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Dance is a moving mindfulness meditation, an embodied prayer, a self-emptying surrender to the eternity of the moment, a deep bow to the bewildering grandeur of what is.
We are all participants in this dance. We are all dancers. We are all moving in response to the primal thrumming of the Universe.
And we have the creative freedom, even responsibility, to infuse every moment with our dance.
The miraculous piece is that our participation in this dance changes the world around us, whether we build up or tear down, whether we fashion beauty or deface it, whether we sow harmony or discord.
Every time we choose what is beautiful, every time we listen to the birds sing, plant a seed, smile at our reflection in the mirror, cough up a prayer, hold a hand, we are adding to the good. We are serving the World.
We are dancing.
When we surrender our bodies to the rhythm of the music and allow ourselves to be folded into the arms of the Beloved, what special souls we are!
We have dared to waltz straight into the heart of the Divine.
How to keep your thinking out of your dancing. “We practice technique to get to know our own bodies. And then we take what we know of ourselves, our movements and musicality onto the dance floor to join up with our partner.” Carolina Bonaventura, milonguera y profesora. Me first? Who knew? Sure, there was always … Read more
Yikes! The first time I was encouraged to breathe in a tango embrace, I froze. What is it about breathing that makes one feel so vulnerable? There is something intensely personal and vulnerable about the rise and fall of one’s breath. Ancient traditions define this primal motion as the drawing in and releasing of Spirit. … Read more
10 years after this was originally posted I learned this lesson: Dance is play. Have fun. ego rub #1 The sign over the garbage can at the entrance reads: “DEPOSIT EGO HERE.” Missed that. When will introductory classes stop feeling like introductory classes? How many years will I be dancing before I can walk away … Read more
We ought to dance with rapture that we are alive, and in the flesh, and part of the living incarnate cosmos. D. H. Lawrence.* The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not extinguished it. Gospel of John* This little light of mine. I’m going to let it shine. Traditional* …..A friend recently … Read more
