What tastes good to our Communications Coordinator Anna Broskie?
"I learned about black bean brownies from Lay Pastoral Care Minister Karen Harder's daughter. As you would expect of a brownie, they are delicious and fudgy... but unexpectedly, instead of refined flour, they are made with healthy black beans. This is just one of many variations on this recipe. (Whichever one you use, it's key to puree the living daylights out of the beans, so there are no lumps at all.) It's a "have your brownie and eat it too" situation.
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What makes Sally Harris feel good? "This video of a baby laughing and laughing and laughing and then laughing some more is one of my favorite videos. I can’t help but join in the laughter when I watch it!"
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Bet you can't not laugh!
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What moves make Foothills member Karen Hart feel good? "Contra dancing makes me laugh to feel exhilarated and use my body more freely."
Want to try it out?
FoTD Contra Dances hosts Contra Dances with live music every 1st and 3rd Saturdays from 7:30 to 10:30pm. Plus there with a free introductory contra dance lesson before the dances from 6:30 to 7:30pm.
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Starting the morning right is an important part of Michelle Angle practice of feeling good.
She shares "Starting my day with a bit of "me time" sets me up for a more relaxing, productive day.
When I follow this morning routine, it makes my entire day flow. The morning routine consists of: MOVEMENT, AFFIRMATIONS, READING, SILENCE, JOURNALING, AND VISUALIZATIONS. Sounds like a lot, right? But here is the cool part: you don't need to do each for very long. If you do each activity for 5 minutes, you can get the whole routine done in a half an hour in your P.J.s. Then you get ready for the day.
My movement consists of walking my dog first thing in the morning. My intention is to feel gratitude as I walk and, if I am lucky, watch the sun rise.
I have my affirmations written on index cards and read through them. For me, this sets intention for the day, and helps me focus on goals and priorities. For example, “I am connecting with my children daily by reading and discussing books with them.” This helps me remember how important connecting is, and gives me an activity to do this daily.
I love reading and often do this for much longer than 5 minutes. I, personally, choose spiritual or self-improvement books; but sometimes I read a fun, silly fiction novel. Either way, I learn lessons of life from reading.
Silence is super personal and can be what ever it is for you. I meditate, but others I know that do this pray, practice mindfulness, listen to the birds, etc.
I often process through writing. I keep a journal and write in it daily, and it is for my eyes only. Sometimes I journal about something that came to me while meditating, or write about something that I read about. I keep ideas for topic on post its and stick them in the back of my journal. On Mondays I often write about what has happened throughout the week and try to reflect as well as learn.
My final routine is to visualize my goals happening as well as how my day will go. (I do some of this while I am reading my affirmations too.) I have a daily planner and write my daily dos during this time.
This routine can be done in any order. I suggest doing what feels right for you. I got this idea through a friend who recommended the book, The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. I have adjusted to what feels right for me."
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After last Sunday's music extravaganza, many of you asked for more information on the piece of music Rev. Sean shared.
Partita in 8 Voices won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013, it's 23 minutes a beautiful, discordant, journey of sound and noise. As Mezzo-soprano, Annie Rosen put it "It’s tough to describe, but seeing them live feels like going to one of the best rock concerts you’ve ever attended in a little club, except it’s also one of the best new music concerts you’ve ever attended, except they’re blending Western classical vocal technique with belting, yodeling, Tuvan throat singing, and Korean P’ansori (among others) while managing to avoid cultural appropriation and tokenization, as far as I can tell. Like I said, tough to describe. You’d better just listen."
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Listen to the full performance of Caroline Shaw's Partita in 8 Voices
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Want more? Sneak a peek into the mastermind behind Partita in this beautiful interview with Caroline Shaw where she speaks about her creative process, how she follows her ecstatic YES!
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#FoothillsFeelsGoodPlaylist
Don't forget to listen to the #FoothillsFeelsGood playlist and get your dance on! We have updated the list with your suggestions so keep them coming.
If you have Spotify you can save the playlist to your album an add your own songs too (if not submit your songs at the link at the bottom of this email).
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Bonus Video: The Function of Music with host of Public Radio's RadioLab Jad Abumrad
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What Makes You Feel Good?
For the rest of the series, we will be sharing
your favorite tunes, movements, practices,
and recipes with the congregation,
so we need you to share them with us!
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