by dawnd | Jun 4, 2018 | Contact Juggling, Teach and Learn!, Tutorials
Has it been hard for you to learn contact juggling? Struggling to learn contact juggling is, unfortunately, normal. Compared to many of the flow arts, those initial moves take a lot of determination to achieve. Right now, contact juggling, is poorly taught. We need to...
by dawnd | May 18, 2018 | Street performing
Great news! I have recently been appointed to the joint committee of street performers (otherwise known as “Des Amuseurs Publics” here) in Montreal. At a recent city council meeting, the artists themselves select 2 appointees for circle show performers, and 3 for...
by dawnd | May 16, 2018 | mindfulness, Personal, Psychology, Teach and Learn!
I had an amazing experience recently. When I was performing at the Waterloo Juggling Festival, everything in my act went exactly as planned. This, of course, sounds how it should be, but if I am honest with you, I have really struggled in my carrier to nail it. I do...
by dawnd | May 1, 2018 | mindfulness, Personal, Psychology, Street performing
Notice the differences between your practice when you feel like you are in a comparative mindset. Are you showing up, or are you showing off? Showing off is all about your ego, with you as the center of your mindset. You are in the future mindset with angst or...
by dawnd | Apr 25, 2018 | Flow Arts, Juggling, mindfulness, Personal, Psychology
The fleeting moment of accomplishment is not the goal of our work. Sure, it’s motivating and it feels great. If all goes well those peaks will be there. But, that moment is only a split second of the real work. The mindfulness is the true purpose of the...
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