Marcie Ryken

She/her

I am the daughter of Judy Lewis and Marvin Ryken. I was born with a passion to express myself creatively through dance and had a very long career as a professional ballet dancer. Upon retiring, I founded Los Gatos Ballet and am thrilled to be able to continue service through sharing this amazing journey with others. It has been a truly enriching and empowering experience over the past 23 years!

Alignment on all levels has been the driving force of my life. The need to be congruent with who I truly am has inspired me to be tenacious in traveling the path of growth. Dance has been the perfect path of discovery, inviting the deep dive within.

After 23 years of service through dance, I am rewriting how I show up. During the first 20 years, my focus was on youth empowerment. These past few years, I have shifted focus to the empowerment of women. Opportunities continue to present, and I continue to say "YES"!

Creating positive impact is a must for me. I love facilitating the deeper dive for teenagers. It is a thrill to help them become more aware of themselves - mind, body, and spirit. Through necessity, I moved into doing the same for adults. The impact is amazing! I want to do more.

Finding adequate time and resources, mostly energy, are my greatest challenges. I have been in the process of delegating tasks in order to create time for myself. I have been successful in deciphering what is truly important for me to keep and what I can move off my plate. As I've become clear on the latter, pathways open up for this transition.

Joining this class! During the Unbridled retreat, I committed to "no more hiding". I have a tendency to play it small. I do not want to give any energy to that way of showing up any longer.

Despite insecurity, I have always walked through the open doors. I feel that by doing this, life has provided continuous flow for me. I have a trusted inner knowing that things will work out. If it's not a fully body yes, I wait until it is. Even though I had a moment of doubt in showing up for Wisdom Circle, my inner knowing said YES. So here I am :-)

I love diving deep! My driving force is Connection. I am so excited to be joining a group of like-minded heart-centered individuals.

My new commitment is to NO MORE HIDING. What does this mean? I'm learning this day by day. It may show up in terms of not contributing thoughts and ideas, limiting beliefs, etc.

Emotional mastery; Speaking Truth (using voice); Trusting myself

Engage me. I am excited about joining a small group of people outside my community, because it will challenge me to show up fully. I have also been more aware of who I am without the label of Ballet Dancer, Director etc. I just get to be Marcie, discovering all that it means to BE.

Small thinking, being quiet, limiting beliefs like, "who am I to think I can do or be....."

I would like to gain clarity on my next step - empowering woman. What does that look like? Is it just within the realm of dance? Is it outside of that in conjunction with horses? I forgot to mention I live on a horse ranch ;-) I love these amazing beings who bring so much teaching. I want to discover their purpose in my life now.

My presence, my light, my contributions to this world. The positive impact that I have and continue to create for all beings.