MysticSang'ha - Mod (divorce, blessing)

[Willamena]

Congratulations, Heather

[Quagmire]

Congratulations Heather! I'm liking the way the new Mod team is shaping up.

[Ðanisty]

Congrats Mystic!

[Guitar's Cry]

Congrats! (Oddly enough, I thought you were already a mod!)

[MysticSang'ha]

Originally Posted by Jaymes

Congrats on becoming a mod!
You never mentioned you had a pet demon!

LOL!

Oh, he's all right. I've heard that JRT's are likely to be more abused than other breeds since shows like "Wishbone" and "Frasier" popularized them. People who bought them expected dogs to be calm and compliant, and Jack Russells are stubborn, territorial, and hyper.

He's three years old now, and we got him shortly after he'd weaned as a puppy. I've trained him to sit, lay down, and roll over. My goal has always been to get him into a submissive state when he's being ornery - which is quite often.




Peace,
Mystic

[Ozzie]

What's your SECRET?

Ask and ye shall receive.

Well done. You deserve it.

[MaddLlama]

How did you discover the practice of Tibetan Dream Yoga (I think that's what it's called...)?

[MysticSang'ha]

Originally Posted by Booko

What advice can you give Eibhlin about her future education in dance? There's a 2-year theatre degree at our local community college, but no dance. But she can continue her dance training elsewhere, and to continue to compete in Irish seems to make a regular 4-year college schedule difficult if not impossible. We were thinking about transfering her after the 2-year degree to a local college that does have a dance program. What pitfalls should we be looking out for?

OK, I'm gonna give this to you straight up since I'm sure you'll respect that and appreciate it in the long run: there just aren't a whole lot of educational opportunities in dance outside of professional companies, dance studios, and accredited college degree programs. If you have a local Arts Council, you might be able to contact them and find out if there are companies that would offer an Artist-In-Residence seminar conference, and that's when Eibhlin can receive maybe a week or two in furthering some education.

Dance companies that tour also will hold master classes every now and then, too, if they come to your area.

This is one of the reasons why it's a very difficult profession in our part of the world. You're quite aware already, I'm sure, of how little support dance gets in the States. It's not like...........oh, I don't know............Egypt, where professional dancers seem to be treated like rock stars as compared to how we pay our American dancers.

What your daughter needs to do is to continue networking, never burn bridges with colleagues unless it's over something criminal, and understand that it's going to take a lot of trial and error to make some headway in this business.

Originally Posted by Mother Hen

What recommendations do you have for Eibhlin to start learning more about choreography absent a college programme?

Thank Buddha! That's an easy one! The best best best BEST way for her to shape and refine her choreography skills is by teaching classes. She'll not only be able to practice observational skills in identifying good and bad technique, but she'll have to develop small choreographic phrases to teach toward the end of her classes after the warm-up, skills training (like leaps, turns, locomoter skills, etc.). She can start with a small class and develop small 20-second phrases, and eventually build them up when she starts taking on bigger classes.

I would highly suggest her approaching an apprentice position at a studio or as an assistant teacher, and then she'll be learning the ropes on the job. These positions usually don't pay, but alot of times you can get free classes at the studio in exchange.

Does that help any? I hope she knows that I'm behind her 100%.

And now that I've picked your brains on that subject...

How did you find Buddhism?

Oy, let me take Tyler to school first, and I'll come back and answer that question.




Peace,
Mystic

[MysticSang'ha]

OK, I'm back, began a little homeschooling Dana, and ready to tackle a couple more questions.