First of all, no more wedding parties
Since the complete upheaval in March 2020 I have been breaking new ground. I have already written about this in my blog post .
Since the opening of the theater gallery in 1995, we have put a lot of heart and soul into
creating a theater and a cabaret stage in the former barn of the 16th-century farmhouse.
At that time we were a handful of artists from the fields of acting, dance and music
and we knew how to combine all these art forms in a very special way.
What we didn't want was to bring a Swabian dialect piece to the stage.
Of course, everyone initially thought that only such an art form would survive in a Swabian half-timbered house.
But that was not the case!
We celebrated successes, filled our hall and won prizes. (e.g. the cabaret prize of Baden-Württemberg). In order to make culture possible and at the same time to be free, I had to
open our barn doors for parties, company parties and wedding events.
And our kitchen was in demand more and more often - so we cooked for up to 60 people. Italian of course!
This is how the theater gallery earned its money and was able to finance and produce its plays.
This is past!
I don't want to host wedding parties here anymore. No longer standing behind the stove, shopping, coordinating and jumping on stage in between
to present something or to deliver a “small” cultural contribution.
I don't want to dance at too many weddings anymore!
Something new is being born, but I won't reveal that just yet.
The tension increases and my idea will be published at the end of the year.
From the romantic garden to new impulses and design
The Theater Garden was a hit!
A glycine grew massive and mighty over a parachute that we opened more than 20 years ago.
The garden was wild and romantic and all the trees had something special.
This is all gone now.
Before going to Sicily in the summer of 2021, I hired the tree feller.
Before doing this, of course, I made sure that it was legitimate to do this work.
He said yes! Because the trees are sick (some were very overgrown with ivy).
To be honest, it was not that easy for me to let go of what was literally “planted”.
But,…. so this year the garden will be renovated from the ground up and there will be room for something new.
No theatre, no concerts, no early morning programs and no dance events in 2022
everything off
I don't like to whine that it is like that. On the one hand because I celebrate the new and on the other hand because I know that this artistic streak is like weeds in me, will continue to grow and cannot be tamed.
And also the joy of offering other artists a platform, promoting them and enjoying their creations
will take shape again in the future. When this will be is still pending.
But there can be a break. Also a longer one.
In due course, the ideas will blossom again.
And until then I will devote myself to life and consistently follow what makes me happy.
Of course, this also requires new sources of income...
Excited and curious, I look at how I will manage to combine all of this.
But I am convinced that what burns within us and wants to express itself
will sooner or later also successfully bloom on the outside.
And that takes patience. Anyway, the seeds have been sown.
Patience is an important quality in the many things that want to sprout and grow.
(I don't have it that well. But I practice!).
Someone recently said: I could retire in Italy right now.
That pulls my "doer plug" immediately and I laugh... because my saying has always been:
I'm happy when I'm retired.
Not because I don't want to do anything!
No, because I want to devote a lot of time to myself and my many ideas. A successful career is behind me and I no longer have to!
But I want, I like and this time it can be easy and female-led.
My intuition accompanies me.
All that comes now are gifts in my life! And this attitude makes me lighter. Day after day.
Living the gift of my healing hands
My great-grandfather from Latvia was a great healer.
He also "discussed" animals and people from a distance and worked with his hands.
All my Latvian relatives were also card readers and dealt with esotericism.
I have known about the gift of my healing hands since I was 15 years old.
In an additional training course in classic sports massage, I couldn't make any sense of it.
Only when I was taught by an Ayurvedic master many years later in India and
trained as a body worker did I get the "right connection".
The connection with the body and spirituality made me look much deeper into people
and helped me to find and solve his/her blockages.
Since then there has been no room for it in my life as an artist and teacher.
In my retreats in Sicily, Morocco and the Ore Mountains I will work with this gift
and combine dance, touch and healing in a unique way.
I find working online an enrichment
Ha!
I never thought I would say that, but the restrictions of the last two years have allowed me to experience how valuable this can be.
I myself take lessons from my Indian teacher from Mumbai twice a week and
am currently doing an online training course on intuition with Anne last year .
I would also like to offer more in groups online,
but somehow it doesn't work the way I would like it to.
I also notice how many people are simply tired of all these online offers.
And so DEDICATION TO LIFE is again the order of the day and
as Byron Katie says so beautifully: love what is.
My conclusion: Online offers initially not. Only 1:1 coaching for women on the subject of self-worth.
(I remain open to changes and spontaneous inspiration. Nothing has to, everything can).
Seminars, workshops and retreats on dance, body and femininity
I think there are many women who are afraid to move.
Pilates yes, yoga of course, too!
With sticks through the forest. Yes, exercise is also good for us. But dance? The question then arises: Can I do that?
I want to encourage women to get moving.
Music lets us feel and lead. What great guidance the language of music gives us!
She takes us to all our emotions from heart joy to sadness and anger.
We tickle everything out and free ourselves from blocked emotions and torpor.
The joy can now express itself!
And that's what works like a small miracle when we connect deeply with ourselves.
That means we make contact with the earth, the pelvis, the heart and the sky.
We feel aware and connected.
Clarity spreads. Gracefulness. The Queen's inner strength begins to unfold.
- With dancing we occupy spaces, inside and outside.
- With the pelvic movements we release the blockages of our unrealized femininity.
- A process that leads us into our self-respect and self-acceptance.
- We move our pelvis, freeing them from blocked fears and listlessness.
I used to teach pure dance classes and create choreographies.
I originally come from ballet and modern dance and combine this with
oriental and African art of movement,
as well as the teaching of the flow of energy in the body (Tai Chi) and body intelligence.
Which means something like: to understand and feel what is right for your own body and what is not.
The change in my business is that I will increasingly offer
retreats in Sicily and in the Ore Mountains where I would like to support women in direct contact with their issues.
Dance is grace, release of energy, attitude, lust for life, joy, sensuality and helps
to embrace and accept oneself on all levels.
I could write novels about this uniquely powerful movement practice!
Here is a blog article from me about the dance into femininity for women over 50.
It is always so touching for me when I see how many a woman bravely
dances through her fire and sits on her very own throne.
That's what I call the DANCE INTO FEMININITY. It is my great joy to pass this on to women.
Coaching for women in bicultural and entangled
relationships with their "Prince Charmers"
I myself am the daughter of parents and grandparents from different countries and therefore
already have experiences in my blood for multicultural relationships and of course also an attraction to them.
It's funny when you do genealogical research and then realize
that there were so many mixtures, from Latvia, Ukraine, Germany, Sicily and Siberia.
Some of my relatives made their way to other countries and died on foreign
soil in a new homeland.
In my previous lives I was often born in the desert. When I found this out, I immediately understood WHY my attraction to it is so strong from an early age.
Since 2020, women have been approaching me to be supported with my experiences.
I was with a Moroccan for many years and have experienced, seen and understood a lot of what
triggers relationships with "Prince Charming from 1001 Nights" in women from the west and north.
What misunderstandings there are and how ultimately society
affects these southern countries and is almost impossible to leave.
For me, my papa from Sicily can be compared to men in these societies.
Sicily and Arabic influences are close together!
Even though he came to Germany in the 1960s and lived here as an extremely successful businessman,
he always remained a Sicilian at heart. He died in 1999 and I still miss him so much!
As an intensely passionate person, I have explored all these feelings, the longing and all the
emotions that trigger in you.
I wanted to understand why this culture, its society and its men and women are the way they are.
I 've grown into an expert status. And I am happy if I can help women with this.
My place is not in one place. Sometimes I'm here and sometimes I'm gone.
An old friend recently asked me where my homeland was and if
I had to leave my beautiful house, where would I live?
Mh, this question occupied me for a few days.
My home is also the house in which my theater and event space are located.
Since then I've been able to work very intensively on projects here at times, but then I've had to break out again and again
to be by the sea or in the desert. I always need the silence.
To where? Where am I at home?
My family lives in Sicily and since the beginning of the pandemic I have taken the opportunity
to be by the sea longer, to live and work there.
These 15 months 2020 and 2021 have shown me that I am also at home in Sicily and that I feel very comfortable in my father's home country!
Experiencing the natural beauty of the Mediterranean every day, the sun and the friendly people... that makes you special!
And so is my nature.
I'm open-hearted by nature. And adventurous! I love the challenge of going out on my own and experiencing myself in new circumstances.
My soul place is the Sahara .
The desert in Morocco touches me deep in my soul. That's why I feel at home there!
I think that I will have longer stays in Morocco and Sicily in the future and will work there offering retreats.
My intuition says: write! And I blog!
I love to write and in the 30 years that I've traveled the world a lot alone,
my diary has always helped me to feel at home.
So many ideas were born there.
By the sea, in the desert, in the cities. It's like a big gift to me!
I can use this time to write about my stories and ideas.
What's new is: I'm getting help and I'm in a community of bloggers where we can exchange ideas.
Because what is also changing is that I no longer want to do everything on my own
and I am therefore happy to be Judith Petersen
I love it! The impulses, the opportunity and the learning.
A wonderful way to read. So much courage and discovery. Chapaeu- I tip my hat. Great. Touching and inspiring at the same time. Thanks