Long, elegant, limbs. Graceful hands. Smooth, flowing yet powerful movement. I made space, closed my eyes and embraced the desire to experience this way of moving.
I began to dance to an internal rhythm that was coming from deep within. No music just a surge or energy that started in my chest, then formed a vision of myself in my mind, that was familiar yet different.
The vision and feeling had started a few days prior. I thought it would pass but I was unable to ignore it. It was almost uncontainable. Turning and gliding, spiralling and soaring as if being set free – the urge to know this feeling through this style of movement was like a rebirth. I’d broken free from what felt like armour made of stone. In a vision it exploded off of my body releasing a silhouette that rose like a super hero.
I danced, breathed deeply, filling the space with my body. It was as though I was gathering some form of energy, air, strength – I danced this way for what felt like 10 – 15mins but what was actually more like 40mins.
Feeling alive and elated I couldn’t believe how much was I sweating, how much I was smiling, it was wonderful.
It’s been a couple of weeks now and everyday this understanding of this new found energy is bringing me to a closer understanding of my place in this world. How I’m connected to it – like the wind as I moved, I felt the power of the elements. Water, fire, earth, I feel a desire to be like each one. To be like water – not resisting, moving effortlessly. Now when I swim, my focus is on moving like water, not against it, not through it, but like it. Like a stream, then a river then the ocean. Fire, the radiating heat inspires me to sway and stretch and move slowly like tongues of flames.
A few days ago as I stepped outside the studio to clear my mind and to take a breath, walking down the tree lined path, I looked up at the leaves and felt that I saw them differently, I felt a connection to them so much so that I gently placed my hands on the trunk, pausing for a moment at each one as I walked back to the studio.
As a person who has grown up in one of the biggest cities in the world – London, knowing this feeling in me makes me realise that this is in all of us, deep within us – it’s our nature.
As a believer in God, I feel in my heart that God didn’t do this to me, this is God, this is experiencing this force and energy, harnessing it and being at one with it, with grace, awareness, love and gratitude.
Feminine Energy, a new present.
xx
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