Dance of Vitality ~ catching a "second wind"

“Those move easiest who have learn’d to dance.”

_Alexander Pope

I am amazed at how often in life we find our second wind in the dance. We enter the studio tired and often physically and mentally exhausted. Once we connect with the music and relax, the generative power of dance creates the energy for us to reconnect with the flow of life easily again.

As we near the end of the year and head for the BIG HOLIDAYS it sometimes feels like we are doing the final lap of a long-distance race. The end is in sight and we need that second wind to give us that little extra impetus to reach the finishing line. It may seem counterintuitive – but dance! Don’t give in to fatigue and stop moving. That just reinforces the situation. We need to change from low to high energy states which we can do with dance.

Through the dance, we can find new life and energy when we just let go the buzzing head and focus on the pleasure of being present in the here and now –which is what the dance offers us. The joy that dance offers us overrides everything. It’s almost as if we are inflated with enthusiasm, fun, and a wonderful surge of energy; finding our “second wind”.

_Christos Daskalakos