VisVita

“Movement is the song of the body.”

_Vanda Scarvelli

VisVita comes from two Latin roots: “vis” = force, power, strength—and “vita” = life. Together they speak to life as an irrepressible force. Even when suppressed, this life-impulse finds a way to express itself. Sometimes it emerges as beauty, sometimes in distorted forms when we’ve held back. This primordial movement inside us is not just a metaphor but an actual force in the body that continuously seeks expression through movement.

Francisco Varela’s enactive approach reminds us that mind “emerges” through movement, engagement, and interaction with the world. We literally think by moving. In this sense, every impulse to movement is part of how we co-create reality. When we place ourselves in positive eco-factors like Biodanza, we step into conditions that amplify this creative force. The physical and the cognitive come together, bridging action and meaning, instinct and imagination.

Dance then becomes a dynamic process of integration. Through the movement we weave together mind, body, and heart, allowing experiences to integrate and reorganise us from within. New meaning arises through the subtle intelligence of the lived sensation we call “vivencia” in Biodanza. Each session is a renewal and a reshaping of identity through presence and feeling in our dances. This is why the name VisVita felt right for both the group and the centre. It is an acknowledgment of the living force that animates us and to the way dance helps us remember our connection to that force again.

_Christos Daskalakos