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  Come stretch, twirl. Shimmy your shoulders and shake your hips to rhythmic and soulful world music. Come to release all your aches, your worries, tension and stress. This is the 'medicine' in dancing. The heart beats faster. Emotions settle down and your spirit feels refreshed. You look radiant and youthful. You feel like a brand new person!  Each class begins with meditation, a time to rest your body and mind. The fragrance of a Homa fire and the sound...

06 December, 2019

The sight and the wonderful smell of a Homa fire is now increasingly familiar to many across the globe, as people search for natural ways to relieve stress and to diminish pollution. Homa is a Vedic science of purifying and nourishing the atmosphere through the agency of fire, prepared specifically in a small inverted copper pyramid. The most basic of all Homa fires is called Agnihotra which is performed daily at sunrise and sunset. This...

06 December, 2019

Lovely Unique WeddingsMany couples want non-tradtional wedding ceremonies that include beautiful words and rituals from different cultures. Many want their marriages to begin with blessings from the 'village' (the people attending the wedding) or they want to incorporate and honor the ancestors or elements of nature. It is my pleasure to help create meaningful rituals for you and if you like, to officiate at your wedding.And if you would like a special or sacred bridal...

06 December, 2019

The Village Bully In one African village, when a person does something truly hurtful, work stops as everyone, young and old, circles around the accused. Each one tells all the good things they remember about the person. Every positive incident, strength and kindness is recited in detail.  The ceremony can often last several days and ends in celebration.   The 'circle of love' helps the person to feel and remember who he is. In an idealistic effort to reduce damaging angry behavior...

06 December, 2019

https://youtu.be/3VLscFu_Jl0?list=PLXcZLGWYPPHJtx7DL8ZBcgX8FUBQQ0j_1 Maria Broom talks about her career in Baltimore, starting as a reporter at WJZ-TV, as a teacher at Baltimore School for the Arts, a storyteller and a world-renowned dancer and theater and television actress. Broom talks about the state of the arts community in Baltimore. Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate....

07 March, 2019

Woke up feeling glad glad, good. Sixty and not sad. Nor sorry. An infant elder at last with the accrued freedom to speak wisdom, admire generously and bless others by simple intention. Lived through six decades and still feel as innocently safe as the first couple of decades. Maybe it should have come in the fifties, but for some reason the feeling of protected impervious maturity is just now settling in. The thoughts and comments...

22 August, 2018

In your leisure moments, when you dwell on major problems we humans need to solve, can you fathom the immense creativity it took to come up with the mechanics of a gun? Slingshots. From long ago deadly slingshots, small and large, came the problem… how to kill, more efficiently. The human mind created a gun. From which came today's current problem of how to kill many more… efficiently. And with the simple effort of developing a...

22 August, 2018

https://youtu.be/RuWKpwgglRI?list=PLXcZLGWYPPHJtx7DL8ZBcgX8FUBQQ0j_1 Many people want to get still and meditate but are not sure how to get started. Maria Broom (teacher, dancer, actor, author) offers this gently guided meditation as a way of clearing and resting your mind anytime and anywhere....

21 May, 2018

Maria Broom is one the most widely respected creative talents of our time. As an actor, dancer, and author, she has dedicated her very existence to living a creative life. ArtLife/LifeArt sit down with her and gives us a look into her thinking — offering her perspective on art, life, and spirit. Many thanks to Maria for reminding us of the fact that creativity is clearly the essence of our being. Take a look and...

13 October, 2017
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