Move Your Body and Dance As If No-One's Looking...

I was lucky enough to participate in Shiva Rea's Yoga Trance Dance Teacher's Training over the weekend. It was a blast! (Complete review here on my yoga blog.)

What really struck me was how powerful dance was as a healing tool. I had been feeling frustrated and down recently (hey, I'm human), and dancing like a madwoman just made me feel whole and alive again.

I really feel that we downplay the positive effects movement has on our spirit in our society. Movement has become about exercise and losing weight. Hey, I'm all about exercise and I think it's important to be fit and healthy. But so many of us have so many issues regarding the idea of "exercise" that we don't move as much as we should. Unfortunately, dance has also generated its own unique form of baggage.