Dance a Little More Through Life!

The other night I attended a party with some friends at their Indian Restau­rant.  It was lovely, the food the peo­ple, the music.

At the end of the night the own­ers began to dance, and encour­aged all of the guests to join them.  Most of the peo­ple in the room were shocked to see a cou­ple of the men as they danced with reck­less aban­don in the mid­dle of the room.

Slowly more joined in but it took quite a bit of encour­age­ment for this to hap­pen, many of them were lit­er­ally dragged onto the floor by the others.

I watched with pure delight as the fam­ily and friends began let­ting all their inhi­bi­tions go as they were express­ing them­selves with the music. I watched the children’s’ faces as they watched their par­ents let loose.  They were elated to be able to jump around freely and to play with their par­ents in this way. 

It made me won­der once again why it is that so many cul­tures in this mod­ern day have become so still and inhib­ited.  This kind of joy and expres­sion is some­thing so vital to our being.

One of my favorite mem­o­ries as a child was when my father or grand­fa­ther would play the piano and my sis­ters and I were free to dance around the room with cos­tumes and props in any way we liked until the music stopped.

As you know danc­ing is a pas­sion of mine, but even if you are not a dancer I believe our bod­ies were made to move and express and enjoy! 

I think it is time we all got out of our cars, off of our couches, off of the com­puter, and out of our minds and let loose a lit­tle with our fam­ily and friends.  Com­mu­ni­cat­ing and express­ing with your body is one of the best nat­ural highs there is.

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Category: Our Bodies, Parenting