POWER DANCE

“Dance is a superpower. 

Everyone has it but only a few are brave enough to unleash it.”

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Power Posing – or even better Power Dances…

Can our postures and movements alter our state of consciousness? There are many people who believe so. A few of these are people like Rolando Toro Araneda, creator of Biodanza, Felicitas Goodman, creator of Ecstatic Trance Postures and, Carlos Castaneda, author and creator of Magical Passes.

That there is a connection between what we call our mind and our body is now an established fact. Author of Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton is someone who writes about the influence our mind has on our body. However this is a two-way street and as much as what we believe and how we feel influences the state of our body, our body can influence our mind, sometimes taking us into altered states of consciousness – in other words, out of our normal state of being. Postures and movement send signals to the brain. Whether we contract or expand our limbs and torso, will send different messages to the brain. Think of the hunched over person feeling depressed compared to an athlete who has just won first place, arms outstretched waving their national flag.

I was reminded of this on Saturday as I danced around the fire. Inspired by the strong shamanic beat of the music my body naturally began to move with a strong energy, muscles electrified with strong direct movements, torso expanding into movements of power. With this dance, my consciousness shifted into an expanded state that matched my body. For a moment it felt like my whole being had expanded and my dance extended from the fire out into the stars. This left me feeling powerful, invigorated, and very determined. Once again, this bears testimony to the power of dance.

_Christos Daskalakos