to participate. It takes a village. 🥰

08/20/2022

I had a grand old time at the Folks Fest in Lyons. Every year I’m like “this is the best thing ever” and this year it was once again the best thing ever. Kids playing in the river, concert hammock time, full-on dance time with full-on dance friends, homemade margaritas in lawn chairs in the sunshine, and performers that made me laugh until I cried and music that made me cry cause the beauty was too much to hold. Thanks, life.

12/27/2020

I’ve been enjoying Boulder’s largest dance floor, and the weekly wildlife that wanders through. Today was stunning. The has definitely become necessary nutrition for my human animal. 🌞🌳🦌