An ecstatic Dance Report

I DJ'd on tuesday.

I put out the call to some friends over text, and invited as many people as I could on Facebook. I didn't hear back from anyone, and I almost took it personally! Stories aside, I put on my beautiful dance clothes, and headed to Om Culture

. I showed up, set up some music, and immediately dropped into deep conversation, a long hug, and my prescience was medicine for another human. Night is made, anything else is icing on the cake, right? I left that interaction, walked across the room and talked with someone that I met a few days prior at a different dance. When we danced then, they were giving me a lot of tips and really critiquing my 'leading' as a 'follow' and I had gotten frustrated and left the dance. Fortunately, I was able to tell them this, receive an apology and a hug, and feel so much better. We ended up dancing together later that night, and it was wonderful.

The opening circle was a mere 12 people, and we all had an opportunity to put our names into the circle. Small but mighty, we each confessed to being dance addicts, and this was our support group. I made this playlist for connection, and that’s exactly what I got! We turned up the volume and turned up the playfulness, and I somatically embodied a rock opera, tears streaming down my face as I lost myself and became the feels. The playlist received a bit of pruning to shorten things, and by the end of the night it was just 4 of us, hands together in a dance amoeba circle of tangles. The music ended and I was grateful that this dance went this way, and couldn't have happened any other time, the 4 of us sitting and sharing our hearts. I went home filled with love, and even got a carton of eggs out of the whole thing. I found this community 3 years ago, and every time I show up I receive a gift.