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Listening Into the Center

Upcoming Book soon to be released

My book is in the final stages of being proofed and ready for publication. Here is a photo of the cover. I took this photograph a few years ago while on a retreat in Bellagio, Italy. This is Lake Como. It was here that I knew and understood for certain that this book would be written. I look forward to …

FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS

This is my great grandmother. Gramma MacDonald. Mary. She was born on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. I visited there several years ago and experienced the land where she was born and lived. She moved from the island as a young woman and had her children in North America–Martha’s Vineyard and then Canada. When …

Family Constellation Workshop

FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS RESTORING THE ORDER OF LOVE with Jan Sandman A Way to Release Inherited Dynamics that underlie Depression, Anxieties, Addictions,Lack of Joy Saturday, February 11, 2017 1:00-5:00 Family Constellations is an energetic remembering of the Family Soul. Bert Hellinger, the originator, observed what he called the orders of love and the presence of the Family Soul. According to …

The Year Begins

January 1, 2017 The year begins. The sun rises wherever I am. I look out and breathe deeply. I look in and I breathe deeply. In my breath, I experience space; I return to this, breath after breath after breath. In the eternal space, I feel the steady pulsing of life ongoing, unlimited grace and possibility. I move with …

Authentic Movement Classes Beginning

December 27, 2016, Dear Friends, Two opportunities to learn and practice the form of Authentic Movement are happening. I am offering a 12 week series beginning on Wednesday January 11 from 9:00-11:00 and another 12 week series beginning on Thursday, January 12 from 9:00-11:00. Both are here in Montpelier. Preregistration is required. Authentic Movement is an intriguing deep practice that …

Winter Solstice Gong Meditation

The Winter Solstice Gong Meditation has two openings. This will happen on Friday December 23 at 7:30-9:00 pm. Space is limited and it is necessary to register with me in advance. So if you are interested in coming, there are two places available which will be filled on a first come, first served basis. This is a beautiful event I …

Welcome

Welcome to my new website. I have spent the past several months working closely with web designer Markus Kuenzel of Hawaii on creating this new site. Photo credits are given to Barrie Fisher of Barrie Fisher Photo in Waitsfield Vermont, along with some photos by Steve Pitonyak, Kelley Hunter, Markus Kuenzel and myself. I will be writing regularly on this …

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Authentic Movement: Moving into the Autumn Blaze

November 20, 2019
09:00 AM

  Authentic Movement

Moving into the Autumn Blaze

with Jan Sandman

  Wednesday mornings, Sept 18-Dec 18, 2019

no class on 10/16, 10/23, 11/27

  9:00-11:00 a.m. at The Clothespin Factory,

  1 Granite St. Montpelier (next to the Iron Bridge)

The cost for this 11 week series is $220.00

Authentic Movement strives for the physical expression of truth in each passing moment, whatever that truth may be. With eyes closed, we find, explore and follow the eternally present impulse, expressing it through movement. By allowing our impulses to lead us, our movement begins to bridge the unconscious to the conscious. Authentic Movement embraces all levels of being from the sacred to the seeming ordinary, the important to the trivial, the humorous to the tragic, the joyous to the grieving. In practicing the form participants find, in addition to inner discovery, the possibility for a deep internal freedom that comes with true self-acceptance.

After the summer’s expansive bounty, we begin to turn in to the blaze we are internalizing for fall’s time of deepening that is right before us. In this series, I ask that you spend some time meditating on or intuiting into what you are taking in to work with this fall season. What in you is asking for your attention? You don’t have to know the answer to this. In fact, you may well be discovering it through out the series. I ask that you call forward an animal, a plant or tree or a specific being who will act as your constant guide and witness throughout this series. By making the choice, you are initiating a commitment to stay with something for this extended period, to allow a thread to be woven. Please bring two objects, one connected to what you are tending during this season and the other connected to the guide/witness, be it animal, plant, tree, being. It can be something from nature, from home, something you find or create—anything that speaks to you of what is stirring in your inner landscape and the guiding /witnessing spirit.

The composition of this class is an intimate and focused group of people .We will focus on the basic elements of Authentic Movement: the mover and the witness, as well as going into subtle nuances of the form. No dance experience is necessary. Time is a critical part of the boundary of the form, so please plan to arrive a few minutes early to allow for parking, taking care of the business aspects of the class and are ready to begin at 9:00. Wear comfortable clothing, with no sharp edges (to protect the mat).

Take time to consider the quality of what is stirring in you as we enter this season of autumn. Consider the Fall session from September to December as one long ritual space…a time for you to identify or uncover a potent inner thread that can be tended as we move towards the Winter Solstice . The class is dependent upon sufficient number of participants. Please let me know by August 30 of your intention to participate. This class is at times at full capacity. With that in mind ,the sooner you can let me know, the better so I have a clear sense of the numbers. If you need to reach me for any reason, you can do so through email jansandman@comcast.net or by phoning 229-4671 or texting 522-5032.

I look forward to beginning again,

Jan

Beginning Authentic Movement Series

November 20, 2019
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM

Authentic Movement

Beginning Series
with Jan Sandman

Wednesday Evenings, October 30 through December 18, 2019

6:30-8:30 p.m.

at The Clothespin Factory, 1 Granite St. Montpelier (next to the Iron Bridge)

The cost for this 7 week series is $140.00

PRE REGISTRATION NECESSARY

Have you wanted to try out Authentic Movement? This is a chance to do just that. Seven evening classes to get a solid sense of this work to see if it might be something that you want to further pursue. This class is also appropriate for anyone who wants to do more focused guided work with movement and witnessing.

Simply put, Authentic Movement strives for the physical expression of truth in each passing moment, whatever that truth may be. With eyes closed, we find, explore and follow the eternally present impulse, expressing it through movement. By allowing our impulses to lead us, our movement begins to bridge the unconscious to the conscious. Authentic Movement embraces all levels of being from the sacred to the seeming profane, the important to the trivial, the humorous to the tragic, the joyous to the grieving. In practicing the form participants find, in addition to inner discovery, the possibility for a deep inner freedom that comes with true self-acceptance.

We will focus on the basic elements of Authentic Movement: the mover and the witness. No dance experience is necessary. Wear Comfortable clothing.

The class is dependent upon sufficient number of participants. If there are sufficient numbers, then the group can go forward. You are most welcome to spread the word as well. If you need to reach me for any reason, you can do so through email jansandman@comcast.net or by phoning 229-4671. There will be no class on Wednesday Nov 27.

Please let me know by September 20 if you would like to participate.

I look forward to the possibility of working together.

Jan

Authentic Movement: Moving Into the Autumn Blaze

November 21, 2019
09:00 AM

  Authentic Movement

  Moving into the Autumn Blaze

  with Jan Sandman



Thursday mornings, Sept 12-Dec 19, 2019

   no class on 9/26, 10/17, 10/24, 11/28

   9:00-11:00 a.m. at The Clothespin Factory,

   1 Granite St. Montpelier (next to the Iron Bridge)

   The cost for this 11 week series is $220.00

Authentic Movement strives for the physical expression of truth in each passing moment, whatever that truth may be. With eyes closed, we find, explore and follow the eternally present impulse, expressing it through movement. By allowing our impulses to lead us, our movement begins to bridge the unconscious to the conscious. Authentic Movement embraces all levels of being from the sacred to the seeming ordinary, the important to the trivial, the humorous to the tragic, the joyous to the grieving. In practicing the form participants find, in addition to inner discovery, the possibility for a deep internal freedom that comes with true self-acceptance.

After the summer’s expansive bounty, we begin to turn in to the blaze we are internalizing for fall’s time of deepening that is right before us. In this series, I ask that you spend some time meditating on or intuiting into what you are taking in to work with this fall season. What in you is asking for your attention? You don’t have to know the answer to this. In fact, you may well be discovering it through out the series. I ask that you call forward an animal, a plant or tree or a specific being who will act as your constant guide and witness throughout this series. By making the choice, you are initiating a commitment to stay with something for this extended period, to allow a thread to be woven. Please bring two objects, one connected to what you are tending during this season and the other connected to the guide/witness, be it animal, plant, tree, being. It can be something from nature, from home, something you find or create—anything that speaks to you of what is stirring in your inner landscape and the guiding /witnessing spirit.

The composition of this class is an intimate and focused group of people .We will focus on the basic elements of Authentic Movement: the mover and the witness, as well as going into subtle nuances of the form. No dance experience is necessary. Time is a critical part of the boundary of the form, so please plan to arrive a few minutes early to allow for parking, taking care of the business aspects of the class and are ready to begin at 9:00. Wear comfortable clothing, with no sharp edges (to protect the mat).

Take time to consider the quality of what is stirring in you as we enter this season of autumn. Consider the Fall session from September to December as one long ritual space…a time for you to identify or uncover a potent inner thread that can be tended as we move towards the Winter Solstice . The class is dependent upon sufficient number of participants. Please let me know by August 30 of your intention to participate. This class is at times at full capacity. With that in mind ,the sooner you can let me know, the better so I have a clear sense of the numbers. If you need to reach me for any reason, you can do so through email jansandman@comcast.net or by phoning 229-4671 or texting 522-5032. PRE REGISTRATION NECESSARY

I look forward to beginning again,

Jan

As long as it lives, the Nautilus continues to grow. All of its growth is in perfect harmony and in relationship to what has come before. This ancient creature, which dates back to the dinosaur era, is a living symbol of sacred geometry, perfect harmonics, Beauty, and drawing from the center to expand outward infinitely. In the shape and geometry of the Nautilus-I sense a "Listening into the Center".

This "Listening into the Center" is a guiding energy of my work-to listen deeply into the Great Silence, then to know and to act.