Welcoming the Strawberry Supermoon

​Last evening, witnessing the beauty of the rising moon connects us back to the cycle of life. Every 28 days, the full moon returns in all its splendor carrying its message of permanence and light.

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Pink Moon, The Pond by Mary Oliver

You think it will never happen again.
Then, one night in April,
the tribes wake trilling.
You walk down to the shore.
Your coming stills them,
but little by little the silence lifts
until song is everywhere
and your soul rises from your bones
and strides out over the water.
It is a crazy thing to do –
for no one can live like that,
floating around in the darkness
over the gauzy water.
Left on the shore your bones
keep shouting come back!
But your soul won’t listen;
in the distance it is sparkling
like hot wires. So,
like a good friend,
you decide to follow.
You step off the shore
and plummet to your knees –
you slog forward to your thighs
and sink to your cheekbones –
and now you are caught
by the cold chains of the water –
you are vanishing while around you
the frogs continue to sing, driving
their music upward through your own throat,
not even noticing
you are someone else.
And that’s when it happens –
you see everything
through their eyes,
their joy, their necessity;
you wear their webbed fingers;
your throat swells.
And that's when you know
you will live whether you will or not,
one way or another,
because everything is everything else,
one long muscle.
It’s no more mysterious than that.
So you relax, you don’t fight it anymore,
the darkness coming down
called water,
called spring,
called the green leaf, called
a woman’s body
as it turns into mud and leaves,
as it betas in its cage of water,
as it turns like a lonely spindle
in the moonlight, as it says
yes.

​Mary Oliver once said that "light is an invitation to happiness." Let tonight's super moon illumination invite you to explore a bit of happiness during these unsettled times.

With love,
Sylvie and the SDP Team

Sylvie will be conducting a 4-day Outreach Facilitator training in August.

This program encourages practitioners to incorporate mindful movement into their work, offering a creative way of engaging with those in need and bringing joy into each other's lives. We also encourage working with the younger population since they will help shape our world.

If you are interested in participating in the August Outreach Facilitator training session,
please visit our Outreach Facilitator's training page here.

https://www.syzygydanceproject.org/facilitator-training.html

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​ABOUT SYLVIE MINOT

Sylvie Minot received her BA in Dance from San Jose State University and is a certified 5Rhythms® Teacher who was also trained in the Heartbeat (emotional) map by Gabrielle Roth.

Sylvie has studied psychology, indigenous healing rituals, energy medicine, and sound healing and is inspired by the teachings of cultural anthropologist Angeles Arrien, author and lecturer Caroline Myss, and sound healer Tito La Rosa.

​Since 2000, Sylvie has taught weekly dance classes and workshops for a variety of populations. Sylvie is often described as a catalytic shape-shifter because of her ability to meet people right where they are and move with them into new possibilities.

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