Radical Aliveness

Watch until the end, there is a beautiful spontaneous 3 minute dance. 

Connecting with others in dance is just a richer experience than solo dancing. I was dancing with you.   There were several prolonged moments   of mutual eye contact.   Gazing,   meeting...   in dynamic polarity.   Both of us fully showing up;   in a pause,   each in our power.   Each liking how we were were feeling.   ‘Meeting’ across the divide…the gap. Seeing each other with respect.   It was like a meeting between our Enlightened Spirits.   Intimacy with Autonomy.   Relating.... It’s not even about trusting the ‘other’.   It’s about standing in one’s own power.   Seeing another in their power.   And being seen in yours.   Simultaneously.   Allowing everything,   Needing nothing.   Being everything,   Doing nothing.   Pausing thought... and being Pure Awareness.   Awareness of Self;  ...

by Harmony Gates I was lying on my back in the center of the room. The music was slow the lights were low. A ritual preparation. Tuning in: to the room, to the music, to my body. He rolled up to me slowly… deliberately, I thought, and peered down at me; head cocked to the left, mouth slightly open, teeth slightly showing. I'd had this happen before; another day, another dance. He'd rolled up next to me, peering in my direction. I'd offered to connect, and he'd rolled right on past. But this time felt different. He stopped. I waited. He looked. I held his gaze. My right arm was outstretched hand open, reaching in slow motion. Inviting, offering, waiting. Wanting nothing, allowing everything. As if called forth-- his left arm, pinioned to his chest like an unfurled wing, began to extend. His hand, claw-like in it's spastic contraction met mine With incredible power and strength he closed his ...