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"There are geometric shapes that recur in nature, the shapes on which it is most possible to build, known by carpenters and tides and insects alike. We too--in our rituals of healing, creation, and repentance--are performing a pattern that has recurred at the center of human life as far back as it is recorded. . . . The spiral does not belong to the nautilus shell, unless it also belongs to the whirlpool, the hurricane, the galaxy, the double helix of DNA, the tendrils of a common vine. If there are golden ratios that govern the structures of our bodies and our world, then of course there must be such shapes among the less measurable aspects of existence."
--Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative |
As a Collective, SGC emphasizes honoring the individuality and uniqueness of each person while we also share in collective movements, interests, and responsibilities. The Spiral Goddess Collective shares a vision for meaningful, pleasurable, and empowering mind/body movement and radical personal, social, and cultural transformation.
The Spiral Goddess is also known as a priestess, a goddess described as “She Who Hears the Cries of the World.” She is a symbol as well as an embodied leader, a revolutionary force of kindness, strength, and compassion, who has an inborn sense of responsibility—literally the “ability to respond”—which motivates her to a life of service and a vision of radical self and community care. Regardless of what gender we identify with, we can all tap into the feminine power of the spiral goddess, finding balance and flow as well as creativity, empathy, compassion, and self-love.
The spiral is a symbol found all throughout the natural world (known as the Fibonacci sequence or The Golden Ratio) and represents the journey of life unfolding and changing as it expands from the center outward and connects our inner and outer worlds. The double spiral represents infinity and is the dual planes in our dance of life—limitless expansion out into the world through our ability to connect with people and nature and to see the bigger picture as we find our flow connected with the inward to journey to better understand our core essence, our purpose, and our capacity for self-love and empathy.
We are a center rather than a studio because a center is a place in the middle. It is "a point or place in the body that is equally distant from its sides or outer boundaries," and it is "the point from which an activity or process is directed, or on which it is focused." We emphasize movement because any kind of physical movement is beneficial to the mind/body and physical and mental fitness, but also because movement has an added layer of meaning--movement transforms individuals as well as society and culture. We use the slash in mind/body rather than mind-body or mindbody because it symbolizes the supposed opposition of the two entities while emphasizing the connection as well as both/and thinking--the "reality-shifting mindset [that] can relieve anxiety, promote healing, and encourage relationship growth."
The Spiral Goddess is also known as a priestess, a goddess described as “She Who Hears the Cries of the World.” She is a symbol as well as an embodied leader, a revolutionary force of kindness, strength, and compassion, who has an inborn sense of responsibility—literally the “ability to respond”—which motivates her to a life of service and a vision of radical self and community care. Regardless of what gender we identify with, we can all tap into the feminine power of the spiral goddess, finding balance and flow as well as creativity, empathy, compassion, and self-love.
The spiral is a symbol found all throughout the natural world (known as the Fibonacci sequence or The Golden Ratio) and represents the journey of life unfolding and changing as it expands from the center outward and connects our inner and outer worlds. The double spiral represents infinity and is the dual planes in our dance of life—limitless expansion out into the world through our ability to connect with people and nature and to see the bigger picture as we find our flow connected with the inward to journey to better understand our core essence, our purpose, and our capacity for self-love and empathy.
We are a center rather than a studio because a center is a place in the middle. It is "a point or place in the body that is equally distant from its sides or outer boundaries," and it is "the point from which an activity or process is directed, or on which it is focused." We emphasize movement because any kind of physical movement is beneficial to the mind/body and physical and mental fitness, but also because movement has an added layer of meaning--movement transforms individuals as well as society and culture. We use the slash in mind/body rather than mind-body or mindbody because it symbolizes the supposed opposition of the two entities while emphasizing the connection as well as both/and thinking--the "reality-shifting mindset [that] can relieve anxiety, promote healing, and encourage relationship growth."
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