Author: UpwardJulia

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Mindful Movement with Trees

Once a week I go to visit an Oak tree.

I often feel like a squirrel when I arrive.

My mind twitching like a fluffy tail.

I try to immerse myself into a slower pace.

A more patient place.

A more expansive space.

I try to listen to my tree who is not up to … [read more]

Top Five B.S. Reasons to Not Visit a Tree

as heard directly from my Inner Self-Saboteur

1. Too Tired. Yes, I am. But that is a B.S. excuse.
2. There will be nowhere to pee and its winter and no bushes to hide in. Yup, that is true. The management of

Emerging from the Emergency

The lock down is lifting. The protection from Covid-19 is entering our bloodstreams. As we start to emerge from this most strange and unusual time I am feeling many things.

It is a celebration. It is a relief.  And … [read more]

Watching JOE last night…

There was pure nostalgia for being in that moment in time. There was great joy at seeing people I haven’t seen in years. There was sadness for those who have passed. There was joy at remembering how important live performance… [read more]

When I was creating a new work, Synaptic Rodeo,  at the LIVElab last year, we were talking a lot about the predictive mind. From my understanding, our brains are wired to create predictions. We know what the next step will be like. We know how … [read more]

A few years ago, I was on a canoe trip in Killarney Park. We were camped at the base of Silver mountain and it was a beautiful day. We left our canoes down at the lake and were hiking to the peak. It was too late in the season for mosquitoes but the sun … [read more]

Online Dance classes? Never say Never.

I am a big fan of 3 dimensions. I love the human form in motion in shared time and space. I have been asked before if I would ever do an online classes and my resounding answer was always, “No, way”

Well, I am … [read more]