Newsletter

Hello Dear Ones,

We hope that you are well and enjoying this special time of year.

Soon it is the longest night of the season. It’s a good time to ask –
–What are you ready to let go of?
–What are your intentions for the next cycle?

Whatever they are, we hope to see you soon.

Check out our upcoming music and movement offerings below.

blessings,
Arlyn and David

–Upcoming Live Music–

Embodying Rhythm Collective with Mama Lingua at the Paradise in Paonia – March 9, 2024
We had so much fun in Cedaredge in November that we wanted to bring this collaboration to Paonia!

–Somatic Movement Upcoming —

Online. New Year, New Habits
A 5 week group with Arlyn Alderdice using life-coaching and somatic movement to help you step into your new year with presence. More info and registration.

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ongoing: Fridays | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
movement practice with pre-recorded music facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
TLC’s Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, CO – offered in the gift model
more information

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Live Music Movement as Medicine – Sunday, January 7th

with responsive live music by David Alderdice, Daniel Be and Sami Akert
11am – 12:30pm at the Hearth in Paonia

Free child-care available on-site.

more info

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Sample movement and journaling practice as my gift to you.

Last night, an owl
in the blue dark
tossed an indeterminate number
of carefully shaped sounds into
the world, in which,
a quarter of a mile away, I happened
to be standing.
I couldn’t tell
which one it was –
the barred or the great-horned
ship of the air –
it was that distant. But, anyway,
aren’t there moments
that are better than knowing something,
and sweeter? Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness. I suppose
if this were someone else’s story
they would have insisted on knowing
whatever is knowable – would have hurried
over the fields
to name it – the owl, I mean.
But it’s mine, this poem of the night,
and I just stood there, listening and holding out
my hands to the soft glitter
falling through the air. I love this world,
but not for its answers.
And I wish good luck to the owl,
whatever its name –
and I wish great welcome to the snow,
whatever its severe and comfortless
and beautiful meaning.

Hello Dear Ones,

We hope that you are well!

We’re really looking forward to our concert with Mama Lingua and The Embodying Rhythm Collective on November 17th at the Grand Mesa Arts and Events Center and hope you’ll consider joining us for this unique musical journey – there are not so many tickets left, so if you’re wanting one, now would be a good time. Tickets and more information.

Women, do you want to feel more peace around the holidays? Do you want to feel more like the best versions of yourself? Join Arlyn for a four week online group starting November 28th at 9am mtn. Using gently facilitated movement, journaling practices and inquiry we will Step Out of Conditioning and Into Your Life. Book a call with Arlyn to talk about whether this might be a good fit for you, or just jump in if you are called, knowing that Arlyn can help you meet you where you’re at and help guide you gently on the path to where you’re going. Results from the participants include more choice, self-acceptance, a stronger mind-body connection, a safe space to feel what’s really going on, slowing down reactivity, and nourishment for the body through gentle movement and focused internal attention.

We hope to see you soon.

blessings,
Arlyn and David

–Upcoming Live Music–

–Somatic Movement Upcoming —

Online! Tuesdays Nov. 28 – Dec. 19th, 9am-10am, Step Out of Your Conditioning into Your Life
Women’s life-coaching and movement group exploring the roles, rules, and traditions that arise around the holidays and how we can somatically meet these in ourselves to create a new path forward. More info and registration.

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ongoing: Fridays | 9:00 am – 10:00 am
movement practice with pre-recorded music facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
TLC’s Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia, CO – offered in the gift model
more information

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Live Music Movement as Medicine – Sunday, December 3rd

with responsive live music by David Alderdice, Daniel Be and Eric Baumheier
11am – 12:30pm at the Hearth in Paonia

Child-care available on-site. more info

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ongoing: Tuesdays | 9:00 am – 10:00 am (mtn)
Move Your Life facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice — one class left–> Nov. 21st
Online: https://arlynalderdice.com/product/tuesday-move-your-life-9am-10am-mtn-11-noon-est/

Try it for free! https://arlynalderdice.com/move-your-life-audio/ I put together a sample practice because it’s so hard to talk about what we’re up to, easier to just try it out and see if it might be a fit.

Q and A with Brené Brown on Gratitude

Question — “You’ve talked a lot about a surprising revelation in your research: that practicing gratitude is the key to joy. Why do you think this is?”

Answer — “Before the research, I’d assumed that joyful people were grateful people. But after interviewing thousands of people about their experiences of joy and gratitude, three patterns emerged:

1. Without exception, every person I interviewed who described living a joyful life or described themselves as joyful actively practiced gratitude and attributed their joyfulness to that practice.

2. Both joy and gratitude were described as spiritual practices that were bound to a belief in human interconnectedness and a power greater than us.

3. The difference between happiness and joy can be equated to the difference between a human emotion connected to circumstances and one that has a spiritual way of engaging with the world.”

read full interview

We hope you are well. There is much in the world that is challenging as well as so much to be thankful for. May we all hold the contrast and paradox of the human experience with grace this season.

Here at Embodying Rhythm, we have a lot of great upcoming offerings, please see below for full details.

Two things especially to note

— A special evening with both David’s musical ensemble, the Embodying Rhythm Collective, and Arlyn’s band, Mama Lingua, both playing together in concert in Cedaredge on November 17th, full details and tickets. There are some events that have the ingredients to be magic, a great set-list, talent, cool and different instruments and a sweet venue – and this event has the right ingredients, we hope you share this special evening with us.

— Arlyn is shifting her Tuesday online movement group at the end of November to offer a four-week series for women “Step Into Your Life” looking at the roles, rules, and traditions that are habitual around the holiday season and how to move them to step into the life we would like to create. Arlyn will also be offering an in-person version of the same group for women from 2-3:15pm on Tuesdays in Paonia. Full details at arlynalderdice.com/coaching. Please email if you would like to know more or to register. One participant says, “what you bring to your Tuesday sessions is a powerful synthesis. It’s beautiful, desperately needed, healing”.

We’ll see you soon.

blessings,
Arlyn & David

–Upcoming Adult (and focused youth) Classes —

Please register by replying to this email or texting 970 – 294 – 93 93
Drop-ins welcome. Held just outside Hotchkiss, CO.

Rhythm Vocalization Class — Solkattu Sunday: October 29. 2pm – 3:15pm. full details

Women’s Drumming Sundays: October 29, Nov. 19 & Dec. 17: 3:30-5pm. full details

Marimba Classes Sundays: November 12 & 26, December 10: 3:30-5pm. full details

— Somatic Dance – Upcoming —

Live Music Movement as Medicine – Sunday, November 5

with David Alderdice, Daniel Be and Mateo Sandate
11am – 12:30pm at the Hearth in Paonia

Child-care available on-site. more info

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ongoing: Tuesdays | 9:00 am – 10:00 am (mtn)
Move Your Life facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice through Nov. 21st
Online: https://arlynalderdice.com/product/tuesday-move-your-life-9am-10am-mtn-11-noon-est/

Try it for free! https://arlynalderdice.com/move-your-life-audio/ I put together a sample practice because it’s so hard to talk about what we’re up to, easier to just try it out and see if it might be a fit.

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Online! Tuesdays Nov. 28 – Dec. 19th, 9am-10am, Step Out of Your Conditioning into Your Life
Women’s life-coaching and movement group exploring the roles, rules, and traditions that arise around the holidays and how we can meet these in ourselves to create a new path forward. More info and registration.

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In-Person! Tuesdays Nov. 28 – Dec. 19th, 2pm-3:15pm, Step Out of Your Conditioning into Your Life
Women’s life-coaching and movement group exploring the roles, rules, and traditions that arise around the holidays and how we can meet these in ourselves to dance a new path forward. More info and registration.

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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 – offered in the gift model
more information

Hello Dear Ones,

We hope you are well. October comes with cooler nights and fall in the air. How is your body doing with it?

We’re excited to bring back Live Music Movement as Medicine on October 1st. As always, at rehearsal for these events I re-remember how incredibly precious this is to bring together musicians of this caliber to create improvisational music for a co-created movement practice. We hope you’ll come on this journey with us. more details

We’ve got some fun group adult classes coming up including rhythm vocalization classes, marimba classes & women’s drumming classes. They are starting October 22nd, details below.

Also, Mama Lingua is playing in Crested Butte at the beginning of the month and Paonia at the end. We’ve started rehearsals for our November 17th concert in Cedaredge and are looking forward to it. Tickets

all the best,
Arlyn

view our events list online

— Somatic Dance – Upcoming —

Live Music Movement as Medicine – Sunday, October 1

with David Alderdice, Daniel Be and Beth Quist
11am – 12:30pm at the Hearth in Paonia

The theme is transitions!! Child-care available on-site.

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ongoing: Tuesdays | 9:00 am – 10:00 am (mtn)
Move Your Life facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
Online: https://arlynalderdice.com/product/tuesday-move-your-life-9am-10am-mtn-11-noon-est/

Try it for free! https://arlynalderdice.com/move-your-life-audio/ I put together a sample practice because it’s so hard to talk about what we’re up to. No class October 10 so we can go to the desert.

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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 – offered in the gift model
more information

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Original Medicine with Melissa Michaels postponed until further notice

–Upcoming Adult (and focused youth) Classes —

Please register by replying to this email or texting 970 – 294 – 93 93
Drop-ins welcome in Hotchkiss, CO.

Marimba Classes Sundays: October 22, November 12 & 26, December 10: 3:30-5pm. full details

“We’re sort of convinced that something outside ourselves is going to help us, or that if we can just destroy a part of ourselves that’s bothering us, we’ll be okay, and the opposite is actually the case. You only heal by going inward, and you only heal by including all the parts that are broken.”

Hello Dear Ones,

We hope you are well. September comes with tomatoes and peaches, and a noticing that the days are starting to shorten. What are you noticing in your world?

Coming up in October, Arlyn is happy to co-sponsor a workshop in Paonia with her movement mentor, Melissa Michaels, October 20 & 21st. Registration here. You can find out more about Melissa’s work here. We’re looking for a beautiful place for her to stay, if you have such a spot, please reply to this email and we can talk details.

Arlyn’s online Tuesday movement and life coaching practice launched last month. It’s good for helping support an evolutionary life as well as anchoring more goodness into the body. More info here (and look below for a coupon code), she hopes to see you there as it’s an ongoing group where drop-ins are welcome. People are reporting more mind/body connection as well as experiencing shifts in old stuck places.

We have lots of live music offerings for you in September, we hope you’ll partake! See below for the list.
And our kid’s music class series starts the first week in September. Please register.

all the best,
Arlyn and David

view our events list online

Embodying Rhythm Collective with Mama Lingua at the Cedaredge Events Center November 17th @ 7pm. Tickets

— Embodiment Classes with Arlyn —

ongoing: Tuesdays | 9:00 am – 10:00 am (mtn)
Move Your Life facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
Online worldwide: https://arlynalderdice.com/product/tuesday-move-your-life-9am-10am-mtn-11-noon-est/

Try it for free! pick the ‘six class pass’ from the session choices and enter the coupon code local in the checkout section and then continue through the check out process. The Zoom link will be sent to you as your receipt. The code will expire on Sept. 15th (and the sessions will be good for two months). I’d love to share this practice with you, it’s a synergy of two lines of work (coaching + embodiment) very dear to my heart.

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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 – offered in the gift model
more information

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Live music Movement as Medicine returns October 1st, 11am-12:30pm at the Hearth. Full details soon.

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Original Medicine with Melissa Michaels October 20-21 at the Hearth in Paonia, register here.
A moving journey deep into the dance!
Harvesting your heart’s truths and the stirrings in your soul.
**Please be in touch with Arlyn if you are called to this dance and you need a work-trade option.

–Kid’s Class Series–

–Upcoming Adult Classes —

more info coming soon, drop-ins welcome in Hotchkiss, CO.
Adult (and focused youth) Marimba Classes Sundays: October 22, November 12 & 26, December 10: 3:30-5pm

Hello Dear Ones,

What is ripening for you this season?

I’ve got an online life coach/movement blend for you — Move Your Life ongoing Tuesday mornings starting August 15th, 9am mtn/11am est, 2023. It will be a great way to anchor any changes in our lives that we want, and it will be a great way to move out of the world of thought and into embodiment. All the info here: https://arlynalderdice.com/product/tuesday-move-your-life-9am-10am-mtn-11-noon-est/

I so hope you’ll join me as I launch this offering into the world and please also pass the info on to anyone else who might resonate for an embodied, heartful, potent experience.

David has 1:1 music lessons available.  970- 872- 4238 Is it time for you, your child, or a friend to bring their music into the world?

Also, I’m excited to let you know that Mama Lingua released our first EP – Home Studio Sessions – recorded in our drum room (with David adding some fun percussive accents as well) – you can check it out here: www.mamalinguamusic.com

For the kids – starting in September we’ll be offering a Wednesday after-school marimba and bucket drumming class for 2nd-6th graders. Registration here.

Many blessings and I hope to see you soon,
Arlyn

— EMBODIMENT —

ongoing: Tuesdays | 9:00 am – 10:00 am (mtn)
Move Your Life facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice
Online worldwide: https://arlynalderdice.com/product/tuesday-move-your-life-9am-10am-mtn-11-noon-est/

I’ve made a late summer/fall discount code for you to get 6 sessions free. Just pick the ‘six class pass’ from the session choices and enter the coupon code local in the checkout section and then continue through the check out process. The Zoom link will be sent to you as your receipt. The code will expire on Sept. 15th (and the sessions will be good for two months).

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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 – offered in the gift model
more information

–Kid’s Class Series–

“Once the imagination has been stimulated into creative activity and allowed expression it will not be easily suppressed.”
– Mildred Portney Chase