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# Dance For All People

Dancing For Healing & Renewal

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- [Prayers & Prose For Peace](https://danceforallpeople.com/prayers-prose-for-peace/) - Here is a wonderful archive of all the Prayers & Prose for Peace since 2013, encompassing many traditions and cultures.
- [Beannacht: A Blessing for the New Year](https://danceforallpeople.com/beannacht-a-blessing-for-the-new-year/) - On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble, May the clay dance To balance you. And when your eyes Freeze behind The grey window And the ghost of loss Gets in to you, May a flock of colours, Indigo, red, green, And azure blue, Come to awaken in you A
- [Do Not Be Dismayed](https://danceforallpeople.com/do-not-be-dismayed/) - Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you. —L.R. Knost Illustration: Tijana Lukovic
- [Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening](https://danceforallpeople.com/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening/) - Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.
- [For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet](https://danceforallpeople.com/for-calling-the-spirit-back/) - Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread, that bottle of pop. Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote control. Open the door, then close it behind you. Take a breath offered by friendly winds. They travel the earth gathering essences of plants to clean. Give it back with gratitude. If you sing
- [What Can I Say](https://danceforallpeople.com/what-can-i-say/) - What can I say that I have not said before? So I’ll say it again. The leaf has a song in it. Stone is face of patience. Inside the river there is an unfinishable story and you are somewhere in it and it will never end until all ends. Take your busy heart to the
- [Those Tender Words](https://danceforallpeople.com/those-tender-words/) - Those tender words we said to one another Are stored in the secret heart of heaven: One day like rain they will fall and spread, And our mystery will grow green over the world. — Rumi Thank you Malama MacNeil
- [Cowboy Regrets](https://danceforallpeople.com/cowboy-regrets/) - Some people get thrown from their horse and get right back on If I take the time to get to know a horse Gently mounting its back Engaging in giving and receiving And it throws me to the ground Horse riding may not be my thing. What would it take to get up after a
- [Mysteries, Yes](https://danceforallpeople.com/mysteries-yes/) - Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs. How rivers and stones are forever in allegiance with gravity while we ourselves dream of rising. How two hands touch and the bonds will never be broken. How people come, from delight or the
- [The Peace of Wild Things](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-peace-of-wild-things-3/) - When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the
- [I Prayed For Change...](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-prayed-for-change/) - I prayed for change, so I changed my mind. I prayed for guidance and learned to trust myself. I prayed for happiness and realized I am not my ego. I prayed for peace and learned to accept others unconditionally. I prayed for abundance and realized my doubt kept it out. I prayed for wealth and
- [It's OK!](https://danceforallpeople.com/its-ok/) - Naraya Dancer Lini Wilkins writes: Lately, I find myself saying this phrase a lot to myself and others as we gather - "It's Ok!"
- [Native American Code of Ethics](https://danceforallpeople.com/native-american-code-of-ethics/) - 1. Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often. The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak. 2. Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance. 3. Search for yourself, by yourself. Do
- [Today I'm Flying Low](https://danceforallpeople.com/today-im-fly-low/) - Today I’m flying low and I’m not saying a word I’m letting all the voodoos of ambition sleep. The world goes on as it must, the bees in the garden rumbling a little, the fish leaping, the gnats getting eaten. And so forth. But I’m taking the day off. Quiet as a feather. I hardly
- [Go To The Limits of Your Longing](https://danceforallpeople.com/go-to-the-limits-of-your-longing/) - God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like flame and make big shadows I can move in. Let everything
- [Finally I Saw](https://danceforallpeople.com/finally-i-saw/) - PRAYERS & POEMS FOR PEACE: Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing. And gave it up. And took my old body and went out into the morning, and sang.
- [Messenger](https://danceforallpeople.com/messenger/) - Poem by Mary Oliver: My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird— equal seekers of sweetness.
- [Keeping Quiet](https://danceforallpeople.com/keeping-quiet/) - For once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any language; let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much...
- [Last Night As I Was Sleeping](https://danceforallpeople.com/last-night-as-i-was-sleeping/) - Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. — poem by Antonio Machado
- [The Peace We Embrace](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-peace-we-embrace/) - The peace we embrace, Exudes the fragrance of love, Sing me the song in your heart, And I will sing mine — Happy Valentine’s Day, Everybody by Alice Stipak
- [We Have Come To Be Danced](https://danceforallpeople.com/we-have-come-to-be-danced/) - Poem: We have come to be danced, Not the pretty dance, Not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance, But the claw our way back into the belly...
- [Carried Across the Sky](https://danceforallpeople.com/carried-across-the-sky/) - Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. — OJIBWE PROVERB
- [On This Day of Your Life](https://danceforallpeople.com/on-this-day-of-your-life/) - Poem For Peace: On this day of your life I believe God wants you to know that love is the center and the core of everything...
- [May You Grow Still Enough](https://danceforallpeople.com/may-you-grow-still-enough/) - POEM FOR PEACE: May you grow still enough to hear the small noises earth makes in preparing for the long sleep of winter...
- [A Brave and Startling Truth](https://danceforallpeople.com/a-brave-and-startling-truth/) - Maya Angelou composed this poem — A Brave and Startling Truth — for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations in 1995. Eloquent, disarming, full of truth and vision.
- [An Invisible Bee](https://danceforallpeople.com/an-invisible-bee/) - Rumi Poem For Peace: Look how desire has changed in you, how light and colorless it is, with the world growing new marvels because of your changing....
- [Forever Be Again](https://danceforallpeople.com/forever-be-again/) - Be and be again! Yet, again! Eternally born! Everyday after everyday Placing our soft pads calloused feet on the earth wood carpet floor Saying Thank You, The trees nevertheless forever green while drinking water stolen into private ownership The children nevertheless forever fed despite beliefs in the usefulness of poverty and famine The men forever
- [Today They Said Don't Forget Us](https://danceforallpeople.com/today-they-said-dont-forget-us/) - "We once stood where you stand, We once ate and drank like you, We once ached in our hearts for love, Wondering how things would turn out..."
- [Listen, The Moon Is Whispering](https://danceforallpeople.com/listen-the-moon-is-whispering/) - DFAP POEM FOR PEACE 4/27/19: There have been times in my own life when I felt unable to go on, unable to stand or even breathe...
- [The Journey](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-journey-2/) - 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
- [Love Song To Myself](https://danceforallpeople.com/love-song-to-myself-2/) - You are the one I wake with every morning. The one I breathe with, the one whose every heart beat I feel as my own. You are the one I walk with, the one I speak and sing with, the one who stays with me through every waking moment of every sacred day. You are
- [What About My Eyes?](https://danceforallpeople.com/what-about-my-eyes/) - “I said: what about my eyes? He said: Keep them on the road. I said: What about my passion? He said: Keep it burning. I said: What about my heart? He said: Tell me what you hold inside it? I said: Pain and sorrow. He said: Stay with it. The wound is the place where
- [Prayer For Protection](https://danceforallpeople.com/prayer-for-protection/) - The Light of God Surrounds You… Ka malamalama o Ke Akua e ho’opuni mai ia ‘oukou… The Love of God Enfolds You… Ke aloha o Ke Akua e kipuni mai ia ‘oukou…
- [The Gateway of Not Knowing](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-gateway-of-not-knowing/) - When you Don’t Know, there is a crack in the delusion of mind. And you can be penetrated by an entire Universe. Not Knowing is not ignorance. Nor is it stupidity. It is Curiosity. It is Wonder. It is the relaxation of the separate ‘I’, and the presence of great Compassion. When you Don’t Know
- [Beauty Is The Harvest of Presence](https://danceforallpeople.com/beauty-is-the-harvest-of-presence/) - BEAUTY is the harvest of presence, the evanescent moment of seeing or hearing on the outside what already lives far inside us; the eyes, the ears or the imagination suddenly become a bridge between the here and the there, between then and now, between the inside and the outside; beauty is the conversation between what
- [Weaver God, Weave My Life Into Yours](https://danceforallpeople.com/weaver-god-weave-my-life-into-yours/) - Weaver God, we come to you, or more the truth – you find us, disconnected and out of sorts. We are disheartened by our failures, discouraged by our weakness and little that we do seems worthy of your grace...
- [I Am Blind and Do Not See](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-am-blind-and-do-not-see/) - “I am blind and do not see the things of this world; but when the Light comes from Above, it enlightens my heart and I can see, for the Eye of my heart sees everything. The heart is a sanctuary at the center of which there is a little space, wherein the Great Spirit dwells,
- [Remember](https://danceforallpeople.com/remember-3/) - Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the giving away to night. Remember your birth, how your mother struggled to give you form and breath.
- [Love Song To Myself](https://danceforallpeople.com/love-song-to-myself/) - You are the one I wake with every morning. The one I breathe with, the one whose every heart beat I feel as my own. You are the one I walk with, the one I speak and sing with, the one who stays with me through every waking moment of every sacred day. You are
- [Everything Is Waiting For You](https://danceforallpeople.com/everything-is-waiting-for-you/) - Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning crime with no witness to the tiny hidden transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely, even you, at times, have felt the grand array; the swelling presence, and
- [Get Out Of Your Own Way](https://danceforallpeople.com/get-out-of-your-own-way/) - There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. The world will not have it. It
- [Afterlife](https://danceforallpeople.com/afterlife/) - You’re going to die. At least in this form. Terrible news for the ego. Great news for the heart. Soften into Death, surrender to its lover, Impermanence, and life regains its preciousness. “More time” is not required. This moment is more than enough. A breath of ocean air. A cup of tea with a friend.
- [Ours Is Not A Caravan of Despair](https://danceforallpeople.com/ours-is-not-a-caravan-of-despair/) - Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. — Rumi
- [In Wonder](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-wonder/) - And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy. — Kahil Gilbran
- [The Cleverness of Seeds](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-cleverness-of-seeds/) - The way the maple seed twirls away from its tree and finds any available crack or crevice to slip itself into and how the dandelion fluff is wished by children out along the wind to a new starting place and how the burdock burr rides the fur or feather or pant leg of its unwitting
- [Real Questions](https://danceforallpeople.com/real-questions/) - Did I offer peace today?Did I bring a smile to someone’s face?Did I say words of healing?Did I let go of my anger and resentment?Did I forgive?Did I love? These are the real questions. —Henri Nouwen
- [Nourishment of the Earth](https://danceforallpeople.com/nourishment-of-the-earth/) - May the nourishment of the earth be yours, May the clarity of light be yours, May the fluency of the ocean be yours, May the protection of the ancestors be yours. And so may a slow Wind work these words Of love around you, An invisible cloak To mind your life. John O’Donahue
- [The Tree in Winter](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-tree-in-winter/) - The tree in winter is like The lines upon my father’s face Or like the paths I tried to take When I was young searching For one clear way to understanding. In every branch I found A smaller branch leading me Towards many ends and many sorrows. Too fragile to bear my weight, All my
- [Gaining Strength](https://danceforallpeople.com/gaining-strength/) - You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt
- [May All Things Move](https://danceforallpeople.com/may-all-things-move/) - May all things move and be moved in me and know and be known in me May all creation dance for joy within me. —Chinook Psalter
- [When You Plant Lettuce](https://danceforallpeople.com/when-you-plant-lettuce/) - “When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But
- [Remember](https://danceforallpeople.com/remember-2/) - Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the giving away to night. Remember your birth, how your mother struggled to give you form and breath.
- [Fire](https://danceforallpeople.com/fire/) - What makes a fire burn is space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much of a good thing, too many logs packed in too tight can douse the flames almost as surely as a pail of water would. So building fires requires attention to the spaces in between, as much as to the wood.
- [Dakini Speaks](https://danceforallpeople.com/dakini-speaks/) - My friends, let’s grow up. Let’s stop pretending we don’t know the deal here. Or if we truly haven’t noticed, let’s wake up and notice. Look: Everything that can be lost, will be lost. It’s simple — how could we have missed it for so long? Let’s grieve our losses fully, like ripe human beings,
- [Forever Be](https://danceforallpeople.com/forever-be/) - Be and be again! Yet, again! Eternally born! Everyday after everyday Placing our soft pads calloused feet on the earth wood carpet floor Saying Thank You, The trees nevertheless forever green while drinking water stolen into private ownership The children nevertheless forever fed despite beliefs in the usefulness of poverty and famine The men forever
- [The Art Of Life](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-art-of-life/) - The art of life is more like navigation than warfare, for what is important is to understand the winds, the tides, the currents, the seasons, and the principles of growth and decay, so that one’s actions may use them and not fight them. — Alan Watts
- [The Summer Day](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-summer-day-2/) - Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down- who is
- [High On The Mountaintop](https://danceforallpeople.com/high-on-the-mountaintop/) - High on a mountain top We live, we love, and we laugh a lot Folks up here know what they got High on a mountain top High on a mountain top Where the rest of the world’s Like a little bitty spot I ain’t comin down no never I’m not High on a mountain top
- [I Am The Unopened Bud](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-am-the-unopened-bud/) - I am the unopened bud, and I the blossom, I am the life-force gathering to a crest, I am the still companion of the silence, I am the far-flung seeker of the quest. I am the daughter gathering in wisdom, I am the son whose questions never cease, I am the dawn-light searching out glad
- [The Dance](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-dance/) - When there is doubt, there is hope When there is fear, there is love When there is hate, there is peace When there is suffering, there is the dance A dance a dance a dance of hope A dance a dance a dance of loce I dance to dance a dance of peace I dance
- [The Guest House](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-guest-house-2/) - This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. He may be
- [O Budded Greening Branch!](https://danceforallpeople.com/o-budded-greening-branch/) - O budded, greening branch! You stand as firmly rooted in your nobility As the dawn advances. Now rejoice and be glad; Consider us frail ones worthy To free us from our destructive ways: Put forth your hand and Raise us up. — Saint Hildegard of Bingen
- [May The Wind Breathe Healing Upon Us](https://danceforallpeople.com/may-the-wind-breathe-healing-upon-us/) - May the Wind breathe healing upon us, prolong our life-span, and fill our hearts with comfort! You are our father, O Wind, our friend and our brother. Give us life that we may live. From that immortal treasure, O Lord, which is hidden in your abode, impart to us that we may live.” — The
- [Put Your Trust In Prayer](https://danceforallpeople.com/put-your-trust-in-prayer/) - Hoseng ha o tsoha (When you wake up in the morning ) Bosiu ha o robala (When you sleep at night) Tshepa Thapelo (Put your trust in prayer) Leha o le tsietsing (Even if you’re in trouble) O tsamaya lefifing (walking in darkness) Tshepa thapelo (Put your trust in prayer) Leha o thabile Rapela (Even
- [The Peace of Wild Things](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-peace-of-wild-things-2/) - When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the
- [I Thirst By Day](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-thirst-by-day/) - I thirst by day. I watch by night. I receive! I have been received! I hear the flowers drinking in their light, I have taken counsel of the crab and the sea-urchin I recall the falling of small waters, The stream slipping beneath the mossy logs, Winding down to the stretch of irregular sand, The
- [Abiding At the Center of Your Being](https://danceforallpeople.com/abiding-at-the-center-of-your-being/) - Always we hope that someone else has the answer, some other place will be better, some other time it will all turn out. This is it. No one else has the answer. No other place will be better. And it has already turned out. At the center of your being you have the answers. And
- [Let Us Take Care of the Children](https://danceforallpeople.com/let-us-take-care-of-the-children-2/) - Let us take care of the children, for they have a long way to go. Let us take care of the elders, for they have come a long way. Let us take care of the in between, for they are doing the work. —African Prayer
- [What If?](https://danceforallpeople.com/what-if-2/) - What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower And what if When you awoke You had that flower In your hand Ah, what then? —Samuel Coleridge
- [The Peace of Wild Things](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-peace-of-wild-things/) - When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the
- [You Do Not Have To Be Good](https://danceforallpeople.com/you-do-not-have-to-be-good/) - You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on.
- [Prayer by Maya Angelou](https://danceforallpeople.com/prayer-by-maya-angelou/) - Father, Mother, God, Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days. For then we have you to lean upon. Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days, for then we can share that which we have with those who have less. And thank you for your presence during the
- [Great Mystery, awaken our hearts!](https://danceforallpeople.com/great-mystery-awaken-our-hearts/) - Great Mystery, awaken our hearts! Break us open and bring us back from crazed and numb self-destruction! Bring us together, overflowing with love and daring to believe we are never too late and no action is ever too little! Let us feel the ocean of love moving through us, the strength of our ancestors lifting
- [Wild and Precious](https://danceforallpeople.com/wild-and-precious/) - "I don't know exactly what prayer is; I do know how to pay attention. How to fall down in the grass. How to kneel in the grass. How to be idle and blessed. How to stroll through the fields --which Is exactly what I have been doing all day. Tell me; what else should I
- [Summer Story](https://danceforallpeople.com/summer-story/) - When the hummingbird sinks its face into the trumpet vine and the funnels of the blossoms, and the tongue leaps out and throbs, I am scorched to realize once again how many small, available things are in the world that aren’t pieces of gold or power– that nobody owns or could buy even for a
- [Be Good To You](https://danceforallpeople.com/be-good-to-you/) - Be yourself, truthfully. Accept yourself, gratefully. Value yourself, joyfully. Forgive yourself, completely. Treat yourself, generously. Balance yourself, harmoniously. Bless yourself, abundantly. Trust yourself, confidently. Love yourself, wholeheartedly. Empower yourself, immediately. Give yourself, enthusiastically.
- [I Ought To Practice](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-ought-to-practice/) - When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired And gobble up
- [The Journey](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-journey/) - 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
- [Here Is Something For Your Trouble](https://danceforallpeople.com/here-is-something-for-your-trouble/) - A human being is a part of the whole called by us the universe, a part limited in time & space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires
- [Helen Keller: She, In The Dark](https://danceforallpeople.com/helen-keller-she-in-the-dark/) - She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She, Within herself, Found loveliness, Through the soul’s own mastery. And now the world receives From her dower: The message of the strength Of inner power. —Langston Hughes
- [Be Ready](https://danceforallpeople.com/be-ready/) - Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened sound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now? Are you waiting for
- [A Difficult Knot](https://danceforallpeople.com/a-difficult-knot/) - Releasing the separate one is a difficult knot. Finding yourself is something only you can do. Imagine yourself coming back 10 years from today Through time, to help you where you must be now. — Jim Cohn
- [Just For Today?](https://danceforallpeople.com/just-for-today/) - How would it be if just for today we thought less about contests and rivalries, profits and politics, winners and sinners, and more about helping and giving, mending and blending, reaching out and pitching in? How would it be? — Anonymous
- [I Promise In Quiet Ways](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-promise-in-quiet-ways/) - I promise. In quiet ways, most not seen. To be myself, to love enough, to dream. To give myself and you and me a strong heart a place to be. To reach out and color true, to love a child that’s me, that’s you. —RLs
- [When I Run After What I Think I Want](https://danceforallpeople.com/when-i-run-after-what-i-think-i-want/) - When I run after what I think I want, My days are a furnace of distress and anxiety; If I sit in my own place of patience, What I need flows to me, And without any pain. From this I understand that What I want also wants me, Is looking for me And attracting me;
- [Zen Master and the Moon](https://danceforallpeople.com/zen-master-and-the-moon/) - A Zen Master lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening, while he was away, a thief sneaked into the hut only to find there was nothing in it to steal. The Zen Master returned and found him. "You have come a long way to
- [In Muir Woods](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-muir-woods/) - Masters of stillness, masters of light, who, when cut by something falling, go nowhere and heal, teach me this nowhere, who, when falling themselves, simply wait to root in another direction, teach me this falling. Four hundred year old trees, who draw aliveness from the earth like smoke from the heart of God, we come,
- [Dance When You're Broken Open](https://danceforallpeople.com/dance-when-youre-broken-open/) - Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance, when you're perfectly free. Struck, the dancers hear the tambourine inside them, as a wave turns the foam on its very top, begin. Maybe you don't hear that tambourine, all the tree
- [I Worried](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-worried-2/) - I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not how shall I correct it? Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven, can I do better? Will I ever be able to sing, even the
- [Second Night of the 2015 Naraya](https://danceforallpeople.com/second-night-of-the-2015-naraya/) - As we begin circling the Tree, Commencing the cycle of songs, The building energy Flows out from the base of the Tree and the bundles With increasing power. On the Black Rocks Cracking song We can feel the spirits And the Ancestral Dancers Rising from the opening stones To join and support our circle. The
- [Second Night Opening Prayer](https://danceforallpeople.com/second-night-opening-prayer/) - Wakan Tanka, Pilamaya, Pilamaya,… Pilamaya! Tankashila, Wopila, Wopila,…Wopila! Great Mystery, All the helper spirits! Thank you for all the days and nights, For This night, This place, This Tree, For all these good people, Who come to pray and support each other And the renewal of the Earth and the people, As this ceremony and
- [First Night of the Naraya](https://danceforallpeople.com/first-night-of-the-naraya/) - The space crowded with dancers Longtime and new, Spirits High In celebration of a quarter century Of Ceremony, We feel the opening Of the Directions As the sacred arrows, One by one Are fired to the Four Directions. The East Arrow arching far To greet the great newness That is dawning. We move quickly and
- [As Long As You're Dancing](https://danceforallpeople.com/as-long-as-youre-dancing/) - As long as you're dancing, you can break the rules. Sometimes breaking the rules is just extending the rules. Sometimes there are no rules. —Mary Oliver
- [A List of Praises](https://danceforallpeople.com/a-list-of-praises/) - Give praise with psalms that tell the trees to sing, Give praise with Gospel choirs in storefront churches, Mad with the joy of the Sabbath, Give praise with the babble of infants, who wake with the sun, Give praise with children chanting their skip-rope rhymes, A poetry not in books, a vagrant mischievous poetry living
- [Be At Peace With Your Own Soul](https://danceforallpeople.com/be-at-peace-with-your-own-soul/) - Be at peace with your own soul, Then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. Enter eagerly into the treasure house that is within you, And you will see the things that are in heaven; For there is but one single entry to them both. The ladder that leads to the Kingdom in
- [The Laughing Heart](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-laughing-heart/) - your life is your life don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are ways out. there is light somewhere. it may not be much light but it beats the darkness. be on the watch. the gods will offer you chances. know them. take them. you can’t beat death but
- [Today I'm Flying Low](https://danceforallpeople.com/today-im-flying-low/) - Today I’m flying low and I’m not saying a word. I’m letting all the voodoos of ambition sleep. The world goes on as it must, the bees in the garden rumbling a little, the fish leaping, the gnats getting eaten. And so forth. But I’m taking the day off. Quiet as a feather. I hardly
- [To Be Sheltered From Dangers](https://danceforallpeople.com/to-be-sheltered-from-dangers/) - Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it. Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield but to my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to
- [My Dog, God](https://danceforallpeople.com/my-dog-god/) - I could not lie anymore so I started calling my dog “God.” First he looked confused, then he started smiling, then he even danced. I kept at it: now he doesn’t even bite. I am wondering if this might work on people? — Tukaram
- [May We Live Our Lives Beyond Separation](https://danceforallpeople.com/may-we-live-our-lives-beyond-separation/) - May we live our lives beyond separation, knowing that nations and cultures are made up of individuals. May I be as one who rethinks my life, my actions, and aligns to the glory we are all capable of. May I follow where I am spiritually guided, and embrace what is new that is of love.
- [The Way of Compassion](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-way-of-compassion/) - May creatures all abound in weal and peace; may all be blessed with peace always; all creatures weak or strong, all creatures great and small; creatures unseen or seen, dwelling afar or near, born or awaiting birth, —may all be blessed with peace! Let none cajole or flout his fellow anywhere; let none wish others
- [The Summer Yields To Autumn Winds Blowing](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-summer-yields-to-autumn-winds-blowing/) - The summer yields to the autumn winds blowing While the cool burns the leaves golden red We harvest fields we planted once knowing Grains of truth would soon come to a head. Mystery Healer, I feel your hand above my brow Into your love I bow. Aging dreams seeming hard to remember Alluring sleep ever
- [Let There Be Awareness](https://danceforallpeople.com/let-there-be-awareness/) - God, Let there be awareness where ignorance now prevails. Scatter our long hidden fears with your bright beam of courage. And knit fine cloaks of your love to shelter us and the world. — Debbie Aliya
- [I See The Moon](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-see-the-moon/) - I see the moon, the moon sees me shining through the leaves of the old oak tree Oh, let the light that shines on me shine on the one I love. Over the mountain, over the sea, back where my heart is longing to be Oh, let the light that shines on me shine on
- [You Whose Hands Hold Captive the Stars](https://danceforallpeople.com/you-whose-hands-hold-captive-the-stars/) - Hidden power stirring in the heart of matter, glowing centre in which the unnumbered strands of the manifold are knit together; strength inexorable as the world and warm as life; you whose brow is of snow, whose eyes are of fire, whose feet are more dazzling than gold poured from the furnace; you whose hands
- [In Deepened Dance](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-deepened-dance/) - We are a collective INTERDEPENDENT A well woven tapestry of loves light Each of us a living, breathing, thread Born of mystery and magic To make the whole of everything sing Through living our sheer beauty way What is this INDEPENDENCE thing? As we "deepen our dance" we cultivate it As we deepen our path,
- [Cartographer](https://danceforallpeople.com/cartographer/) - Each day I lay out life in front of me, Making a map with no continents, No oceans, nothing known. There lie uncharted realms Where I land On foreign shores I did not set out for, Have no knowledge of. Still, they look familiar: Shadows pass, Evoking greater good. Such lands live In hearts alone,
- [Solitude, Solitary, Lone, Alone, Apart](https://danceforallpeople.com/solitude-solitary-lone-alone-apart/) - Solitude, Solitary, Lone, Alone, Apart Many words, the same thing. Do not confuse or assume Loneliness. The Calling mandates these things: Solitude to do the work, solitary because no one else can. Lone because each is unique. Alone, because no other can understand. And Apart because no other feels “comfortable” with this. Apart, Alone, Lone,
- [The Woman I Am](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-woman-i-am/) - The woman I am becoming Is here, whether I am ready or not. Like a tree, These things continue to grow Whether we are present to witness, or not. Here, now, I can see where this limb has grown Unchecked and wild. And this other, here, no longer bears fruit But in spite of the
- [A Celtic Blessing](https://danceforallpeople.com/a-celtic-blessing/) - the strength of the oak around you protection of rowan surround you the wisdom of hazel within you and the joy of the birth, be yours. the wind and the rain will bless you. the light of the moon caress you. the gold of the sun shine within you. and the song of peace, be
- [When The Going Gets Tough](https://danceforallpeople.com/when-the-going-gets-tough/) - When the going gets tough may I resist my first impulse to wade in, fix, explain, resolve, and restore. May I sit down instead. When the going gets tough may I be quiet. May I steep for a while in stillness. When the going gets tough may I have faith that things are unfolding as
- [O Our Father](https://danceforallpeople.com/o-our-father/) - O our Father, the Sky, hear us and make us strong. O our Mother, the Earth, hear us and give us support. O Spirit of the East, send us your Wisdom. O Spirit of the South, may we tread your path. O Spirit of the West, may we always be ready for the long journey.
- [Admiring The Jug](https://danceforallpeople.com/admiring-the-jug/) - Are you just going to admire the jug, or are you actually going to drink the water? —Rumi Courtesy Stella Maris
- [Chickpea and the Cook](https://danceforallpeople.com/chickpea-and-the-cook/) - A chickpea leaps almost over the rim of the pot where it's being boiled. "Why are you doing this to me?" The cook knocks him down with the ladle. "Don't you try to jump out. You think I'm torturing you. I'm giving you flavor, so you can mix with spices and rice and be the
- [White Snow Written Upon](https://danceforallpeople.com/white-snow-written-upon/) - Now through the white orchard my little dog romps, breaking the new snow with wild feet. Running here running there, excited, hardly able to stop, he leaps, he spins until the white snow is written upon in large, exuberant letters, a long sentence, expressing the pleasures of the body in this world. Oh, I could
- [Bejeweling Rain](https://danceforallpeople.com/bejeweling-rain/) - May you never want for water. Before you begin to know thirst, may there be a hand offering. Before your doubt begins to steep into the darkest recesses of your heart, may the stars shine past the clouds to remind you of who you really are. Should your eyes begin to cast downward, may the
- [Moon Is Shining](https://danceforallpeople.com/moon-is-shining/) - Come, Let us roam the night together Singing. I love you. Across The Harlem roof-tops Moon is shining Night sky is blue. Stars are great drops Of golden dew. In the cabaret The jazz-band's playing. I love you. Come, Let us roam the night together Singing. —Langston Hughes
- [Great Mysterious One](https://danceforallpeople.com/great-mysterious-one/) - Hey-a-a-hey! Hey-a-a-hey! Hey-a-a-hey! Hey-a-a-hey! Grandfather, Great Mysterious One, You have been always and before You nothing has been. There is nothing to pray to but You. The star nations all over the universe are Yours, And Yours are the grasses of the earth. Day in and day out You are the life of things. You
- [Make The Ordinary Come Alive](https://danceforallpeople.com/make-the-ordinary-come-alive/) - Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is a way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples, and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people
- [Let Me Be Entirely Changed](https://danceforallpeople.com/let-me-be-entirely-changed/) - Father-Mother, Teacher, Friend Great Spirit, God; Provider and Protector This prayer I say for I need direction, hope, and strength: My pain and my joy are beyond comprehension I turn everything over to you All judgments I release Emptying the thoughts of craving, fear, dislike I know the light can then be free to shine
- [If You Wish Only To Be Healed](https://danceforallpeople.com/if-you-wish-only-to-be-healed/) - If you wish only to be healed, you heal. Your single purpose makes this possible. But if you are afraid of healing, then it cannot come through you. The only thing that is required for a healing is lack of fear. The fearful are not healed, and cannot heal. This does not mean the conflict
- [I Worried](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-worried/) - I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not how shall I correct it? Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven, can I do better? Will I ever be able to sing, even the
- [Why We Dance](https://danceforallpeople.com/why-we-dance/) - To dance is to pray, to pray is to heal, to heal is to give, to give is to live, to live is to dance. —MariJo Moore
- [We Stand At A New Doorway](https://danceforallpeople.com/we-stand-at-a-new-doorway/) - We look with uncertainty beyond the old choices for clear-cut answers to a softer, more permeable aliveness which is every moment at the brink of death; for something new is being born in us if we but let it. We stand at a new doorway, awaiting that which comes... daring to be human creatures, vulnerable
- [In The Beginning](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-the-beginning/) - In the beginning was the Tao. All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the children and find the mother, you will be free of sorrow. If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled.
- [Looking Fear In The Face](https://danceforallpeople.com/looking-fear-in-the-face/) - You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do. — Eleanor Roosevelt
- [The Cowboy's Prayer](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-cowboys-prayer/) - Oh Lord, I reckon I'm not much just by myself. I fail to do a lot of things I ought to do. But Lord, when trails are steep and passes high, Help me to ride it straight the whole way through. And when in the falling dusk I get the final call, I do not
- [Look Up At The Sky!](https://danceforallpeople.com/look-up-at-the-sky/) - Look up at the sky and shout prayers of thanksgiving that cause the heavens to join in, raining down sweet mercy. There is no choice anymore but to lie still and sink in. We must moisten the ground of each other with our own sweet essence, showing the rains, by our example, what it is
- [Guiding Your Way](https://danceforallpeople.com/guiding-your-way/) - May the longtime sun shine upon you, all love surround you, and the sweet light within you guide your way on. —Traditional blessing
- [The Summer Day](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-summer-day/) - Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean-the one who the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down
- [Prayer As An Expression of Consciousness](https://danceforallpeople.com/prayer-as-an-expression-of-consciousness/) - The great miracles that occur at religious shrines and temples all over the world have to do with the energy that accumulates there, and the prayerful receptivity with which the believers approach the situation. Their attitude and the rich atmosphere allow them to surrender deep inner tensions, which in turn permits their health to be
- [Awakening The Heart](https://danceforallpeople.com/awakening-the-heart/) - Holy Spirit, giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing their wounds, you are our true life, luminous, wonderful, awakening the heart from its ancient sleep. —Hildegard of Bingen
- [O Great Spirit](https://danceforallpeople.com/o-great-spirit/) - O Great Spirit Help me to always speak the truth to listen with an open mind when others speak and to remember the peace that may be found in silence. — Cherokee Prayer
- [The Middle Ground](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-middle-ground/) - There is a middle ground, a basic Reality embracing self and Self. It may be called my true nature. To discover what prevents me from the experience of it, I have only to look at myself, just as I am. It is so simple. At this moment, what is my state? I let my attention
- [The Breeze At Dawn](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-breeze-at-dawn/) - The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you Don't go back to sleep You must ask for what you really want Don't go back to sleep People are going back and forth across the door sill where two worlds meet touch The door is round and open Don't go back to sleep — Rumi
- [We Go Beyond The Veil Of Fear](https://danceforallpeople.com/we-go-beyond-the-veil-of-fear/) - We go beyond the veil of fear, lighting each others way. The holiness that leads us is within us, as is our home. — A Course In Miracles
- [In Darkness](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-darkness/) - I will face the darkness, but I will not let it become me. Fear may be present but it will not possess me. I will face the darkness, as the knowing light within my heart and mind leads me home. And once again I will be free. —Laurel Dewey
- [The Only True Medicine](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-only-true-medicine/) - Healers, therapists, friends, and lovers! When you sit with a friend in pain, when their world no longer makes sense; when confusion rages and no rest is to be found. Just for a moment, will you resist the temptation to make things better, to reassure them, to provide answers, even to heal them? Will you
- [There Is A Force Within](https://danceforallpeople.com/there-is-a-force-within/) - There is a force within that gives you life — Seek that. In your body there is a priceless jewel — Seek that. Oh, wandering pilgrim, if you are in search of the greatest treasure, don't look outside, Look within, and seek That. — Rumi (translated by Jonathan Star)
- [Many Paths](https://danceforallpeople.com/many-paths/) - Many paths lead from The foot of the mountain But at the peak We all gaze at the Single bright moon — Ikkyu
- [Create A Clearing](https://danceforallpeople.com/create-a-clearing/) - Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it. Only then will you know how to give yourself
- [The Sky Is Lightening](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-sky-is-lightening/) - Look, my dear, The sky is lightening— I am no longer in the dead of night: My fear now somehow softer Than the sin of my transgressions. Perhaps now I can love Without the thoughts of retribution. Lay vengeance-laden ways aside, In favor of a better world, Where honest sorrow is the queen, The night
- [Praying](https://danceforallpeople.com/praying/) - It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.
- [This Is How A Human Can Change](https://danceforallpeople.com/this-is-how-a-human-can-change/) - This is how a human being can change: there’s a worm addicted to eating grape leaves. Suddenly he wakes up, call it grace, whatever, something wakes him, and he’s no longer a worm. He’s the entire vineyard, and the orchard too, the fruit, the trunks, a growing wisdom and joy that doesn’t need to devour.
- [Catfish Friend](https://danceforallpeople.com/catfish-friend/) - If I were to live my life in catfish forms in scaffolds of skin and whiskers at the bottom of a pond and you were to come by one evening when the moon was shining down into my dark home and stand there at the edge of my affection and think, "It's beautiful here by
- [Within and Around the Earth](https://danceforallpeople.com/within-and-around-the-earth/) - Within and around the earth, within and around the hills, within and around the mountains, your power returns to you. - A Tewa Prayer
- [Death Is Nothing At All](https://danceforallpeople.com/death-is-nothing-at-all/) - Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, That, we still are. Call me by my old familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way which you always did. Put no difference into your tone.
- [For All My Relations](https://danceforallpeople.com/for-all-my-relations/) - Always give before you take. It could be a gift, the tobacco, a prayer, a song, whatever you have. Give first before receiving. Always be kind. You never know the journey someone else has had to take, and they don't know yours. We all have burdens. If we are kind we lighten all our loads.
- [You Have Not Danced So Badly My Dear](https://danceforallpeople.com/you-have-not-danced-so-badly-my-dear/) - You have not danced so badly, my dear, Trying to hold hands with the Beautiful One. You have waltzed with great style, My sweet, crushed angel, To have ever neared God's Heart at all. Our Partner is notoriously difficult to follow, And even His best musicians are not always easy To hear. So what if
- [Working For Peace](https://danceforallpeople.com/working-for-peace/) - A few really dedicated people can offset the ill effects of masses of out-of-harmony people, so we who work for peace must not falter, we must continue to pray for peace and to act for peace in whatever way we can. We must continue to speak for peace and to live the way of peace;
- [Promise Yourself](https://danceforallpeople.com/promise-yourself/) - To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only the best, to
- [Part Of The Whole](https://danceforallpeople.com/part-of-the-whole/) - A human being is a part of the whole called by us the universe, a part limited in time & space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires
- [Sweet Darkness](https://danceforallpeople.com/sweet-darkness/) - When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you can be sure you are not beyond love. The dark will be your womb tonight.
- [Video Series: What Is Prayer? ](https://danceforallpeople.com/video-series-what-is-prayer/) - In June 2012 the amazing What Is Prayer? series debuted, recorded at the Wolf Creek Dance 2012. I am happy to announce we have one more. Roran Littleseed what is Prayer to you? If you missed the video series What Is Prayer? or would like to revisit them, GO HERE >>
- [You Reading This, Be Ready](https://danceforallpeople.com/you-reading-this-be-ready/) - Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened sound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now? Are you waiting for
- [Imagine Yourself](https://danceforallpeople.com/imagine-yourself/) - Releasing the separate one is a difficult knot. Finding yourself is something only you can do. Imagine yourself coming back 10 years from today Through time, to help you where you must be now. — Jim Cohn
- [Peace Is...](https://danceforallpeople.com/peace-is/) - Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make It's something you do, Something you are, And something you give away… — John Lennon
- [How Would It Be?](https://danceforallpeople.com/how-would-it-be/) - How would it be if just for today we thought less about contests and rivalries, profits and politics, winners and sinners, and more about helping and giving, mending and blending, reaching out and pitching in? How would it be? — Anonymous
- [Don't Think For A Blue Minute](https://danceforallpeople.com/dont-think-for-a-blue-minute/) - Don’t think for a blue minute peace lies in dreamy eyes of smiling Buddha blinking across fields of pink blossoms. Peace is no quaint scene, no warm aroma of homemade cookies. Nor, sound of luggage placed on holy ground. Peace is constant motion, careful balance, endless vigil, rush of a purposeful journey. Peace is not
- [Let Us Take Care Of The Children](https://danceforallpeople.com/let-us-take-care-of-the-children/) - Let us take care of the children, for they have a long way to go. Let us take care of the elders, for they have come a long way. Let us take care of the in between, for they are doing the work. —African Prayer
- [Live In The Present](https://danceforallpeople.com/live-in-the-present/) - Live in the present. Do all the things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold. —Peace Pilgrim
- [Your Song](https://danceforallpeople.com/your-song/) - Your song, a wished-for song. Go through the ear to the center where sky is, where wind, where silent knowing. Put seeds and cover them. Blades will sprout where you do your work. —Rumi Translated by Coleman Barks
- [Wild Geese](https://danceforallpeople.com/wild-geese/) - You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on.
- [The Heart Lasts Forever](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-heart-lasts-forever/) - My love for you is beyond gender, beyond the constraints of personality, beyond space and time. It is contained in the marvelous crystalline lattice, held by the heart strings, plucked like a harp, dipped into the well of clear water. We are here for just an instant and vanish like a snowflake, our imprint still
- [I Promise](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-promise/) - I promise. In quiet ways, most not seen. To be myself, to love enough, to dream. To give myself and you and me a strong heart a place to be. To reach out and color true, to love a child that's me, that's you. —RLs
- [Life Is So Generous A Giver](https://danceforallpeople.com/life-is-so-generous-a-giver/) - Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy, or hard. Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it
- [Love Said To Me](https://danceforallpeople.com/love-said-to-me/) - Last night I lost my grip on reality and welcomed insanity. Love saw me and said, I showed up. Wipe your tears and be silent. I said, O Love I am frightened, but it’s not you. Love said to me, there is nothing that is not me. be silent. I will whisper secrets in your
- [Need To Dance](https://danceforallpeople.com/need-to-dance/) - Inside every human being is a need to dance. We dance to music. Have you even wondered why people are moved when they hear an Indian Drum? The drum is the heartbeat of the Mother Earth. Every Indian dance is for a purpose and a reason. Every Song is for a reason. The beat of
- [Mysterious Electricity Of My Body](https://danceforallpeople.com/mysterious-electricity-of-my-body/) - Thou art the mysterious Electricity of my body, moving the intricate mechanism of flesh, bones, muscles, and nerves. Thy life force is present in my every breath and heartbeat. O sole Doer in Man and the Universe! may I realize that all power is divine and flows only from Thee. — Yogananda, Whispers From Eternity
- [Not The Same](https://danceforallpeople.com/not-the-same/) - Suddenly the trees are full of leaves, & we're not the same, either. Love, Ampersand Charmpop
- [Earth Prayer](https://danceforallpeople.com/earth-prayer/) - Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer. All things belong to you — the two-legged, the four-legged, the wings of the air, and all green things that live. You have set the
- [Abide At The Center Of Your Being](https://danceforallpeople.com/abide-at-the-center-of-your-being/) - Always we hope that someone else has the answer, some other place will be better, some other time it will all turn out. This is it. No one else has the answer. No other place will be better. And it has already turned out. At the center of your being you have the answers. And
- [I Am The Lifeforce Gathering To A Crest](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-am-the-lifeforce-gathering-to-a-crest/) - I am the unopened bud, and I the blossom, I am the lifeforce gathering to a crest, I am the still companion of the silence, I am the farflung seeker of the quest. I am the daughter gathering in wisdom, I am the son whose questions never cease, I am the dawn-light searching out glad
- [I Am The Boundless Ocean](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-am-the-boundless-ocean/) - I am the boundless ocean. This way and that, The wind, blowing where it will, Drives the ship of the world. But I am not shaken. I am the unbounded deep In whom the waves of the worlds Naturally rise and fall. I am the infinite deep In whom all the worlds Appear to rise.
- [The Third Thing](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-third-thing/) - Water is H2O, Hydrogen two parts Oxygen one But there is also a third thing that makes it water And nobody knows what that is. —D.H. Lawrence
- [Tatters](https://danceforallpeople.com/tatters/) - If you wear your wounds Like an old dress Too short Too tight Cutting into your arms Know that dress is not you It was meant to be discarded At the moment you outgrew it Don’t cling to that dress Just because you think You have nothing else to wear Or because you’ve come to
- [Why Do You Weep?](https://danceforallpeople.com/why-do-you-weep/) - Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same. Every wonderful sight will vanish, every sweet word will fade, But do not be disheartened, The source they come from is eternal, growing, Branching out, giving new life and new joy. Why do you weep?
- [So I Changed My Mind](https://danceforallpeople.com/so-i-changed-my-mind/) - I prayed for change, so I changed my mind. I prayed for guidance and learned to trust myself. I prayed for happiness and realized I am not my ego. I prayed for peace and learned to accept others unconditionally. I prayed for abundance and realized my doubt kept it out. I prayed for wealth and
- [May There Be Peace](https://danceforallpeople.com/may-there-be-peace/) - May there be peace in the higher regions; may there be peace in the firmament; may there be peace on earth. May the waters flow peacefully; may the herbs and plants grow peacefully; may all the divine powers bring unto us peace. The supreme Lord is peace. May we all be in peace, peace, and
- [It Is Love That Thrills The Soul](https://danceforallpeople.com/it-is-love-that-thrills-the-soul/) - Love is the dancing cry of the soul, calling the body to worship Like a shining whirlpool, or a spinning mayfly So is love among the skies. I leap across the mountaintops, madly singing the song of all songs I float through the ether, intoxicated, thrilled I think only of your love, your calling to
- [Promise Yourself](https://danceforallpeople.com/promise-yourself-2/) - To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only the best, to
- [Out Beyond Ideas](https://danceforallpeople.com/out-beyond-ideas/) - Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. ― Rumi
- [World Peace?](https://danceforallpeople.com/world-peace/) - What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. ― Mother Teresa
- [Pay Attention](https://danceforallpeople.com/pay-attention/) - Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ― Mary Oliver
- [Root Of Your Own Happiness](https://danceforallpeople.com/root-of-your-own-happiness/) - A tamed mind makes you peaceful, relaxed, and happy; whereas, if your mind is not peaceful and tamed, no matter how wonderful your external circumstances, you will be beset by frights and worries. Realize that the root of your own happiness and welfare rests with a peaceful and tamed mind. It is also a great
- [Have Courage](https://danceforallpeople.com/have-courage/) - Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. ― Victor Hugo
- [True Inner Peace](https://danceforallpeople.com/true-inner-peace/) - My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already. ― Dave Barry
- [Waiting With Patience](https://danceforallpeople.com/waiting-with-patience/) - never lose hope when the Beloved sends you away. If you’re abandoned if you’re left hopeless tomorrow for sure you’ll be called again. If the door is shut right in your face keep waiting with patience don’t leave right away. Seeing your patience your Love will soon summon you with grace raise you like a
- [Who Is In The House Of My Heart?](https://danceforallpeople.com/who-is-in-the-house-of-my-heart/) - Who is in the house of my heart, I cried in the middle of the night. Love said, "It is I, but what are all these images that fill your house?" I said, they are the reflection of your beautiful face. She asked, "But what is this image full of pain?" I said, it is
- [Heart Of The Sundance](https://danceforallpeople.com/heart-of-the-sundance/) - The singers roll thunder Across the drum As their songs propel the dancers Through the many rounds. Silently. Up in the fork of the tree A glowing red heart appears. An arrow strikes the branching trunk Aside the heart. A hand reaches from the heart To pluck the arrow, Adding it to a bundle of
- [Gratitude](https://danceforallpeople.com/gratitude/) - Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. ― Maya Angelou
- [A Compassionate Community](https://danceforallpeople.com/a-compassionate-community/) - A compassionate community will not be achieved only through prayer; I pray myself, but I accept its limitations. We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartedness can then spread through the community just as ripples
- [Service To Others](https://danceforallpeople.com/service-to-others/) - Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. — Muhammad Ali
- [Kind Words](https://danceforallpeople.com/kind-words/) - Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. — Mother Teresa
- [Proclaiming Peace](https://danceforallpeople.com/proclaiming-peace/) - While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. — St. Francis of Assisi
- [Watch The Beauty of Life](https://danceforallpeople.com/watch-the-beauty-of-life/) - Watch the beauty of life and appreciate it. It goes beyond people's prayers or problems; they get blessed by that butterfly. Just be free with it. Just pray for this world. If you see the butterfly or some bird, then you could pray for your family, but you should pray for the world. — Bear
- [To Your Knees](https://danceforallpeople.com/to-your-knees/) - When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to Pray. — Rumi
- [Conquer With Love](https://danceforallpeople.com/conquer-with-love/) - Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love. ― Mahatma Gandhi
- [Be Patient](https://danceforallpeople.com/be-patient/) - Be patient with everyone, but above all yourself... do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. How are we to be patient in dealing with our neighbor's faults if we are impatient in dealing with our own? They who are fretted by their own failings will not correct them.
- [Father Heaven, Mother Moon](https://danceforallpeople.com/father-heaven-mother-moon/) - Father Heaven, Mother Moon, Friend Earth I am a part of you. I appreciate that you let me stay here. I am here as expression of love and joy. I humbly swear that I will share love with people. Please bring peace, hope and joy to this world through me as your tool. I live
- [Love After Love](https://danceforallpeople.com/love-after-love/) - The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the
- [Singing For Peace](https://danceforallpeople.com/singing-for-peace/) - Nov 22: St. Cecilia's Day, celebrating the patron saint of music I pray and I sing. And sometimes my prayer is my singing. — Bobby McFerrin Joan Henry sings Women's Honoring Song: "See them dance in grace and beauty! Mothers, Grandmothers, sisters, aunties, daughters. All women of Nations, women of ALL the Nations, you are
- [Silent friend of many distances, feel](https://danceforallpeople.com/silent-friend-of-many-distances-feel/) - Silent friend of many distances, feel how your breath enlarges all of space. Let your presence ring out like a bell into the night. What feeds upon your face grows mighty from the nourishment thus offered. Move through transformation, out and in. What is the deepest loss that you have suffered? If drinking is bitter,
- [We Were Made for These Times](https://danceforallpeople.com/we-were-made-for-these-times/) - My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what
- [Winter Solstice Prayer](https://danceforallpeople.com/winter-solstice-prayer/) - Deep night, Dark night Night of the longest sigh Soulful night, Sacred night Night of the longest dreams Cold night, Holy night Night of unfurling desires Womb of the world, Birther of hope Bringer of peace and good will Pray, pray for all good things That suffering for all will end That life will thrive
- [Prayer to the Four Airts](https://danceforallpeople.com/prayer-to-the-four-airts/) - We give thanks that we have risen again today and to the great Rising of Life Itself As the sun rises in the East and brightens up the sky and earth May our souls be bright with gratitude for all good things in our lives And may we be generous in sharing these with others
- [Video: Joy Flows In My Veins!](https://danceforallpeople.com/video-joy-flows-in-my-veins/) - Music & Lyrics: Robin Kissinger Edit: BabaSink
- [When a Woman Feels Alone](https://danceforallpeople.com/when-a-woman-feels-alone/) - ‘When a woman feels alone, when the room is full of daemons,” the Nootka tribe Tells us, ‘The Old Woman will be there.” She has come to me over three thousand miles And what does she have to tell me, troubled “by phantoms in the night”? Is she really here? What is the saving word
- [I Hear and Behold God In Every Object](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-hear-and-behold-god-in-every-object/) - I hear and behold God in every object, yet I understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself. Why should I wish to see God better than this day? I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then, In the
- [For Death](https://danceforallpeople.com/for-death/) - From the moment you were born, your death has walked beside you. Though it seldom shows its face, you still feel its empty touch when fear invades your life, or what you love is lost or inner damage is incurred... Yet when destiny draws you into these spaces of poverty, and your heart stays generous
- [The Guest House](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-guest-house/) - This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may
- [Remember](https://danceforallpeople.com/remember/) - Remember who You are Remember what you Love Remember what is Sacred Remember what is True Remember this day is a Gift Remember your Path and your Destiny Remember how you wish to Live
- [What If](https://danceforallpeople.com/what-if/) - What if my task in life is not to find out my calling, struggle hard, and sell it high. But rather, to slow down, inhabit the gap between my dreams and circumstances with a soft, curious flesh. To improvise a way through the forest of life, to fall in love with another I meet on
- [Who Says Words With My Mouth?](https://danceforallpeople.com/who-says-words-with-my-mouth/) - All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there. This drunkenness began in some other tavern. When I get
- [Let Peace Rain Down Upon The Earth](https://danceforallpeople.com/let-peace-rain-down-upon-the-earth/) - Let Peace rain down upon the earth Strong and sweet Quenching the fires of War Lust and Envy. Let Love rise up from the soil Clean as dew Touching the breath of a new day Holy with kisses For enemies No longer. Let Joy wrap arms around this world with Sisters and brothers Hugging hard
- [Awake!](https://danceforallpeople.com/awake/) - Awake, my dear. Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of Light, and let it breathe. Hafiz
- [About World Peace & Prayer Day](https://danceforallpeople.com/about-world-peace-prayer-day/) - Here is the debut of my latest video on behalf of the Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe for the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Nations, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, and the upcoming World Peace & Prayer Day to be held in Wappingers Falls, NY, June 19-22, 2014. Joan Henry speaks about the intent and
- [The Warrior Of Light](https://danceforallpeople.com/the-warrior-of-light/) - Every warrior of light has felt afraid of going into battle. Every warrior of light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone. Every warrior of light has trodden a path that was not his. Every warrior of light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons. Every warrior of light has,
- [Today's Seeds](https://danceforallpeople.com/todays-seeds/) - Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing. — Rumi
- [I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings](https://danceforallpeople.com/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings/) - The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his
- [Walking For Peace](https://danceforallpeople.com/walking-for-peace/) - In Remembrance of the Peace Pilgrim From 1953 to 1981 a silver-haired woman calling herself only "Peace Pilgrim" walked more than 25,000 miles on a personal pilgrimage for peace. She vowed to "remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace, walking until given shelter and fasting until given food." In the course

## Pages

- [Dance For All People](https://danceforallpeople.com/) - The Dance For All People is drawn from a tradition of the Great Basin/Plateau indigenous peoples which was practiced for the healing, restoration and renewal.
- [NCPC: In Support of White Eagle](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc-in-support-of-white-eagle/) - White Eagle was diagnosed with Stage 1 Pancreatic Cancer in September and is working with a new team of doctors to create a plan of treatment and healing.
- [Calendar](https://danceforallpeople.com/calendar/) - We have dances throughout the year that are sponsored by communities in California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah, Tennessee, New York, and New Hampshire.
- [North East Dance 2026](https://danceforallpeople.com/ne-2026/) - We dance in prayer with nature, our ancestors and our descendants. We dance alignment, standing in the light. 25-27 September 2026, Booth Bay, Maine
- [Charles Lawrence Video](https://danceforallpeople.com/charles-lawrence-video/) - A collection of Charles Lawrence videos that documents his wisdom, guidance, and insights over the years.
- [NCPC: In Support of Paulino Solarzano](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc-in-support-of-paulino-solarzano/) - Paulino has made the deeply personal decision to prioritize quality of life instead of pursuing chemotherapy or radiation.
- [GoFundMe](https://danceforallpeople.com/gofundme/)
- [NY Fall Equinox Ceremony 2026](https://danceforallpeople.com/ny-fall-equinox-ceremony/) - NY Fall Equinox Ceremony The Fall Equinox occurs when day and night are of equal length, marking a cosmic tipping point where light gives way to darkness. It symbolizes balance, gratitude for the harvest, and a sacred shift toward introspection as nature prepares for winter Where: 323 Liberty Street Long Branch, NJ, 07740 When: Saturday,
- [Connecting From Afar](https://danceforallpeople.com/connecting-from-afar/) - The next step beyond Dancing From Afar is Connecting From Afar, to creatively connect with each other in meaningful ways.
- [After the Dance](https://danceforallpeople.com/after-the-dance/) - Here are some time-tested suggestions to help you ground and digest your experience after the Dance For All People.
- [NCPC: Projects](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc-projects/) - The NCPC has many ongoing Projects that support the Dance For All People, the dancers, the elders and the indigenous communities from which the dance arose.
- [Vision Keeper Bundle Keeper Gathering 2026](https://danceforallpeople.com/vision-keeper-bundle-keeper-gathering-2026/) - Corbin Harney was a Newe Elder — spiritual leader, healer, speaker, & environmental activist way before it was popular.
- [Montana Dance 2026](https://danceforallpeople.com/montana-dance-2026/) - August 21-23, 2026 Victor, MT We come together in community to renew and honor our relationship with the Ancestors and Spirits of the Land, each other for healing and moving forward. LIke the osprey, we can see with stronger eyes, looking deeper for the ways to feed our own spirit, and weave the container to
- [California Dance 2026](https://danceforallpeople.com/california2026/) - Gathering As Flowers: becoming a bouquet for healing October 22-25, 2026 West Marin County We gather as flowers: becoming a bouquet of Prayer. Some as buds, some with firm fresh petals, and some crisping around the edges. Joani reminds us that in many cultures of this region, flowers are traditional offerings at meeting. As flowers
- [Integration of the Dance](https://danceforallpeople.com/integration/) - We hope the dance has helped you unlock new ways of feeling, thinking, and moving through the world. Near the end of many of the dances, we asked you to create a card, called an Integration Card (previously Re-entry Card) that would be sent to you weeks after the dance in order to bring some
- [Videos](https://danceforallpeople.com/latest-vidoes/) - The Dance For All People has been posting videos for decades with Clyde Hall, Charles Lawrence, Joan Henry, and many more folks.Visit the DFAP YouTube Channel.
- [NCPC: Donate](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/ncpc-donate/) - As a 501(c)3 non-profit recognized by the U.S. government, you can make direct tax-deductible donations that are easy, fast, and a safe way to transfer funds.
- [NCPC: Board](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/ncpc-board/) - The NCPC Board, with the advisement of the Advisory Council, work together to identify worthy projects, and help to bring them to fruition.
- [Summer Solstice 2026](https://danceforallpeople.com/summer-solstice-2026/) - Summer Solstice Gatherings: New York & Northeast The Summer Solstice signifies the time when Mother Earth is at the fullness of Her strength, fertility, and abundance. We too can celebrate our strength in joining together around the Tree at the center of our hearts, offering gratitude and prayers for the bounty that we experience daily.The
- [Charles Lawrence Music: I Send A Cry](https://danceforallpeople.com/charles-lawrence-i-send-a-cry/) - The Charles Lawrence recording, "I Send A Cry", was first released in 1994 on CD and cassette. With Charles' permission we are now making it available online.
- [About Prayer](https://danceforallpeople.com/about-prayer/) - The way we ask for prayers is as much an art as it is an act of conscious awareness. Do we have the open heart to discern the answer that is coming our way?
- [Community Bundles](https://danceforallpeople.com/community-bundles/) - Within each local dance a community Bundle is created and cared for by a Bundlekeeper. A Bundle is a collection of sacred objects and kept in a good way.
- [Wolf Creek Dance 2026](https://danceforallpeople.com/wolf-creek-dance-2026/) - In uncertain times, we are stronger and safer when we travel together. When we join our voices and hands with others, when we lend our strengths to those near us, when can trust the flight of others to inspire and support our journeys forward into the Great Unknown, we can fly higher and further than
- [Power in Motion:  15-17 May, 2026, Utah](https://danceforallpeople.com/utah-dance-2026/) - Join us 15-17 May, 2026 as we Dance Together with Horse. We gather together on the land in a place of spiritual power. Our ancestors are calling!
- [NCPC: Winter Coat Drive](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/coat-drive/) - For over 20 years the NCPC has been sponsoring a yearly Winter Coat Drive & collecting Christmas gifts for THE community in Ft. Hall.
- [Tennessee Dance 9-12 Apr 2026](https://danceforallpeople.com/tennessee-dance-2026/) - Join us for the Tennessee Dance For All People We gather together to dance in ceremony, celebrating the light within. We dance the light out into the world for the healing and renewal of our mother earth, ourselves and all our relations… DOWNLOAD THE CALLInvitationDFAPWellnessAgreementsHelpingGatekeepingRegistrationInvitation The Tennessee Dance was born from a desire to offer
- [Reading List: Inner Work](https://danceforallpeople.com/read-list-inner-work/) - Here is a wonderful list of inner work book titles that may be of interest to those who participate in Dance For All People.
- [Respecting Indian Tradition](https://danceforallpeople.com/respecting-indian-tradition/) - Says Benson Landford: "In regard to what is traditional and what is not, we realize that whenever possible it is prudent to seek counsel."
- [Tanssi Kaikille Ihmisille](https://danceforallpeople.com/tanssi-kaikille-ihmisille/) - Tanssi Kaikille Ihmisille on syntynyt Pohjois-Amerikan länsiosissa sijaitsevien Suuren Altaan ja Ylätasankojen intiaanikansojen perinteestä.
- [Traditional Face Painting](https://danceforallpeople.com/traditional-face-painting/) - In Native culture face painting at one time was an important costume for almost any dance, as well as in every ritual and for all tribal games.
- [Walking In Peace: Youth Leading The Way](https://danceforallpeople.com/walking-in-peace-youth-leading-the-way/) - Tonight my daughter Phoebe will get up on a stage with her peers and shave her head – supporting pediatric cancer research and awareness.
- [Wisdom Circle Talks](https://danceforallpeople.com/wisdom-circle-talks/) - We, the Women Dance Chiefs (Hawke, Wilma, Catherine), believe what is needed at this time is the sharing of wisdom with the broader DFAP Community and encouraging dialogue
- [Remembering The Ancestors](https://danceforallpeople.com/remembering-the-ancestors/) - Honoring the Fire of Spirit the Light and Love of our Ancestors At the 2014 New York Dance our theme was Honoring the fire of Spirit, the Light and Love Of Our Ancestors. May we remember all the Elders and Dancers who have crossed over to the Other Side Camp since the beginning of the
- [In Remembrance: Howard Doore](https://danceforallpeople.com/howard-doore-remembrance/) - Clyde Hall writes: Howard Doore NAA-TOO-CII-PIST-TO (Holy Owl) was a very special brother/friend of mine, a friendship that extended over 4 decades of time.
- [Northwest Dance 2026](https://danceforallpeople.com/nw-dance-2026/) - March 5-8, 2026 Calling to your spirit You are called into the NW circle, to the Coast Salish homelands—where tides, rivers, oceans and cedar meet. Northwest Dance for All People invites you on this healing journey of movement, renewal, and release around the Tree of Life. Guided by the drums, the fire and the breath
- [About "Dance For All People"](https://danceforallpeople.com/about/) - The Dance For All People is drawn from an age-old tradition of the Great Basin/Plateau indigenous peoples which is practiced for healing and renewal.
- [Bear Boy LaRose](https://danceforallpeople.com/bear-boy-larose/) - Learn about Bear Boy LaRose, — Ute Sun Dance Chief, medicine man, traditional ceremonialist, artist, singer, and Dance For All People Elder.
- [Bundle Keeper Gathering 2025](https://danceforallpeople.com/bundle-keeper-recap-2025/) - We’re excited to announce that the bundle keepers will be gathering in person this November!
- [Scholarships For BIPOC & Trans* Dancers](https://danceforallpeople.com/scholarships-bipoc-trans-dancers/) - The NCPC has created a new Scholarship Fund to create more equitable access to the Dance for those who identify as BIPOC and/or Trans*.
- [New York Ceremony 2025](https://danceforallpeople.com/new-york-ceremony-2025/) - Join us as we Dance in the Flow of Abundance! Saturday, 13 December, 2025 Highland, New York We are shared; We are interconnected; We are beyond time and space; We are all and everything The Dance holds us as the Mother, as the Roots, as the Branches hold us and each other together There has
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/) - The Thanksgiving Address (the Ohen:ton Karihwatehkwen) is the central prayer and invocation for the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois Confederacy).
- [Remembering Bundle Be](https://danceforallpeople.com/remembering-bundle-be/) - On October 13, 2019, Tennessee bundlekeeper and esteemed elder Byron Whiting — Bundle Be — crossed over to the Other Side Camp for the next Big Journey.
- [NCPC: Share With Each Other](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc-share-with-each-other/) - it is vital that we find ways to share with each other, to stay connected and reaffirm ourselves to community. to recognise lines of kinship and support.
- [NCPC: Deepening Our Commitment](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc-deepening-our-commitment/) - It is time to deepen our commitment to this dance. Please give what you can and strengthen our vital path as the Dance for All People.
- [Connecting From Afar Through The Tree](https://danceforallpeople.com/connecting-from-afar-through-the-tree/) - Tree reminds us that we can dance from afar, and we can also connect with one another from afar anytime using the same “circuitry”, thanks to the Tree Nation.
- [New England Ceremony 2025](https://danceforallpeople.com/new-england-dance-2025/) - Dare to Receive, delight in Giving. Gather in Maine, 27 September, 2025.
- [Montana Dance 2025](https://danceforallpeople.com/montana-dance-2025/) - August 22-24, 2025 Victor, MT Gates Now Closed “… we are coming to a time of listening. Our sweat and breath are now upon this land. Voices rise up, and we begin to hear the echoes in the stones.” — Kent Nerburn We listen & honor the ancestor spirits of the land and the ones
- [NCPC: In Community](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc-in-community/) - Corbin Harney was a Newe Elder — spiritual leader, healer, speaker, & environmental activist way before it was popular.
- [Utah Dance 16-18 May, 2025](https://danceforallpeople.com/utah-dance-2025/) - Join our Utah Dance as we Dance Sacred Reciprocity 16-18 May, 2025
- [In Remembrance of Ann Roberts Rockefeller](https://danceforallpeople.com/remembrance-of-ann-roberts/) - On April 5, 2025, a Memorial Celebration & Remembrance was held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC. This video excerpt of the Celebration features the remembrances and stories from the Native Elders, facilitated by Charles Lawrence in traditional Talking Circle fashion. Many Native Elders from near and afar were invited to
- [In Remembrance of Ann: David J. de la Torre](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-david-j-de-la-torre/) - The Mexican Museum Remembrance David J. de la Torre Ann Rockefeller Roberts was one of the most important benefactors in the 50-year history of The Mexican Museum (TMM). Her passing this week gives me an opportunity to share memories of my dear friend and mentor. I first met Ann shortly after I became the museum’s
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Murray Edelman](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-murray-edelman/) - Walking Between Worlds Murray Edelman I first met Ann Roberts in 1987 when she was one of four leaders of a Vision Quest in the Mojave Desert. I first experienced her amazing ability to listen and be present and accepting as she helped me work through some issues I was having with the three other
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Mountaine Jonas](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-mountaine/) - Ann’s Apartment Sale Mountaine Jonas Some years back, Ann let it be known that she would be hosting a sale of some of her possessions from her 5th Avenue apartment, to benefit the Naraya Cultural Preservation Council. I offered to come early to help her set up. It was such a pleasure to spend time
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Jerry Buie](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-jerry-buie/) - More Remembrances Charles Lawrence Clyde Hall David J. de la Torre Hollis Melton Jerry Buie Karen Holmes Laine Thom Mountaine Jonas Murray Edelman Nancy Martinez Paul Korzinski Robert Croonquist Robert Sink Trebbe Johnson
- [Charles Lawrence Interview](https://danceforallpeople.com/charles-lawrence-interview/) - SixDegrees Magazine of Finland interviews Charles Lawrence — world traveller, former psychologist, businessman and Dance For All People elder.
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Nancy Martinez](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-nancy-martinez/) - Remembrance Nancy Eagle Spirit Woman Ann Roberts embraced me at St. John in the early days of the Dance. When I went into Spirit, her Spirit communicated with mine and had their own conversation. We had many occasions together in her home in the city. Lot’s of memories. Love and Blessings More Remembrances Charles Lawrence
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Karen Holmes](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-karen-holmes/) - Lasting Impressions Karen Holmes I met Ann in the early 90s at a full moon circle at her NYC apartment. She was such a gracious and elegant hostess, offering me my first taste of her delicious homemade kombucha! Her presence was so spiritually grounded and I experienced her as a wise and gifted woman. When
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Laine Thom](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-laine-thom/) - Kaguu Laine Thom I called her Kaguu which means grandmother in Shoshone. I met Kaguu in the mid 1990’s in Grand Teton National Park during her visit to Jackson Hole while staying at the JY Ranch. She came to Visit The Colter Bay Indian Arts Museum which housed her uncle Laurence Rockerfeller collection which he
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Charles Lawrence](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-charles-lawrence/) - My Life Is Different Charles Lawrence In the early Spring of 1989, the morning before Carolyn Twangyawma (Traditional 3rd Mesa Hopi Elder, my legally adopted Mother) and I were set to fly to USSR, at the invitation of Raisa Gorbachov. to participate with an international gathering Grandmothers for Peace. One, two, three phone calls later,
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Paul Korzinski](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-paul-korzinski/) - She Was Remarkable Paul Korzinski I recall meeting Ann back in the late 1980s, early 90s, when I went on a vision quest in Utah. Ann was one of the participants, as was I, and we were assigned to be buddies on the several day wilderness camping portion. We conversed as we hiked together in
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Trebbe Johnson](https://danceforallpeople.com/remembrance-trebbe-johnson/) - Humble Generosity Trebbe Johnson Ann and I had known each other for a few days before we found each other— thanks to a cloud. Ann was one of four guides leading a vision quest I went on in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado in 1988. One afternoon, she led an exercise in which we
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Clyde Hall](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-clyde-hall/) - My Memories Clyde Hall A very dear and special friend of mine has passed into the Spirit Land… her name was Ann Rockefeller Roberts. I met her through Charles Lawrence in New York City in the early 90’s, not knowing how we would affect each other’s lives in the future and the adventures we would
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Robert Croonquist](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-robert-croonquist/) - Tribute To Ann Roberts Robert Croonquist Ann was a rare and special person, one of privilege and of tragedy, who was able to convert all of that into love and service. For most of my life I have felt like an outsider, an invisible in a field of giants. In some way, I think Ann
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Hollis Melton](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-hollis-melton/) - Remembering Ann Hollis Melton She’s so much; her spirit is so big. She came to her 70th birthday party in a sea green strapless gown. She was awesome. It was a magical party at a restaurant in Inwood Park, near the Cloisters in Manhattan. We danced and danced. In the middle of the party Ann
- [In Remembrance of Ann: Robert Sink](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-remembrance-of-ann-robert-sink/) - In The Early Years Robert Sink In the early years of the New York Dance we had regular Council Meetings to figure out who we were and what our yearly gatherings would look like. Most of us had no template, no history to reflect upon what it meant to put on Ceremony. It was juicy,
- [Emma Pohipe Dann](https://danceforallpeople.com/emma-pohipe-dann/) - Emma Pohipe Dann, a direct descendent of the last Lemhi Chief Tendoy, can rightly be called the spiritual Grandmother of our modern day Dance For All People.
- [About Clyde Hall](https://danceforallpeople.com/about-clyde-hall/) - Clyde M. Hall, our Shoshone-Metis Dance Chief, is an acknowledged authority, writer, and lecturer of Native American culture, tribal arts and folkways.
- [Clyde Hall Video](https://danceforallpeople.com/clyde-hall-video/) - Clyde Hall videos that document his wit and wisdom as Dance Chief for the Dance For All People. Clyde Hall has a lot to say to encourage and inspire.
- [Audio Interview: Clyde Hall Remembers Emma](https://danceforallpeople.com/clyde-hall-remembers-emma/) - Clyde Hall remembers Emma Pohipe Dann in this fascinating interview where he tells us how Emma would always be singing the songs that we know from the Dance.
- [Adventures With Bear Boy](https://danceforallpeople.com/adventures-with-bear-boy/) - Hollis Melton relates her experiences with Bear Boy LaRose: "The way it all began was when Bear Boy and his nephew, Theron, came to the NY Dance in 2001."
- [Reginald and Gladys Laubin](https://danceforallpeople.com/reginald-and-gladys-laubin/) - Reginald and Gladys Laubin devoted their lives to preserving a vanishing Native American culture by presenting authentic Indian dances, costumes, and songs.
- [Teniwaa](https://danceforallpeople.com/teniwaa/) - Teniwaa is a Shoshone word for unwritten code governing traditional behavior. We are representatives of Spirit and must conduct ourselves with integrity.
- [NCPC: Helping Each Other Build Connections](https://danceforallpeople.com/helping-each-other-build-connections/) - One of the greatest gifts of the dance is that it brings us together. Wovoka’s original vision was to create harmony between the races and people of humanity.
- [Corbin Harney](https://danceforallpeople.com/corbin-harney/) - Corbin Harney was a Newe Elder of the Western Shoshone Tribe — spiritual leader, healer, speaker, & environmental activist way before it was popular.
- [Support For Dances](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/support-for-dances/) - It’s surprisingly easy to write a legally-enforceable Will through the NCPC, to control what happens to any worldly assets you leave behind.
- [NCPC: Supporting Native Youth](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/supporting-native-youth/) - The Youth Scholarship Fund developed by NCPC seeks to assist young men and women who wish to attend the Dance For All People and other events.
- [NCPC: The Nature of Gifting](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/ncpc-the-nature-of-gifting/) - NCPC realizes that we have a responsibility to find ways to support our most cherished resource the Native American traditionalists and their way of life.
- [NCPC](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/) - The NCPC is a 501(c)(3), committed to the vision that peoples of all colors, genders, orientations and religious beliefs may dance in peace together...
- [NCPC: Elder Wisdom Project](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/elder-wisdom-project/) - The Elder Wisdom Project seeks to share indigenous wisdom in a workshop format. Benson Lanford is a world authority on culture, and spiritual practices.
- [Learning From The Elders](https://danceforallpeople.com/learning-from-the-elders/) - Jerry Buie writes: "There is an appropriate protocol in learning how to carry Medicine and to be taught the Medicine Path in a good and honorable way..."
- [NCPC: Lillian Vallely School](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/lillian-vallely-school/) - As a part of our ongoing relationship with the Lillian Vallely School, the NCPC contributes to enhancing their cultural enrichment program to help the kids.
- [About Ashokan](https://danceforallpeople.com/about-ashokan/) - Located in Olivebridge, New York on 374-acres of Catskill forests, streams and farmland, Ashokan Center is the home for the New York Dance For All People.
- [Elder Housing Cabins At Wolf Creek](https://danceforallpeople.com/elder-housing-cabins-at-wolf-creek/) - At the 2011 Wolf Creek Rosette Royale announced the vision and dream of building new elder cabins on the land in order to have safe and warm housing for elders.
- [California Dance 2024](https://danceforallpeople.com/california-dance/) - Santa Cruz Dance 2024: Tending Community! We gather Oct. 10-13 at Indian Canyon, and is sacred land and home for Ohlone/Costanoan people for thousands of years.
- [Bear Boy: Letter to Community](https://danceforallpeople.com/bear-boy-letter-to-community/) - Bear Boy LaRose wrote this missive in May 2004 for our Dance Community Prayer Request List while he was in the hospital. His words still ring loud and true.
- [NCPC: Cave Rock](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc-cave-rock/) - Cave Rock is a Washoe sacred site, a church that should e be designated a National Monument and not allowed to be defaced and devalued by rock climbing.
- [Dance For All People FAQ](https://danceforallpeople.com/first-time-here/) - Are you interested in the Dance For All People, or a first-time dancer wanting to know more? We have many F.A.Q.s to help you out.
- [What Is the Puhakanten?](https://danceforallpeople.com/what-is-the-puhakanten/) - A puhakanten is one who carries and moves medicine. He or she is a person who calls the power down into a ceremony. Puhakanten literally means a clay vessel.
- [Reading List: Native American](https://danceforallpeople.com/reading-list-native-american/) - Here is a wonderful list of Native American book titles that may be of interest to those who participate in Dance For All People.
- [What Is The Tree of Life?](https://danceforallpeople.com/what-is-the-tree-of-life/) - The Sacred Tree can be found in every tradition, in every culture since the dawn of time. At the Dance For all People we always dance around a living tree.
- [About Gifting](https://danceforallpeople.com/about-gifting/) - There will be elders and others who will help us in our journey at the dance. Often we feel moved to express our gratitude with a gift or offering.
- [Cooking Ya Ha & Other Recollections](https://danceforallpeople.com/cooking-ya-ha-other-recollections/) - Clyde Hall recounts growing up on the rez: "To the Shoshone and other Great Basin people, the ya ha (rock chuck) was a delicacy to be savored and enjoyed!"
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 20](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-20/) - Watch this wonderful Thanksgiving Address video. There is also a children’s book available, "Giving Thanks", written by Chief Jack Swamp and Erwin Printup, Jr.
- [Words & Song of Wisdom](https://danceforallpeople.com/words-and-song-of-wisdom/) - Words and songs of wisdom from the Dance For All People elders and dancers.
- [What Is The Sacred Fire?](https://danceforallpeople.com/about-fire/) - You may see that there is an energy of the fire that is beyond the physical energy manifested. That energy needs to be kept strong during ceremony.
- [What Is Ceremony?](https://danceforallpeople.com/about-ceremony/) - In the Dance we create sacred circular space. We take a step toward creating a safe container for our work by preparing the space for it to happen.
- [Vision Arrows](https://danceforallpeople.com/vision-arrows/) - A vision arrow is a wonderful way for you to prepare for your Dance. It is a physical manifestation of the visions, guidance, and dreams you wish to attract.
- [Tribes of Native Nations](https://danceforallpeople.com/tribes-of-native-nations/) - Tribes of native nations map in North America.
- [Traditional Uses of Buffalo](https://danceforallpeople.com/traditional-uses-of-buffalo/) - Buffalo has not only been deeply important and sacred to all indigenous tribes of North America, but also of great value in sustaining the people in their lives
- [Reading List: Two-Spirit](https://danceforallpeople.com/reading-list-two-spirit/) - Here is a wonderful list of Two-Spirit book titles that may be of interest to those who participate in Dance For All People.
- [Reading List: Stories To Live By](https://danceforallpeople.com/reading-list-stories-to-live-by/) - Here is a wonderful list of "Stories To Live By" book titles that may be of interest to those who participate in Dance For All People.
- [Reading List: Resources](https://danceforallpeople.com/reading-list-resources/) - Here is a wonderful list of resource book titles that may be of interest to those who participate in Dance For All People.
- [Reading List: Fiction](https://danceforallpeople.com/reading-list-fiction/) - Here is a wonderful list of fiction book titles that may be of interest to those who participate in Dance For All People.
- [Prayer Ties](https://danceforallpeople.com/prayer-ties/) - Prayer ties are a traditional sacred bundle of tobacco that is imbued with your best wishes, prayers, intentions, and especially your thank yous.
- [NCPC: Leaving a Legacy to NCPC](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/ncpc-legacy/) - It’s surprisingly easy to write a legally-enforceable Will through the NCPC, to control what happens to any worldly assets you leave behind.
- [NCPC: Wolf Creek Elder Housing Project](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/wolf-creek-elder-housing-project/) - In order to better serve the elders of the Dance For All People and those with special needs, Nomenus and NCPC jointly initiated the Elder Housing Project.
- [NCPC: Meet Sean Dill](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/ncpc-meet-sean-dill/) - Sean Dill writes: "My first Dance in 2004 changed me forever. For a period of time I was involved in helping to organize and caretake the New York Dance..."
- [NCPC: Meet Murray Edelman](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/ncpc-meet-murray-edelman/) - Writes Murray: I want to focus on Clyde Hall, our Executive & Cultural Director, because supporting him was the primary reason motivating me to start the NCPC.
- [NCPC: Meet Joy Loupe](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/ncpc-meet-joy-loupe/) - "i have been involved in the dance since the first wolf creek dance in 1999. this ceremony, this community quickly became an important part of my life."
- [NCPC: Meet Deb Bickford](https://danceforallpeople.com/ncpc/ncpc-meet-deb-bickford/) - Deb writes: "My name is Deb Bickford and many of you know me as the New England Bundle Keeper. I am deeply honored to be a member of the NCPC Board."
- [Clyde Hall: Focus On The Tree](https://danceforallpeople.com/message-from-clyde-focus-on-the-tree/) - Our native ancestors taught us that in times of trouble, it is time to dance. Principle Dance Chief Clyde Hall speaks to us about the strength of our community.
- [In Memory of Stanley Guardipee](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-memory-of-stanley-guardipee/) - We pray today for our dance Brother and Elder Stanley Guardipee, who passed away Sunday night, October 20, 2013.
- [In Memory of Ida Mae Garrison](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-memory-of-ida-mae-garrison/) - Ida Mae Garrison of the Hunkpapa Sioux nation, an honored guest at the NY Dance in 2017, shed her earthly robe on March 25, 2017. She is now dancing from the Other Side Camp.
- [In Memorium: Robin Kissinger](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-memorium-robin-kissinger/) - We ask for hearty prayers for our longtime Dance Compatriot, Robin Kissinger, who passed over to the other side camp on Christmas Eve, 2013!
- [In Memorium: Marvin Taub](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-memorium-marvin-taub/) - Good friend Zanna writes: "Marvin Taub was a gracious and gentle man and his presence will be greatly missed."
- [In Memorium: Dan Bickford](https://danceforallpeople.com/in-memorium-dan-bickford/) - Deb Bickford writes of the passing of beloved Dan Bickford: "As we travel this Earth in our myriad ways, our common ground may be found...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 9](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-9/) - Part 9: We now turn our thoughts to the Trees. The Earth has many families of Trees who have their own instructions and uses...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 8](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-8/) - Part 8: We gather our minds together to send our greetings and our thanks to all the Animal life in the world. They have many things to teach us as people...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 7](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-7/) - Part 7: Now we turn to all the Medicine plants of the world. From the beginning they were instructed to take away sickness...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 6](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-6/) - Part 6: With one mind, we turn to honor and thank all the Food Plants we harvest from the garden. Since the beginning of time, the grains, vegetables...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 4](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-4/) - Part 4: We turn our minds to the all the Fish life in the water. They were instructed to cleanse and purify the water. They also give themselves to us as food.
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 5](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-5/) - Part 5: Now we turn toward the Plants. As far as the eye can see, the Plants grow, working many wonders. They sustain many life forms...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 3](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-3/) - Part 3: We give thanks to all the waters of the world for quenching our thirst and providing us with strength. Water is life. We know its power in many forms...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 14](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-14/) - Part 14: We put our minds together to give thanks to our oldest Grandmother, the Moon, who lights the night‐time sky. She is the leader of woman...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 13](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-13/) - Part 13: We now send our greetings and our thanks to our eldest Brother, the Sun. Each day without fail he travels the sky from east to west...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 12](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-12/) - Part 12: Now we turn to the west where our grandfathers, the Thunders live. With lightning and thundering voices, they bring with them the water that renews...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 11](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-11/) - Part 11: We are all thankful to the powers we know as the Four Winds. We hear their voices in the moving air as they refresh us and purify the air we breathe.
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 10](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-10/) - Part 10: We put our minds together as one and thank all the Birds who move and fly about over our heads. The Creator gave them beautiful songs.
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 1](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-1/) - Part 1: Today we have gathered and we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty and responsibility to live in balance and harmony.
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 2](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-2/) - Part 2: We are all thankful to our Mother, the Earth, for she gives us all that we need for life. She supports our feet as we walk about upon her...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 19](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-19/) - Part 19: There are many expressions of the Words That Come Before All Else, as individual as the speaker. This simplified Mohawk version is one...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 18](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-18/) - Part 18: We have now arrived at the place where we end our words. Of all the things we have named, it is not our intention to leave anything out...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 17](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-17/) - Part 17: Now we turn our thoughts to the Creator, Shonkwaia’tîson, and send our greetings and our thanks for all the gifts of Creation...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 16](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-16/) - Part 16: We gather our minds together to consider the Wisdom Keepers who have come to help the people throughout the ages...
- [Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - 15](https://danceforallpeople.com/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address-15/) - Part 15: We give our thanks to the Stars who are spread across the sky like jewels. We see them in the night, helping the Moon to light the darkness...
- [Giving Back To Spirit](https://danceforallpeople.com/giving-back-to-spirit-2/) - I've thought about the theme for one of our dances suggested by Redtail: Giving Back to Spirit. Remember that as a healer, I think in terms of energy exchange.
- [Gifts of Community](https://danceforallpeople.com/gifts-of-community/) - Jack Kornfield writes: "Whoever steps beyond individual self and connects with eternity is naturally drawn back to community."
- [Faith - Prayer - Action](https://danceforallpeople.com/faith-prayer-action/) - The definitions many of us learned while growing up about Faith, Prayer, and Action may no longer serve our current conditions, so we can tstart anew.
- [Engaging Great Mystery](https://danceforallpeople.com/engaging-great-mystery/) - For me, the soul journey is about paying attention to the cards one is dealt and deciding what to hold, what to safeguard , and what to deem as sacred.
- [Elder Talks: Benson Lanford](https://danceforallpeople.com/elder-talks-benson-lanford/) - Benson Lanford, Cherokee and Dance For All People elder, comes uniquely qualified to discuss the traditional origins of Native names.
- [DFAP Related Video](https://danceforallpeople.com/dfap-related-video/) - Here's a wonderful collection of Dance For All People and Native-related video.
- [Creating Sacred Space For Ceremony](https://danceforallpeople.com/creating-sacred-space-for-ceremony/) - Whatever type of ceremony you are doing — whether alone or inclusive of others — the foundation is creating sacred space.
- [Coming To The Dance](https://danceforallpeople.com/coming-to-the-dance/) - Step into that Sacred Circle, well-prepared, rehearsed, and dance as you have always desired to dance – and now have the clarity and determination to do so!
- [Coming To Pipe](https://danceforallpeople.com/coming-to-pipe/) - Ron Madson writes: "When we gather around the Pipe in each of our communities we put that pledge to draw strength together into action."
- [Audio Interview: Dan Blanchard Remembers Emma](https://danceforallpeople.com/audio-interview-dan-blanchard-remembers-emma/) - What Dan Blanchard remembers are the feelings of spending time with Emma Pohipe Dann. He remembers the first time Emma taught him a Dance song in Snow Canyon.
- [Acerca de “Danza Para Toda Las Personas"](https://danceforallpeople.com/danza-para-toda-las-personas/) - La Danza Para Todas Las Personas viene de una tradición de los indios Norte-Americanos que viven en la Gran Cuenca/Meseta en el oeste de los Estados Unidos.
- [About Smudging](https://danceforallpeople.com/about-smudging/) - In the Native American Plains tradition smudging is used in certain ways only, and in sequential manner.
- [Words of Encouragement](https://danceforallpeople.com/words-of-encouragement/) - Words of Encouragement from Dancers & Elders We asked dancers and elders how they were taking care of themselves, their families, and their dance community kin as year two of the pandemic in the U.S. unfolds. What stories, challenges, and practical wisdom tips can they share? How can we as a family take care of
- [Video Series: What Is Prayer?](https://danceforallpeople.com/video-series-what-is-prayer/) - Here in this video series (filmed at a Wolf Creek Dance) are their breathtaking and candid answers to the question— What is Prayer to you?

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