Ecstatic Dance

what does it mean to dance ecstatically? ecstasy is “a state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.” to reach this state in dance we must feel safe enough to give our bodies total freedom to express whatever emotion they need without controlling the experience. E-motion is simply energy in motion, but when we don’t feel safe enough to express it, we block its flow. this causes it to becomes stuck and stored on a physical level as tension. ecstatic dance is a great way to revitalize this stagnant energy because, after all, what better way to restore motion to trapped emotions than through physical motion itself!

ecstatic dance is also at its core a somatic flow practice. common characteristics of a flow state are being fully Present, acting spontaneously & effortlessly, and not worrying about what others think or about your own self-image. to enter this state requires the ego to release control and surrender to the body and Soul. this is much easier said than done, but when we can truly step outside of our rational mind’s conditioning of what dance is and how we ‘should’ move, we often surprise ourselves with what we can do!

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