What a warm and wonderful bunch was able to make it to the opening session!
We did a pinwheel series in which everybody got to duet with each person as a way of introducing each of us to one another's dancing. I noticed in myself a tendency towards fulfilling my expectation of what the dance could be with certain folks that I have danced with before--making it fun in a way that I am somewhat familiar with. I did this the first time I danced with Keland--very mischievously playful, quick, and with feeling like dueling. This approach yielded only what I was going for,because there just wasn't much room in it for the unknown. Because of this closedness, I feel like that dance was half realized. I halfway saw the Keland/moment/self of the present while seeking to recreate something of a past experience. There's a richness of access to feeling/though/response that's available when we're savoring the unique possibility present moment that is like nothing else. I had glimmers of this in subsequent dances, and later while eating a grapefruit, allowing my mind to flood itself with tasks from my to do list, and repeatedly reminding myself to be in the grapefruit eating. The grapefruit was delicious, and I almost totally missed it!
A habit I noticed yesterday that I want to break is finding myself in some super cool position, and getting my attention so caught up in that accomplishment that I lose the dance and disintegration ensues. Boo to that.
Many thanks to everyone who made it last night. See you next week!
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