“In this time of uncertainty and dis-integration, I find myself drawn to activities that “go generations deep”...we have strayed a bit from the well-trod path of generations, if not millennia, of humans before us. Sacred circle dance is one of those activities. The movement and music summon a wide range of emotions--grief, sorrow, fear, amusement, joy, contentment. The first time I danced, I wished for a wide, swirly skirt, to feel even more circular as we stepped around the sacred center. The container had a magical ability to hold the emotion, as a safe space to soften into and not feel overwhelmed. I felt welcome, a sense of belonging that awakened a peace within me. Lisa said the ancestors dance with us, an echo of what I’ve heard a master storyteller say about listening to a story around a campfire. This isn’t something that makes rational sense. It’s a poetic truth of the body, the senses, the imagination.”