Winter doesn’t easily give way to spring, and our hardships generally don’t just melt away either. While the transition from winter to spring is volatile, if we learn to dance with it we increase our capacity to navigate difficulties in life.

Realizing our mutuality gives tremendous fuel to the movement of giving and receiving. It widens our generosity and receptivity. These past few months have given us all a glimpse of what living in greater mutuality could look like. And we could live into it even more.

Connecting with the waking spring energy in nature can help you find spring inside of yourself. The pulse of a dancing circle to beautiful music during the Earth Day Celebration is my favorite way to align deeply with the healing energy of spring.

There are ancient embodied maps to guide us in harmonizing conflicting energy, restoring mutuality, and balancing energy. Refresh your soul and get your bearings by exploring this guiding wisdom at the coming Healing with Community session of Grandmothers’ Garden.

The unexpected, contagious power of kindness gives new meaning to the idea that kindness is the best protection. Here are 4 questions to integrate the recent swelling of kindness in our communities. 

The kukeri are a winter dance tradition that can help people find the inner force to drive out the frozen energy of division and scarcity and activate blessing and prosperity.

We must never lose compassion, our ability to see ourselves as relatives with all of life. It is especially important that we cultivate powerful roots in our interconnection while facing dehumanizing and harmful situations.

What do you want your New Year Reset to feel like? Read about upcoming January events in Minneapolis in case any of them might help you reset things slowly and intentionally.

How to turn bitter cold into cozy cold, especially on the winter solstice? Dance, move meditatively, and make meaningful connections. Join us for a winter solstice dance celebration in St Paul on Friday, Dec 19, 2025.

Three key ingredients for your sleep and sanity. Process and discharge extra energy, especially as we approach the darkest three months of the year.

The Black Madonna is an important and powerful face of the Sacred Mystery of love, healing, and transformation. Connect with the Black Madonna’s embrace and align with renewing dark of winter through the Early Winter session of Grandmothers’ Garden.

The transition of gradually becoming the oldest living generation is like a slow initiation. You will be the one who remembers the ancestors most clearly. You will be the one transmitting the family and cultural linages. Taking time to remember and orient yourself among past and future generations connects you with meaning, support, and purpose. Two special upcoming events help you tend your place in a linage of ancestors.

Aligning with the intelligence of life has these three benefits. That’s why it is so powerful to learn from the wisdom of each season. Seasonal teachings are the topic areas for the five units of Grandmothers’ Garden.

You are missing these three things if you are feeling stuck in life: knowing how to work with life force energy, the grounding of wisdom teachings, and community. Stay tuned for a new class offering to help you grow stronger in all these areas.

Why do we like to describe dancing as magic? To draw on Robert Moss’s definition of magic – dance is magical because it is an art of reaching into a deeper reality and bringing gifts from it into the ordinary world.

When I attended the Mid-Summer Celebration in the midst of grief, I learned about the healing power of seasonal celebrations to give us a sense of wholeness. Its magic lies in being able to hold lament and joy together at the same time.

What flower crowns symbolize and how they embolden us to be confident in our service to life.

The power of a coming-of-age ceremony comes from affirming not just the individual but also their place in community. There are four signs that the balance between self and community needs improvement in your life.

How dancing is so effective for boosting our resilience and three things that can help you feel resilient and impactful in 2025.

Culture traditions help us remember why are here. The Wisdom Dances Earth Day Dance Celebration begins with two dances to affirm our interconnection with all of life and our purpose to send love to future generations. Practicing a focused sense of purpose cultivates presence and sets the stage for joy.