Workshop Body
Rhythms for the first time was held in Sarajevo on 9th to 10th of
July 2005.
About 5 Rhythms movement
method by Gabrielle Roth and about what this workshop is about can be
read on site
www.plesritmova.net
This workshop
was long waited refreshment in our city.
A little indiscernible
and the same time confident and strong way, John was introducing every
from 5 rhythms to us, and proceeding toward full experience each of
them like dance as well as the experience of our own way of living
in that rhythm.
Starting with
introducing exercises and warming the body, through exploring of our
own movement of particular body part, postures, and toward entering
into rhythm defined by music and relaxing with own body movement,
John was leading unobtrusively each of participants.
With perfect selection
of Trance music and atmosphere without alcohol and smoke we were put
in front of choice: rejoice and explore that what we are, or to rate
and judge ourselves or others.
John's permanent reminding on our settled mind patterns was leading
toward first choice - toward pleasure of being unique, through this
way also - dancing the rhythms..
Almost every day
after workshop in July, still being in newborn energy, from antique
present till then unnamed rhythms, I continued exploring them alone,
waiting new impulses in September.
Even it is hard
to figure my passing through this workshop of Gabrielle Roth by words,
like most important influence I can say, this dance brought to me
new impulses for future.
My
dance on legs could not be long, but as we were coming to know each
rhythm, I was finding new possibilities for dance and movement in
laying position too, even with limited movement diapason of legs,
hips, arms too because of spine injury.
Except contact
with inner dance, particularly I am inspired to go toward physical
benefits of this dance for my body as I am spending last 3 years almost
all the time in bed, with short getting up and walking just inside
my flat.
After 2 days workshop
I was feeling my every muscle and was more happy for that too. Of
course entering into this dance I dared only with good knowing and
awareness about limits of my movements and with not trying to do anything
for what I know that it would hurt my spine.
And
after almost 5 years, or more precisely 1693 days of being with myself,
being aware happenings with spine, watching and exploring about myself
and my body, not counting the same search before spine injury and
surgeries, what I know IS that I was always aiming toward DANCE and
that is toward what I WANT TO CONTINUE.
Continue
to our workshop sheduled for September >>
Bosanski
