Amazing Inspiring People...Who Inspires YOU?

Lovely Anastasia, <3 <3

Thank you for your sharing, very touching, as well as the video - took me back to the land of the past, in territories where pain and pleasure interweaved!

I am currently and for some time now been experiencing major and VERY interesting kundalini movements on all levels - multidimensionally - so apologies for my delayed response.  xx Listening to the body-mind-spirit conversing requires space and care as you clearly feel yourself and as you shared on another thread. Today I had a Tui Na massage and everything feels intensified! A 'good thing' ;) x

Watching AMA, the first thing that popped into my mind was the feeling of what she is experiencing and how it must feel! I felt stillness, quietitude, a sense of presence, lightness and grace expressed through her body in water. The closer I could relate to this feeling in water is scuba diving! What totally amazed me was how expressive the body can be in challenging conditions. If one fights with the physical or neglects its key messages as an apnea practitioner, or as a diver (well as anyone!) this dance would be impossible. I feel that there is a harmonious upgrading here of capacities that are mobilised by a tuning into the Source. 

And yes! I totally agree with you about how we harshly condition our bodies (at the gym, sports etc) and the seeking of perfection through this engagement! And the internalisation of all the distorted social messages about beauty, perfection, body and form magnifies this seeking and feeds it - kinda like being in a vicious circle.

I have witnessed and have experienced being the seeker of perfection of body, perfection of mind and even perfection of spirit. I find that the self in all its manifestations can be a project that seeks perfection! When I used to do a lot of sports and gym work, I wanted excellence of body. When I used to be an academic, I wanted excellence of mind. When I used to meditate 11 hours per day I wanted excellence of 'my spirit'. And then you hit the wall!! That sth that 'interrupts the routine'. The inner truth. And for me it interrupts it because it asks me to 'see more clearly', to feel into the filters because although there is the distortion, there is also the truth. Can I uncover the truth and love myself and give space WITH the distortions, so as to re-discover the truth of my Being?

Now I go to the gym and meditate. Feel my body, feel awareness, feel any filters as they arise. I listen to the harshness if it arises and I ask it: 'tell me'...'who is this?' And feeling. Its an exploration. I know my body wants to move and feels a sense of freedom, responsiveness, aliveness, vibrancy, energy when it moves, in any way. Dance happens everywhere :)

What was very touching Anastasia is that you mentioned Beauty and Pain coexisting in your experience, or at least thats how I read it here:

 

I’m being shown something about myself through this amazing video. I seem to believe that if I don’t have the perfect dancer’s attributes, (which I will never have again, for natural reasons) -then I can’t dance.

It also translates as ‘if I don’t look or express a certain way, then I can’t be loved.’

I feel the pain clearly now, but I also feel the emerging beauty of my dancer’s soul spiralling through and around it gathering momentum...

 

In response, I dedicate this song/video to YOU - you are such an inspiring dancing soul!! Love you x

What an inspiring soul expression Christopher Cross! And Sailing is just pure dive into fluidity. Totally love it, thanks for sharing <3

...And it now invites me to share a short film by this magnificent woman Julie Gautier, a French apnea champion dancing her pain in water, in flow, in NOW, in stillness and movement, creating her story, our story.

Be Inspired! <3 <3

Statement of intent:

“Ama” is a Japanese word meaning "Woman of the Sea". Amas are traditional shell collectors, strong and united. For me, it represents the relationship that we, women, must build between ourselves and the link we must keep with nature. The film confronts us with immense capacity of women - capacity that we all have but that we leave sleeping, or we do not dare to develop. Unfortunately in our modern society, social bond is often broken and loneliness infests a lot of homes. For me, this film is a way to say: you are not alone, open yourself to others, talk about your sufferings and your joys. I wanted to share my biggest pain in this life with this film. For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it into the water. The result is a beautiful and mild film that touches the hearts of those who can read between the lines. Life makes sure to put some challenges on our paths that if they do not break us, help us grow. We all have our story. We all carry a burden that we have learned to lighten and to live with. As this theme is universal, the film invites to share and becomes an emotion liberator, because to indulge is also to give others the opportunity to do so.
"Ama" is a silent film. It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way based on their own experience. Some may see an artistic work or a physical performance, some may feel indifferent or cry ... There is no imposition, only suggestions.
"Ama" uses grace as an emotion vector, there are no words, just movements. Grace is a way of expression, communication and being. I think if we use grace in our lives, actions, words, relationship with others and with the planet, we can be kind to the world. This film speaks a lot to women, because it was written by and for women but it is not exclusive to women. I do not want to make it a militant film, nor feminist. For me, it's just an open door for the heart of a woman.

With Wise Loving Grace to everyone <3

Anastasia! What a powerful piece of music and lyrics! Really moved! And the video, magical! I am picturing in my mind's eye the way you 'moved with reality' <3 Thank you for sharing! Im dancing alright!! 

Upon reading and listening to the lyrics, the memory of an amazing movie I watched a few years ago popped into my head and heart, its called: 'Inside Im dancing'. The story is about two men - alternatively abled - who claim their physical and emotional independence by defying the "protective" institutional living and society's stereotypical attitudes, including pity...

Life is a dance indeed and movement is a never ending conversation with ALL realities.

<3

XOREPSE MAZI MOU TORA!

YOU already know how to move!  We are all dancers. It is very inspiring to feel your Soul moving 'here and now' and the feedback loop it creates!....Earlier today I tried a different facilitation approach with a very challenging 'client' that integrated stillness, music, words that activate, touch, physical holding, movement and energy gathering. It was a mix that took the journey on a different level!! And here you are connecting though the ether, our 'dance souls' communicating. And what I find amazing is the deep stillness that one finds within Movement <3 So alchemical!

Here is one of the tunes I have used in my 'conscious dance' classes that just invites the Soul in. The video is so interesting. Every single person in there is a dancer, SO inspiring. And amusing and reflecting back the diversity of the embodiment of the Soul moving and expressing!

Enjoy and xorepse me tin psychi sou <3

Theiki Agapi

xx

A surge of energy bursts through to more fluidity; The feeling of 'stuck-ness' being re-integrated back into the pool of embodied awareness and expression giving rise to Movement.  Sergei Polunin embodying the Twin Flame energy whilst dancing in the divine music and lyrics of Hozier. BREATH-TAKING!

Sergei, an extraordinary soul, a true revolutionary who blew up the system of the Ballet Industry just because he was himself! Full of passion, humility, following a true inner voice that all rebellions just have to Listen to.

"Movement"

I still watch you when you're groovin'

As if through water from the bottom of a pool

Thanks for your sharing Open, what an inspiring message Peter Dinklage has! Dont wait just be it! When one re-claims 'nuggets of soul' in the messiness of life then something magic happens. :)

Wynde hey! What an amazing way to be inspired and re-create another moment in time, endless moments of soulfulness in the arms of the Universe. Upon reading your sharing I pictured you in the middle of the Universe, something like this!

Watched the film Bohemian Rhapsody recently and it was a deep journey into the vastness of human potential and pain, going hand by hand. Freddie Mercury's life story is indeed an inspiration. Watch a short clip of his life's story here. Just Soulful!