Let's Face the Music and Dance!

So I have a confession to make I am a dancer. Yep that’s right, bring on the beats, movement and sweat. But what is the official definition of a dancer? Do I have the right to put this label on myself?

From the world dictionary:
Dancer: 1. ( intr ) to move the feet and body rhythmically, esp. in time to music

So how did this come about? This dancing component of my life?
Was it Lionel Ritchie’s inspirational song Dancing on a Ceiling?
Was it the dodgy Dance instructor from my High School days?
Was it the electric-boogaloo of 1984?

Well in all honestly a little bit of all of that has played a role, but it has taken 5rhythms dancing devised by Gabrielle Roth for my true inner kinesthetic intelligence to really emerge out and grace the dance floor. 5Rhythms dancing takes a dancer through 5 rhythms of music that are utilised to inspire the dancer to embrace 5 rhythms that occur in life, nature and the universe. The 5rhythms journey encompasses music that encapsulates firstly music that represents Flow, then Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and finishes up with Stillness. And as the band the Dirty projectors would sing, “Stillness is a move!” So you walk onto the dance floor, which is sacred space, and you let go of your ego and self-consciousness and dance. Dance for the sake of dance. Dance to shake off the day. Dance to put rhythm and energy into your life. Dance for therapy. Dance for love. Dance with/to Spirit. Dance for sadness. Dance to let go. Dance to embrace. Dance to get your groove on!

Here are some poignant words about the power of dance from the mystic OSHO’s book, “Joy-The Happiness That Comes from Within.”
If people can dance a little more, sing a little more, be a little crazier, their energy will be flowing more and their problems will by and by disappear.
Hence, I insist so much on dance. Dance to orgasm; let the whole energy become dance, and suddenly you will see that you don’t have any head-the energy stuck in the head is moving all around, creating beautiful patterns, pictures, movement. And when you dance there comes a moment when your body is no longer a rigid thing, it becomes flexible flowing. When you dance there comes a moment when your boundary is no longer so clear; you melt and merge with the cosmos, the boundaries are mixing.
Watch a dancer-you will see that he/she has become an energy phenomenon, no longer in a fixed form, and becoming more alive, more and more alive. But only if you dance yourself will you know what really happens. The head inside disappears; again you are a child. Then you don’t create any problems.
Live, dance, eat, sleep, do things as totally as possible. And remember again and again: Whenever you catch yourself creating any problem, slip out of it, immediately. Once you get into the problem then a solution will be needed. And even if you find a solution, out of that solution a thousand and one problems will arise again. Once you miss the first step you are in the trap.
Whenever you see that now you are slipping into a problem, catch hold of yourself-run, jump, dance, but don’t get into the problem. Do something immediately so that the energy that was creating the problems becomes fluid, unfrozen, melts, goes back to the cosmos.


I am very grateful that a dear friend of mine instructed me to walk on to the 5rhythms dance floor. It has been profound. I am noticing the rhythms in my day-to-day life. I am gaining more and more courage with every pirouette and shuffle. I am also lucky enough to be creating beautiful connections with other members of the 5rhythms community. Beautiful people who all have their own beautiful dances that inspire a special illumined movement through my life.

Hope to see you on a dance floor somewhere!