Transcendent dance of the Heron

“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success

if they are dedicated and passionate about what they do.”

_Nelson Mandela

In Biodanza, the archetype of the Heron invites us into a different quality of movement that incorporates lightness and freedom. Unlike the powerful intensity of the Tiger or the primal fluidity of the Serpent, the Heron is born of the vision of height, flight, of the perception or an open horizon and of the infinite.

When we dance the Heron we move with elegance, grace, and levity connecting to the power of ascension and harmony. Much like the Heron which digs into the mud before it flies, we too ground our dances in instinct before we dance our way upwards and much like the grace of flight we dance into the mastery of spaces. The Vivencia of levity transcend physically and symbolically the gravity that keeps us rooted in the everyday so that we expand our awareness and consciousness ever higher and ever wider.

These are the dances where in a way we are “stepping back” by “flying higher” so that it is possible for us to see life in its entirety. Whereas focus and immersion in any situation or problem could be limiting, our vision from up high gives us perspective and contexts that open up a plethora of possibilities. In this way the dances of the Heron are both transcendent and liberating.

_Christos Daskalakos