Leading and Following

Following-ness in the Ocean of Dark Space excerpt from ‘Sojourn the Inner Heaven: Movement Meditations for Awakening’ by Dunya Dianne McPherson When I first began to study meditation, I followed my teacher. He taught by moving slowly, meditatively. It was so different, this wordless way of being taken into something new. I thought maybe it [...]

Skin of Glass: Finding Spirit in the Flesh – Book

Reviews        Contents        Take a Look Inside “Profound ideas, expressed in startlingly evocative language.” Dunya’s intense passion for dance took her from a small seaside New England town in 1972 to the Juilliard School in the heart of NYC’s vibrant, edgy art scene. A decade later, healing from a serious [...]

Summer Practice 2021

The shape of exhaustion is different from other times in my life but once I saw it, felt that leaden sequence of a flickering impulse to do a thing followed by absolutely no reserve with which to do it. Though over a lifetime I have cultivated self-care, the way the world leans on us changes and we don’t often see that we need such care.

Meditation: Bone Watching

A week or so ago, Nannette, Ric, and I got together for a much-needed impromptu Dancemeditation practice on Cape Cod. I had been feeling stressed and overwhelmed and was very grateful to be spreading out my blanket, getting down on the floor.  Once we were relaxed, I gave the following practice: Practice: Bone Watching Close [...]