What the Body Knows - Dance as Embodied Inquiry Dr. Celeste Snowber

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What the Body Knows - Dance as Embodied Inquiry

Dr. Celeste Snowber

October 20, 2011

University of Alberta

Celeste shares:

"Arts based research:  What are the ethics to bringing our bodies to inquiry.  Uncover the questions beneath the questions.  Humour, human, humility, hummus...

We are bodies, we don't have bodies.  This is about being deeply human on this planet.  It's work of the heart, just not of the mind.

Using the arts for what we don't know through body data, body knowledge about the body data, body wisdom.  It is hard to be awake.  Dance to be awake. Live in the in-between. Show up for your own life.  Be present.

Practice physical acts and times of solitudes, attending deeply and honoring all of it and turning blood to ink."

<< Thank you Celeste for a fabulous, fabulous semester Fall 2012  >>

Fresh, green and homegrown

http://docakilah.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/no-garden-here-are-66-things-you-can-can-grow-at-home-in-containers/

Looks like I don't have to wait for better weather.  

Tons of ideas and experimental plantings in this article....

The Christmas tree we harvested Christmas Eve from our front yard :)

That's my sweetie getting it into the stand.  

Jim and Danielle were stellar in sawing it down, trekking it into the house, 

getting the lights on and decorating it!!

The Lives of Others | By Kathy Ullyott | University of Toronto Magazine

The Lives of Others | By Kathy Ullyott | University of Toronto Magazine

Ian Williams practices a great concept to really get into character when he writing.  I see a connection with this and the wonderful work that Celeste taught us last semester...when your body is involved with your head and heart, authenticity flows.  Oh, by the way, I've recently caught two books in the media covering the notion of finding one word to focus on for the year (instead of heavy-laden lists we carry around).  I'm going with FLOW.  Thanks Stephen - your course from last fall continues to roll through my mind and body!  Flow, flow, flow.

Lentil Quinoa Loaf

Lentil Quinoa Loaf - From joyoushealth.ca  Joy McCarthy

Ingredients:

3/4 cup dry lentils
1/2 cup dry quinoa
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup cremini mushrooms, sliced
1/2 red pepper finely chopped
2 tbsp organic coconut oil (I used virgin olive oil)
1/2 cup pecans or almonds, roughly chopped (I toasted these and put on the top)
2 eggs slightly beaten (vegan option: 2 tbsp of plain chia, soaked for a couple of minutes with 2 tbsp of water).
3/4 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes (I added in the oil from the jar)
1 cup fresh parsley or cilantro, minced

2 tbsp curry powder

Method: 

Preheat oven to 350F. In a medium pot bring lentils and 2.5 cups of water to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until tender, about 25 minutes or less. In a separate small pot, bring quinoa and 1 cup of water to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 12-15 minutes until fully cooked.

Sauté onion, mushrooms and red peppers in about 2 tbsp organic coconut oil for about 5 minutes, until tender. In a large bowl, combine the cooked lentils and quinoa, add all the remaining ingredients including the cooked vegetables, eggs, oats, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh herbs and curry powder, combine fully. Transfer to a loaf pan, press down until even and cook for 30-45 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve on a bed of beautiful greens with a homemade chutney... EnJOY!

Read My Hips - ScienceNOW

Read My Hips - ScienceNOW

Check out today's ScienceNOW post by Emily Underwood.
This article seems like a good follow up to our Embodiment in Curriculum and Instruction course.
And how excellent it is to be in touch with our bodies and to listen to the wisdom they have to say!

WARM CIRCLES

Rich and full

And brimming over

Abandoned abundance

Rushing, tumbling

Generous excess

Spills out all around me

And into my body

Covering my mind

With a comforting wrap

Absorbing the nurture

The value and the respect

Hungrily eating

The stretched out invitation

To come to a table

Laden with riches

Treasure and jewels

Dripping in cream and wine

And deliciousness

 Dishes prepared from

Tear-stained hearts

Fully alive to the joy

And sorrow, the non-ness

And rawness

Welcoming me into the glow

Of warmth and hum

Away from my dark isolation

Brittle and parched

And saying "Come, come,

Stay awhile.  Stay as long as

You like.

This great expanse is

Yours to live in, to love in,

To die in, to move in,

Stay.  Stay here."

Golden Lane...Abbotsford BC Nov 5, 2013

A golden lane
To walk within
A blue sky

As my cover
The arching trees
Beckon me
To come and 
Be one

To swim in
Their grandeur
And flow with the wind
Spinning and twisting
And falling to rest

Such beauty in death
You've given your all
Your whole self
Lies golden and brown
Fallen to the ground
Brilliant with teardrops
Reflecting the light

You were beautiful 

In plenty, fluttering en masse

You are ravishing in death

Holding me captive

At your courage

And poise

And humility to become

One with the others

Taking your place

Under the wide open canopy