Christian de Sousa, Author at Glimpses of Light

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February 2023

2 February 2023

2hrs - February Transmission, journeying through a blend of sweet vocal & instrumental new releases, beats, vintage hip-hop, earth disco, ambient and a dive into organic-electronic pulse rhythms. Enjoy!

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Awakening the D-Jedi

7 January 2023

17mins / 15mins - A Taoist take on Awakening the Dancer and Body Parts. Simple, focussed practice to get you into movement with no drama.

Silent Wave: 5R Practice

6 January 2023

7mins - Short 5Rhythms meditation, taking you through a Wave without music in five minutes, with simple start and ending guidance.

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January 2023

5 January 2023

2 hrs This month's journey took us from Jazz and Folk to Drum&Bass and Afro-House, layered with and landing in, some very sweet instrumental sounds of harp and hang-drum.

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hold the vision

1 January 2023

hold the vision

Moving Prayers: Winter Dream Journey for Verein Dynamo

27 December 2022

122mins / 108mins Solstice-led MM journey throughthe five dimensions of relationship: Self, Others, Collec tive, Ancestors & Spirit

Moving Prayers:
MM Five Dimensions Journey & Ritual

21 December 2022

174mins / 122mins / 108mins Longer MM ritual journey through the five dimensions of relationship: Self, Others, Collective, Ancestors & Spirit

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December 2022

2 December 2022

2hr 10mins Instrumental and roots vibe this time, journeying through a variety of Jazz, Latin, African, World Funk and Roots Reggae.

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November 2022

11 November 2022

2hr 14mins - Posting from a moving train, I'm on my way to the beautiful lakes and dancing people of Switzerland. Luzern to be specific and then to my birthplace area of Lac Leman.

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Body Cosmos: Extended MESA practice (DJ Mix)

4 November 2022

65mins - Long version DJ mix of Body Cosmos for extended MESA practice. Invitation to explore space, from cellular body space to dreaming star cosmos.

Body Cosmos: MESA Practice

4 November 2022

65mins / 20mins / 17mins - A core Movement Medicine practice. Simple, deep: a super useful map for all dancers.

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October 2022

14 October 2022

2hr 16mins - Big shout to everyone who tuned in and connected last night - and hi everyone who was elsewhere present and tuning in now.

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these stormy, silvery seas

8 October 2022

long journey… surfing waves through night navigating these stormy, silvery seas...

Riding the Dancing Force: a Yang Wave

8 October 2022

70mins / 66mins - A strong 5Rhythms Wave, designed for when you want to move and sweat and liberate your dancing power.

Softening the Body-Heart: Yin/Flow Practice

8 October 2022

26mins / 21mins - A gentle yin/flow movement space for softer moments and slowing down.

5R MATI Dance

30 September 2022

5R MATI Dance - September 2022

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September 2022

16 September 2022

2hr 20mins - Here's the recording from last night. Thanks to everyone who tuned in live and big shout to those coming now :-)

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Receive, Activate -> Live the Day: Yin-Yang Wave

9 September 2022

22mins / 21mins - A shorter Yin-Yang Wave to drop-in to your living experience and activate your energy. Use it to start the day or when you need to get yourself moving.

open studios

7 September 2022

'In the Space of Seven Breaths'showing @The Angel Gallery, Totnes 10th-25th September(gallery open: Fri-Sat-Sun 10am-5pm)

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12 August 2022

2hr 17mins - Sunny greetings to you all from southern Portugal, big thanks to everyone who tuned in to the live broadcast last night. It was such a pleasure and a privilege to send music out from this land here.

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Transmission with Patreon Gateway part of post

11 August 2022

Transmission is deep radio for dancers, music lovers and other sonic dream travellers. Tune in every month for immersive journeys through the rich and diverse landscapes of 21st-century medicine music.NEXT LIVESTREAM: AUGUST 11th

Totnes Dance Collective:
In-The-Room Session July 2022

20 July 2022

2hr 7mins - Livestream recording from a TDC in-the-room session on a very hot summer night in south Devon. This is the full class, with warm-up, body parts, Yin-Yang teaching and a Wave.

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July 2022

15 July 2022

2hr 18mins - Big thanks to everyone tuning in last night and huge apologies to those of you who experienced technical issues.

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Glimpses of Light

14 June 2022

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June 2022

10 June 2022

Big Thanks to everyone tuning in last night. Loved feeling you out there receiving the signal.

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Human Nature: MM Elements Journey

4 June 2022

62mins / 55mins - Movement Medicine journey for dancing with the Elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Air. One of the core maps of MM.

Glimpses of Light – a DJ Mix

27 May 2022

68mins - DJ mix created to accompany the emergence of Glimpses of Light in 2022. Designed for immersion, reality and sweet ecstatic alchemy.

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May 2022

13 May 2022

2hr 16mins - Thanks to everyone who tuned in last night and greets out to those listening back after.

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The Espresso Wave:
5R Practice

6 May 2022

18mins / 17mins - A super-concise 5Rhythms Wave for doing your practice when you want to dance and don't have much time.

The Bare Bones Wave:
5R Practice

6 May 2022

27mins / 24mins - 5 Rhythms. 5 Tracks. Do the Practice. 'Nuff said. :-)

Deep Rhythm Livestream

22 April 2022

Deep Rhythm Livestream & Listen Back Click play to listen back to the session at the Civic from Thursday 21st April.Thanks for being part of it!If you would like to plug in to more livestreams and recordings like this (including both guided practices and music-only DJ mixes) come and join my Patreon:www.patreon.com/xian_glimpsesoflight Click play to listen back to the session at the Civic from Thursday 21st April.Thanks for being part of it!If you would like to plug in to more livestreams and recordings like this (including both guided practices and music-only DJ mixes) come and join my Patreon:www.patreon.com/xian_glimpsesoflight

Deep Rhythm:
In-The-Room Session, April 2022

22 April 2022

2hr 5mins - Livestream recording from Deep Rhythm, a music-led in-the-room session in South Devon, England. Moves through warm-up, body parts, Waves and landing

In-The-Room Sessions

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April 2022

15 April 2022

2hr 14mins - Transmission Livestream

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Yin-Yang Wave

1 April 2022

54mins / 42mins - First D-Jedi Yin-Yang practice, exploring receptive and active ways of moving: the starting points for multiple possibilities in our dance.

Totnes Dance Collective

22 March 2022

FEBRUARY 2DROP-IN DANCE@Totnes Civic HallSouth Devon7.30 - 9.30pm(Dances held every Monday evening with a teacher from the TDC collective)

Dance for Peace & Listening

19 March 2022

Movement Medicine Ceremony & Fundraiser A co-held dance raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestine and Combatants for Peace. December 9th 2023 South Devon, UK & Worldwide Audio Stream

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March 2022

18 March 2022

2hr 16mins - The recording for the first Patreon-based Transmission :-)

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Moving Energy:
MM MESA Practice

1 March 2022

42mins / 35mins - The first Dancefloor Jedi practice using Movement Medicine maps. Takes you through the core micro, medio, macro and meta levels of MESA practice

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25 February 2022

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we have lift-off

16 February 2022

glimpses of light is live!“Art is like the rippling of sun on water. It takes us dancing between light and dark, between the surface and the depths – and offering us glimpses of the whole.

Intro to Silent Practice

15 February 2022

17mins / 7mins - Recordings for movement meditation without music, also known as silent practice. Includes versions both with spoken teaching and with just the meditation.

Postcards from Babylon

12 February 2022

The Zero Zone

10 February 2022

Book Dummy, 2003 Edition of 5

PfB – the Book

9 February 2022

Postcards from Babylon is a book about the state of the world and the search for individual and collective freedom. Photographed and written over 14 years, it combines reportage, memoir and subcultural journeys in urban landscape, politics, music and spiritual practice.

BOOKS

9 February 2022

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VIDEO

9 February 2022

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PHOTOGRAPHY

9 February 2022

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Album

9 February 2022

The audio soundtrack to Postcards from Babylon is a unique piece of 21st-century storytelling, layering together Alex Forster’s evocative music and Christian de Sousa’s spoken-word narratives.

How to be a Jedi:
Suggestions for Practice

7 February 2022

2mins-2hrs - Suggestions and pathways for deepening your dance, cultivating movement as a practice in your life - and applying the teachings beyond the dancefloor.

Fundamentals

Movement Medicine Fundamentals

5 February 2022

Coming Soon - Introduction to the core maps of Movement Medicine, featuring an spoken teaching, text version and an overview of the MM mandala and how you can use it.