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Autumn News 2019

October has arrived and suddenly , it seems, the air has taken on the autumn chill. My roses, however, which have given me endless joy all summer, are still blooming. Frost has not yet hit. The photograph above was taken on Prince Edward Island, the beach of red rock near where I stayed last summer. It reminds me of New …

Summer Newsletter 2019

June , 2019 As we approach the Summer Solstice, I realize that I have not posted a newsletter yet this year and am surprised by that. The year has been full. Authentic Movement classes have been powerful and full. I offered a Beginning class on Wednesday nights during the winter. It was well attended and a beautiful beginning into the …

Spring, 2018

Dear Friends, Today, I put the geraniums that had wintered over inside and were in full bloom out on the porch even though it is not yet May. I am ready for Spring, the soft rain, the brightening light, longer days, lighter or no layers needed, the soft ground. My birthday is in April and this rose was centered in a …

Upcoming Book Reading and Family Constellation Workshop

Dear Friends, I have recently returned from a magnificent journey through the American Southwest, spending time immersed in the vastness of the land, the saturation of prayer and reverence for life throughout the area. I am deeply grateful. Two opportunities have arisen in May for me to read from my new book, White Stones, Bones and Mist:Authentic Movement and Living …

Family Constellation Workshop, Authentic Movement Classes

Dear Friends, It feels so good to greet the Spring at last. I will very soon be traveling to the Southwest, Four Corners area, a journey I have looked forward to for many years. To be immersed in that sacred landscape, I am certain will bring many gifts. I look forward to sharing them upon my return. The Authentic Movement …

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 …

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