Notice your breath…
When your breath is deep, steady, and rhythmic, do you feel strong, calm, energized and secure?
When your breath is shallow, nervous, erratic, or rapid, do you feel uneasy, insecure, stressed, weak?
By being aware of our breath as we dance through our day, we can relax, slow down, and bring ourselves into the present moment. Breath is our life force and has the power to heal us by simply doing what our body is designed to do, breathe.
Take a deep breath right now, and as you exhale sense how your shoulders and jaw slowly release. Take another deep breath, and exhale using sound… ‘u’… ‘o’… ‘e’… ‘a’… ‘i’… What do you sense in your body? Is your mind more clear? more quiet?
The breath is a wonderful tool we have available to us all the time… a tool that can still our mind, relax our body, and quiet our emotions.
I was delighted last weekend to spend the days dancing with the conscious dance community of Dallas, and the master Michael Molin-Skelton who brought the practice of Soul Motion and 5 Rhythms to the city.
We focused on breath… my In-spiration for this week.
I will be dancing the powerful routine ‘Chakras’ in class. Like ‘Prana’ last week, it will be an adventure for everyone, including me. I’m returning to this energized routine after 7 years! Expressing the elements of earth, wind, water, and fire, dancing to emotionally charged music, and activating the breath… It will be a fantastic week of movement!
We will dance all the way into the holiday weekend, packed with opportunities to move your body. If a natural setting is close to you, all the better. Go outside and merely notice your condition as your breath enters and leaves your body, thoughts arise and fall, scenes emerge and dissipate before your eyes, emotions rush toward and flow away. In this way we can arrive prepared to play and pray in motion.
Embrace the day… go outside… breathe… sense the space that your breath creates… you are free… fly!
You in-spire me! Adelle
Nia and ‘Chakras’ this week… Tuesday 6:45am, Wednesday 9:15am, Friday 5:30pm, Sunday 4:00pm, & Monday 5:30 subbing for Joanie.
We will focus on breathing and being breathed in Journey Dance on Sunday at 10:00am
AND a treat for you… this video captures my heart and my soul’s love of dance… Why I Dance… why I breathe.
