Essential Movement Practice...What is Flowing

I thought I would give a flavour of what my classes are like. So read on if you want to find out more. At last nights Open Floor dance practice on the 14 June in Tavira we explored the quality of Flowing which is part of the Essential Movement Practice I teach. Open ...Loose..Natural ...Flowing are the core qualities that expand in depth to embrace certainly Open Floors 4 x 4 as it is called. In Open Floor these are the relational hungers for Solitude, Belonging, Spirit and Connection. They weave together with the 4 dimensions of embodiment that are the Physical, Emotional, Mind and Soul. So on the dance floor we always have something moving in us and Open floor practice helps us become aware of what is pulling or pushing us at any one time in the 4x4. It really is a joy to be offering classes to what is a small group at the moment of really passionate dancers. The idea of Flowing is nothing new. 5R has a part of its movement cycle called just that and probably many other modalities. Last night we explored Flowing using the idea of birds soaring and looking for a thermal to lift them and carry them. How does it feel emotionally, mentally, physically and in our hearts when we are in the flow or flowing in our dance. You know the feeling its like .."We have caught the wave "or we have found a thermal to lift us. In our dance we can find that sweet spot where there is a beautiful juicy energy of flowing were we just feel our inner body effortlessly move. There is no stress or pushing we are simply in balance and as we turn we find another point of balance and turn with that and so on and so on. Last night, taking the bird idea further we began to find our own flow then there was an invitation to see if we could find our group flow. Moving together sharing the flight..etc.. I feel that when I am Open and Loose and as unforced as I can be (natural) then I will find the flow. At times we may need to flap our wings a lot to get into the Flow thermal! This effort can be a habit or just a lack of trust or we need to because we have to do the foot work to get going. Last night we also looked at an inquiry that was simple and not edgy!! "How do I know when I am in my Flow" we could ask "How do I know when I am not in my flow"..."How do I get back into my flow".. etc. All the classes are simple body awareness and core movement resource based practices that help bring essential awareness to our lives. There is the chance to go deeper for anyone who attends.

One area we can explore is when we are in connection or we suddenly have a feeling of gratitude that comes upon us from no where then I find that this puts me into a flow. Equally I believe we can be in a flow even when life is not easy. I can feel lots of things going on and at the same time accept that this is not easy and resist less, be more loose and open to change and then suddenly we find from nowhere we are lifted by the thermal and up we go and away we go. Just keep on moving is something that I always thing is so true. 
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I will be giving a weekend workshop in August called "Wild Heart - Coming Alive" There we will be working with the body our energy and much more from not only dance.