mary oliver says,
One day you finally knew what
you had to do,
and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting their bad advice-
though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried with its
stiff fingers at the very foundations,
though their melancholy was terrible.
It was already late enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own,
that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world,
determined to do the only thing you could do -
determined to save the only life you could save.

john o'donohue says,
blessed be the longing that brought you here
and quickens your soul with wonder.
may you have the courage to listen to the voice of desire
that disturbs you when you have settled for something safe.
may you have the wisdom to enter generously into your own unease
to discover the new direction your longing wants you to take.
may the forms of your beloning - in love, creativity, and friendship -
be equal to the grandeur and the call of your soul.
may the one you long for long for you.
may your dreams gradually reveal the destination of your desire.
may a secret providence guide your thought and nurture your feeling.
may your mind inhabit your life with the sureness with which your body inhabits the world.
may your heart never be haunted by ghost-structures of old damage.
may you come to accept your longing as divine urgency.
may you know the urgency with which god longs for you.

rites of belonging
retreat with michael & anneli molin-skelton
january 2009 (date to be decided soon)
culver city masonic lodge at 9635 venice blvd culver city, california 90232

through movement and ritual we will explore the meaning of how and where we belong in our lives and the places we feel exiled from ourselves and others. how we can rest and listen to the silence in those places. to trust and surrender as gravity repeatedly tells us, "i have a place for you, and it is called here."

for registration or more information please contact contact michael & anneli at 323-733-4140 or knotonesoul@spiritweaves.com

rites of belonging
retreat with michael & anneli molin-skelton
march 13-15, 2009
cooperative body at 11 richland street
asheville, north carolina 28801

through movement and ritual we will explore the meaning of how and where we belong in our lives and the places we feel exiled from ourselves and others. how we can rest and listen to the silence in those places. to trust and surrender as gravity repeatedly tells us, "i have a place for you, and it is called here."

for registration or more information please contact cassie brizzi at elementsmove@yahoo.com or 828-545-3955
for questions you can also contact michael & anneli at 323-733-4140 or knotonesoul@spiritweaves.com

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sanctuary
with michael molin-skelton

march 20-22, 2009
Contois auditorium burlington city hall Burlington, Vermont

our journey begins with one step. are you willing? willing to listen within and trust the soft voice of your soul calling you back home. to step into the life waiting for you to enter. a refuge of the self. in this workshop using the awakening energy of the 5 rhythms as a catalyst and the hallowed ground of soul motion as a container we will move to unveil and unmask the unique and sacred expression of our own dance.
mary oliver writes, “one day you finally knew what you had to do, and began” come begin again.

for registration or more information please contact thomas lucas at dancingelkvt@comcast.net or
802-862-4868 for questions you can also contact
michael & anneli at 323-733-4140 or knotonesoul@spiritweaves.com

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dancing on the edge
a spiritweaves journey
with michael molin-skelton
april 17-19, 2009
madrona mindbody Institute at 200 battery way, bldg 310 port townsend, washington  98368

this is a call to all to gather arm in arm to give support and permission as we move into the frontier of our own edge. using ritual to invoke a container of intimacy
and support we will dance into the landscapes of communion and cooperation rather than competition and conflict.

for registration or more information please contact aletia a. alvarez at aletia@madronamindbody.com or 360-344-4475 for questions you can also contact
michael & anneli at 323-733-4140 or knotonesoul@spiritweaves.com


sanctuary
retreat with michael & anneli molin-skelton
april 26-may 1, 2009
esalen institute big sur, california

our journey begins with one step. are you willing? willing to listen within and trust the soft voice of your soul calling you back home. to step into the life waiting for you to enter. a refuge of the self. in this workshop using the awakening energy of the 5 rhythms as a catalyst and the hallowed ground of soul motion as a container we will move to unveil and unmask the unique and sacred expression of our own dance.
mary oliver writes, “one day you finally knew what you had to do, and began” come begin again.
for registration contact esalen at (831) 667-3005 or email at information@esalen.org
http://www.esalen.org
for more details about the workshop call or write us at 323-733-4140 or knotonesoul@spiritweaves.com

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beyond skin
with michael & anneli molin-skelton
vancouver autumn 2009
more details to come

a movement meditation that encourages you to move beyond the surface:
to a place within. a dance exploration that inspires you to move beyond the patterning:
in all ways, always. a spiritual practice that calls you to move beyond the separation
to bring what is outside of us to play within and what is within to pray out in the world.

for registration or more information please contact bettina at bettina.rothe@gmail.com
for questions you can also contact michael & anneli at 323-733-4140 or knotonesoul@spiritweaves.com

sanctuary
with michael & anneli molin-skelton

Ashland Oregon autumn 2009
more details to come

our journey begins with one step. are you willing? willing to listen within and trust the soft voice of your soul calling you back home. to step into the life waiting for you to enter. a refuge of the self. in this workshop using the awakening energy of the 5 rhythms as a catalyst and the hallowed ground of soul motion as a container we will move to unveil and unmask the unique and sacred expression of our own dance.
mary oliver writes, “one day you finally knew what you had to do, and began” come begin again.

for registration or more information please contact dinah at dinah@jeffnet.org or 514-621-7663
for questions you can also contact michael & anneli at 323-733-4140 or knotonesoul@spiritweaves.com