Dance is medicine
There is a reason we dance every morning on the Elemental retreats. There is a reason we work with ceremonial dance to integrate the process at the end of each retreat. There is a reason our indigenous roots include song and dance to honour and celebrate. It is not a reason that Western science modalities can neatly describe (but I love that they are having a go, we need this sort of research to help shift perspectives).
Dancing mirrors the cosmic play, the infinite dance, that existence really is. Lila - the Sanskrit word for divine play, reminds us that (from a nondual Tantrik perspective at least) all existence is play.
I love this quote:
"the perfect devotee does not suffer; for they can both visualize and experience life and the universe as the revelation of that Supreme Divine Force (shakti) with which they are in love, the all-comprehensive Divine Being in its cosmic aspect of playful, aimless display (lila)—which precipitates pain as well as joy, but in its bliss transcends them both."
— Rohan Bastin
May we all take time to dance!
There are a handful of spaces left on the elemental retreats if you are feeling curious: