Life, at its heart, is most like dancing-
A sense of balance is critical- through all the leaps in the air and the pirouettes, hold your center still and let that core be the source of every dip and bend.
Listen- Move with the music; it might not always be the song you wanted to dance to, but keep moving with the flow, the next track is just a few minutes away.
Feel. Let your every movement stem from the deepest emotion, and never waste a movement, not one finger out of place that was not MEANT to be there.
Smile. Sometimes the smile stems from the simple joy of the movements, and at others, you smile through the pain in every screaming muscle- but smile anyway.
And somewhere at the end of years of practice, you find grace- the center and source of every movement, and the destination of any good dancer. It begins with a sense of balance, and that sureness of movement that comes from extreme self-awareness. Move past the childish flinging of limbs in mindless motion- listen and feel every pulse of the music, even when it is not what you wanted to hear, and still hold yourself in perfect posture.
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Strange that you should also be talking of 'grace' - was discussing grace in life just yesterday with my sister Hema. It all started with the History Channel and the story of Grace Kelley and the Prince of Monaco. And well put - you have to find the music, the movement, the balance and from all this comes grace. This is the most important aspect of life as well as dance. Grace is that invisible invisble something that can convert rags to riches.
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