Consentient Musings

By Taina Lyons Before I started dancing Contact Improvisation (CI) in my early 30s, arriving at parties or large social gatherings was often uncomfortable for me.  I would feel an anxious, contracted energy in my chest and I’d head for the bar or seek out a social comfort zone with one person. Something started shifting when I took my first classes in CI and began attending regular Contact  Improv Jams.  Contact Improvisation is a social dance form done with a partner or in g

By Taina Lyons It can be hard to imagine how to function outside the realm of monetary commerce. Money is the medium for many of our...