The Dance the Frees Your Soul
- Jul 2, 2016
- 3 min read
It was more than a dance. Each movement is one step towards the liberation of the mind, the body, and the soul. It is Inner Dance, the Dance of Power, the Dance of Freedom, the movement towards understanding one's real self.
It has been almost four (4) years now since that full moon, when I have begun to dance. I was first, hesitant. I fear that the more that I will discover myself, the more that I awake from this deep slumber, I will be like Neo of the Matrix: naked and facing the inner demons that I thought I have already tamed.
It was the Inner Dance lady of Manila, Arianne Joy, who had introduced us, my wife and I in 2004, into this form of conscious meditation. It was when we are having a difficult time of understanding our individual and collective selves. I don't want to elaborate, but those were the difficult years when we are looking for answers outside but we cannot find them. And there was the Dance, under the full moon, in the front yard of a good friend. (My wife had had the Dance earlier.)
The Yin and The Yang
We have two sides, they say: The Shadow and the Light, the Yin and the Yang, the Masculine and the Feminine forces. When these two are out of balance, internal chaos or conflict will happen. As the internal conflict becomes more and more intense, it will reflect in our outside world: problematic social and intimate relationships, confusion, anger, stress. It can also manifest as a psychological disturbance or physical illness.
Inner Dance, which was rediscovered by a modern spiritual man Pi Villaraza, will help you to find that inner balance. The way that the energy dances, and flows, inside your being will take away the clogs and obstructions that hinder you to know the real you: That you are the Pure Consciousness, primordial and potent.
As the music starts, the flow of the Yin and the Yang, will start. The music serves as key to unlocking the hidden potency in you.
The Need to and of Surrender
There is a need to surrender for you to be able to get free. Your thinking mind should temporarily shut down, and let your heart and soul guide you in your journey.
You don't have to fear, no need to worry for an Inner Dance session is a safe ground. It is where you can be you and there are no judgment, only pure understanding and compassion.
You need to surrender to the power of Love, that everlasting and ever flowing force which was the basis of the creation of this universe and others. It is the invisible link, that strong thread that connects you to other parts of creation - to the skies, to the seas, the mountains, to other human beings.
Inner Dance is the dance of love, of surrender, of compassion.
Each Experience is Unique Experience
Each time that I join Inner Dance, it seems like it was my first time.
Each experience is unique and each dance peels off the layers that hides my true Self.
The visions that I have during the Dance are the visions that teach me how to take care of myself and how I am going to process my own issues, to win my own struggles, and how to help other people in their struggles and how to resolve their issues.
All I can say is each session is powerful, unique, empowering, and liberating.
I am thankful to the people who helped me embrace the Dance and shared this liberating experience to me and to other people.
Although I am inactive, in my own way, I am still Dancing.
I cannot wait to join the Inner Dancers again and to share with them that healing, loving energies of the Universe manifesting each time that the music plays, and it continued during the sharing time.
At this point, I am inviting you. Iindak mo ang iyong diwa, umindak ka nang ikaw ay lumaya (Dance with your Soul and dance for you to be free).
Kapayapaan at Pag-ibig ay Sumaating Lahat!
Noel Sales Barcelona is an Inner Dance facilitator and a member of the Indak Diwa - Inner Dance Manila.
He is a journalist, a researcher, a prized poet, essayist and fiction writer, a Reiki (Level 2) practitioner, and a spiritual consultant. Currently, he serves as the Executive Director and Secretary General of The Soul Empowerment Institute (SEI) - Asia and the Pacific, Inc.
He is married to Blessy, also an Inner Dancer, and he lives in Antipolo City together with his family and dogs.
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