We began our journey on the Feneos plateau, 900 meters above the sea where lake Doxa (Λίμνη Δόξα) lies nestled in alpine forest. Walking past vendors of walnuts, wild thyme and honey, we made our way down a narrow strip of land that extends into the center of the lake.

Leaving Lake Stymphalia, we drive to Psari (Ψάρι) where a series of hikes begin at the village church and descend into the valley among olive groves and vineyards.

The November air is heavy with resin as we drive over the twisting roads. Passing through the small village of Steno (Στενό), I urge my friend to stop so I can drink from a spring that pours from the bark of an ancient plane tree.

In honor of the Shapeshifter. The Wearer of Masks and Speaker of Tongues. Don your own costume and descend.

With this playlist, I encourage you to experiment with feelings of liquid anger, the slow and heavy bubbling of a long-suppressed rage. Release the metal deposits of anger that encase your body and your heart. Warm them with movement and allow them to drip from your muscles, your skin, your hair. Like liquid metal — roll, roil, boil, and bubble across the floor
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A steamy, sensual playlist in celebration of the last days of summer.

 Activate that sexual energy with deep bass, rhythmic beats, and slow, fluid builds.

Experiment with expansion and contraction while moving your body through space.

Leaving behind the dark of Chaos Season, we dance into the light.

Turn off all the lights and press play. See what kinds of things your body wants to do in the dark.

This playlist deals with the theme of intentional self-destruction — the necessary sacrifices we make in order to let go, move on, and start over. 

But what's really left when we set Fire to the person we used to be? Will we truly arise like a phoenix? 

Or will we just be smoke and ash?

To celebrate the Fire Season, a playlist for igniting the Inner Eye. 

Close your eyes and journey into your own Fire Cave. What kinds of dreams, plans, new worlds can you imagine? What sorts of things would you like to set aflame? To let go? Or to ignite into being?

This is a playlist about the healing power of a Loving Witness. What happens when someone holds a mirror to our hearts? Can their acceptance help us forgive even the darkest parts of ourselves? Listen, dance, release. Hold space for your own heart.

A playlist for when the Shadows of ourselves block out the Fire of Love, Acceptance and Creativity. Can we find the courage to Descend? To face our Shame, our Rage, our Sadness? Because a Dark Flame of Compassion always continues to burn — a secret Halo around our Hearts — even in the coldest of spaces.