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Celebrating Womanhood: A Ritual

by Sheila Collins | May 28, 2010 | Rituals, Videos, Women, Girls & the Feminine

This song comes from a woman’s group I’ve been fortunate enough to be a part of for over twenty years in Texas. One of the women came up with the tune, another the words and I created the movements. Over the years other words have come, and we have explored different...

TED presentation by Eve Ensler

by Sheila Collins | May 28, 2010 | Videos, Women, Girls & the Feminine

Here is one of my favorite short videos – a TED presentation by Eve Ensler. Eve’s life work has been to use her skills as an actress and playwright to give voice to women and girls who do not have a voice in the larger world. Her scripts and enactments tell the...

Reclaiming & Celebrating Your Inner Girl Dance

by Sheila Collins | May 28, 2010 | Dances, Women, Girls & the Feminine

Find some music that moves you and play it. Begin moving in any way that your body feels like moving. Imagine yourself as the four year old girl you once were. When you find a movement that feels satisfying, repeat it for as long as it feels good. Then switch to...

A Meditation for Grieving

by Sheila Collins | May 28, 2010 | Grieving, Meditations

In a situation where we are experiencing loss or the threat of loss, there is a strong need to change our state of consciousness, to spend some time in an altered state of consciousness. Don’t worry if you do not have a formal meditation practice. I’d like to share...

Singing To Convince Yourself

by Sheila Collins | May 28, 2010 | Grieving, Songs

There are many principles we would like to believe, many truths we would like to embody. And as lovers of African American spirituals, known as Sorrow Songs, can attest, the capacity of singing to facilitate change in one’s emotional state is enormous. And as in the...

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Celebrating Womanhood: A Ritual

TED presentation by Eve Ensler

Reclaiming & Celebrating Your Inner Girl Dance

A Meditation for Grieving

Singing To Convince Yourself

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