Wednesday 10th March 2021
"I wish to live a life that causes my soul to dance inside my body."
_Dele Olanubi
Do you ever find yourself in the middle of a dance, pleasantly surprised? Sometimes is a particular feeling in the body. Sometimes its an insight. And sometimes the experience or release of an intense emotion. What is interesting is that dance works on all these levels, the body, the mind and the emotions. It is an integrative process and which involves our total experience. The dance stirs things up, shifts them around and opens the flow. We just never know which channel is going to express our experience.
When we are aware of the interrelationship of body, mind and heart (emotion) we know that we can use the dance to our advantage. If we are feeling stuck in an emotion or if it feels too intense, we can use movement of the body to shift this. Even if we have an amazing insight (the mind) we can used the dance to feel into it and embody it.
We use dance to navigate our experience. When we begin to integrate as humans it is possible to take dance to the next level. It becomes more than physical movement to music. It becomes movement medicine we can use to heal, grow or simply bliss out on. Dance is goodness, and dance is gracious. It is a powerful gift completely created by us. No one gives us dance. We create dance and in this moment we realise the power to create, shape and form life itself.
When we are aware of the interrelationship of body, mind and heart (emotion) we know that we can use the dance to our advantage. If we are feeling stuck in an emotion or if it feels too intense, we can use movement of the body to shift this. Even if we have an amazing insight (the mind) we can used the dance to feel into it and embody it.
We use dance to navigate our experience. When we begin to integrate as humans it is possible to take dance to the next level. It becomes more than physical movement to music. It becomes movement medicine we can use to heal, grow or simply bliss out on. Dance is goodness, and dance is gracious. It is a powerful gift completely created by us. No one gives us dance. We create dance and in this moment we realise the power to create, shape and form life itself.
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