Remember your Dance...

Blessed We Are

_Lyrics by Peia Luzzi

Blessed we are to dance on this ground
With the rhythm of saints to carry the sound
We hold a prayer for the Earth
For the ones yet to come
May you walk in beauty
And remember your song

When did you start dancing?

Why did you start dancing?

Dance is a passion so deep that it is almost unnameable. Dance is never a rational decision. Dance emerges when we feel a stirring deep within. This stirring is really the soul expressing itself. It becomes a beautiful expression of life itself.

This is quite natural – quite instinctual. Babies love a beat – study after study has shown how naturally infants move to rhythm. And even more interesting are studies that show how when children dance they become more affective opening up to others. The innate ability to dance demonstrates an evolutionary necessity for us to connect, with self, with the other. This is why dance is literally found in every culture and society that has lived on this planet.

When life becomes overwhelming, the body shuts down. Rigidity and lack of movement are defence mechanisms against intense negative emotions. Sadly as the body stiffens to brace itself against the world it not only defends, but also shuts out the beauty and positive side of life as well. When we are shut down, dance becomes a challenge and feels uncomfortable. But when we gently let go into the dance, we find that we can navigate, feel and transmute emotion leaving us free to connect to life with joy.

Let’s dance gently – and remember our song, as Peia’s beautiful lyrics remind us.

_Christos Daskalakos