Dance as a Daily Practice

September 30, 2005 12:00 PM

With the start of new season we hope you’ll find new commitment to your dance practice. Similar to yoga, the idea of dance as a daily practice can inspire graceful living. Dancing each day can reconnect us to simple ideas of beauty, reminding us to walk gently on this earth, breathe fully with each movement, hold our centers of strength and be a alive in every moment. Or, our daily dance practice can simply be an hour of each day where we practice good posture and connect with music we love.

Mastering an art form requires countless hours in the studio and belly dance is no different. However, belly dance is a holistic mode of expression and even on days when we aren’t in the studio we can practice good dance habits. Noticing how we initiate movements, where we hold tension, the expressions we make, the ways in which we carry ourselves… all of these observations build the body and self awareness that are essential for discovering and fine tuning our individual dance voices. Our dance practice can vary, but the commitment to dancing daily will help ground and nurture our art.

So, now that summer is officially over it’s time to start our shimmies! In the spirit of dancing daily, we hope to support lots of robust and flourishing dance practices and to see everyone at the studios often ;).

Yours in dance, Rachel

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