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Rhythm Within

What is dancing to you ?

A series of steps

Or a conversation

Without words?

Dance is a connection

To the rhythm within

That moves you

To find yourself.

In dance is the magic

Of tuning  into harmony.

Whatever the form

Dance moves you

Heart & soul

To your truth .

Savvy

Is dance a series of steps, or a conversation without words?

Here I share a curated list of 10 essential reads as a dance lover,  that have shaped my journey as a dancer and educator.

Whether you’re a seasoned pro, a ballroom teacher, or someone who just took their very first “courageous step,” these titles offer a roadmap to deeper connection, both with your partner and yourself.

In this episode, we explore:

The Classics: Why technical mastery from legends like Alex Moore and Walter Laird actually sets your creativity free.

​The Connection: Moving from “control” to “collaboration” with insights on leading as an invitation.

The Community: Why the dance floor should be a welcoming, inclusive space for every body.

​The Soul: How movement serves as a mirror for how we trust and show up in our daily lives.

Featured Authors: Alex Moore, Victor Silvester, Walter Laird, Julia Erickson, Diane Amans, and more.

Listen to more on my Podcast :

Live Life Lovingly

Love one of these books? Have a recommendation of your own? Do share with me on the comments.

Keep dancing between the lines and way beyond them.

Savvy Raj


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Dawning

When did you last look up and noticed a dawn?

Have u seen the morning dawn, fill up in the sky?
How the light
Waltzes in…

Have you witnessed the first flight of birds winging
their way into the day…

Have you seen the rising sun warming its way into the brilliance of the day…

Have you listened to the chirping of birds announcing the joy of dawn…

Have you sensed how the cold of the night warms itself in minutes into the day…
Have you felt the energy of the rays on you filling you with warmth…

The message in every dawn is hope giving
To rise with it and rest with it is the magic of it all.
Flow into your day with joy and trust the light to show you the way…

Listen to this episode ‘The Quiet Persistence’ inspired by my poem above on my podcast The Path of Clarity.

Savvy


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The Power of Calm

​There is charisma in calm.

It’s the power of stillness

in life’s highs and lows.

​In calm lies confidence,

invoking assurance.

To be calm in a conversation

evokes an energy of peace…

a vibrancy devoid of agitation.

​Within the calm, there is a depth of awareness.

At the center of composure

is the potential to assimilate;

no matter the chaos,

you find your equilibrium.

Contemplations

When was the last time you felt the charismatic power of calm?

​What does calm feel like to you in this moment?

What is the distance between you and your sense of serenity?

Where and how do you think you can find your center?

A Note on the Dawn

My morning moments hold a precious tranquility for me. I choose the dawn to set my intention for the day ahead. In the quiet moments before the world wakes, I find my creative state of flow. Although I strive to connect with this peace throughout the day, the energy of the early morning resonates most deeply. It sets the tone for everything that follows.

​How do you relate to the calm of dawn?

How do you sense the power of calm?

Savvy Raj


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Inch closer

Whatever it is, the wisdom that changed you,

Will one day make you give away, what it taught you.

Your’ Personal Growth ‘lies in these moments of your receiving and giving.

For then you are evolving and  fine tuning yourself under the guidance  of divine intervention.

Trust your journey. 

Listen to intuitive self

As it speaks from the depth of  your souls calling and knowing.

And remember through it all, every step of the way, you are inching closer to your true purpose.

Savvy 


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The Power of Faith

Awareness that you are searching  for…the deliverance from all the so called inflictions and challenging circumstances  you are experiencing…

Its all in the Space that you occupy. If  the Earth element catches  fire, its remains become ash.  If water engulfs earth everything decays.

The more you resist and pull the greater is the entanglement.
True liberation is from the clutches of ego in ignorance.


What does it take to the awareness of letting go completely? The ability to see beyond the temporary illusions of attachment takes profound faith.

For faith is all there is.Without it nothing is.

Interestingly I wrote this  contemplation  while reading  ‘Gajendra Moksham story & Stotram .

Here is the story below

Gajendra Moksham is one of most spiritually significant stories in the Srimad Bhagavatam A story of divine  intervention and  total surrender.

The story is set in Mount Trikuta, where Gajendra, the majestic king of the elephant herd went to drink water from the lake and pick up the lotus for worship. There Makara a powerful  crocodile clasped his leg… it’s said for 1000 years a fierce tug of war ensued . Inspite of Gajendras strength as he was in the water  which was the crocodiles element  he began to lose his strength.

The Realization

While family and friends  tried their best to help  in time they too couldn’t release him . As he grew exhausted trying Gajendra  realised that his physical  might nor his kin could save him.

And then in total surrender in faith he lifted a lotus flower towards heaven and offered a soul stirring  prayer to God Vishnu. But instead of asking for life he asked for ultimate  liberation from the clutches of ignorance.

God Vishnu hears sincere plea and with his (divine discus) Sudarshana Chakra swiftly  severes the crocodiles head and pulls Gajendra  to safety and grants him Moksha (salvation)

This  is a story of complete trust in the power of faith and divine grace.


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Grateful

I am grateful  to all the seasons
To wish for only one season
Can be cruel to the world
As nature balances itself
Through every season
So I wish for cycles of seasons
All in good time
Then no summer is too hot
Or winter too cold to bear.


I wish for balance
In the seasons  to come
Be it rain or autumn
For nature to survive& thrive
The seasons  must come and go
And thats what is best for all.

Savvy


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Un expect

In letting go of expectations

You step closer to yourself

Your truths are awaiting you

Everything around you

Is also in you

Everything in you

Is also around you.

Synchronize with your breath

Open yourself to sense

The immense possibilities

Allow insights to appear

On your wants & desires.

Enjoy every now of life

In this gift that is yours

Lies the path of salvation

Discover yourself

As the paths unfold.

Simply choose to unexpect

Stay patient and observe

Your strengths along the way

Learn from your experiences

Steer yourself to implement,

And apply it to a better life.

Savvy


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Plugged in ?

Universe

Imagine space as a mirror

Multidimensional energy

Reflecting through invisible walls.

Self

Visualize its vibrance

all that you think & do…

echoes back to you.

Action

In this space of awareness

Create your best you

Recharge. regenerate.

Are you plugged in ? 


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In & around

The more I explore

The mystique of  space

The more I am in touch

Of my ground of earth.

In mindfulness I root myself

So that my thoughts find stillness

The more I search afar

The closer I am home.

All is within

In and around

Savvy


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Natural Balance

We all have much…

To learn from nature
On the art of balance
Of giving & receiving
If the sun gives more
The energy explodes
If  it reduces its emission
All is dense and dark

The energy of nature
Is best in equilibrium
In the giving & receiving
Like action & inaction 
Balances output & inputs
Rest & recovering phases
Prevents draining of energy
Creating sustainable balance.

Savvy


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Who are we?

All is not light

All is not dark

Between both

The day & night

Are shades & tones

Existing in every now

Nothing is definite

Where there is infinite

In ways & deeds

Then who are we

To judge one another

And frame them

As only black or white.

If we only could understand

The story of every shade

And every tint & tone of light.

We would think twice

Before the final verdict.

So much to discover

So much to understand

So much to know more

On who we are.

Savvy

Listen to this poem and its further contemplations here on my podcast Live Life Lovingly  


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Ocean of Abundance

Think of grace

As in everything

In life and living

Ask for blessings

In health & prosperity

In this now & future

Invoke the divine

Who holds it all

In an ocean of abundance

With all your heart

In supreme trust.

In the letting go

You step out of your own way

And let the abundance in

For grace is infinite

And the ocean of abundance

Is all heart.

Savvy


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Riding on faith

My first time

Riding a cycle

As a little kid

I remember

Quite vividly

Father’s hand

Holding the cycle seat

At the back

Teaching me to pedal

As I  balance

In complete faith

In the hand

Holding me safe

Wheels spin

On the dirt road

I sense the wind

In my face

As we gain ground

The cycle, me & dad.

I smile happily

And I turn to glance

At my father

But I see him afar

Beaming with pride

Signaling a thumbs up

And then it hits…

I am cycling

On my own now.

In faith & self belief

Confidence springs 

As I pedal on in faith.

Life is like a cycle

Keep pedaling 

And remember 

Roads may seem rough 

As terrain turns tough

But there is always

Guidance in need

And signs…

That assures

You are enough

For you.

Ride on, in faith.

Savvy


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Reflections on Space

Thoughts on Space

Space is, what I make of it.


Space allows and restrains you all at the same time
In this and every now, space is filled with infinite possibilities.
Abundance and scarcity of potential is the truth in coexistence, shifting as you perceive space.
Space is a dynamic in the fluidity.


Space is what you make of it.


As what you sense in space, stays in space

So what happens in space stays in space.

Space is filled with wonder.
An expansive phenomena.


Feeling of space for you and I is deeply different.


Is there a divide at all between the physics and metaphysical space or is it actually interweaved & deeply interconnected.


Just a question of how open we are to understanding Space & the possibilities in its potential…
Its all in around and beyond there.

Savvy Raj


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The Magic of Life & Living

Never heard of the word  Solecism,
until I looked it up…
But now I understand it

SOLECISM : It’s a part of life..
In the trial and errors
Life is threading through mapping its way quite like, how the neural connectomes do.

Through the thick & thin, we pattern our way like the coarse calico fur

Often clinging to the old receidovous ways of our hearts ,

Forging our paths in memory pushing us through

In part as a reminder to evolve for the better.

And in part reminiscences in the rare glimpses of lifetimes lived.

We realize the truth of our being.
As we continue to breathe and perform on this stage of life…

As it reveals itself .

The magic of life, is in the living.

Savvy Raj