“Put the body in motion and the psyche will heal itself”. – Gabrielle Roth By Chris Boylan, Yorkshire, U.K. I’m startled, surprised, delighted. Alan has run across the dance floor, …
TAGS: 5Rhythms, children, Chilli Bon Bon, Chris Boylan, england, Healing, kids healing, meditation5, One Tribe, sexual abuse29 years ago I arrived on a 5Rhythms dance floor with a background in a handful of ballet, my arms & legs full of sports & my whole body full of African & Contemporary dance. I was familiar with improvising movement but not in connection with my emotions. It was the rhythm of Chaos that opened my heart & allowed me to release the shackles of the emotional straight jacket I was living in.
TAGS: 5Rhythms, 5rhythms teacher training, 5Rhythms Teachers Association, 5RTA, angela griffiths, art, ballet, balleter, contact improv, contemporary dance, dance, emotions, england, feet, finland, gabrielle roth, helsinki, improvisation, Jason Rowe, life, london, meditation, movement medicine, Open floor, ritual waves, soul motino, sports, susannah darling, yaakov darling khanI had a recent chance encounter with some Russian dolls (you know the ones which fit inside each other?) The babushkas reminded me of one of Gabrielle’s many 5-step maps, which I remember as the Five Stages of Consciousness in Dance
TAGS: 5Rhythms, Anatomy of Emotions, Canada, Christan de Sousa, Consciousness, Dancing Tao, ecstatic dance, Ecstatic Rhythms, england, gabrielle roth, movement medicine, New York City, Open floor, peter fodera, soul motion, united kingdom