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Writing and Dancing Through Life, with Anna Doogan, Episode 3
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Highlights of Our Conversation
- What is creativity?
- So many ways we can be creative
- Why, where, and when she dances and how she got started in dance
- A favorite song to get everyone moving in the morning before school
- A key to happiness is accepting that we’re not happy all the time.
- The importance of accepting all feelings and working through emotions through movement
- StoryDance for children
- Sad dances and sad music to channel emotions
- Dancing is like journaling through movement.
- Benefits of dance
- How to get started with dance as a personal practice
- Chakradance: what it is, and what a typical class is like
- “Meditation through movement”
- How she started writing
- Dream journals
- Writing practice.. a little or a lot?
- How to nurture and encourage the innate creativity of children
- The one word that can encourage creativity and help make us all happier
- Advice for those who want to get published
- Ways to be happier
Links and Books Mentioned
Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up by Patricia Ryan Madson
The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron
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Over to You
- Do you dance or listen to music as a way to move through difficult emotions?
- How are writing and dance a part of your life?
- How do you encourage and support your children in their creativity?
- Do you have a system for keeping track of all of your ideas?
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