Mary Martin Lane, Saleem Adam Wolter, and Conie Borchardt are mentored dance leaders in a training cohort lead by Senior Dance Mentor Radha Tereska Buko of Vermont. Meeting for five four-day weekend retreats over the course of two years in Des Moines, these dance leaders are offering special sessions during this weekend as part of a Deepening Project Presentation in October. Please feel free to ask them more questions and feedback about their projects.
Astrological Walks, Breaths, and Dances

Saleem is currently working on a book to help other dance leaders to deepen their understandings of, and co-creative relationships with the living sky. At this retreat, he will lead an astrological breathing, dancing, and walking workshop in tandem with the beautiful energies of our Full Moon on Saturday afternoon.
Learn more about his work at http://www.innatewholenessastrology.com.
Dance for the Healing of Memories through Prayers and Poems

Hazrat Inayat Khan is quoted saying "The language of colour and sound is the language of the soul, and that it is our outward language which makes us confused as to the meaning of that inner language." (Music, VI) For the last year, Conie has been exploring the relationship between rhythm and shape, sound timbres and colors while listening to live music and the inner voice. Samples of some of her Dance Doodles and Visual Niguns (a twist on repetitive wordless sung prayers from the Jewish tradition) will be hanging at the retreat. During the Dance for Healing of Memories, Conie will lead you through her process to create your own visual reflection of the Dances.
About Mary Martin Lane: When I considered my introduction to Centering Prayer (1998) to be the equivalent of a Dairy Queen hot fudge sundae, the Holy One surprised me with “the cherry on top” of the Dances of Universal Peace embedded within my initial experiences of Saadi’s Aramaic Studies (2009). The healing power of Dance circles, with their unique “oneness” embodied through the dancers, left me shaken, weeping, laughing, and then gratefully reduced to silent awe before The Real Presence.

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