One of the many powerful experiences I had in the years I am dancing the 5Rhythms was in California during Mirrors. I was doing repetitions (with a partner) in front of the group. Gabrielle interferred, inviting me into a repetition with her: \u201cYou\u2019re a wounded healer.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0I was wearing a bandage at the time. I repeated (as we do in repetitions): \u201c I\u2019m a wounded healer,\u201d taking it on, with joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can\u2019t remember much of the words, which continued between us. What I still remember is the vibrancy, the lightness, and the provocative playfulness in that meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me this moment shows much of the healing in the 5Rhythms. Revealing our selves in a way that creates light and space, even if that is in the midst of deep pain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This dance gives us the possibility to meet life and ourselves as fully as we can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I fell in love with the Rhythms at first dance. I arrived in my first workshop feeling shut down and locked. During the weekend it felt like my heart cracked open, I could breath again. As if light and life entered my body and being. I was \u2013 and still am- in love. I enjoyed it, big time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wanted to teach, then already. Sitting meditation couldn\u2019t get me so connected to myself, dancing could. I wanted to inspire people to experience the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took me 7 years to get there, dancing at least a weekend every month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started teaching in 2010 and since 2015 also in Heartbeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The journey has been a deep dive into my own being and into connection with others. Deeper then I could have imagined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teaching Heartbeat made me even more aware of the depth of the work. How much inertia we all need to overcome to be \u201ccomfortable with uncomfortable feelings\u201d <\/em>as Gabrielle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teaching, for me, has the quality of intimacy with students. I get to witness pieces of their journeys, them getting closer to themselves, opening, becoming more visible. In becoming more of what they already are. It\u2019s a privilege to be in this place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n My deep longing in life is to be able to be present with anything that meets me. I want to be touched by life and all that life carries, even when that scares me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whatever I teach will have a taste of that longing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dancing is a powerful teacher, when I am scared or joyful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s really hard to stay untouched if you dance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I teach in Amsterdam, Holland, regularly in Beirut, Lebanon and occasionally in other places. You can also meet me Online and Outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You’ll find details is the c<\/a>alendar<\/a> One of the many powerful experiences I had in the years I am dancing the 5Rhythms was in California during Mirrors. I was doing repetitions (with a partner) in front…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5rhythms-5rhythms"],"yoast_head":"\n
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