Why I dance...

I am called to share with you some personal reasons why I love dance and why I love sharing it with you. For me, dance has been a magical healer. No matter what state my emotions or spirit are in, when I dance I am always renewed. Dancing puts me in the present moment and allows me to focus on just feeling good.

You may know I promote several different types of dance they mainly fall into two categories. Formal - or structured dancing (ballroom, salsa, swing etc.) and Freeform - non structured. Both have their own benefits and can benefit each other.

Briefly, Formal dancing offers me an opportunity to work toward mastery of my body and enjoy communion with a partner when done really well. It also offers me plenty of opportunities to look at my habitual patterns in learning new things, relating one on one and social interactions. (Just a few small things that effect my whole life!)

Freeform on the other hand allows me to move deeply into an internal landscape offering an opportunity to examine and PLAY with awareness of how I allow myself to express and of course where I hold myself back. Some freeform journeys are just a fun playful time where I get to be free, others become a deep shamanic journey where I discover deeper truths about myself. If you see someone lying on the floor the whole time, never assume they aren't doing anything, for they may be on an subtle yet powerful journey attending to the most subtle sensations of their being. For me, most freeform journeys are a mixture of both ...Play and Deep Work. What a rush.

Formal dance training can benefit my freeform by giving me greater control of my physical structure allowing me to expand my edges. Freeform benefits my formal dance by giving me greater self awareness and a sense of freedom which carries over. Start watching dancers and notice those who are more tied to the form or more into their own thing. To me, the ultimate is a balanced blend of the two. Freedom and enJOYment is in the balance of form and expression. The more JOY I have in life, the better I feel.