I Dance To Celebrate My Enoughness
In response to Dancing Elephants prompt 15 of 52
I love that my deepest personal growth moments are grounded through Dance.
My Word for 2021 was Dance, which allowed me to explore and experiment with what I truly enjoy about dancing. I bought my first pair of silk fan veils and stumbled into the magical world of Flow. It was a new way of dancing, combining fan flow techniques and the freedom of improvising my dance. I embraced flowing more often in my favorite park.
In 2022, my Word was Groove. I took Kellita Maloof’s potent and intimate 12-week Conscious Burlesque group program with four other women and realized how I didn’t feel safe to slow down and pause whenever I dance. It was so powerful to learn to pause as a potent movement quality. Kellita referred to this as the healing medicine of Alive Stillness. I tried on different grooves through Hip Hop, Jazz-Funk, and Contemporary dance classes and fell in love with Contemporary.
This year, I’ve set my intention as Gentle Flow. And I’ve been having so many magical synchronicities since setting it last Tuesday.
I took an in-person Contemporary Dance class at my University Residential Hall’s dance camp last Tuesday evening. The class was amazing. The instructor taught us a gorgeous routine…
