SpanDaRupa Dance and Healing Arts

New Moon 2012

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Join us in honoring the ancient practice of new moon sisterhood and self care .

Below is a visioning practice and themes we will be contemplating here in the Boulder circle . Remember the new moons are a time to make time to honor our bodies and be available to the wisdom that lives beyond the rational mind!

New Moon January 2012 : Visioning and Truthtelling

We still sit within the cave of winter ... peering out to the light of a new year. There are naked trees speckled with nests . The squirrels diligently continue to unearth seeds and nuts . There is a stillness humming around us in the cold air. The cold wind stirring our minds making us a bit more brittle.

What can we do this January moon to create a softening flexibility , to warm our bones , and relax our mind into vision time ?

- Take a sip of warm nourishing tea

- Take a few deep breaths, enjoy the expansion and contraction of you ribs and belly .

- Unfetter your mind, breath out and remember you are all things and no thing in this moment .

- Place you finger on your third eye ... take a breath in , Remember Divine intelligence flows through you .

- Call out the wisdom that lives deep in your bones- deep in your minds dreaming center .

- Look out ... see the opening of the cave and like a private showing of theater , see before you the vision of 2012 . The actions , dreams and new ideas that will align and support your personal mission . Your part of the collective vision of the unfolding paradigms to piece together with your people.

- Just let these visions be awakened and reviewed till right action and strategy effortlessly arrives . Be patient like the roaming deer of winter . They will come . perhaps tomorrow or next month , they will come . We only need to know the next clear step ...

- Take time to journal ...

Perhaps close your night with a warm bath and a candle.

- Be at peace and know many woman hold you close within the circle this night .

- Return here to share and read posts of this first new moon of 2012 .

Blessings !

Jan. Newmoon

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Monday January 23 - 6-9:30pm first of 2012!

New Moon ! New Structure !

(IF you are interested in coming to a new moon circle this year ...

please take the time to read 2012 New Moon intentions and changes ! )

For 2012 new moons will be by donation . Pay what is true for you . Do not let finances keep you from the circle at the same time do your part to serve our circle and our shared intentions of supporting womens nourishment and culture by offering what you can .

I began womens work because I feel women are a major resource to support the earths healing at this time . I took on womans culture as a priority in my own life for my own personal growth and centering . As my life felt more and more supported by circles of women I vowed to work in service of womes culture as what I can do to serve our planets rise to unity .

My hope is that this new moon circle will inspire women to co-create ritual and circles more naturally in their lives for the deepening of meaning , reception and support they long for .

With this circle held as a place to return to again and again for inspiration and support of this practice.

After the venue is paid for, the remaining money gathered will be put into a fund to support our women's community here in Boulder and global outreach . The first $100 gathered will go to a women of need in our community to receive a healing treatment of her choice within our community . Any woman is welcome to put her name in this raffle as the women in need and anyone offering a healing modality is welcome to be listed as an option to choose from to receive the payment of $100 .

. Logistics for each moon:

- I will provide the venue , tea, theme and facilitation.

- 1 Assistant each month ( a woman who has worked closely with me in some capacity and wants to serve and practice womens circle and ritual holding , please contact me if you would like to be considered for this . This needs to be clarified a month in advance )

-4 WOMEN to sign up to bring a yummy treat to share with the circle ( I say 4 so no one is burdened by this - something simple )

- 4 WOMEN to step in to call in a direction each month ( please let me know when you rsvp if you are called to do this and which direction is calling you)

*you are welcome to bring networking material to place on a table - DO NOT use this time or these women as a networking strategy . this is a time to relax outside of all the outer worlds pressures and stresses . I invite you to come and let roles and work go in this circle .

New Moon Dates for first half of 2012 :

Tuesday Feb. 21

Wednesday March 21

Sunday May 22

Sunday April 22

Sunday May 20

Monday June 18

Thurs. July 19

Registration :

RSVP 48 hrs before our circle right here Spandarupa.com

- write your name and email under this New Moon post.

Directions and details will come via email no later than 48 hours before our circle to those who RSVP

Nov. New Moon

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Women's Tent ...
NOVEMBER NEW MOON

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20

FIRST CIRCLE OF THE WINTER CAVE

Healing touch

Chanting

Dancing

and Yumminess !

Topped with Rose Pedals!

A Nourishing , Revitalizing Dive into the Divine Feminine!

Last Circle of 2011!

6-10pm / $18
PreRegistration Required

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Iamlove.org

11-11-11

Friday Night

Millenium Hotel /Boulder/Co

7pm

Art /Dance/Joy /Love

Come Celebrate Life with us !

IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING LIFE AS ONE

Lets Do IT!

All Ages / No drugs /No Alcohol

60's revival Dancin to the Oldies !

Suggested Donation $2o

children and unemployed FREE

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Join us for a Samhain Halloween Ritual Journey !

Monday Oct . 1st at the Starhouse

with live music, movement , meditation and a Ritual Journey through the veils !

Fee: Sliding scale $20 - 12

If you cant make it to the community rituals please check back here for Ritual Inspiration to deepen your connection to this season coming soon !

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SPANDARUPA

Dance and Healing Arts Presents ...

Dance of

Skeleton Woman

A Day dedicated to preparing for the cave Through the Life /Death / Life Cycle

and the Plant Spirit Medicine of Willow

With Ceremonial Dancer and Shamanic Healer Ixeeya Beacher

Ladies Come... Let Us Prepare for Winter

Into the starkness of our Beings...

there is Deep rest there...

Shamanic Dance Journeying, Sounding, Drumming and Nature’s Elements have captivated Many a woman and brought her home to her self through all of time. Join us for this unique opportunity to Discover and Embody deep Truths, Create Alley-ship with nature, the unseen world and you own body! Be Guided back to the bare bones of who you are, release the skeletons in the closets, walk freely as yourself into the gestation of Winter .

Some journeying experience is required.

Preregistration Required

Early Registration : $65 for the Day til Oct. 31

$75 for the day Nov.1- Nov. 5 Space for 15 women to come join us

( includes a full day of Guidance, Sauna, and a nourishing hot Lunch )

Sun. Nov. 6, 2011/ 10 am - 4:30 pm

at a beautiful retreat space 10 minutes outside of Boulder Co.

Pre-Registration is required

Pay Here On - Line :

- go to the top of this page where it will say pay hear / calender - go to this link and ...then you will see .Buy now - select full day work shop in the white area
it will prompt you from there - with your credit card

EQUINOX

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Scroll way down here for info on the Equinox Womens Dance Journey !

Blessed EQUINOX to ALL

Ahhhhhh ... Blessed Equinox BEauties ! BALANCE ... equal light and dark this day, action and stillness, heaven and earth.

.... Our time to harvest the summers gifts and contemplate the stillness in the busy action of preparing for Winter . How will summers bounty inform and serve our walk into winters cave .

Like with all the quarters and cross quarters ...I like to pause to listen to Earth , Sun and Moon's lead and the metaphors they are linking up for our human unfolding . We pray and contemplate the wisdom of the changing seasons , to reflect on what has come to completion and what is calling us forward . The yearly markers are potent times for intention setting and co- creating with the universe.

This weekend many of us will gather to ritualize these contemplations . Creating prayer fires, meditations , dances and feasting to share in this pause and come present for receiving the revelation of this Equinox (Mabon) moment .

If you are unable to join us this weekend in person please read on to synch up in intention and ritual . We are all woven into the web together . We are all affecting each other even from a distance . You are with us and we are with you , if we intent it to be so.

Friday morning Prayer Fire - 7am - 10 - we will sych up with the mountain tops of the world to pray our intentions for our communities and planet . Join us - at some point light a candle to invoke the Equinox Spirit to listen to your prayers and link they up with our - Imagine in your sacred imagination each prayer sinking into the flames and rising with the smoke off the mountain top of your mind choosing .

What is prayer : Offering a clear and positive statement of what you intend for this equinox moment - for example - I see and feel the waters on the planet coming into balance ... restoring life and purifying the seas ... give nourishment and strength to all marine life. See it in you mind feel it , speak it out loud .

If you are at Work? take a pause wherever you are - take a deep breath and whisper your prayer into the air somewhere you can relax and take a moment for this visualization . Bathrooms are always a great place to escape to for a prayer or asana moment in the midst of mainstream life! We work with what we got - that is the greatest teaching my first Shamanic teacher ever gave me !

Ritual for FriDay - SunDay : gather candle , bread or baked good , pen /paper, rugged non flammable bowl or plate.

Create your sacred circle , sit inside , find the center and place your candle and your bread , pen and paper and any sacred objects that are informing/ supporting your life at this time

For 10-15 minutes energetically become one with the Earth.

Do this with your breath .
Inhale the light around you into you from all edges of your skin - exhale it down into the EArth like roots of light .

Inhale the Earth's energy into you and exhale it out all surfaces of your skin including the top of your head -

Repeat -
Once this flow is established intend for it to continue as you do this next step .

Join the EArth in her vibrational tone .
OM - broken down as aaaa - uuuu - mmmmmm- Synch up with us at starhous at 2pm on Sunday !

when this feels complete - thank the earth and receive her nourishment of grain - as your baked good /bread - charged with the vibration of your meditation - Bask in a disposition of Gratitude as you nourish yourself and relax into this new sense of balance . Write on your paper 5 gifts of your summer and 5 intentions for your walk through fall to winder place them on either side of the candle and feel into how your 5 summer gifts balance and support the 5 fall intentions . When you feel complete give your words to the fire to be ignited and transformed into memory and action( place on plate or bowl to burn ) , blow out your candle and walk your circle once giving thanks again to the earth and spirit of equinox . Conclude bay clearing your sacred circle .

This will help to balance your energy flows as well as "send" energy/"love"/"honoring" to the Earth Being.

You can also drum, dance, or whatever you wish to do at the same time if you wish, but most importantly intend to merge energetically with the Earth Being.
May we all remember Earth is our home , our mother , our teacher She is preparing us for what is to come . May we take time to heal and restore all that needs balancing in our bodies and lives , May we harvest , receive and transform what is ours to tend to and serve at this time . Walking this path with you and sending love Ixeeya and Mitra.

Nourishing.... body and mind .... New Moon and Fall Season ...

Our New Moon Women's Circle GAthers in the EArth Shrine at 6pm Monday
for our Earthing Practice - sending our roots down , chanting with the earth, sharing nourishing tea , working with the Lemniscate (figure eight ) to connect with each other and the earth for balancing and nourishment through . It is time to surrender . Join us where ever you are , take your pause at this dark moon time with some sisters or your self .

Perform the nataraja-asana gracefully as if dancing, yet firmly with focused attention.

Root your standing foot into the EARTH . Press you back leg into your hand and let it lift you into your dance ..

BREATH ..... Enjoy .... Balance

ASANA of the Month ! I am calling this our Equinox Asana - for the obvious reasons ... it is a balance pose. But more than that it fills you with the fullness and grace of summer as you dance forward into the fall! It is nourishing for so many of the Early Fall Bodily cruxes , overwhelm , late cycles, digestions discomfort.
This posture helps to strengthen your sense of balance and concentration. The arch formed by the back and stretched leg gently aligns the vertebrae of the spine restoring suppleness and easing strain caused by poor posture or long periods of sitting. This gentle arch in your back massages your kidneys and adrenals and open your belly to bring circulation in to your digestion . It tones the muscles of the hips and legs as well as stimulates the chest muscles.

Yummy Nourishing Fall TEA:

Burdock Root

Hawthorn Berry

Dandelion Root

Cinanimon

Licorice

ROOT SALAD for Balance and Deep Nourishment

with a metal hand shredder or food processor shred the following and mix with

Olive oil , Sea Salt , Tumeric , Pinch of Cyan ,Cumin , CAcau nibs and or raisins, slash of yogurt .

Golden beets

Red beats ( do these last)

Carrots

Fennel

Celery

Ginger Root ( can be strong add bit by bit to see how much tastes good to you ! )

Horseradish root ( can be strong add bit by bit to see how much tastes good to you ! )

2011 womens fall program

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Womens Seasonal Inspirations and Support

Fall Package

2011 The walk to the Cave Journey

Calling 10 women to gather through out the 3 months of fall to create an intimate circle of women to share , deepen , open , inspire , grow , ground and nourish themselves and each other !

3months with Ixeeya and an intimate circle of women .

a practice in living in harmony with the season
living into the question ...what does it mean to live a sustainable life together .

This is a 3 month package that offers you a way to live into women's culture and integrate self care into the fullness of the fall season. This fall in particular is proving to be very potent time with some significant celestial alignments and energetic amping up happening , a good time to come together .
These 3 months offer you ritual , sisterhood , council practice , yogic embodiment guidance, shamanic healing , womb love , teachings and inspiration with your food and herbal support for the season, a consistant container for your personal self care, guidance on how to integrate crafting into your fullness as a form of relaxation that double as holiday gifts. The 3 months will be full of delight, joy, contemplation , new tools and practices to take with you into your winter and personal lives but will be offered in a way that honors and reflects the grounding and quieting the earth invites us into at this Fall season .

What is included :
- initial phone consult
- monthly new moons
- one private session a month: you choose from earth centered healing sessions , shamanic healing , ceremonial womb massage, dance healing , ceremonial henna body art
- 2nd Sunday a month full day gathering .
( Here We will focus on Asana and movement pracitce for this season , womens council and selfcare, nourishment and crafting that prepare and support us moving into winter .)

Monthly fee: $225

When: Sept., Oct. , Nov.
DATES :

SEPT Action in Stillness
Sunday Sept. / 11 9:30 - 4:30 pm
New moon Monday/ Sept. 26 6-9 pm

OCT Living in Dying
Sunday /Oct 9 - 9:30 - 4:30pm
New moon /Thurs. Oct 27 6-9pm

NOV. Receiving in Giving
Sunday /Nov.13 9:30 -4:30
New Moon / Wed. Nov.23 6-9pm

This is limited to an intimate number of women .
Please inquire now to see if this is a match for your 2011 fall season !
There is a short application process to tend to after you set your interest in motion!

Register before Sept . 9

Blessing beauties ... I look forward to sharing this potent fall season together!

Contact Ixeeya at 303 442 1301 or email at spandarupa@gmail.com
set your interest in motion !

Please call if you are interested - space will fill quickly - I am committed to keeping this circle an intimate gathering of women .)303 442 1301

Womens Fall Equinox Dance Journey

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SpandaRupa Dance and Healing Arts Presents :

Women's Equinox

Dance Journey

with Ixeeya and the Sacred Symbols

Sunday September 25 , 2011

9:30 am- 4pm

Come As you are...

Integrate your Summer and Kick off your Fall with Dance and Sound Medicine with a Ixeeya and A circle of Women at the Starhouse temple .

... You are invited to create the circle for the 2011 Equinox seasonal dance of balance and integration. Become the living, dancing prayer for what has been this summer and what is to come this next season, together !

All Women Welcome to join the circle and play and pray at your own pace!

This is a day to move , make sound, dance your stories and discover the intentions you hold for this next season .

More info on the dance maps and days intentions at the registrations site!

For more information . / directions and To REGISTER go to : EquinoxDanceJourney.Ezregister.com

REGISTER TODAY and save $20!

Early Bird discounts !!!

$ 65 today till Sept. 1 ,

$75 Sept 1 - Sept. 20 ,

$ 85 Sept. 20 - 25

the moon lodge

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August New Moon

Join the circle Ladies

Sunday August 31 - 6-9

This circle is a small gathering that is held as a representitive of the circles and circles of women that have held womens' culture alive and who are still finding there way to the circle , we hold vigil for all women to find their way to the circles!

Honoring Summers End with a sweet circle of singing and Sacred fire!

REGISTER on the side bar to the right !

womens camp out !

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Our First Womens Camp Out proved to be a deep , dive into yummy delight , personal transformation of all kinds and sweet connection .

It was a great activation for this annual gatherings

thank you to all that ladies - the trailblazers who set it all in motion!

We are already planning next years gathering !

Stay tuned for dates and details !

2011-07-21T15:39:00.001-07:00

Off We Go ... to the First Annual Primal Grace Camp Out !

See you on the other side with some great pictures .

Tues Classes Still Happening At Alchemy

July 31New Moon Circle - - Pre- Registraton Required here on the App bar .

Sept 25 Equinox Dance JOurney

Last Call for July Camp out !

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PRIMAL GRACE ...Shamanic Healing Weekend on the land

Women's summer Camp out dancing with the elements !

Rewild, Unmask and Return to the primal grace just under the surface of your social face !

Yoga with the trees

Herbal bathing

Song Circle

Shamanic Art making

Journal meditation

Ceremonial Dance and Ritual

Dream Circle and Constellation Theater...

The weekend of JULY 22nd , 23rd and 24rth

We gonna get dirty and have some fun and howl at the moon!

Come Set up camp with you personal tents , share your culinary camp food favorites , earth communion , creative expression , ritual and deep sharing with a circle of amazing women !

Begins Friday July 22 at 3:00 pm until Sunday 3pm on July 24 th.

Financial Exchange : $200

Location to be announced

PreRegistration due on Wed. July 15th ( $100 holds your space in the circle )

Call 303 442 1301 to Register and send your preregistration check

global water dances

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Lets Dance for the WATER!

The Event : Global Water Dances Initiative

"Dancing for Safe Water Everywhere"

Global Water Dances is a world event planned for June 25, 2011. On this day, a 24 hour series of dances around the globe will be danced, centered around water issues. Beginning in the Western Pacific Rim, and encircling the globe, the series of dances will also be broadcast online. (Read about our musicians)

***I will be dancing tomorrow in the water for the water with this global momentum, Join us in your own way in the waters of Boulder!

- I will be joining the team of choreographers for the next global water dance . Please let me know if you are interested - we need 10 - 100 dancers - yes that means you !!!

http://www.GlobalWaterDances.org/index.html

Summer Solstice

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Its Summer SoLstiCe!

What the heck does this mean and what to do ?

Well the Year has 8 pitstops along the way for pause, reflection and celebration and intention setting that coincide with the seasons ! Always life giving to pause, reflect and reorient to gratitude!I do believe our healing and awakening is affecting and serving all beings as we are simultaneously being served by that process of others who open and realize before us .

The 4th threshold of each year is Summer Solstice June 21 ...

Time to give thanks to the sun being and the plants spirits ... dance around in ecstatic joy with all of creation that has grown up around us!!! Proving to us that life keeps growing... life force is still strong and vital and living us !

Some say Summer Solstice begins summer , other traditions believe it marks mid summer. Either way the suns light stays with us for the longest duration on this day and certainly you can feel the fullness of summers ripening ! All the quickening and seed planting of spring has ripened into bloom.

Whether this is your garden , your work , or the emotional and soul growth you have been focusing on, there is a clarity and a shift happening this day. I like to pay attention to what is happening in my heart , my mind and my life at this time. I have noticed The solstice can illuminate things that are ready to "die " or be released and bring what is not serving us into a fullness of experience for us to get really clear what needs to be let go of, this is not always comfortable but certainly great for those stubborn ones that snuck by our spring cleaning moments earlier in the year!

Summer Solstice reminds us that nothing lasts forever . Whenever soemthing is completed we must let it go. Summer Soltice helps us to feel the fullness the sense of completion. Because the things we love dont last forever we love them all the more while they are here . As we all know - letting go of things or loved ones is never easy! Letting go of something doesnt mean getting rid of it . When we let go , we allow change and growth into some thing different .

Solstice Traditionally was a fire ceremony ! The fire reminds us of the heat of the sun, the life force and ever changing and transformation of life on earth!

It is also the time of honoring our father the seed planter and protector . As we have honored our mothers at the cross quarters of Beltane. The balance is made her at Solstice .

What do I do for solstice - each solstice my day starts with a prayer fire - setting intentions by feeding the fire after voicing each of my prayers outloud with words songs and music! Than I dance ,this is my way of listing and quieting my mind,as well as bringing action to my intentions . This can be dancing with the elements, an ancient choreographed temple dance or the return to my child self to jump leap and twirl in the wind . No matter- just moving and participating with the summers light. Sometimes I dance alone on the land or in community or a circle of sisters it varies year to year - but dancing is always my most favorite way to celebrate and pray my hearts intentions at the Solstice!

What you can do At Home to pause and celebrate the fullness of light and the acceptance of change at Solstic? Try a lil fire ceremony of your own ; this can me 15 minutes or as long as you want to go :

-Set the time for your sacred date to pause and feel the gifts of this seasonal threshold .

- Make a circle big enough to sit/ dance in alone or with loved one ones, this can be with stones or ribbon or in a circle of trees etc.

- If you have been in my classes - Do the body prayer ( calling to the wisdom of heaven , earth , past and future)

- Set a candle or lil fire container in the center to light and feed

- Gather foods and incense to feed the fire, fire loves chocolate! and jellybeans and popcorn! and seeds!

- Bring any instruments to your fire - shakers , drums etc

- as you light the fire - get busy with music making cheering the light and heat to ignite ! If it is a candle - still take this time to encourage and connect with the flame!

- Once the fire is steady, meditate - take time to just feel- 5- 15 minutes meditate in silence to just reflect and feel the wisdom of this season, what life has illuminated for you through people and experiences .

- When this is complete speak or dance your prays outloud of gratitude of what has come into your awareness and life in full bloom.

- Speak your prayers of intention and release for your life , family and our planet

-Feed the fire with your offerings after each prayer and intention spoken.

- Sing!-Once you have come to completion I always like to end with a song any thing will do - a simple OM or a song something everyone knows or just have a lil drum jam as one last raising up of energy to offer to the solstice vortex to send these prayers on there way !

- Close with the Body prayer - this would be the time to close with your body prayer

- Close the Fire -It is traditional to let your fire burn into the ground - here in Co. with the fire hazzards I usually put my fire out with earth and water ! to be safe .

The very important final step ! Carry the glow of the light, your clarity and blessing force of the fire and prayers to transmitt to all those you encounter throughout your day .

Happy Solstice ...

May the Sun's brilliance glow gently into you

May the ripe fertile life force send your dreams and intention into action

May that which you released find right relationship and peace in your life .

May you find deep nourishment and inspiration in crossing over Summers Threshold 2011 .

Love to you .

We will Dance at Alchemy Tues night at 6:45 pm and 8:30 pm in celebration of Solstice ! Join us if you are in the area of Boulder , Co

Earth Dance

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EARTH DaNcE with Ixeeya

this Sunday June 19 - 3-6pm

$25 for the afternoon

( includes tea and snacks)

in South Boulder

***( Please email your intention to come and directions will be passed on to you/ spandarupa@gmail.com)

Join us after your Fathers Day Delights .

for an afternoon of Meditations , Communion and Ceremonial Dance to honor the gates of Solsitce ....with the earth and her elements and plant spirits and a circle of amazing women !

Coming into Harmony with the Elements and our Elemental Selves

We will teach and practice the Elemental Breaths and the Sacred symbol Map

As well as work with some introductions to Shamanic journeying with the earth through sound , movement and drumming .

These practices are...

- simple and potent ways to smooth out your nervous system

- become present in a way that opens you to see and hear natures yogic and movement teachings that deepen our connection and awareness of the healing transmissions of the elements;

- As well as Align our body in geometry with the energy around us for a dance experience that is a deeply embodied, interconnected , guided, moving prayer.

These teachings come from... my many years in communion with nature with my yoga trainings in hatha and kundalini yoga , south indian temple dance and my ceremonial trainings in the US, India and Guatemala as well as my training in the Shamanic arts for the past 10 years . I must always go back to the earth with whatever I learn and ask her to clarify and deepen it for me - and with out fail she does over and over again . Establishing this relationship with nature and using her tools and practices have served and delighted my life so deeply I simply must share them.

Come for this 3 hour taste of divine play and peace !

I look forward to sharing sunday with you all !

in love

ixeeya

303 442 1301

Primal Grace Camp out

2011-05-11T21:20:00.000-07:00

PRIMAL GRACE ...Weekend

Women's Earth Dance Journey on the Land !

Rewild, Unmask and Return to the primal grace just under the surface of your social face !

Yoga with the trees

Herbal bathing

Song Circle

Shamanic Art making

Journal meditation

Ceremonial Dance and Ritual

Dream Circle and Constellation Theater...

During July's Full Moon ...

22nd , 23rd and 24rth

We gonna get dirty and have some fun and howl at the moon!

Come Set up camp with you personal tents , share your culinary camp food favorites , earth communion , creative expression , ritual and deep sharing with a circle of amazing women !

Begins Friday July 22 at 3:00 pm until Sunday 3pm on July 24 th.

Financial Exchange : $200

Location to be announced

Email SpanDaRupa@Gmail.com to PreRegister !

Womens Tent will travel ...WOMBS will Dance...

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SPANDARUPA DANCE &HEALING ARTS PRESENTS ...

W.O.M.B DANCE

Through the summer

W/IXEEYA

Women Opening through Movement & Breath
Fusion of Belly Dance , Temple Dance , Yoga, Women's Healing Practices held in the traditions of Women's Culture

CELEBRATING OUR BODIES

AND our SEXUALITY

An Experience of SENSUAL DELIGHT AND RITUAL THROUGH MOVEMENT AND WOMEN'S HEALING PRACTICES ...
visiting women's Communities Around the US
From June - Aug . 2011

To Host Ixeeya and WOMB Dance in your Community Contact Ixeeya ASAP!

Spandarupa@gmail.com /303 442 1301

Return to the Wisdom of your Womb Center

...Activate and nurture your Creativity, Intuition, Interconnectedness and Co-creation .

CONNECT WITH YOUR WOMB AND DISCOVER YOUR DANCE ,

YOUR STORY , YOUR INTUITION...

Deep healing , Your sensual self ,

Activate and nurture your

Sexuality, Unfold contraction in

your body , experience more pleasure.

LEARN HOW WOMEN’S DANCE

CROSS CULTURALLY HAS BEEN USED THROUGH TIME FOR HEALING AND CELEBRATION

CONNECTING WOMEN TO THEIR BODIES ,THEIR POWER, THE EARTH AND EACH OTHER .

Sit/Dance in Circle with Ixeeya for a full day or 2 day Workshop. Experience and Receive a personal Earth Centered Womb Healing Session for deeper revelation and integration of your WOMB Dance experience.

Looking forward to circling up , dancing and Playing with you all ! See you Soon !

Ceremonial Dance Performance Class

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New Class is

being added this week!

Ceremonial Dance Performance Class... intermediate /advanced class

Tuesdays 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Starting May

10th - This class will be open for drop in for the next several weeks with a check in with Ixeeya . We will eventually close this class for 4 week blocks for a committed group of women to create begin creating dances .

-After each 4 week block the class will open to include the new women

ready to join in and committ to a 4 week block.

This will be directly through me, not Alchemy(so do not expect to see this on the schedule) We will be starting the class at $12 -

The 4 week Block will include an option to join in a 3 hr dance council to deepen the connection of the women , honor the our intentions and shared visions of the call to bring sacred dance to the planet at this time .

the price of the council and 4 classes will be $65 - per woman .

This Class will focus on creating ceremonial dances that can be offered out into our communities as well as working with the energetics and ceremonial tools and mapping needed for safe , deep and aligned Ceremonial Dance Offerings within and with each other . This will touch on some of the shamanic theater and journey tools as well as the Dance of the Sacred Symbol practices . A Time to dance our stories and create our dance prayers for our time.

Beltane

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BELTANE...May Day ...May 1

The 2nd Cross Quarter of the year .
Sits across from Halloween on the yearly Calender ; in between Equinox and Summer Solstice .
Beltane Celebrates LIFE , Fertility , Sacred Union within and with other ! This time offers vital energy to feel and activate our powers of creativity and sexuality along with the hum of the vital energy of the blooming earth around us !

The Alchemy of the Elements of Fire and Water are the elemental teachers of Beltane ! The Celtic tradition of Beltane passes down many legacies such as the maypole, community fires , purification rituals, festive play .
I personally do not hold to a strict traditional practice of Beltane .
But love to acknowledge this seasonal threshold as a moment to recalibrate and awaken my sexual energy and inspirational roots system with the earth ! This time offers activation ... with in the body as well as spiritual healing.
There are many ways to ritualize this cross quarter - my favorite is with some kind of out door fire , dancing and community and a special beloved.

As I walk toward Beltane I become aware and available to the contemplation of my vital sensual energy that is growing stronger in this mid spring moment !

In the communion of Duality what is ready to be conceived in the fertile soil of our hearts , our thoughts , our actions !

Creating ceremonial dances , setting up healing sessions to support this rising energy and wide leap from the sluggish linger of winter into this vital energy swirling through Are 2 things i do every year to mark and work with this vital season !

Beltane Fire Ritual :

bowl of water , a safe fire ring or container , wood , sticks , herbs to create the fire with .

1 Create your banquet for your fire with sticks and pine cones , herbs , chocolate ! and all your intentions for what is flowing in your like at this time !

2 Midwife your flames in to existance.

3 Dance and sing along with your fire , let the fire call back all of who you are the wild primal wise beauty under the surface!

4 Listen and Allow- As the fire gets hot and the embers settle into glowing elders sit and listen to the wisdom of the fire ... allow the transformation to occur within you !

5 Sprinkle water onto the hot embers and listen to the alchemy of the fire and water -

6 Leap or walk past the fire holding the intention to be purified and prepared by the fire to receive the joys of this living life among the living beings .

7 Give your final offerings of gratitude to the fire .

8 Allow the fire to safely burn all the way out or dowse it with dirt or water to insure that the embers will not fly off to ignite any thing .

9 Let the raised vibration of joy and sensual delight inspire what comes next in your evening -

2011-04-28T15:46:00.000-07:00

NEW MOON WOMENS CIRCLE

(A SUPPORTIVE SPACE FOR WOMEN TO RELAX , HEAL ,GATHER INSPIRATION AND TRANSFORM THROUGH EARTH CENTERED RITUAL , EMBODIMENT PRACTICE

AND THE HEALING TRADITIONS OF WOMENS CULTURE . )

Summer Dates: May 2nd , June 1st , July 1 , July 31

6:30 - 10pm $18

Monday May 2

6:30 pm - 10 / $18

Come early register and connect in !

We will begin on time !

New Moon Beltane Fire !

Sacred Union / Rewilding
Refresh - Ignite - Purify

Gather round the fire in the earth shrine with us !

Be held , heard , seen by a circle of women round the sacred fire.

Come Rewild your body and spirit in the Wake of Beltane; Springs Cross Quarter that awakens and celebrates sacred union and our sexual power as potent life force that is healing and creating with our planet .

This months fire creates sacred space, sacred fire for us all to awaken to and embody the potent gifts of this fertile mid spring time . We will Co- Create a Beltane Ritual with the elemental beings Fire and Water learning from their gifts and alchemy to ignite our personal sensual power , celebrate our creative wild selves with movement , chanting ,ceremonial body paint and traditional fire leaping to purify all that holds us back from feeling and being our radiant primal wild grace. Our Circle is a discovery , expression and ritual of the DEEP FEELING required of us at this time to authentically be who we are here to be! The rewilding is an invitation to any woman called to circle; all activities in the circle are for each woman to discern for herself - no one has to do anything they are not up for that evening !

Please RSVP to claim your space by Sat. morning

You will then receive the moon circle email on Sat. evening with all the details and directions for our gathering.

space is limited - preregistration is required -

To Register :

Please go to SpanDaRupa.com scroll down in the Right column- there is a place to select moon circle in the appointment app.

This will confirm your space and your commitment to the entry fee whether you show up or not.

Thankyou in advance for adhering to these logistics that make these events possible.

Looking Forward to Gathering With you All !

WOMB DANCE into Spring

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SPANDARUPA DANCE & HEALING ARTS PRESENTS :

W.O.M.B DANCE INTO SPRING

W/IXEEYA

fusion of Belly Dance , Temple Dance , Sacred Symbols and Womb Health Practices .

CELEBRATING WOMEN’S BODIES

AND SEXUALITY

AN AFTERNOON OF SENSUAL DELIGHT AND

RITUAL THROUGH MOVEMENT AND

WOMENS HEALING PRACTICES.

SAT. APRIL 23, 2011/ 1PM- 5PM

• AT ALCHEMY OF MOVEMENT. BOULDER, CO

CONNECT WITH YOUR WOMB AND DISCOVER YOUR DANCE ,

YOUR STORY , YOUR INTUITION...

Deep healing , Your sensual self ,

Activate and nurture your

Sexuality, unfold contraction in

your body , experience more

pleasure.

LEARN HOW WOMEN’S

DANCE CROSS CULTURALLY HAS CONNECTED WOMEN TO THEIR BODIES ,

THEIR POWER AND EACH OTHER .

$65 advance

$75 at the door

Register Here at the left on the Appointment App . or Call 303 442 1301

2011-04-04T20:55:00.000-07:00

SpanDaRupa Dance Night !

Saturday April 9

6-9 pm At Alchemy of Movement - Boulder -Co.

Visual Art- of Ixeeya , Matt Abraxas and Sarah Mcnaughton

Live Music - Rebecca Abraxas !

Tea and Treats!

Indian Dance

Ceremonial Dance Performance

Chanting

Community Dance Journey -

Come Celebrate Life in a Body

Honoring April as Dance Month !

Men and Women Welcome - $15 cover -

raising money to bring our ritual dance out to women of other communities .

2011-04-04T20:48:00.000-07:00

Gearing up this month for Beltane !

FOR APRIL ...Dedicating our dance practice to DAnCing our Sensual Sexy Selves out of our shells into ecstasy !

Join us this week for the first Tribal /Temple Dance Journey Fusion of the Month -

Come as you are ... move through and circulate all that keeps you in the way of your divine sensual self !

Guided dance Journey using the Sacred Symbols and the energy Centers of our bodies !

at Alchemy 6:45- 8pm Tues -

W/Me and a circle some of boulders finest women who hear that same call you do... back to connection and communion together in dance.

PS - SATURDAY APRIL 9 . SpanDaRupa Dance Night !

at Alchemy ! 6-9

Indian dance , gypsy dance , community dance, chanting , visual art and yummy treats - Come enjoy this ceremonial Celebration of Life in a body with us !

2011-03-28T20:39:00.000-07:00

What to WEAR!!! What to Wear !!!!

Each culture of dance has it's costume and accoutrement's ...

What shall we wear to these new fusion classes?

This question comes up alot - especially with my weekly Ceremonial Dance : Tribal Temple/ Fusion that happens on Tues Nights at 6:45- 8pm at Alchemy of Movement !

When we study and practice particular cultures of dance - I have always found it respectful as well as informative to dress the part - for instance South Indian Temple Dance covers the Shoulder to honor modesty and wears a practice Sari that covers most of the front surface of the body to hold sacred the woman's most potent parts in order to not distract the divine transmission force that happens during the dance .

While traditional belly dance exposes most of the upper body in order to really feel and see the upper body parts relating and dancing in the feminine flow that is the gift of that particular dance form .

So what to wear in a class that is fusing these two lineages of dance.

For me in particular - i feel there is not enough permission to openly try things on and express ourselves in our day to day culture. We dont have a feeling understanding of the practice of adornment and fabric and its effects on our body in this culture, but marinate in the fear of getting fashion right in order to be accepted or appropriate. And certainly that is happening in the tribal temple culture at the same time the lineages of expression is passed down from a feeling and devotional focus .

The "gypsy " style ...well to put very simply - is a layering of many fabrics and styles to create your own personal or community expression . Many of which of deep meaning and family pride.

Much of the tribal expression in shamanic dances express a ritualistic connection with a particular element or spirit which dictates the adornment and "costuming "

I want women to use this class as an opportunity to feel into there personal journey - fill up their dance bag with possibilities and discover how your dance is opened and informed by the various possibilities of layers and accouterments .

I invite women to try on what they long for and bring back up cloths as it shifts and is informed through the dance.

I dont want to dictate what to wear -

What i will say is try something new - get out of the standard American workout clothes and start layering fabrics and clothes that you would not think to do in your work place or exercize class.

Consider this Fusion class as an invitation to create your modern gypsy expression. Let it have meaning for you , choose the color and texture from a personal attraction not a mental logic.

Skirts or wide leg pants help to widen your relationship to the earth -

Hip scarves give you support and fullness to feel and move from your womb center -

A Chole - is a top that covers the shoulders but exposes your belly - great for working with undulations but still feeling into the discreetness of the temple dance lineage -

A Long scarf is all ways a great thing to bring - to dance with , wrap your hips or were as a Indian dance wrap that gives your grounding in your hips and covers the front surface of your body.

Jewelry is holds an amazing energetic that demands attention and can offer an array of energetic nuances to you dance .

Dressing for class is invited to be an expression for what your intention is for class . The fabric will teach you about your body and inform your dance.

Have fun , try something new . YEs it can be awkward and uncomfortable at first!

but i assure you it fades and the teaching these fabrics and archtypes offer you outweight the loss of social face .

Tribal Temple fusion is not about becoming a tribe of similar style - but gathering of the tribes.

Each theme we work with is a universal theme that can be expressed through any archtype or costume and has been cross culturally .

- Let us release the need to feel safe in our sameness and allow each woman to represent her unique tribe of light so we dance together into universal Consciousness guided by the wisdom, grace and integrity of the tribal and temple arts that have informed this planet into and as the 13th tribe - the one that accepts all brothers and sisters, the one fusing the beauty and wisdom of all traditions on earth alike, the one that dances as prior unity all at once with all faces and flavors as the "ONE" . That is the dance practice i invite you into with me.

Try try again - you may discover - wearing certain things is uncomfortable - but you will sort and sift and find your "right " aligned expression that is you . That is the magic of FUSION !

2011-03-28T11:21:00.000-07:00

IXEEYA AND SPANDARUPA DANCE AND HEALING ARTS

INVITES YOU TO:

The April 2011

NEW MOON WOMENS CIRCLE

(A SUPPORTIVE SPACE FOR WOMEN

TO RELAX , HEAL ,GATHER INSPIRATION AND TRANSFORM THROUGH

EARTH CENTERED RITUAL , EMBODIMENT PRACTICE AND THE HEALING TRADITIONS

OF WOMENS CULTURE . )

Sacred Fire

Embodied Voice , Divine Feminine Play

SUNDAY April 3

7pm - 9:45 / $15

Come early to snuggle in and have tea!

We will begin on time !

Gather round the fire in the earth shrine with us !

Be held , heard , seen by a circle of women round the sacred fire

share your story , activate your voice , sing your song !

Come Prepare your body and voice for the full expression of Spring!

This months fire holds a sacred space for us all to embody and try on the full range of the feminine through body voice and energy . OUr Circle will walk us through the discovery , expression and ritual of the DEEP FEELING required of us at this time to authentically be who we are here to be!

I ask each woman who plans on joining us to consider before you arrive ....

Close your eyes take a deep breath into your womb and heart center and ask: As a women today I am ........

( there is not a right answer or one answer ... let the response keep flowing ! )

Please RSVP to claim your space by Fri. morning

You will then receive the moon circle email on Fri. evening with all the details and directions for our gathering.

space is limited - preregistration is required -

To Register :

Go to the Right column- there is a place to select moon circle in the appointment app. press any time that will let you move forward - all will work accept greyed out numbers .

This will confirm your space and your commitment to the entry fee whether you show up or not.

Thankyou in advance for adhering to these logistics that make these events possible.

2011-03-20T23:44:00.000-07:00

Happy Spring !

Today is the Equinox - A moment of Balance between - light and dark

A potent time to consider what is dying , ready to be released and what is ready to Come into its fullness !

Today we Sat around a fire to offer prayers into this Equinox Vortex -

Among them we shared what we were leaving behind in the winter and what we were igniting and bringing life to this new season of Spring !

Join us ...

This week sometime Use the Equinox as An invitation to Pause, Feel, Contemplate and Transform ....

1- Find a space to Sit outside on the earth.

2- Bring a journal and pen

3- Meditate on the What is in Balance in your life What needs to come into balance -

What must be released for this balance to come and what must be embraced for this balance to come .

4- On two pieces of paper - Write what is being released onto a piece fo paper - dig out some earth and burry this piece of paper - * Remember this is not just a piece of paper - it what you are giving to compost - releasing and asking the earth to take and transmute -

5- On the other Write what you want to embrace and bring into balance and fullness - place this piece somewhere in the yard faced upward in the sun - to drink in and be ignited by the sun -

6-Honor the release into the earth by looking down into the earth ..offering of a dribble of water and dried flowers or a grain with your hearts gratitude right on to the earth in the place you offered your lil paper.

7- Retrieve your Sun paper - look up into the sun - with your eyes closed -

notice the feeling of the sun on your face. Become the disposition of what you wrote on your lil paper of what you are embracing igniting into fullness this spring . ( with facial expression or deeper breath - the way you hold the front surface of your body become this in with the from the inside out) .When you feel yourself transform fully and believably - bow your head to the sun - retrieve your lil sheet of paper and bring it in to place somewhere to remind you of this activation with the sun .

8 - Go back out to the earth - lay down on the earth - feel her waking up beneath you supporting and waking you up - LAY - face up or down - notice which way you are attracted to lay - lay for a few moments until your connection with the light/ dark/ death/ life mystery feels balanced and complete .

9- Come back to this Blog and share your experience with Us - .

Blessings on your Equinox Threshold and your Spring Season .

International Women's Day!

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Ladies ...

Happy International

Women's Day!

Woman am i, Spirit am i ,

Ive got no beginning and Ive got no end , all this I am!

Looking back on my life as a woman this life time - it is so funny how the aging process redefines our perception of what a woman is . I remember as a little girl and being so facinated by the way women dressed and smelled ... my 24 year old teacher so beautiful was a heroine to me , she seemed so old and wise to me .... she was getting married that seemed like what all women do ... so i thought i would be married and have children by 25 and tend to my home ... Well i am 39 now - a creative woman of spirit ... so happy and with such a full life with out marriage or having children ... I adore the children i get to auntie and i love my men fully when they come around and i sure do love to wear pretty things and smell good but now from this vantage point i am in such awe of the strength of spirit and heart of women. What it takes to continue on in this life to keep growing and glowing through all of life's changes and heart breaks. The heroines to me now are the women who are steady in this life tending to all of lifes busyness who can wake up and have a positive mind , have renewed faith moment to moment , who breath deep and relax into something they feel beyond the disillusion of what their 8 year old self planned for them . The women who catch themselves in a moment of self judgement and say - no not today - and u turn it into a loving path of kindness and humor toward themselves or maybe just the tea shop for a cupa , those who trust the abundance of the universe and share resources among their sisters without a flinch of it being " good business "or not . The women who look you in the eye at the grocery store and smile as if to say its all going to be alright. The women who keep doing what they do best every day regardless of circumstance . As Eve Ensler put it - Women are one of the worlds greatest resources ! I have to say i agree ... for when a woman is tended to , feeling honored and appreciated and with some good nourishment of sleep and blood sugar support - her abilty to multi - task and nurture life - men , children , the earth , the home , integrated work spaces is that of a super hero ... and that is certainly what we need at time .... more superheroes .... So let us tend to each other and let the world be served Ladies! love yourselves to day and everyday !

Lets stick together, heal each other and the planet.

We are Supported , Guided and Loved.

Remember , Heal , Transform !

Lets Begin with naming 5 things we love about being a woman! Ready Go.

2011-03-07T14:32:00.000-08:00

March New Moon 2011 ...

Thank you ladies for coming to the circle and activating the gifts of communion with the elements , sisterhood and nourishment for All

! We continue to ask the Question till Equinox on March 20 ...

Who have we become in the gestation of our winter ...out of the cave and into our becoming

...Radiant health , creative and capable , sustainable and still , passionate ...

Please continue to share your stories and discoveries here for us all to gather inspiration from ! REflection on our circle or new sharing .... Feel free to share even if you were not in our circle about where you are this season ... i do trust your story will serve us all !

May we mobilize this month from a centered, nurtured, inspired core into the budding of our deepest joy and service !

See you Sunday April 2 for our next circle !

march april 2011

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March and April

Will we persist as and in Love ?

Dance, Release, Purify, Celebrate, Action....

Support and Guidance through classes workshops, circles and Private Sessions. Schedule or register below in the side bar.

March New Moon : Sunday March 6

Equinox March 20 : Sacred Fire and Internet Ritual Right here

Tribal Temple Fusion Weekly Classes : 6:45- 8 pm Alchemy of Movement Boulder /30th st.

April Is Dance Month! :

April 9 : Spandarupa Dance Night :Ceremonial Dance Celebration of Life in Body! -

$15/ 6-9 pm at Alchemy of Movement / Ritual Dance Performance by Ixeeya and Friends, Dance ART, guided community dance/sound journey ... refreshments will be offered - all are welcome

April 17 : Earth Dance :/ 2-4 / $10

Join Ixeeya for a Dance with and through nature -

Introduction to how to commune with the elements and nature through breath and movement -

Meet at the Boulder Public Library Entrance on the Canyon side

April 23 : Workshop W.O.M.B. Dance into Spring:

Celebrating Women's Bodies and Sexuality !

with Ixeeya ( Women Opening through Movement and Breath)

An Afternoon of Sensual Delight and Ritual through movement and womens healing practices.

Preparing Each Woman for the Beltane Threshold into Spring !

Fusion of Belly Dance, Temple Dance, Sacred Symbols and Womb Health

April 23 2011 - 1pm - 5pm at Alchemy of Movement - 2436 30th St.

$65 prereg, / $75 at the door

Contact Ixeeya or more info or to express a desire to be involved!

Women In Art

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Ahh the ever changing face of the beauty of Woman !

i love this !

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FEBRUARY NEW MOON CIRCLE ...

DEEP NOURISHMENT, LOVE , SUPPORT ...

Stirring from the cave in the loving arms of our sisters , waking up the visions and clarifying the first steps out of the cave into right action for 2011 from the root system of Self Love ...

THANK YOU LADIES FOR A PERFECT EVENING ... it continues to bring peace, inspiration and smile to my heart . Post any comments or revelations from our gathering below ( click on the WORD - COMMENT- and SELECT - ANONYMOUS- for the profile .

Join us next month Sunday March 6 ... for our next New Moon Gathering ...

Stay posted for the themes!

2011-02-05T07:13:00.000-08:00

FEBRUARY : SELF LOVE MONTH !

What is one Thing you will do TODAY

to LOVE yourself?!

We want to know

February Seems like a good month to focus on loving ourselves -

as we get this new year started!

It is amazing how the self critic gets so much air time ! i am sending ms. critic to rehab this month and dowsing her with beautiful thoughts , rose petal baths , love poems , high quality chocolate , and what ever else i can come up with to transform her into a LOVER !

We will be sharing ideas and writings all month right here on self love and quieting the Critic!

you are beautiful radiant powerful women -
I pray we all remember in all moments of our days and deepen our practice of loving ourselves -

(to post a response click the word comment - and sign in with your google account or select anonymous for profile . )

2011-02-05T06:59:00.000-08:00

Henna Body Art ...

The Ancient Ritual of Body Adornment

Henna has been used as a method of adornment for thousands of years in many cultures for celebration, ceremony and purification. It has brought women together and been a primary element to many women's cultures around the world. Henna is a great way to Relax , make a personal care date or ritualize a moment in your life .

Contact Ixeeya for a Henna Body Art Session held as a personal ritual or have Ixeeya bring the art of Henna to your next women's gathering or celebration .

Call for prices and details ...

303 442 1301

2011-02-03T07:31:00.000-08:00

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IMBOLC

No worries if you havent done your ritual yet - do it when you can and let us know how it goes !

...Such a sweet night , my roommate and friend pam came to circle up with me . We had such a great time our 20 min . ritual went 2 hours ! More about my experinece in the comments below . For now - I thank everyone who participated in what ever way ! It was amazing to feel you all - Could you feel that ! We definetly did ! This is a pic . of the stones gathered back up and my Imbolc doll. I love her something so tender got plucked making her!

We would love to hear from you !

Share your experience any thing whatever is true about this time and/or ritual ... press the word COMMENT BELOW- SELECT PROFILE ANONYMOUS FOR THE QUICKEST WAY - OR SIGN IN WITH YOU GOOGLE ACOUNT - I pray we all find a sense of connection and support from these sharings and the world is a better place for it ! Love to you and you precious visions - i trust they will serve this planet deeply !

2011-01-26T17:58:00.000-08:00

Connecting Through time and space

with Ritual ...Right Here ... Check it out!

So many of us are so full we cant leave to join a circle - but we can share intentions and ritual practice to deepen and support our lives in little ways like coming together here and sharing ...

I Invite you to Participate in Imbolc with us -

- the first Cross Quarter of 2011

- February 2nd!

To be done Alone or with your friends or family

Me and my Circle will be doing our Ritual at 7pm Feb. 2

if you are in the area you are welcome to join us or connect in energetically with us at 7 tonight !

I personally work with the quarters ( solstices and equinoxes) and cross quarters ( Imbolc , Beltane, Lammas , and Halloween) Metaphorically as thresholds and vortexes throughout the year to pause, notice, clarify and re-center along the turning of the year .

What is IMBOLC: This threshold marks the sun's growing strength. And with the Sun's growing strength we have the opportunity to intend for our strength to grow too- physically , energetically and emotionally, and devotionally. Imbolc is a time of initiation ... and redidication ...gathering the seeds for this years harvest .... What preparations need to be started to set your visions in motions for this year ? Now is the time ....We start today with this Ritual to consider and listen to what is next for us to bring our chosen visions in to the growing light each day !

How to Join in the Ritual :

Read and follow the steps for the Ritual Below in your own way .

Allow your intuition and inspiration to guide you -

Allow integration time then return here to share your experience and read other women's stories of theirs!

1 PREP : find 15 or 20 minutes for yourself a candle , a bowl of water , some everygreens and some string

2 CREATE A CIRCLE: - with rocks in an open room or on your bed with some yarn or just in your imagination wherever you choose to sit .

3 SET CENTER : set your bowl , the greens and string and vision board at the center .

4 FEEL: Feel which side of the circle calls to you... sit down and center yourself between heaven and earth, feel your self held and supported within the circle .

5 INVOKE : Ask in a whisper for who or what you call to for support and guidance -

6 MEDITATE: Look at your vision board, than slowly let your eyes close and meditate for the amount of time that serves you and your life - this can be 5 minutes or 30 minutes - Set the intention to recieve the knowing of which visions are true for this moment now, what is the clear first steps to set these visions in motion as well as secure your health for this next season .

7 RECIEVE : take a deep breath to finish , slowly open your eyes , retrieve the bowl of water ...time for the water offering ... while holding the bowl in one hand use your other hand to dip into the water ANOINT YOUR SELF FIRST THAN sprinkle the circle as your walk the edge of the cirlce.

- sprinkle this water as the nourishment and grace you need for setting your visions and health in motion - watch it sprinkle down on to the ground of your circle imagine it being absorbed by you and your visions .

8 BECOME : As you sprinkle - speak alloud these words if they feel true to you - or come up with words that are aligned for you ..." i am loved and supported . i am open to receiveing this support and guidance now "

9 GROUND : Place the bowl down at the center again - sit in your spot and just recieve for a moment. Return to feeling the earth supporting you. Feel your place between heaven and earth feel and allow this initiation to take root in your being .

10 CREATE: To Conclude - use your ever green and string to create your Imbolc doll - a very simple doll that holds the intentions and clarity of this ceremony and place her somewhere she can remind you each day of what you have initiated and dedicated this next season to . She represents your light that is growing stronger , the reminder that you are supported and on the path to manifesting the visions that are ripe and in service to you and the planet .

As you make her use your voice to speak intentions into her , or simply chant OM or you favorite song ( this doll can be as simple or as elaborate as you are inspired to create )

***SHARE : The Last Step ...Come back here and share your intention and experiences, ask questions etc ! this is how the magic of our sisterhood weaves .

Blessings on your threshold into the stirrings of spring and the pathway to the manifestations of your 2011 visions -

With deep love and respect

IXEEYA

2011-01-11T22:05:00.000-08:00

Women's New Mooon Circles Continue in 2011 save the dates ...

You are all invited to Februarys New Moon Circle

We will gather Sunday February 6 from 6:30 - 9:30

( the rest of the new moon dates for the next 6 months is on my website if you want to save the dates )

This evening will honor Self love and Initiation - mudra movement , chanting , drumming, sacred circle council and initiation with a ritual fire.

As we have had time to vision and feel the mystery of 2011 we now take the time to witness and initiate each woman into her new years resolution for self love and service for this new year -

- "An initiation is both a commitment and a test - we have to leave the shelter of all that is comfortable and safe and take risks but in the end we become more turly ourselves"

We will have our first out door fire for this night - if the weather is true for this -

Please let me know in advance if you are joining the circle this time round so we can keep you posted of the details .

$12 for returning women and $15 for new women .

(space is limited so please rsvp in advance ! )

New Moon Dates for the first half of 2011:

Sunday March 6

Sunday April 3

Monday May 2

Wednesday June 1

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NEW WEEKLY DANCE CLASSES !

FOR 2011

STARTING TUESDAYS JANUARY 25

6:45- 8 PM

ALCHEMY OF MOVEMENT IN BOULDER

Ceremonial Dance ...Gypsy Style ...Tribal/ Temple fusion

Weekly Classes for Women !

These classes will introduce ceremonial dance practices and technique from a variety of dance cultures and temple arts including shamanic dance , breath work, mudra, chakra centers , vocal sounding , elemental dance, sacred symbols, movement meditation , story telling, prayer wheel dance partnering ,somatic healing.

The weeks will rotate from Guided Ceremonial Dance Journeys one week to body alignment and strengthening with dance technique and sacred geometry the next .

This class will run for 2 months as an experiment starting January 25th ... after that times and space may change - drop- ins welcome

All levels are welcome ... come practice with us ... grow and refine the art of Ceremonial Dance in your life and co-create the next offerings of SpanDaRupa Ritual DanceTheater with Ixeeya for the threshold crossing of 2012.

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NEW WEEKLY DANCE CLASS WITH IXEEYA THIS JANUARY !

Beginning January25

at Alchemy of Movement in midtown Boulder Co.

6:45 - 8pm

SpanDaRupa Dance : Tribal /Temple fusion

A ceremonial dance fusion class that incorporates body alignment , sacred geometry , elemental and seasonal dance journeys . A time to come home to the primal grace just under the surface... be seen , felt , and freed up to be a living breathing temple of light ! HA HA .... IT IS ONE CHOCK FULL HOUR AND 15 ... WE WILL MEET YOU THERE IN THE PRAYER OF DANCE .

2010-12-28T17:36:00.000-08:00

January Women's New Moon New Year Visioning Circle !

Sunday January 2 - 4:30 - 9:30

15$ for returning women / 18$ for new women

Come Start your year with the witness inspiration and support that sisterhood offers .

-We will reflect on our 2010 in a reflection dance

-Hold sacred circle for claiming who we have become

- Create Vision Boards with images and words to create images and intentions for our new year.

- Drum and Chant to set our intention in motion ...

This evening is sure to be a relaxing , inspiring and supportive evening for all !

Call Ixeeya to hold you space in the circle : 303 442 1301

On the Road again !

2010-11-13T22:31:00.000-08:00

Gypsy will Travel ....

Ixeeya and Spandarupa Dance and Healing are widening out beyond Boulder to share and celebrate with women around the U.S for a Winter and Spring 2011 tour

If you would like to request a stop off at in your community for a Ceremonial Dance offering Perfomance / a full Day workshop / and Shamanic Healing and Dance sessions -

Let us know and we will be in touch to see what we can do !

2010-11-13T18:26:00.000-08:00

DECEMBER 11, 2010...10am -3:30pm

Solstice... Dance of the Sacred Symbols

Tending the Inner Light ....Self Care Activation Workshop

$60

Join us in this unique opportunity to circle up with a powerful group of women to reactivate the Sacred Symbol map in our energy centers to self sooth during the holidays and integrate the Solstice Light !

The Sacred Symbol map offers sound , symbols and movement practices for deeper reception and clear offering of energy to arrive more naturally in the grace of symbiosis.

These practices can serve any yoga , dance or meditation practice -

We will :

Dance - Sound - Meditate- Share - Nourish - Integrate - Work with Sacred Geometry - Commune with the elements - Create Ritual and Visual art .

If you have ever felt the call to prepare yourself for the transition of 2012 - this weekend will serve this call - this practice originated from the jungles of Guatemala to be spread as a resource for this time .

Ceremonial Dances are needed at this time - this map is offered as a Ceremonial Dance Map for

Dance creation for personal and planetary use at this time .

This weekend will be a potent and healing oasis amidst the holiday bussle !

Space is limited to 15 women - Call now to reserve your space -

Call to sign up 303 442 1301 or email spandarupa@gmail.com

2010-10-13T16:12:00.000-07:00

Dance of the Skeleton Woman :
Full Day Embodied Shamanic Dance Workshop Through the
Life /Death / Life Cycle
With Plant Spirit Medicine of Willow

Ladies Come... Let Us Prepare for Winter
Into the starkness of our Beings...
there is Deep rest there...

Ecstatic Dance Journeying , Sounding, Drumming and Nature’s Elements have captivated Many a woman and brought her home to her self through all of time.
Join us for this unique opportunity to Discover and Embody deep Truths, Create Alley-ship with nature, the unseen world and your own body!
Be Guided back to the bare bones of who you are, release the skeletons in the closets, walk freely as yourself into the gestation of Winter .
Our Day will make use of the 5 Rhythm Wave Practices , Shamanic Journeying Practices, Womens Cultural traditions and Embodied Plant Spirit Medicine Technique.

$108 for the full Day- Space for 15 women to come join us
( includes a full day and evening of instruction and guidance , time in the beautiful natural sauna, time on a beautiful earth sanctuary and simple lunch and Dinner )

Sat. October 23, 2010/ 10 am - 9pm

at a beautiful retreat space 10 minutes outside of Boulder Co.

Pre-Registration is required / $40 pregegistration fee holds your space in the cirlce -
SpandaRupa.com /To Reigister Contact Ixeeya : 303 442 1301

2010-08-30T11:33:00.000-07:00

Fall 2010 Dance Series ... For the Ladies -Continues -

NEXT SERIES STARTS NOV. 4TH

with Ixeeya -

W.O.M.B. Dance ! ( Women Opening through Movement and Breath)

Fusion of Belly Dance, Temple Dance, Sacred Symbols and Womb Health

6 Week Series / $85 for the Series /Thursdays 6:00-7:30 pm / midtown Boulder

Beginning Nov. 4th

Discover how the ancient ways of Belly Dance cross culturally has empowered and connected women to their bodies, each other and their intuitive wisdom creating ...

- Deep Healing

- Discovery of your Sensual Self

- Activation and nurturing of your Sexuality

- Delight in unfolding contraction in your body to experience more pleasure

- Come into deep connection to the wisdom of your womb and the creative birthing always availalb to us

* Held in the Traditions of Women's Culture

Learn simple Choreography , play with veils and other dance props to deepen your joy of dance and practice of deep presence!

Space is Limited ... we have room for 10 committed women ! CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR SPACE 303 42 1301

Community Dance Ritual

2010-08-20T00:58:00.000-07:00

OCTOBERS DANCE JOURNEY :

WEDNESDAY OCT. 2O TH -

DANCE WITH THE ANCESTORS ...

An Evening of SHamanic Dance and Community Ritual -
Dedicated to Listening to the Ancestors
through the portal of the full moon and the thin October veils . with Ixeeya

Wed. Oct . 20 - 7pm-9:30ish - Starhouse - $10- 15 $

DOORS CLOSE AT 7:15 -
WE NEED TO HOLD THE CONTAINER TIGHTER - LAST MONTHS DANCE WAS VERY IMPACTED BY THE COMING AND GOING SO WE WILL ASK THAT YOU COME ON TIME AND PLAN TO STAY FOR THE EVENING - THANK YOU FOR THIS COURTESY !

ALIGN , RELEASE, LISTEN , HEAL, COMMUNE ...

HEART - Come dressed as the Ancestor your heart desires to Dance with or as - to call in the wisdom they have for us at this time -

MIND -Our Evening Begins with a Guided Full Moon Sacred Geomentry Practice - TO RELEASE OUR DAY AND MENTAL GRIP -

BODY - An hour music + Wave to journey to the Ancestors with- FREE FORM ECSTATIC DANCE - with simple guidance along the way - to support the opening of your body as a clear channel .

VOICE- Soundscaping and Ancestor Council concludes our evening ! Time to allow the translation and share the fruits of our journying with each other for those called to speak .

Please bring a simple treat to share - a yoga mat- a full water bottle and a simple gift for the ancestors, if you are called a picture of an ancestor ( personal or archtypal) or you are honoring this night A DRUM OR RATTLE .

PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL IXEEYA - IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING -
IT IS IMPORTANT - WE KNOW SO WE CAN INFORM YOU OF LAST MINUTE DETAILS AND PREPARE THE SPACE FOR THE NUMBERS ATTENDING - THANKYOU -

SPANDARUPA@GMAIL .COM
303 442 1301

BLESSINGS TO ALL -
LOOK FORWARD TO TO DANCING -

If anyone is moved to assist the journey contact ixeeya 303 442 1301

Directions to the Starhouse :

From 4th and Mapleton, drive into the foothills about 3.5 miles (The addresses are the mileage from 4th and Mapleton; i.e. 2700 is 2.7 miles). Mapleton becomes Sunshine Canyon Road. Look for a dirt driveway on the right and a sign with a few addresses on it; one of them says "3476". Drive up the hill, where parking is clearly marked to the right. Walk down along the roped path to the northeast, crossing a dirt road through the trees to The StarHouse. Please wear shoes appropriate for a short walk through a forest.

2010-07-07T12:56:00.001-07:00

December NEW MOON WOMENS LODGE-

CROSSING THE THRESHOLD TO THE CAVE

... a primal embodied redtent ceremony!

Previously we have had the great blessing to be in our Earth shrine and the fire - with the seasons changing and the fire ban in place we are shifting our ceremonial space -we are committed to primal connection to the elements - and we may be doing so in the indoors due to the cool weather - i assure you though we will journey back to our wild primal selves and spend intimate time with the elements and each other .

Fri. Nov 12 - - 7pm - 10:00 ish pm - Space to be announced

15$

Sunday Dec. 5 - 7 promt - 9:30 ish

Come share in the Nourishment our primal expression with an elemental ceremony with a circle of sisters - -The story spiral is a unique way of sharing our stories with the relective expression of our voices , drumming and movement to bring our stories into real time to discover the medicine they have for us all .

Sharing a story in not mandatory - you are welcome to just come to join the circle .

The new moon lodge...An evening of simple, primal sharing to nurture and recalibrate with the dark moon . Women of all cultures and time periods have gathered at the dark moon time to go inward together and serve each others gestating .

THERE is LIMITED SPACE-

- so preregistration is needed - email Ixeeya with your interest and she will guide you from there .

Henna Body Art

2010-06-10T22:52:00.000-07:00

Henna Body Art ...

The Ancient Ritual of Body Adornment

Contact Ixeeya for a Henna Body Art Session held as a personal ritual or have Ixeeya bring the art of Henna to your next women's gathering or celebration .

Call for prices and details ...

303 442 1301

2010-06-02T14:54:00.000-07:00

WOMEN COME DRUM ! * new fall time and day!

women's beginning drum and sounding circle

This time is dedicated to quenching the longing to taste the ancient memories of our primal selves ... sounding and moving together as women. We all have energy that dances through us that so often we dont know what to do with . Drumming is a great way to ground , circulate , soothe your nervous system, celebrate and creates deep and lasting healing for our brains and hearts! Women come drum in a safe loving space that introduces drumming as an embodiment practice one of deep listening and sharing , one that brings us back to our womb wisdom ... stillness , listening and synergy .

New Date and time Wednesdays 5:30 - 6:30 for the Fall 2010 ( some exceptions due to travel check blog for those dates )

Special location for Aug 25 - we will be drumming up at the Starhouse!

At: the Tribal Grace Sanctuary ( Ixeeya's home call for directions)

$10 suggested donation

303 442 1301

2010-05-24T23:59:00.000-07:00

DECEMBER 10 AND 11, 2010

Solstice Sacred Symbol

and Self Care Activation Workshop

The Sacred Symbol map offers sound , symbols and movement practices for deeper reception and clear offering of energy to arrive more naturally in the grace of symbiosis.

These practices can serve any yoga , dance or meditation practice -

We will :

Dance - Sound - Meditate- Share - Nourish - Integrate - Work with Sacred Geometry - Commune with the elements - Create Ritual and Draw .

If you have every felt the call to prepare yourself for the transition of 2012 - this weekend will serve this call - this practice originated from the jungles of Guatemala to be spread as a resource for this time and next years threshold.

Ceremonial Dances are needed at this time - this map is offered as a Ceremonial Dance Map for

Dance creation for personal and planetary use at this time .

This weekend will be a potent and healing oasis amidst the holiday bussle !

Space is limited to 15 women - Call now to reserve your space -

Call to sign up 303 442 1301 or email spandarupa@gmail.com

2010-05-24T23:35:00.000-07:00

2010-05-20T16:18:00.000-07:00