Ride Dance Write » Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen https://www.paulajosajones.org/RideDanceWrite Paula Josa-Jones Sun, 02 Jan 2022 18:11:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2 sinking into practice https://www.paulajosajones.org/RideDanceWrite/2015/07/26/sinking-into-practice/ https://www.paulajosajones.org/RideDanceWrite/2015/07/26/sinking-into-practice/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2015 05:35:53 +0000 http://www.paulajosajones.org/RideDanceWrite/?p=9294 A towering Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) seems to be waiting to cast a spell on the denizens of the Hoh Rainforest. It is defnitely a magical place. <br />

Wizard of the Hoh by Paul Marcllini

This image feels like the rich slough of sensory experiencing material I have been steeping in all week at the Body-Mind Centering Association conference at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.  This is only my second BMCA conference, and I am hooked. It is an immersion in bodily wisdom and mindfulness via the visionary work of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and those who have studied, appreciated and expanded her teachings.  The collegial breadth and depth here is stunning, delicious, inspiring.  Feeling met, held, welcomed and taught by this community is a most precious gift.

My post-conference body carries the many traces of shared dances, sounds and questions.  It also carries a hunger to deepen those inquiries, to nourish these friendships, old and new.  As we ready ourselves to leave, I feel a slight panic and a more than slight sadness.  I want these connections, I want to be included here.  I want more experience of these lovely faces, bodies, minds and the tremendous integrity and devotion they embody.

Thank you one and all!

 

 

 

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