I was Recently invited to introductory three-hour class in dance / movement therapy.The group consisted of 18 people+ leading trainer and art therapist. In the period of University studies I had a subject called "Theory and practice of choreography. Dance and movement art therapy". Remember that we did some exercises, did some moves with the group along with the teacher discipline. Much has been forgotten. Want to describe your feelings and thoughts during class.
I remembered what it used to be 17 years, I loved coming home after school, turn on beautiful music and dance. I had a pleasure to listen to fun songs and move in time to the music. The older I got, the less danced, and then stopped dancing. I began to notice after 28 years that the body was not so flexible, there was some crunching in the joints, and vitamins, it was removed only for a while. Then came osteochondrosis, rheumatism, as a response to hypothermia of the body, has become a sore lower back and sharp movements in the dance have caused discomfort.
Swimming was not engaged, because they can not. Athlete I never was. Bike my sister was not. Skates I'm also not fond of. Skiing, however, rode, but not long grade up to 7th. Physical education in school could not stand, because the gym teachers forced me to do something I could not do. When I ran and did a test jump from a springboard, attempts failed. Run to sporting fixtures, I either stayed or went at him and lay. I silently moved through this Assembly, and said again, March! Taking my hand, they jumped with me over the bar, through the goat, horse, etc. to Tumble even tried together, not climbed a rope since the two of us it would be uncomfortable to do. As I turned the final four in the certificate and diploma in the other amazed.
since there were problems with the body, I was in the clinic sent for a massage, and then to physical therapy. At first I was in youth group, but there was a heavy load, hard, shaping. And then the doctor sent me to another group where light classes. He said they were just for me, just right, fit. A group of pensioners was such a prepared and clever, that I was surprised. From people under 70 that sense of humor and sportsmanship. It was one old man, who before class we were all invigorated. He spoke to us: Well, strongmen, athletes, Komsomol, on Board the ship! I began to attend classes regularly and not one year, and then it became a habit. Without charging in the mornings do not go about their business. When passed once, then immediately feel that the body is another. Recommend exercises to do even for those who do not like physical education.
How was the session on dance therapy? What I felt during it?
I had to close my eyes and move to the music as it wants the body. I needed to feel what he wants to do the body what movement it wants to do, and afford to do it. It was spontaneous dancing. The effect of trance, relaxation, meditation. I clearly heard the rhythm of the music, felt the presence of other people in this room have heard their breath. It was unusual. Like you're completely alone, dancing, and at the same time, close in space, surrounds you gamma different sounds, rustling, a whisper, a breath of wind. I was wondering, and I opened his eyes, peeking at other people. Everything was moving in different ways. Someone waved their arms left and right, someone was rocking, someone was jumping or shifting from foot to foot, someone posing as a tree, etc. the Music was meditative, sounds monotonous or melodic-sounding. Under it would smoothly spin or swing. It seemed to me that this melody is never-ending, but it is clear it was intended to achieve the goal is to harmonize your body.
Then we danced together. The condition was this: look into each other's eyes, smiling, thinking about nothing, and dance the way You want. Motion partner need not be repeated. The music was foreign, foreign, funny, hits of the 80's. it was Difficult all the time to smile, to portray the ease to look into the eyes of the partner whom I saw for the first time. But in the end I noticed that we were dancing almost the same, the same smile, it was easy, and even embraced. I think that this dance would help the pair to connect, to reconcile, to establish contact and trust each other.
the Next dance was very strange for me, as such things I never did. It was necessary again to close my eyes, slightly bend feet in knees and elbows, reject back part of the body back, and simply represent the shaking. To shaking the whole body. To do this it was very difficult, because of the strong shaking is very tired, but here the problem was different. Here we had just slightly I got a feeling all of her body for seven minutes. The music was dynamic. The next day from all the dancing, and there were about eight of them, if not more, I had sore leg muscles. The body, too, from the sudden load was heard. Nothing global, but fatigue appeared such as after a workout at the gym.
During the lesson to different music we were moving, lay on the mats and just had a rest, studied proper breathing, relaxation and meditation. A very useful thing! Recommend To Friends!
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