Dancing for human rights, anticipating Spring Equinox & time change while reflecting on January


Hello beautiful,

Happy full Worm Moon!

I had a wonderful time sharing a special 15 minute Mini-Barre for my students on YouTube and live workshop here in Cologne in celebration of International Women's Day last Saturday.

It was inspiring participating in professional exchange with a purpose, to promote global human rights. Nice to see that one2one Institut Koeln shared a lovely post with video from contribution on Instagram.

I'm looking forward to the Vernal Equinox and the daylight savings "spring forward" coming up later this month, and I'm so delighted my favorite season is arriving: stay tuned for any changes to class meeting times.

On the blog and in my video this week, I'm wrapping up January, with February on it's heels:

Read the January was Gently Jumping into the New Year – 2025 Month 1 Reflection article here

My other creations, recommendations, and questions for you are:

Viewing:

Listening:

Reading:

  • I finished Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez is a modern fairytale, which like one of the characters says of their friends, didn't quite please me "at first blush," but grew to become my favorite read of the year so far, a spicy romantic delight and now I'm looking forward to reading more of their books
  • Gratitude made me an artist, ananymous' account

Practicing:

Practicing Together LIVE / Adult Movement Classes this week:

  • In-Studio Adult Beginner Ballet, 6-7:00pm CET Mondays, Tanzschule Tanzraum Nippes, Cologne, Germany creates a strong, body-friendly, and graceful foundation for dance (German)
  • Online Yogalicious Gentle Yoga. 7-8:00pm CET Tuesdays (8-9:00am HI) provides a delicious mindful movement feast which balances strength, balance and coordination for mind, body, and spirit adaptable to all levels and conditions (English)
  • Online Balletlicious Gentle Adaptive Ballet Barre+, 7:30-8:30am CET Wednesdays, consists of mostly barre with a little dancey centre work, building a strong, body-friendly, and graceful foundation for dance at home or anywhere in the world (English)

Inquiring:

  • How are you celebrating Women's History Month?
  • Do you observe the Spring Equinox, Easter, or other upcoming spring-ish holidays?
  • In what ways do you wish to spring forward this season?

Gladly share your response to the questions above or provide other updates by replying to this email or on social media if you are active there.

Thank you for reading, for being, and for dancing with me, in spirit or in fact. Take care of yourself and keep moving mindfully!

Love, Blythe

Blythe Stephens, MFA, Bliss Catalyst
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