I dance because it makes me come alive. I dance to let go. I dance to get out of my head, to shake my bones, to feel free. I dance to shake off the past and be in the present. I dance to remember who I really am. I dance to express what I feel. I dance because sometimes it’s the only thing that makes sense. I dance because it feels so good. I dance to cry. I dance to feel joy. I dance to fully express what it is to be alive in this body. I dance to expand my world and to come back to my centre. I dance to remember how amazing life is. I dance to be myself. I dance to connect with others. I dance to speak with my body and without words. I dance because it feels bloody amazing!
Dancing Freedom - oh my golly - is rocking my world! I've just returned from a summer of dance training in California and Arizona. 5-6 hours a day dancing, sweating, shaking it all up, exploring, connecting, going inward, going outward, floating in hot springs, and vision questing in the red desert of Arizona. Life is full, crazy, wild, beautiful. Dancing Freedom is a free-form, ecstatic dance journey that gets you out of your head and into your body. I can honestly say that it is the most direct route to freedom and awakening I have experienced. Every-thing is welcome. However you feel, whatever is moving through your life - all is invited to the dance. Move however you like. Come as you are. You can be quiet, inward, outward, sing, laugh, cry - be your authentic self. When in 'normal life' do we get to be all this? _'We must have a beginners mind, free from possessing anything, a mind that knows that everything is in flowing change. Nothing exists but momentarily in its present form and colour. One thing flows into another and cannot be grasped.' ~Shunryu Suzuki This is an important reminder for me. Nothing is fixed, nothing is 'set in stone', rather everything is moving, changing, evolving, breathing, fluid. The control freak inside me has to let go of the river bank, and trust that the flow of the river is carrying me to where I need to be. The more I trust, the easier it is ... and I float! |
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