I don't know about you but I get very tired of the usual New Years
celebrations involving long hours spent drinking and over-eating, culminating in
an often rowdy and certainly noisy change to the new year at midnight. Here's a
nice alternative - a group called SpiritKeepers who enjoy their Dances of
Universal Peace to ring in the New Year.
The New Year's celebration will include Dances of Universal Peace, which uses
simple dance moves combined with chants and songs. Most dances are circular,
with members rotating around each other while holding hands or looking into each
other's eyes.
Dances of Universal Peace is a spiritual practice melding several world
traditions as a way to connect both with the body and soul, according to an
introductory book for participants.
"Dancing is part of the richness of what we do," Timothy Dobson, one of the
New Year's event organizers, said in a May interview.
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here.
Megan Quinn writing for
Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado, also
describes some of the other workshops held at the centers StarHouse and
SpiritistCenter, both in Boulder. Even if you don't live near Boulder it's worth
checking out these two good centers as examples of what could happen in other
communities to improve mind, body and spirit.
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