Spring Equinox Journey – dance, sacred meditation and the creative ~ Journeying with Swan

(artist unknown)

Excerpt David Whyte

“the crow is just itself and the stone is just itself and the mountain is just itself, and the cloud, and the sky is just itself — we are the one part of creation that knows what it’s like to live in exile, and that the ability to turn your face towards home is one of the great human endeavors and the great human stories.”

In mythology Swan represents the transformation as one moves from the awkward smallness of being, to grace and beauty. Swan understands the heart to heart contact the true alchemy, of coming home to oneself, bringing wholeness within.

The Journey by Mary Oliver brings to mind this kind of homecoming

“One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice…

‘Mend my life!’
each voice cried
but you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do…

It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do –
determined to save
the only life you could save.”

Swans medicine ….

Glide through water

Walk on land

Soar through air

Swan shows us the balance of the equinox through the balance of our consciousness – whether we dip below the surface of our emotions, fly high or ground ourselves, swan helps us to integrate with the beauty of centredness, bringing presences to our own self and once again making the journey homeward.

Jo and Sue wholeheartedly invite you to join us for our annual Spring Journey, to dance create and journey with the energy of Swan and its teaching of balance and grace ~ its divine wisdom to guide us back home.

When: Saturday 21 September

Time: 2pm – 6pm

Where: Temple on the Park – 158 Australia St Newtown

Cost: $75. All materials provided

A little about Jo Rockendorfer:

Jo has training as an art therapist and transpersonal counsellor. She has facilitated group workshops for adults and children for over 20 years and utilises creative techniques to enhance the therapeutic relationship.
Jo lives on the South Coast of NSW and has found the natural world to be her greatest friend and teacher and weaves the therapeutic encounter with earth-based practises.

A little about Sue Andersen:
Sue has been practicing Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms since 2008 and completed her teacher training early in 2016. She is excited to share the 5rhythms Wave map, supporting people to return again and again to their bodies, to explore and express their unique dance and to discover the freedom and aliveness that comes when we surrender our minds to our feet, to the dance.

ALL WELCOME - NO DANCE OR ART EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. All art materials supplied.

Spaces are limited.

Info, bookings and payment:

https://events.humanitix.com/spring-equinox-journey-5rhythms-dance-sacred-meditation-the-creative

For further information:
sueandersendance@gmail.com
jorockendorfer@gmail.com

2024 Solstice / Equinox / Journeying events for the diary:

Summer Solstice - Sunday 17 December 2pm – 6pm