CONNECTING

“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement…”

_Abraham Joshua Heschel

Biodanza is about connecting to life. This connection can be understood in many ways, yet at its deepest level it is a connection to life itself—cosmic life. Through this connection we not only come to appreciate LIFE, but connect and honour our own individual journeys within it.

Existentially, we can dance into states that transcend our ego boundaries to enter states of transcendence where we can sense a fusion or unity with the totality. In many traditions, the shamanic pathway to this experience is often through connection to nature. In our dances we are surrounded by nature in the form of the other dancers. Connecting with others in the dance is not only fun and pleasurable but also opens the doorways beyond separation, where we can experience our oneness, or in other words, our unity of life.

To be able to dip into these beautiful experiences we need to be fully present. Dance brings us into the present where we not only connect with others but more importantly we connect more deeply with ourselves. We dance ourselves into presence by connecting to the physical movement, inhabiting our bodies, and through feelings we open our hearts. From the depths of our internal world dance forms bridges that allow the internal and external worlds to connect in seamless wonder and awe.

_Christos Daskalakos