Category: Santa Monica

  • No 16 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 21, 2017 The Hero’s Shield In Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Siegfried was the son of Sigmund and Sieglinde, who were both the Volsung twins of Wotan, who was the king of the Gods. Siegfried was the hero born to save the world. He was…

  • No 15 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, April 14, 2017 Things to Ponder! These two questions were sent to me by Mr. Jacques DeBeve. The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip. Here are the two sets of questions. First Set: 1. Name the…

  • No 13 “Be a Part of the Winning Team!” 3-31-17

    No 13 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, March 31, 2017 “Be a Part of the Winning Team!” “What do the right people want more than almost anything else? They want to be part of a winning team. They want to contribute to producing visible, tangible results. They want to feel the…

  • No 11 “That is why I succeed” 3-17-17

    No 11 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, March 17, 2017 “That is why I succeed” “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in…

  • No 9 “What to give up for Lent?” 3-3-17

    No 9 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, March 3, 2017 “What to give up for Lent” It’s the 3rd day of Lent. Ash Wednesday has passed and until this past Wednesday, I did now know what I was going to give up. Late night eating (like that’s going to happen). Getting…

  • No 6 2-10-17 “I never said it would be easy. I said it would be worth it”

    No 6 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, February 10, 2017 “I never said it would be easy. I said it would be worth it.” – Pete Egoscue (1945) Founder of Physical Therapy Method The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion I am always comparing myself to others. Where they are in their…

  • Thorns Have Roses 11-18-16

      No 47 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 18, 2016 Thorns Have Roses “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr (1808 – 1890) French critic, journalist, and novelist “The Price of Admission” is what we pay in life to…

  • Go Straight to Your Goal! 9-23-16

    No 39 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 23, 2016 Go Straight to your Goal! “It is the man who goes straight to his goal, obstacle or no obstacle, that commands our respect, gets our confidence, and gets to the front. He is the man who is sought in an emergency,…