Newsletter

Hello Dear Ones,

I hope you are well and catching some time outdoors as you are able. I’m deeply immersed in life-coach training and so looking forward to sharing more of this work. Please reach out if you’d like to hear more and/or possibly schedule a session. I have been finding this modality inspiring, supportive and transformative.

I added three Sunday dates for dancing in Hotchkiss at the Yoga Tree. The first one is this Sunday the 19th at 11am. Details below. Live music Movement as Medicine is now offered the first Sunday of the month at the Hearth ongoing and Friday morning dance continues 9am at the Hearth ongoing.

David and I are also offering a Bucket Drumming and Marimba afterschool class in Paonia on Wednesdays starting March 1st for 2nd – 6th graders. Details below.

And, while 10 years ago is the first best time to start a new skill (like drumming), now is the next best time. David has a few private lesson slots available at the moment, so if you’d like one, or know someone how would, please reach out.

Also, David and I will be leading 4 youth camping & backpacking trips this summer through The Nature Connection. More Details below.

Take care and we’ll see you soon.

blessings,
Arlyn

— Upcoming Kids Class —

Bucket Drumming and Marimba Class
with instructors David & Arlyn Alderdice
Wednesdays, March 1st – April 12th from 3:45 – 4:45pm
Location: North Fork School of Integrated Studies
Class is open to all North Fork students in 2nd – 6th grades
please register: artsforallnf (at) gmail.com

— Upcoming Dance —

Sunday, February 19 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Exploring Nourishment: Movement as Medicine facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
at the Hotchkiss Yoga Tree
more information

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Sunday, March 5 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Live Music for Movement as Medicine facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
With responsive live music by David Alderdice, Daniel Be, and Ben Bentele
TLC’s Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, CO (childcare available on-site)
more information
(ongoing on the 1st Sunday of the month)

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Sunday, March 19 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Exploring Healthy Boundaries: Movement as Medicine facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
at the Hotchkiss Yoga Tree
more information

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Sunday, April 2 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Live Music for Movement as Medicine facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
With live music by David Alderdice, Daniel Be, and Eric Baumheier
TLC’s Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, CO (childcare available on-site)
more information
(ongoing on the 1st Sunday of the month)

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Sunday, April 23 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Exploring Inspiration: Movement as Medicine facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
at the Hotchkiss Yoga Tree
more information

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ongoing: Fridays | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
movement practice facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
TLC’s Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, CO
more information

— Upcoming Live Music —

Silent Film: The Adventures of Prince Achmed
with Live Musical Accompaniment featuring David Alderdice, Ben Bentele, Daniel Be & Cait Pope
Saturday, April 22nd at the Paradise Theatre, Paonia
More Details Coming

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Ruby Joyful with David Alderdice and members of Leftover Salmon
May 18-20 & May 27 in Western Colorado
More Details Coming

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El Mando Bando with David Alderdice, Jon Hickam & David Snider
June 3 in Idaho Springs
More Details Coming

–Summer Youth Camping & Backpacking Trips led by David & Arlyn–

Explore the woods with us this summer! We will be offering 4 youth camping & backpacking trips for 11-15 year olds this summer through The Nature Connection. They will all be 4 day/3 night trips, two for girls and two for boys. Each gender will have a camping/backpacking 101 trip with 2 nights at a local campground then a short 1 night backpack. The second trip is a full backpacking trip where we spend all 4 days/ 3 nights hiking in the wilderness, camping under the stars, and carrying everything that we’ll need on our backs.

The Girls in the Wilderness Backpacking 101 trip will be June 19-22
Boot to Roots boys 101 trip will be June 12-15
The Girls in the Wilderness backpacking trip July 17-20
Boots to Roots boys backpacking trip July 10-13

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If that sounds great, but you’re not a youth in that age range, please contact us to discuss a possibility of setting up a life-coaching / backpacking trip.

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“What in your life is calling you,
When all the noise is silenced,
The meetings adjourned…
The lists laid aside,
And the Wild Iris blooms
By itself
In the dark forest…
What still pulls on your soul?”

― Melvana Rumi

Dear Ones,

We hope you are well.

I heard recently that this time of year is said to be when the worms begin to sing – speaking of deep underground rumblings. It is still cold here in Colorado, but not quite as dark. Now there appears the possibility that winter will one day give way to spring, so we’d better trim the fruit trees for a good crop and harvest cottonwood tree buds to heal scrapes or burns.

In February, Friday morning dancing continues, 9am at the Hearth in Paonia. Our Sunday dances with live music move to the first Sunday of each month – this Sunday, February 5th at 11am at the Hearth. The music will be offered by Daniel Be, Chloe Brook and Sami Akert – we’ll have some songs you may have heard with Mama Lingua as well as some fun new funky jams.

Over in Carbondale on Feb. 2, David will be playing some Americana music with Ruby Joyful Band at Steve’s Guitars. Details below.

blessings,
Arlyn

Upcoming Events

Thursday, February 2 | 7:30 pm door, 8:00pm show
Ruby Joyful Band with Dan Rubinoff, Joice Moore, David Alderdice & Leftover Salmon members Drew Emmitt and Andy Thorne
Steve’s Guitars in Carbondale, CO
tickets

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Sunday, February 5 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Live Music – for Movement as Medicine facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
With live music by Daniel Be, Chloe Brook, and Sami Akert
TLC’s Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, CO (childcare available on-site)
more information

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Sunday, March 5 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Live Music for Movement as Medicine facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
With live music by David Alderdice, Daniel Be, and Ben Bentele
TLC’s Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, CO (childcare available on-site)
more information

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ongoing: Fridays | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
movement practice facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
TLC’s Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, CO
more information

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“If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small changes, putting just enough pressure on yourself to move one turtle step forward. Then rest, savor, celebrate. Then step again. You’ll find that slow is fast, gentle is powerful, and stillness moves mountains.” ~Martha Beck

Hello – the newsletter went out with a typo, just showing the end time of the Friday morning dance and not the beginning.

We dance at the Hearth on Fridays, 9:00am until 10:00am.

best,
Arlyn

Here’s the full letter. . .

Hello,

We hope you are well.

On many levels the new calendar year is a collective fiction, on another, it does coincide with the return of the light in the northern hemisphere and there is a way that it can be harnessed to plan, seed, and grow another cycle of creation.

What are you planning/intending/visioning?

We’re practicing more, taking good care of each other, and doing our best to show up in the world with our skills and our values. We’re planning to share some music and some dancing. We’re also planning backpacking trips, but they will have to wait for the seasonal shifts.

This month we have Friday morning dance practice, Sunday January 15th live music Movement as Medicine, kid’s music and rhythm classes, and an online life coach / dance experience on Sunday January 22nd and more. If you get this newsletter and have been wanting to dance with us, but it feels too far away, invite the dance into your own home on the 22nd. All details + links for more info below.

Take care and we’ll see you soon,

Arlyn & David

–UPCOMING–

All Fridays | 9 – 10 am

Pre-Recorded Music for Dance practice

We create this dance together through deep listening to our whole selves – beyond the mind, tapping into the body, heart and soul of what it is to be human. If you are longing for a community of people in relationship with deep truth, we are gathering.

Hello,

We hope you are well.

On many levels the new calendar year is a collective fiction, on another, it does coincide with the return of the light in the northern hemisphere and there is a way that it can be harnessed to plan, seed, and grow another cycle of creation.

What are you planning/intending/visioning?

We’re practicing more, taking good care of each other, and doing our best to show up in the world with our skills and our values. We’re planning to share some music and some dancing. We’re also planning backpacking trips, but they will have to wait for the seasonal shifts.

This month we have Friday morning dance practice, Sunday January 15th live music Movement as Medicine, kid’s music and rhythm classes, and an online life coach / dance experience on Sunday January 22nd and more. If you get this newsletter and have been wanting to dance with us, but it feels too far away, invite the dance into your own home on the 22nd. All details + links for more info below.

Take care and we’ll see you soon,

Arlyn & David

–UPCOMING–

All Fridays | 9 – 10 am

Pre-Recorded Music for Dance practice

We create this dance together through deep listening to our whole selves – beyond the mind, tapping into the body, heart and soul of what it is to be human. If you are longing for a community of people in relationship with deep truth, we are gathering.

–>On into the New Year<–

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“… to be human
is to become visible
while carrying
what is hidden
as a gift to others…”
― David Whyte

Dear Ones,

In October, I (Arlyn) gathered with 80 women to dance at Shakti Sisterhood with Melissa Michaels and we talked about why embody? Why bother bringing our life-force and attention more fully into our bodies? The reasons spoken into the room were as diverse as the group – from power, to connection to the earth, from more pleasure, to more purpose. What is better for you, when you are more attuned to your body?

We’re dancing on Friday mornings at the Hearth 9am – 10am. We’re dancing this month on Sunday November 13th with live music from 11am – 12:30pm. There is childcare available on site. David Alderdice, Daniel B, and Beth Quist will take us on a journey. Responsive live music, co-created with the dance is on of the best things, in my body.

And, a women’s mini-retreat has been called into being — “Release/Nourish” on November 20th from 9am-1pm at the Hearth in Paonia. Details. If you have been longing for more connection in your life, more strength, more presence, more joy, and less stress – please join us.

Also, whatever it is that you are doing this month, please remember to bring some gentleness. Maybe some soup. Some willingness to listen a little deeper to what your whole being can say yes to.

blessings,

Arlyn and David

— Upcoming–

Dance Practice with pre-recorded music
All the Fridays in November (and December) offered in the gift model
9 – 10am at the Hearth in Paonia, CO facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
November: 4, 11, 18, 25
December: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

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Sunday November 13 – Movement as Medicine at the Hearth 11am – 12:30pm. With the responsive live music of Beth Quist, David Alderdice and Daniel B. Childcare available on-site. Suggested donation $10-30.

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Sunday, November 20 – Release/Nourish Women’s Gathering at the Hearth with Arlyn Alderdice 9am-1pm. Sliding scale $30-$50
Gather with the women. We will dance, drum, create, dream, and nourish together. Please pre-register: ladyarlyn(at) gmail.com

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Sunday, December 11 – Movement as Medicine at the Hearth 11am – 12:30pm. With the responsive live music (marimbas and more) of David Alderdice, Daniel B., Jeannette Carey and Arlyn Alderdice. Facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice and Kaewyn Picard. Childcare available on-site. Suggested donation $10-30.

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Dark Night with Craig Childs, David Alderdice on percussion
December 16 and 17, 2022 at the Paradise Theatre

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“We’d love to see everyone living in complete integrity of body, heart, mind, and spirit. That would make everyone so much happier and solve so many of the world’s problems.”

~Martha Beck, Wayfinder Life Coach Training