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Healing through dance/movement psychotherapy, women & girls circles, and herbal living The deeper one goes in, the deeper it is felt throughout.

I believe in the ways of the tribal village where dance was like breath and water. To assist in the adventure of unearthing and re-inhabiting what is inherently ours-our whole body/mind/spirit selves- is one of my greatest purposes. As one pays attention and gives attention, the layers of self are unearthed. In this process one also reweaves back into the fabric of life where self/other/earth/universe are one. All of our ancestors knew this and danced and moved as a natural ebb and flow within their daily lives. I believe in order to bring healing and sanctity to our modern world we as a people need to weave these ancient ways back into our way of life. I believe mother earth needs these dances too. I believe the more we dance on her sacred ground the more we become attuned to her rhythms, needs, and the more we become like her because after all we are her children. Through deeper connection with the body, the human body, one can also discover greater connection to the earth body. As we tune into her we can be healer and be healed in unison. As we awaken, delve, and relive into the body and the earth body, the more we find true home.

01/25/2026

The Big Snow ❄️

01/18/2026

Day 18.
I realize how I miss my studio and looking forward to its second coming.

Having Rumplestiltskin, my lion head bunny that lives in the loom, in the same room as my dances has an effect.

Are you ready?

01/14/2026

Day 13 Dance of the Tree spirits. (Music by David Parsons)

This was a 10 minute dance of beauty ease and peace with images of fireflies and bunny kisses coming to me that could only come after Day 10 of rage dancing and screaming. Day 10 covered days 9-12 and no photos or videos were taken. Recovery and integration was necessary and so much came unfurled from within to without releasing me from the weight of it.

I danced mostly to ‘rage against the machine’ in my kitchen leading up to an 1.5 hrs of 5R dance class. The ex*****on of Renee Good gave rise to my experiences with thugs like the ex*****oner. Not as physically violent but explosive and with the purpose of erasure (psychologically) of me or any ‘fu***ng bitch’. I’m sure most women know this experience even if they aren’t aware. These fu***ng bi***es are confronting yet often molding in all the impossible ways that only women know in order to be seen or heard.

***ngbi***es

01/09/2026

Days 6 7 8.

10/15/2025

My Great Grandmother Terezie Matejová born Wolfová (1865-1936) with my baby Dad. Czechoslovakia.

This is the time of year to specially honor our ancestors.

10/02/2025

Women in Black Dance Project
Director Thais Mazur
Me Circa 2002

Being a part of vigils and this dance project was one of the most profoundly influential experiences I’ve participated in.

Women in black is a world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and violence.

The first group was formed by Israeli women in Jerusalem in 1988, following the outbreak of the First Intifada.

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08/27/2025

One of my favorite books, The Tao of Equus by Linda Kohanov has been revised and updated.

“After more than twenty years in print, an updated edition of the evocative and transformational classic about the powerful bond between women and horses
When Linda Kohanov wrote The Tao of Equus over twenty years ago, she posed questions that few were asking: Do horses make choices? How do they seem to know what people are thinking and feeling? Are horses spiritual beings? What do they have to teach people? Why are women so attracted to horses? The answers, detailed in this extraordinary chronicle that synthesizes science, behavioral research, and personal insight, transformed how we think about one of humanity’s oldest companions and established Kohanov at the vanguard of the emerging field of animal-assisted learning/therapy.
In this updated edition, Kohanov weaves new developments in neurological science and scholarship into her original exploration of spiritual awakening, cultural history, and mythology. The Tao of Equus delves into the mental and spiritual processes behind the magical connections that people often experience with horses. It remains a powerful exploration of the feminine wisdom horses model, subtleties that women riders have intuited for centuries.”

08/09/2025

Goodnight moon.
A magic mullein moon moment in my garden.

08/07/2025

Thanks to the love, talent, encouragement and support of beautiful friends I am brewing and bubbling at my cauldron again. New autumn dance/movement therapy , women’s ritual dance circles and retreats forming in Fishkill, Beacon, Brooklyn and beyond. 💫♥️⚡️🦉🐈‍⬛

08/06/2025

Nice Beacon.

08/02/2025

Time of the first harvest. Lammas. Lúnasa. Day of the divine mother of herbs. Here’s my herb doll to honor. She’s fashionable in a Lady’s Mantle, Goldenrod, Lungwort skirt. Artemisias of mugwort and wormwood for her arms. A finely fitting corn husk blouse with a Echinacea head to top off the most harvestable medicinal outfit this side of town.

Today she is lounging in the ancient caves of patterns, paintings, textiles, sounds, and sculptures of her ancestors.

07/29/2025

May the soft comforting presence of a bunny on your lap be with you now.

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I believe in the ways of the tribal village where dance was like breath and water. To assist in the adventure of unearthing and re-inhabiting what is inherently ours-our whole body/mind/spirit selves- is one of my greatest purposes. As one pays attention and gives attention, the layers of self are unearthed. In this process one also reweaves back into the fabric of life where self/other/earth/universe are one. The deeper one goes in, the deeper it is felt throughout. All of our ancestors knew this and danced and moved as a natural ebb and flow within their daily lives. I believe in order to bring healing and sanctity to our modern world we as a people need to weave these ancient ways back into our way of life. I believe mother earth needs these dances too. I believe the more we dance on her sacred ground the more we become attuned to her rhythms, needs, and the more we become like her because after all we are her children. Through deeper connection with the body, the human body, one can also discover greater connection to the earth body. As we tune into her we can be healer and be healed in unison. As we awaken, delve, and relive into the body and the earth body, the more we find true home.