Dance Therapy

Attended this workshop of my fav Dancer-Shazeb ❤

At first, was absolutely overwhelmed & nervous of things were gonna be. But the moment he entered the hall-his aura, his dance, his kindness and love filled it all up. More than being a dance workshop it was about learning to let go our fears, enjoying our dance, the music and learning that its okay to mess up. Dancing multiple times is an opportunity to mess up not to perfect it. That way your mind is under less stress and you are not constantly thinking about the steps. Its okay to do 2 steps with all you’ve got and mess up the 3rd one rather than doing all 10 steps in a not so sure held back manner. That way you are not living it and enjoying. Keep your mind under your feet. Coz you always gotta know where your feet is going and grip the floor. Hands and neck come later. Expressions and sing the song, that way you feel it. Count or make step noises in the pace you want to flow at. Dont be impressive, try to be expressive. Dance the whole dance out in the shower without stopping-flow with it. In his words- ‘I will not be upset if you come back next time and are not a better dancer but I will be upset if you give up dance coz of your fears’.

If you have the time and money, keep attending workshops. Make it there, thats the biggest step. Dont worry about what the instructor is teaching but more about what you think of yourself within. Forget validation from others and most importantly yourself. Dont beat yourself up for making mistakes, coz if its perfect, whats there to leanr right. Also youve only done it a few times, he wud have done it a zillion times to get better. So give yourself that and keep going. Forgeting does not mean you dont know the step it means you just forget a different step everytime out of fear or people watching. Theres a constant battle in your head of people clapping for you, your fear not letting you do better but your heart wanting to do your best!

The best part about the dancers that mess up is that they had fun while doing it, did their own version of it and didnt stop and they didnt care. Thats what he said. Instead of rushing to finish the steps, messing up and showing it in your attitude and face.

He truly is therapy, his words filled my heart and his hugs just made the world a much better place to live in. His version of teaching Dance gave me a new hope along with some uneasiness of having to let go and it not being a permanent thing ❤