Embracing mindfulness
2019-07-15
The embrace forms the foundation of our dance. Our mindful approach to creating and maintaining a quiet, comfortable, meaningful embrace will carry our dance together to new places.
The embrace forms the foundation of our dance. Our mindful approach to creating and maintaining a quiet, comfortable, meaningful embrace will carry our dance together to new places.
Directing our movement by giving and taking away space, plus being *with* our partner by holding space for them.
By using a tall, straight stick, such as from a broom or mop, we can practice in a way that creates strong molinete movement with
Always work with a notebook and camera. Every time you make a good or interesting discovery, video record it so you don’t lose what happened,
Have you seen it? That shocking moment when you see in the partner’s eyes a flash of upset, surprise, even a bit of pain or
When do I tend to forget? Let these situations trigger heightened awareness. Dancing with or for the teacher? Dancing with someone perceived to be of
Notes from EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK by Charlie Dancey, Juggling chapter, Learning How to Learn Tricks, pp. 467-468 You can save yourself a lot
My underlinings from You’ll Never “Waste” Time Practicing As Long As You Are Doing This, October 14, 2018 by Bill Plake. [Substitute “Dance” for “Instrument”
Spirals make up the structure of our natural world, from immense galaxies to our own minuscule DNA. Unlike primitive robots with joints attached at right
If as a follower you feel some intention from your partner for a step or pivot, but it is not quite clear where or how