{"id":617,"date":"2014-01-31T01:26:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T01:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eed.com.au\/blog\/?p=617"},"modified":"2014-07-23T03:37:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T03:37:33","slug":"617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eed.com.au\/blog\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"Dare to Do in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The soul of a poet, the heart of a lion, the spirit for dance&#8230;.are you ready to take flight in 2014?? Every year we make promises about what we are going to do..but more often than not, we don&#8217;t seem to navigate our way out of the fog.? So why not make this the DARING DO year?<\/p>\n<p>I have been dancing now for 45 years. This year will be my 46<sup>th<\/sup>, and for half that time I have been teaching&#8230;so what has kept me engaged on this ever demanding, (sometimes overwhelming) journey for so long?? After all it is a fact generally well acknowledged that dance is one of the toughest and most punishing of the arts&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Rarely is there one reason for a commitment, but the crux, (as it has oft times been expressed by our wisest forebears) is this little gem<strong> &#8211; nothing <\/strong><strong>comes easy that is <\/strong><strong>truly worth having?<\/strong>? :)? When I feel like throwing it in I am immediately reminded of what I will be leaving behind&#8230;now <em>that<\/em> is a quick fix turn around!<\/p>\n<p>Which leads me to the point of this post &#8211; if you are coming to dance for transformation, <em>(and let?s face it ? what are you expecting if not some level of change? &#8211; whether that change be a clear personal goal, or something more allusively expansive<\/em>) &#8211; be prepared to discover and leave fantasy behind for a while, so we can begin to work from a space of truth&#8230;&#8230;? Are you ready to do that?<\/p>\n<p>Because if you are, let me assure you of this &#8211; an amazing new world will open for you, something that won?t go away the minute you blink &#8211; something that will stay with you for the rest of your life and transform your waking days&#8230;&#8230;? And it won?t be an illusion or a delusion &#8211; it will be your new reality &#8211; a reality more powerful, meaningful and beautiful than any fantasy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eed.com.au\/page\/dance\/introductory\/index.html\">Introductory Beginners courses will commence February\/March 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;The dream begins with a teacher w<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ho believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called &#8220;truth.&#8221; ~Dan Rather<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eed.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/two-men-south-of-Egypt2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-622\" title=\"Tuk Tib Sa'id Egypt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eed.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/two-men-south-of-Egypt2-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eed.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/two-men-south-of-Egypt2-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eed.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/two-men-south-of-Egypt2.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Disclaimer:? it is true that we occasionally use sticks? (called &#8216;Asiah&#8217;) in class when teaching Tuk Tib (a form of ancient martial combat) &#8211; but no-one actually &#8216;pokes&#8217; anybody!? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The soul of a poet, the heart of a lion, the spirit for dance&#8230;.are you ready to take flight in 2014?? 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