Growing Too Quickly
Did you grow up too quickly? This is a common problem from childhood that can be overlooked, particularly in its subtleties. It can be one of the root causes of soul loss, because growing up too quickly deprives us of innocence, and innocence is where we grow from in...
Can you feel it?
For most of my life I have needed to do things alone, partly because I found it hard to trust others and partly because I always wanted to do things my way. This approach sometimes led me towards difficulties that were hard to undo, but often they taught me to lean...
My little people
Special little people in my life, who hold my womanly hand, or nestle into my arms when I give them a hug. Special little people who cannot fully know the depth of my love for them and yet they feel it whenever I am close. Seeing through eyes of wonder, as they grow...
dark night of the soul
It is true that sometimes in order to re-claim our soul, we must journey into the darker places, the mystery, the hunger, the deprivation that lingers. We must uncover the earth where sorrow lies and dig into the depths that have remained hidden for an eternity. To...
‘What do you do?’
That very difficult question arises 'What do you do?' And I try to put it in a nutshell, avoiding saying 'I'm a dance teacher!' But that is probably the easiest thing to understand, but this work is so much more than that! I might explain further - It is the work I...
The Heart of the Artist
Jungian psychology speaks of the need for us to honour our own human and innate archetypes, to allow them to play their way through us - and if we do not live that quality into being then we die - spiritually. These archetypes live within our unconscious self, often...
Walk through our vulnerability
There is no possibility of truly loving with out that same love being prepared to be vulnerable. There is no true courage until we can walk through our vulnerability. Beautiful vulnerability – be careful what I write. Releasing me from safety, never knowing, as safety...
The Key To Our Own Sovereignty
Are we not all desperately trying to reclaim our Sovereignty? Yet do we really know what it means? When I think of my own Sovereign, I think about myself as born with a soul in-tacked, of being complete and being loved for just who I am, in Gods eyes, never mind any...
Wounded Innocence
What happens to a child that has been abused, neglected or traumatised, who later in life is trying to deal with that story, remembering that what ever happened and not just what happened in those moments but also what happened around the abuse, the words spoken, the...
The phoenix from the ashes, the rebirth of our Sovereignty.
When I witness a Mandorla constellation and hold the space for this process, I am bringing together quite a few decades of being fascinated with soul-retrieval. As I watch the process unfolding in front of me, it sometimes takes my breath away, quite literally, to see...
Mandorla
It's an interesting word, it means almond in Italian. I sometimes think I’d like to find a different word for it. The ancient symbol with its profound meaning, also called the Vesicus Piscis. And that means fishes bladder…even stranger! So in my work I just think...
Will therapy work for me?
This is a question so often asked. Will it work specifically for 'me?' And 'how might I go about it?' We might be considering therapy or even been at it a long time. We might be questioning if we are with the right therapist, or that we might need a change of its...
Offering The Dance
Have you ever considered a teacher training to hold dance classes for your community? My dance offerings began over twenty two years ago, with 5 Rhythms classes in West Cork and then Cork City. I branched out to many other cities and countries around the world,...
the most delicate of petals
The woman’s body, tuned into the natural rhythms, it ebbs and flows and changes with its own seasons. Each part of it ages, just like the leaves from spring to autumn to winter and beyond. And like those leaves the woman’s skin becomes so very delicate, even more...
The Muse In The Dark – On Menopause & Creativity
I knew my menopause would ‘happen’ as I turned 50. I knew it because that is when it happened to my mother. She told me this and informed me that we usually follow the timing of our mothers on such things. I began my menstrual cycle at the same time as her also, she...
Aspirations
Aspirations by Caroline Carey I often hear that it is helpful to aspire to be like another person, maybe one other person, maybe an action of anothers or even a community. Its a good question to ask and is also good to ask ‘what do I aspire to in myself?’ I...
On being a Grandmother – by Caroline Carey
It’s one of the most beautifully exquisite experiences that I know and like anything else not without its need for awareness, strengths, prayers and hopes. Like many there is a very deep and loving connection I have for my grandchildren, it’s different to anything...
Rhythm is Medicine
Posted on July 28, 2015 by Caroline Carey Written some time ago, and re-sharing today “My dance is a celebration of my life, it tears me apart, and that is where I find God. When my body is moving beyond limitation, when my heart is bursting wide open, when sounds...
Liminal space of transition
That liminal space of transition the known and the unknown riding the wave 'in-between' these worlds the no longer & the not yet we ride that invisible wave a mandorla surrender that cannot be forced into I am here or...
What is enough?
I’m not sure I want to be told how to be successful, or that I need goals and plans for the future. I’m not sure I want it suggested that I can change and that I can ‘be who I really want to be’ and stand in some one else’s shoes I aspire to! I think what I want is to...
Eldership & The Dance of Leadership:
We all grow older, but it is the wisdom we grow with that makes us a true elder. Caroline Carey As I begin to enter the gateway of eldership, I recognise this path as having many areas needed for growth. Getting to know who I am and what I carry is one of the first...
for the mending of our own cultures wounds
What has dance given me so far? Dance - has taught me to stay close to my innate and instinctual self Dance - has given me humility and brought me back to my right size Dance - has helped me engage more fully to the needs of my physical body Dance - has helped me to...
Is your voice being heard?
As a child I had ideas that I always longed to share and did my best to in one way or another. For sure some of them were a little out of the box, but still I was passionate about them and wanted to have them heard. I know for me this part of my journey has been...
Where have I been?
For the past year and a half, I have been living in the city for the second time in my life. To live in the city was never on my agenda, because I never thought I could cope with it, never wanted it. But having been here for this time, something has changed me. I get...
The Beauty of E-motion
The art of emotion is very important to me, the journey of heart and voice. I am very passionate about doing my individual work and taking responsibility for my life and for sure I don’t always get it right! But engaging in this work touches me to the core, because it...
Holy Trails of Dark & Light
Passion meeting holy trails four footed beasts with main & tails heated brow & plaited hair tied together dance in air nostrils flair the anger takes a hooded face the sweat released dance together meeting heights so rarely moved in dangerous nights awakening...
Mandorla with Lies Van Hee & her art
Caroline offers this ancient principle, which is creative, playful and accesible to everybody yet deeply moving, intense, powerful, heart-touching and inspiring. For me, most importantly it is a tool, a resource that gives me more clarity, choice and freedom in how to...
Dance Medicine by Serena Constance
Dance Medicine by Serena Constance Time stops in the ecstasy of the dance Energy is flame in the ecstasy of the dance There is no polarity in the ecstasy of the dance I am pure light in the ecstasy of the dance I am the eagle, the snake, the tiger and the peacock in...
A Mandorla Sharing by Loraine
A Mandorla Sharing by Loraine What a beautiful shining light this work has been in allowing me to connect and find my way home, not just to the beautiful land I am so in love with but also to myself and my own 'body of land' I am now able to call home and gently begin...
Resting in the arms of repetition
Posted on March 21, 2018 by Caroline Carey Resting in the arms of rhythm and repetition. For me this has been an ultimately profound experience. The journey of trance is a very grounding and life affirming journey, one that enables me to connect body, heart and mind...