| Yoga
and Tap Dance • November 2007 |
| Reflections on a Program Well Received
Tap Dancing for Your Soul presented an opportunity for me to honor all of the teachers who have inspired and supported me, as well as the masters who have laid down the foundations and the footprints for us to follow. The combination of Yoga and Tap dance, though unorthodox, created a sense of euphoric unity within the group, and I invite those who were initially skeptical of this combination (and there were a few people who were) to re-educate themselves and learn what is it that made this program so wildly successful. These two rich lineages and disciplines command respect on their own—and when combined, we were all witness to their power to purify, nurture and nourish the souls of everyone participating. I will say that many of the participants arrived with an agenda and their own expectations, but by the end of the program they had let go and surrendered to the love and joy of connecting to their souls, connecting to each other, the music, the mirror and the chance to dance! Since the end of the program, a little over a week ago, I have received about a dozen emails from participants who are continuing to live in the spirit they found. One woman bought tap shoes for her 8-year-old son and got the whole family in the act, as her note of Bramacharya (energy management and moderation) hangs on her computer. Another will take a ferry ride once a week to get to a not-so-local tap class, and yet another is purchasing new every-day shoes with a leather soul so she can tap while waiting on lines and in her daily routine. And finally, another participant found healing from a serious health condition and recent surgeries by having the most fun she has had in a year. The students are also communicating with each other, sharing the written steps and the music we danced to in a continuation of their tap enthusiasm and in an effort to continue to practice. Here’s what the participants had to say about this program: Thanks
so much for being a wonderful teacher! This
was magic!
Kripalu will be hosting this program again November 9-12, 2008, and I also offer a weekly yoga class Wednesdays, from 9-10:30am at Knesset Israel in Pittsfield, followed by a tap dance class at Tripsichore Dance Studio, 395 North St, Pittsfield, from 11:30am-12:30pm. I am also happy to tap over to where you are! If you have a studio that would like to offer this program, please let me know. See you next time around. A, 5, 6, 7, 8, digeedum, digeedum, digee, digee digeedum…that’s it…you got it! |
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Last
week I taught the first ever Yoga and Tap Dance Program at Kripalu
Center, called Tap Dancing for Your Soul. It
was an amazing experience for me and the program participants.
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