Musings on Tango, Sensuality and Spirituality
Guest blog from Oxygen TangoIn my own exploration of tango, I have found the practice of yoga to be a mindful form of “cross-training” that enhances and supports my dancing. A regular practice on the sticky mat might help fill in the gaps in your tango education when questions about posture, balance, and alignment come … Read more
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Tango is a metaphor for life and a great vehicle for practicing many life lessons and relationship skills, such as learning how to carry your own weight without depending on another – while at the same time, staying connected. It is about staying centered and present in your own self, listening with your whole body to another’s whole body, and then moving together in harmonious partnership.
This reflection fits very well as a primer to my upcoming “TRANSFORMINGTHRUTANGO” workshop, Apr 22, 23. Check out the link below. Mitra’s Positive Tango Affirmations (P.S. Oxygen Tango is a great on-line site to check-out)
The RedDress exhibit on Alberta Ave, Edmonton, is a community project constructed in honour of the over 1200 missing or murdered First Nations women. It is a mandala walk with a denuded teepee positioned in the centre. Spiralling out around the teepee are a few dozen red skirts, tenaciously tethered to skeletons of delimbed Christmas trees. Nailed to the lifeless stumps are poems written by family members and friends in remembrance of their loved ones lost to violence and racism. A perfect place to test the spirit of dance.
On this day,February 14th, 2016,
dedicated to the bliss and blessings of love, passion and pleasure,
I make these promises to my dance partner…
A great blog site from Britain. Subscribe. http://tango-space.com/blog-all-posts/2016/1/2/followers-stability-6-tips-to-keep-your-balance-when-pivoting
A little word: pause.
But it encapsulates one of the foundational elements of tango. This is the heart of the dance. This is what gives it its soul; those moments, however fleeting, when the couple creates time and space to join together, connect, to listen to the other, to attune to the press of body against body, feel a heartbeat, share a breath. Some call this the tango high, tango heaven.
Share an embrace this Christmas.Guest blog by Tracy Stafford.
There are many things that we can do to have a positive effect in the world. I think allowing oneself to give and receive a beautiful embrace is one of those things.
In tango as in life.
As we are in our bodies, so we are in the world. This is not just about looking good or dancing correctly; it is about embracing life.