Musings on Tango, Sensuality and Spirituality
What’s wrong with sexy? “It misses the point.” So says my colleague, dance partner, Reiki teacher and author, Julia Kopala. Easy for her to say. I am a man. Everything has to do with sex. Right? What other point could there be? Oh sure, my libido has ratcheted down considerably as I approach the sunset … Read more
So inspiring to see oridinary people with ordinary skills dancing in everyday places! Love it!
http://juliakopala.ca/blog/tango-argentine-ballroom/
Nothing prepared me for this. In fact, I had invested a good portion of my life energy trying to avoid it. In what is dubbed as a pleasure-seeking society I was certainly an anachronism, a Victorian Era throwback. How did I end up dancing Argentine tango?
A brief video by friend and gifted tango dancer and teacher, Gwen Spinks, on breath and the tango high.
Check out my recent tango blog on the e-mag, The Good Men Project. http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/transforming-through-tango-gmp/#sthash.WFEI6O8F
With my hand extended
I invite you, my partner,
for the briefest of moments,
to nurture with me
this delicate warmth.
It is easy to become mesmerized by the glitz and glamour and technicality of tango.
But the older I get, the more intrigued I become with the basics …
How do I nurture an appreciation for the magic and mystery of tango?
(even when I am screwing up the steps or dancing with my least favourite partner)
Answer: Breathe in the WONDER.
How competent are you? Unconscious Incompetence: We don’t know what we don’t know. Blissful ignorance. It is unconscious incompetence that allows the first-time follow to perform complex dance maneuvers without awareness of what he/she is doing or why. (see previous blog). He/she just blindly follows her partner and her instincts. Oh, that this could last. … Read more