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Musings about learning to dance, dancing, and how dance can inform the rest of our lives.

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Dancing through Change

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 16, 2014 by RachelJanuary 14, 2014

When I first started participating in the Anar Dana Bay Area project, I was super excited. It seemed that I finally was becoming a dancer. Then I noticed that I wasn’t doing the daily practice that I had put together …
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Posted in Dance, Personal, Transition | Tagged change, community, good girl habit, perfectionism | 2 Replies

Growing Hair…

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 14, 2014 by RachelJanuary 14, 2014

I decided to let my hair grow longer. Except for a few years, most recently over 20 years ago, my hair has been short, sometimes very short. More recently, I had already started letting it grow a little bit, so …
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Posted in Dance, Personal, Philosophy | Tagged stereotypes | 9 Replies

Ideals…

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on September 19, 2013 by RachelOctober 30, 2013

I am hesitating even writing this blog post because I think I’ll be embarrassed about some of the insights that are bubbling up. And, yet, I am pushing forth writing it because, as usual, I think that I am simply …
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Posted in Dance, Transition | Tagged change, folk dance, perfectionism, shame, status quo bias, transformation | 1 Reply

Dance and Extroversion

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on August 22, 2013 by RachelSeptember 19, 2013

I just returned from a six week trip to Greece, spending most of my time attending fulfilling folk dance workshops. Aside from having a lot of fun learning dances and being exposed to various regions of Greece, I also did …
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Posted in Community Building, Dance | Tagged community, extrovert ideal, folk dance, introvert, Susan Cain | 6 Replies

Dance Anniversary!

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on May 19, 2013 by RachelAugust 3, 2015

Five years ago today, I went to my first dance class – Greek folk dancing at GreekFeet. This small change has led to so many others. Maybe because it started to reintegrate my body and mind, regrounding me into myself. …
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Thinking About Couples Dances

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on May 18, 2013 by RachelSeptember 19, 2013

There has been a debate in the folk dance community I am a part of about how to get more young people involved in folk dance. The strategy most prominently suggested is to offer more couples dances, which has gotten …
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Posted in Dance, Singles By Choice | Tagged consciousness raising, couplemania, folk dance, singlism | 2 Replies

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