Let colors carry the message of love, brotherhood, and truth.
Let the colors of Holi brighten your spirit and spread the message of peace and joy and goodwill without discriminations.
Happy Holi to one and all!
Savvy
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Category Archives: Dancing
You Most Certainly Can Dance
A short story of inspiration for beginners learning to dance!
A pleasant Sunday morning, finds me in a new venue, a family club actually for my dance workshops in the suburbs of Mumbai , well it was a start of something new, so there I stood before my new batch of learners. I notice a lovely couple had brought their daughter of five along with them. Being a parent myself I understand the limitations of nuclear parenting in Mumbai and the fact that there are times that one has to just take the kids along where you want to go, as sometimes, there is no one you could leave them safely with.
The keen observer in the picture is the little girl I have written about 🙂
I smiled at the little girl who gave me a warm smile back. Very sweet I thought! Soon enough I began the session with the usual round of introduction to the dance form and then went on with the basic step of swing. I was quite busy with the parents and just had a cursory glance the little girl who I saw amusing herself standing near the corner where a couple of chairs were stacked.I went about explaining about the beat, counts and the rhythm and the body positioning and was halfway through the session . I was engrossed in teaching so much that I was suddenly jolted with a soft but insistent tap on my arm. I turned and was absolutely amazed when the little girl showed me the basic step with perfect timing to music. The little girl had carefully observed what I was doing and imbibed it for sometime standing quietly in the corner and once she was confident she came up to me silently for approval.
I was clearly bowled over by the power of observation and interest in this child. Many a times with power of observation we can master all that we want to by our-self , provided we have the determination to focus on our goals.
The little child’s brain had mapped a visual imagery of the step clearly, and was able to recall it at will even though she had not practiced it half the number of times her parents had… along with me.
The power of observation has no age barrier, some are gifted and some have to develop the latent power within, but we all certainly have it within us to reap the potential of this power.So do care to see a little beyond the denials and negations just trust and believe you can dance and then You Most Certainly Can Dance!
Savvy
PS:
This was first written for my dance students and future learners, a couple of years ago .But I felt it can be shared for the power of perseverance and belief makes all the difference !
- We are all unique in our movements , so we must strive to find our own path to fulfillment , wherein lies our success. Success follows whenever we move with the strength of intention to learn to dance !
- Take a step , start dancing today ! Make dancing a way of life, To find out more about learning to dance at your pace…
please contact here or write to me: savvy@danceconcepts.in
Life is to Live!
Dancing: Enriching life and living.
The trick is in the integration of such artistic pursuits into our everyday lives ,as most of us carry on with our life with little or no time to spare for a little self enrichment.
Dancing with your partner
Is a ‘Graceful walk’ together in unison,
Fully aware of your partners presence,
A synchronized togetherness
Of will and intention
With heartfelt desire to move as one.
Savvy Raj
A Share of Good Cheer!
This photo is doing the rounds on social media networks and I guess in the last two days have been receiving this many times over. I think it is rather cute and just so warm and cheerful considering the spirit of the season!
So here’s to all my friends and readers here specially…
May your days be full of warmth and good cheer
May peace and contentment reign in your hearts
Wishing you a fantastic weekend ahead…
Merry Christmas to you all and a Wonderful New year!
Savvy
On Self Expression
Express to sense
Express to let go
Express to heal
Express to feel
Express to move
Express to balance
Express to live
For expression is to share
The gifts of being alive to life.
Express in this now!
Because you can.
Savvy
Strike a pose
Stir swirl and swivel your passionate self.
Just dance your heart out!
Savvy
#dancelove #heartspeaks #dancingsouls
On giving and receiving.
When one share’s from the heart, the result is always a regeneration of trust confidence and love in abundance.
With increasing love, there is a decrease of needs and with that, there is greater contentment and fulfilment!
A few things to keep in mind are… share without motive, share without ego, share with gratitude!
The ones who share with acceptance writ in their hearts are the ones who know the value of letting go enough to reaps its rewards.
Rewards that cannot be measured by time or days, as they abound in the infinite wisdom of conscious connections!
In the spirit of the season you can join the dance of life in this now with all your heart and soul. And partake the pleasures of being there in both the receiving and the giving.
Savvy Raj
The Call of the Dunes.
Desert Trails :
The call of the dunes.
The desert has a way with you.
Just sun and sand across and around you.
As much as your eyes can see in the yonder
The red tinged sands bears the patterns of movement.
Of many who walked in there in sheer amazement.
Of the eerie silence of nothingness around
Except the tunes, that the howling winds may sound.
The charm of the desert springs on at night
At the camp with carpets spread out
Surrounded by the bedouins tents
And a sheesha to indulge if you wish
Traditional Arabic hospitality peeks
And the swaying hips of the belly dancer speaks
Flowing and swivelling like the swirls on the dunes
Mesmerizing you in the alluring moves to the mystical tunes.
Bring it on you may yourself say…
You must at least for once pass this way!
Savvy
Dancing to what moves you.
Love Dancing?
Are you drawn to the art of movement? Do you wish to dance but are confused where to begin and how to take the first step into the world of dance? Read on…
First of all it is essential to find that dance form which moves you. But before that it would be a good idea to ask yourself if you are the kind of person who is a team player or someone who enjoys solo dancing.
If you are kind who enjoys social dancing with a partner there are a plethora of dance forms you can learn, but yes the ideal situation is that you have a willing partner who enjoys dancing as much as you do!
Learning even the basics of some partner dance forms that appeal to you and your taste of music and tempo is a wonderful way to step into the world of dancing.
Its important to remember that just like our choices are not static but actually evolve with time, in an ever evolving world of movement, dances too evolve with changing trends and generations … thus it is the study and practice of the concepts and techniques that play an important role in developing your skills and enhance your dancing.
If you are interested in learning to dance ..it would be good to be aware of the depth of your interest, whether its just as a passing fancy, a fad to learn something new,or to learn because of a deeper connect that you feel every time you dance, or even as you watch other people dancing. An honest self appraisal would be helpful in deciding what the next course of action should be. If you feel the connect I am talking about, get going and start of with some dancing lessons for yourself now!
If you wish to discuss more on your dance related queries feel free to reach out here savvy@danceconcepts.in.
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Live life lovingly!
Life to me is a lot like dancing… a spontaneous movement that’s free and continuous.
Experience every moment in all its dimensions.
If you cling to just one moment you can’t experience it all
And if you are not living with awareness you would not be living it at all.
Live Life Lovingly!
Savvy
A memorable evening in Greece
Cheers to life and living 💙
A memorable evening in Athens…
In that beautiful city
We met and bonded
Three women total strangers
From three different lands
From across the world
Carrying a common love
For dance in our hearts.
Connecting and conversing
Merging and blending
The interesting cultures
Of our roots, as we raised
A toast of good health and cheer
With simple good old water 💙
A memorable Congress indeed!
Savvy Raj
The picture above holds a special place in my heart. Taken in the lovely city of Athens Greece during the World Congress of Dance Research held there. A common passion for dancing brought us together that memorable evening.
Over the years we may have gone on with our lives in different zones of space and time…but am pretty sure, whenever we lay our eyes on this picture, it is sure to make us three smile with all our hearts remembering this lovely evening back then.😊
Cheers to life and living.
Savvy
Simplify your steps
Simplify your steps …. so you can be aware enough to connect with the steps you take!
Savvy Raj
Poems & Emotions
Poems & Emotions
Is there a dividing line
Where both can stand apart
Poems are thoughts from feeling
In sensing is the emotion
Poetry cannot be senseless
For that would make it neaningless.
Even a limerick puts a lot of heart out in rhyme.
To feel and sense the humour in just fives lines.
Trust the verses to see you through life and living.
A rainy day or lazing with a book in the sun.
Writing is a pleasure reading is a joy.
Emotions dance in reading through the verses.
And the feelings wonderfully embedded
In the thinking between the words and spaces.
Yes like us, emotions and poems are inextricable by far…
There is no one without the other.
Savvy Raj
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