Yesterday I had the honour of teaching a 5Rhythms workshop in Aachen, Germany:
‘My body, my dance, my life’.
In the morning we took time to land in our breath and in our body; we explored our flow-energy, searched and discovered this in our body, experienced how this energy moves fluidly, bringing us into a dance from earth to rooted feet and up, teaching us about daily life. From flowing into the empty space to moving fluidly with obstacles; small ones, big ones; seemingly impossible to pass…
From here we found our focus in our heart and hips, the drive to express our heart, opening up to dance our own truth, moving lines and edges, setting our goals, defining our yesses, no’s and boundaries – clear boundaries, no limits-, letting out a loving, powerful staccato dance, teaching us about how to express ourselves one to another.
What a beautiful morning! And more to come in the afternoon…
After lunch break there was a heavyweight, clear collective ‘NO’ tangible, ‘NO’ to get moving again… sleepy heaviness, bodies weightful on the floor, wrapped up in blankets… moving?
No way!
I let go of plans and made space to let dancers fully experience this dance of not willing to move again, softly playing earthy flowing music, not going anywhere, just being with what is…
After a while this low key, soft earthy music evolved into an invitation to feel the ground, to stay on the ground, like staying on the ground forever; a huge permission to let go of routine and expectations…
This subtle dosed music turned into medicine… earthy flowing music, over time adding a small tinkle; breathful pauses and a soft flute, calling as a tickling invitation bringing us into the next song, soft and patiently knocking on heaven’s door, then slow oriental music with a sultry voice seducing, rippling into a sip of rhythm…
irresistible…
no other way to go than to stay true to the body, following the body… following the body into its breathing… into movement… into rhythm… into getting on our feet again…
Such a privilege to witness this out of time transformation from immovable wrapped up cocoons on the floor into these unfolded brightly coloured bodies, spreading their wings, putting their feet back into the beat, sucking in the rhythms of life…
What an amazingly powerful home base for releasing, sharing and celebrating who we really are, embodying our deepest essence, aware that we are all one…
I feel deeply grateful to have been part of this touching, powerful experience of healing…
