![]() More universal than any spoken word! Building bridges and connection. The beauty of movement as a language is that it is generally understood by those who witness it. Life becomes a creative dialogue! It's universal It invites real conversation into our lives! Once we are expressing freely in movement, freedom in our wordy conversations invariably follows. Expressive movement is empowering and allows us to discover ways to truly be heard, and to say what we mean and feel. Discovery of this leads to a more authentic and natural expression in the world. Through movement we can get in touch with how we are truly feeling and explore ways to allow our authentic self to express its Truth. How are you? answered by 'I'm fine thanks.' is the most common example. Often we disempower ourselves with the generic conditioned responses. Most of our speech has also become conditioned by our lifetime of engaging in the world. Words tend to allow a degree of separation and distance from what we expressing, which may be useful at times, but it also opens up possibility for suppression, avoidance, or rationalisation of what is alive. The conversation is closer to reality than with words. ![]() The body feels it and if allowed, expresses it. You can only really move with what is alive for you right now. Closer to realityīecause of the way the body speaks, it's very grounded in the present moment. By moving consciously and having a means to express the way they are feeling, to embody it, and move with it and through it. Many people have moved through incredibly challenging times in their lives, dealing with loss, grief, depression, anxiety, and addictions. As such the moving body is one of the best instruments for dealing with strong emotions, difficult feelings, overwhelming highs, excessive energy, creativity, or charged situations. The beauty of a body expressing these emotions is that there is movement. The body is far more able to express feelings and emotions than the mind. Conversations occur between the dancer and elements being interacted with while dancing. Just like a child learns to speak, starting with a few words, then stringing together short sentences, ultimately being able to hold conversation, the conscious dancer also over time builds a vocabulary of movements, gestures, and expressions. One of the guidelines in conscious dance is that we do not talk in the space but that doesn't mean that we are not in conversation the whole time! In fact it opens up a whole lot more possibility for conversation. "Speaking" through movement allows us to explore our inner and outer landscapes using the body as our voice.
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