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Hello beautiful,

Happy almost-June, I hope you are starting to enjoy the fruits of winter and early spring's labors. It's been warmish and springy indeed in Cologne this week and as I write, a thunderstorm has passed, the rain and hail has given way to sunshine again.

The past months have happily involved quite a bit of travel and adventure for me, and with that employing all of the tools I have been gathering over the years to make adjusting to the whims of getting around managable. A neck pillow and blanket/towel/wrap are always there to provide comfort, among other physical aids, and I have a toolkit of yoga movements and stretches that make me feel better before, during, and after a trip.

For frequent flyers and folks for whom it is important that we freely move, in this week's blog I'm offering yummy yoga poses, practices, and a playlist full of goodies for small spaces of time and elbowroom. As always, asana, shapes and flows are adaptive to varying energy levels and needs, physical capacity and limits from within or without, which you may practice anytime from anywhere:

​Read Traveling Dancer Yoga – Mindful Movement on the Go here​

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

Viewing:

• My new April Flip & Reflection video on YouTube is a particularly chatty flip-through of the month in my Seasonal Bullet Journal Book, stationery & ephemera, personal media published and consumed, highlights, new experiences, challenges, and events
• Learning about Hyper mobile joints and finding from dr.melissakoehl.pt's content informative
• They shared More on hyper mobility in honor of May, which was Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month and I know several people affected
• "Etoile" trailer, ooh another ballet show, will you be watching it?
• The "Ghosts" sitcom continues to be an amusing comedy with characters I'm getting attached to
• "The Conners" provides a more realistic view of contemporary issues

Listening:

• Updating my Balletlicious Summertime Dance playlist
• "The Crowd" Feat. Zero 7 is setting a mellow warmup mood

Reading:

• Continuing the Flavia de Luce mystery series #7: As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley
• ​7 benefits of creativity (and easy ways to be more creative) from Calm

Practicing:

• Excited to participate in the SIBMAS Building Bridges: Collecting, Researching and Mediating the Performing Arts Symposium for free here in Cologne and Duesseldorf this week!
• ​Pronouncing French ballet terminology is always an adventure (not sure if learning German has helped or hurt)
• ​Beginning adult ballet can be such a wonderful opportunity to fulfill a childhood desire!
• ​Stay focused on your creative dreams ​​

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) and will be led by a substitute teacher until I return to Cologne in May (in one week's time!)
• Online Yogalicious Gentle Yoga. 7-8:00pm CET Tuesdays (7-8:00am 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 Fridays (Thursday p.m. HI) 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:

• Which are your preferred yoga asana or movements for travel?
• What movement challenges do you face when on the go?
• What strategies help you adapt in new places and time zones?
• Where will your next adventure take you?
• What are your favorite places you have lived or visited?
• What fruits will you enjoy 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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