[Adta] RE: Getting the Word Out!

[Wager Jody]

Dear Barbara, Gabrielle, Donna and others,
Thank you so much for responding to my post and for providing me with support while you share some of your own stories. I would so much love to speak with you each about what you do and how you do it ... and to have an opportunity to brainstorm/play together about ways in general to introduce movement into prayer/spiritual settings. I was wondering if we might try to get together at the upcoming conference in NYC. Are you planning on being there? Perhaps someone would like to spearhead a workshop on this topic. I am already hoping to present on some other work and feel my plate is too full to prepare for a second presentation. The deadline is tomorrow so it would need to be a RUSH application. I know we can continue this conversation on line, but it would be nice to have a face-to-face/body-to-body exchange. I would be happy to organize a get-together in Brooklyn for any intersted dmt to join us. What do you think? I look forward to hearing from you.
Jody

-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb [mailto:loebx001 at umn.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 2:00 PM
To: Wager Jody; adta list serve
Subject: Getting the Word Out!


Hi Jody, I have been doing this for many years at my synagogue and in the community and it is a wonderful way to help people be in an important relationship with their movement and bodies. I have also worked with bringing more movement into some of the specific prayers and experiences with in the service (and have actually been asked to do somethings in local churches as well) I am also involved in my own process of exploring the embodied experiences of Jewish mystical concepts (Kabbalah) and have led some workshops at some of our regional women's retreats combining movement, awareness and Jewish concepts. It usually well received as well.  
I would love to find others who are working with this and share what we are doing and have some conversations about it....anybody else???? Barbara

On Feb 6, 2007, at 7:02 AM, Wager Jody wrote:

Hi all,
Although not a conference per se ... I would like to mention that I have just returned from a weekend retreat with members of my temple. It was a retreat designed to explore the many aspects of prayer. I was invited to join as a participant and to weave in some movement experiences ... and so I taught some Israeli folkdance after Friday night services, facilitated some stretching and offered a workshop on incorporating movement into our own personal style of prayer. Regarding the workshop, I had many ideas in mind as I entered this session, but really didn't "know" what I wanted to present until the very moment I began moving with my fellow explorers. In essence what unfolded was a dance/movement "therapy" session. It was a rich and touching session that allowed each of us to connect with ourselves and one another via the movement and the theme of prayer ... the group also spontaneously brought in the upcoming holiday of Tu Bishvat ... the Jewish holiday where we celebrate trees ... and although I never thought I would do this ... I invited us to move like a tree.
As an aside, I would also like to mention that I have begun introducing movement experiences, including movement choirs, into a monthly women's group at this same temple, in honor of the new moon. This too has been a beautiful experience and well received by most.
I just thought that I would share with you all a slightly different way of introducing our work. Although my primary focus during these experiences is on bringing another form of expression to these various services, it feels good to be able to share this part of myself with my fellow temple members as well as to spread the word of dmt.
Anyone else playing with this? I would love to hear how others might be bringing movement and/or dmt into other aspects of their lives ... outside of the work environment.
Thanks,
Jody (Wager)
Falls Church, VA


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Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb MFA CMA ADTR Certificate in Process Work
4632 York Ave. South
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