Summer Retreats . . .be moved
Group Motion continues to celebrate the language of movement as a language that anyone can speak . . . This summer, the celebration continues in the peaceful Claymont, WV; the magnificent Crestone, CO; and with Dancing in Nature in Arcosanti, AZ. Hundreds of individuals have been moved by this experience . . .
posted by Group Motion at 2/09/2006 03:34:00 PM
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2006 will be my sixth year at Crestone.
The combination of location (I love mountains), being part of the zen community (I hate mornings, but I willingly get up at the crack of dawn at Crestone to participate in the pre-breakfast meditation) and, of course, the Group Motion activities, is miraculous.
At the end of the week, I feel well and whole and stretched and nurtured, grateful for having shared such an overwhelming experience with other wonderful people.
Although the faces sometimes change from one year to the next, the sense of timelessness and being in the moment that the monks bring to everything they do as they take care of us is striking.
Each part of the day has its own unique quality.
Breakfast is an opportunity to share with others silently.
The morning GM sessions work out the kinks in my body and produce some poetic ensembles to participate in and enjoy as a voyeur.
At the evening workshop, rolling on the floor of the unique dance space with bald-headed monks who have a sense of humor is itself an experience not to be missed.
And in the afternoon free time? Well, there are two local hot spring spas to choose from and the moountains behind the Zen Center to climb. Or naps to take.......
Each year, the GM group is different and wonderful. I hope you will join me there this year!
Colin Harvey
i went to the group motion retreat at arcosanti in arizona in 2002 and it was FREAKIN AWESOME! and i'm not even a hippie!
ahhh...Arcosanti. So close to impossible to convey what it was like when I arrived at this truly fantastic utopia spread like a strange and beautiful fantasy watercolor across the desert. I was there the summer of 2003 and the nature images in my memory are still striking; I recall beautiful long green trees and sacred golden cliffs and vast dusty mesas that all seem to speak to you as you dance - and dance with you as you speak.
In Arcosanti all of a sudden one is transported to a community like no other, so close to nature and so futuristic all at once. Each day is about the communion of nature and people whether in the movement workshops held each morning and evening in the outdoor amphitheater surrounded by water or just in exploring the awe-inspiring architecture and spiral hive-like communal life of Arcosanti that naturally buzzes all around the workshop. Afternoons are open for gathering around a gorgeous outdoor swimming pool, or in day trips to swim holes, cliffs, or hiking in old Indian cave dwellings, exploring Sedona mountains, and even the Grand Canyon. After a yummy dinner everyone naturally gravitates up on the huge arched roof to watch the long and wide majestic sunset orchestra of colors and shapes. If you go to Arcosanti, you may wish to bring a special journal, camera, or a musical instrument because surely a sacred level of revelation and expression will be inspired.
Everything feels connected in Arcosanti, nature, dance, the people who live and work there designing and building structures or making bells, and the very human-friendly circular architecture. Nothing is linear in Arcosanti, literally. There is nothing here that will remind you of anywhere else on earth, it is so different and wonderful that it is elating.
There is an air of sacred discovery in every aspect of the Arcosanti experience that calls forth one’s inner tribal desert spirit; it is a place like no other on earth…it is a total ahhhh.
-Nina
check out Arcosanti's blog entry about Group Motion's time there this summer. . . .
http://www.arcosanti.org/today/2006/08/07/1154994810707.html
There are cool pics too!
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