Dancing in the Water, with its fluidity and its mass hypnotic, it is initiate to a journey in the depths of the psyche. It is a synonym of cleansing and purification, and is absolutely necessary for life. She, however, is in itself the paradox of death and destruction by the flood, drowning, crushing. The multiplicity of its forms makes this element rich symbolic meanings : going to meet them, and let us dance in the Water !

Dance to the depths with the Ocean

The ocean is the symbol par excellence of the dive into the abyss of the psyche. We explore such a fish seabed quiet his conscience, crossing landscapes that no adventurer has not yet been mapped. In the midst of the ocean gave rise to the first forms of life, so that we can contact the source of our memories of the psyche. The absolute quiet of the depths invites introspection and contemplation of the currents of his unconscious.

Travel between the worlds with the dance of the River

Under the form of a river, the Water invites us to a more travel between the living world and the beyond. The Nile, Ganges or the Styx are all sacred rivers whose crossing is charged with meaning, and you don't come out unscathed. 

The river speaks to us of flow, flow, movement, flood, and restraint of piping. It represents a vector, a path in which flows the fluidity of life. Dance in the river, it is to listen to the current, it is felt if one gives up or if we try to go back, and observe what follows from these experiences. It is to dare to plunge in and take the risk out transformed by the contact with this water that cleanses and forgives.

Dance in the waters of emotion

Water evokes the crying and the tears, of joy, of anger, of sadness. She called to the expression and experience of emotions. The Fish, in astrology, are the sign master of the emotional feeling and connection to his emotions. The water consists, moreover, 70% of the human : reconnect with nature liquid allows to streamline the circulation of the energies, emotions and thoughts in and of itself, and it facilitates the letting go. The Water element is associated with the sacral chakra, located at the level of the lower abdomen.

How to dance the Water ?

In the body, the movements are fluid and circular, which allow the connection to the Water. Moving her pelvis, the seat of the sacral chakra, in circles and in "eight" refers to the continuous movement of the current. The arms are raised and mimicked the direction and intensity of currents and waves. The Water invites rather slow, in gestures, almost meditative. The spine undulates in the image of the energy flow in the body. The twists are always welcome as they allow exploration of the most comprehensive of its kinésphère, and echoes of his mental space.

With the water comes also a landscape-sensory, poetic. In the visual exploration of shades of blue and green, seaweed undulating and multi-colored fish. And in listening to the silence, whispers of the marine life and the distant echo of the song of the whales.

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You've read an excerpt from the memory of Viviane, The power of the symbolic dance-therapy. Viviane teaches at the school Para La Salsa and was formed via the method Per Se Nota. You can find it on his account Instagram : @dance.with.the.fire

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