Writing and Dancing Through Life, with Anna Doogan, Episode 3

Highlights of Our Conversation

What is creativity?

So many ways we can be creative

Why, where, and when she dances and how she got started in dance

A favorite song to get everyone moving in the morning before school

A key to happiness is accepting that we’re not happy all the time.

The importance of accepting all feelings and working through emotions through movement

StoryDance for children

Sad dances and sad music to channel emotions

Dancing is like journaling through movement.

Benefits of dance

How to get started with dance as a personal practice

Chakradance: what it is, and what a typical class is like

“Meditation through movement”

How she started writing

Dream journals

Writing practice.. a little or a lot?

How to nurture and encourage the innate creativity of children

The one word that can encourage creativity and help make us all happier

Advice for those who want to get published

Ways to be happier

Links and Books Mentioned

www.SoulWakening.com

Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up by Patricia Ryan Madson 

Sledgehammer Writing Contest

The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron 

www.750Words.com

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