AYA Dance Meditation

09/04/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our friend Kayla today!!! 🥳💛✨

08/30/2026

Focus of the week: Looking up ✨
This week, let’s explore how we’re using our eyes.
In class (and throughout life) we can simply be curious and notice things such as:
• Where am I looking? Up? Down? Around? Out?
• Are my eyes open? Closed?
• What am I aiming at? Where am I headed?
• Is my vision more focused? Blurry? Zoomed in? Zoomed out?
• What am I looking at? Or looking for?
• What am I seeing/connecting with?
• How am I orienting in the world around me?
• How does that orientation feel (in my body, mind, heart, & spirit)?
Of course, easy does it, my friend. There’s no right or wrong... We can simply use this exploration as another practice in presence, and a sweet little chance to discover more about our body (and ourselves).
We can then explore how it feels to invite our eyes to look up.
• What do you notice/sense in your eyes when you look up? Head? Neck? Chest? Back? Abdomen? Legs? Feet?
• Does looking up feel comfortable? Uncomfortable? Ordinary? New? Easy? Hard? Fluid? Stiff? _______?
• How does it feel to your heart? Your spirit?
• Does it change how you move/dance?
• When is it difficult to look up? When is it easy? What helps?
• Do you want more looking up in your life?
As always, I can’t wait to see what we discover! See you soon!
With love,
💛 Dani
CLASS SCHEDULE
• Mondays, 5:45 PM, Hyde Social Club (formerly the CF Woman's Club at 304 Clay St., in Cedar Falls)
• Tuesdays, 5:30 PM, Dani's house
• Wednesdays, 5:30 PM, on Zoom

1st time? Welcome!
Please be my guest (code: FIRST)
Photo thanks to Cat McCombs 🫶

08/28/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our friend Jean this week! Wishing you the most wonderful next trip around the sun, Jean! Thanks again for the delicious cupcakes! 🥳💛✨

08/24/2026

Focus of the week: Circles, spirals, and rotation (oh my!) ✨
Ooh, friend. I think this focus is going to feel so good!
This week as we dance, we’ll simply tune into our body and explore what it’s like to play with circles, spirals, twists, and rotation as we move. We’ll experiment with how it feels to reach, flow, stretch, and wiggle in ways to help keep our joints, muscles, and fascia all healthy, free, functioning well, and feeling really great.
• We’ll spiral our arm bones & feed our shoulder joints nourishing circles…
• We’ll gift our spine and core gentle, delicious twists…
• We’ll awaken our hip joints by rotating our thighbones..
• We’ll free our tissues with a variety of ranges of motion…
Ahhhhh….. my body is so ready to play with this! As always, I can’t wait to see what we discover together this week. See you SOON!
With love,
💛 Dani
Class Schedule
• Mondays, 5:45 PM, Hyde Social (304 Clay St., CF)
• Tuesdays, 5:30 PM, Dani's house
• Wednesdays, 5:30 PM central, live online via Zoom
1st time? Welcome! Please be my guest (code: FIRST)
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Photos (from a special class photoshoot at Lawn City) thanks to Cat McCombs 🫶

08/21/2026

lean in…. breathe in…. we’re alive…..

Big, heartfelt thanks to everyone who braved the iffy weather & joined us for this year’s campout! ✨

It was sooooooo lovely to see & move with you all.

There’s just something about slowing down… being barefoot in the grass… circling up around a fire... making music… looking up at the stars… and sharing meals together… that feels so very nourishing.

Giant thanks to Sarah of New Dawn Yoga for leading us in a lovely misty morning yoga session on Saturday. And huge thanks to Katie for bringing her bowls out and providing us a relaxing sound bath Saturday. Sincere thanks as well to Ashley of Heal & Rise who would’ve led us in meditation had Friday not been cancelled due to weather. And big gratitude also to Myquawn of Drum Iowa, who (although he was traveling this wknd) generously shared his drums with us.

Our camping weekends wouldn’t be possible without all of the help of Alison and her family, as well as my husband, Jon, and son, Rowan. Huge thanks to them for all they do to make the weekend go so beautifully each year. Also big thanks to Rowan for the drone footage this year—how fun is that?

Last but not least, thanks so much for coming, friends. Life can sometimes seem to fly by so quickly. I really appreciate the chance to get outside, sloooooow down, and have some time to just *BE* with you all.

Thank you, thank you.

Much love,
💛 Dani

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08/19/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our friend Val today! 🥳💛✨

08/15/2026

Hi friends! Yes, you bet- we’re ON for today and tomorrow. 🙌 We kicked off this morning with a most lovely misty yoga class with Sarah of New Dawn… Now we are relaxing… arriving… setting up tents… hanging out… drinking coffee… perhaps heading to the lake… or maybe going for a walk in the woods… or just resting… etc… at 4pm is our sound bath with Katie… followed by potluck, dancing, drumming, etc. It’s so beautiful and peaceful here. See you soon! 💛

08/14/2026

Hi friends! Due to the forecast, we've decided to cancel our Friday Perseidsfest activities this year. We'll kick off tomorrow morning instead (starting at 9 AM with yoga with Sarah 🙌), and continue onward with a beautiful Saturday & Sunday of togetherness. Email with details coming soon! Thanks so much, everybody!

08/14/2026

See you soon, friends! ✨ Can't wait to see what memories we'll make together this year. 💛

08/13/2026

Just 1 day to go, friends!! ✨ We have a really LOVELY crew signed up -- can't wait to see you all! For all who have registered, please stay tuned to your email later today for a little more info. Sooooo looking forward to enjoying a beautiful weekend together. 💛🫶