“Dancing is like
dreaming
with your feet.”

[ Constanze Mozart ]

The one hundred minutes of music that we dance to at Embody Dance is in a form called a wave.  Each wave is an invitation to journey within and it allows natural healing and the heart’s wisdom to arise. Music has the power to invoke a deeply emotional and creative part of us where we move in an authentic and uncontrived way. We call our DJs: facilitators because they facilitate the passage from our normal mindset to a place where the body and heart can be free to express themselves.  While each facilitator has their own style and gifts, they are all trained in making waves that promote a release into creative expression.

A wave starts out gently with minimal rhythm.  The music is inviting and helps us to shift from our busy lives and relax into the present moment. Little by little, as we land in our bodies, the rhythm picks up and we are on our way.  Progressively the music has a stronger tempo and  the rhythm is less predictable.  This helps us drop further from the familiar, and our thinking mind gives way to our feeling self. As we approach the middle of the wave, the energy of the music has become powerful, full and intense. The wild beauty within the dancers abounds and the dance floor is swirling with ecstatic energy. Synchronistic movement and magical connection arise effortlessly. Our deep release into the inner creative source has become reflexive and spontaneous. The music progressively unfolds into an easier, more playful and familiar mode. We are steadily being drawn back. As the wave then moves into a final gentle beauty, we relax and the gifts and insights from the journey are integrated within our full, glowing selves. The tensions and intensities are effortlessly resolved and a profound stillness of heart arrives. The final movements of the wave are like what we have become: spacious and tender.