DANCE YOUR FREEDOM
SELF-EXPRESSION AND SOUL MOVEMENT
class by Ashai Lombardo Arop
“It’s like flying… and when you fly there’s no room for thoughts.”
from the film “The Children of Gaza – On the Waves of Freedom” by Loris Lai
«I love to transmit the fire of dance, the good it has done to me, to bring out that part of us that when it emerges can do nothing but dance! Beyond the formal, beyond professions, beyond judgments, beyond worries, beyond physical, mental and cultural barriers, that part of us connects us all and brings with it joy, satisfaction and trust. In that space we are all free. I love to see people dance, especially those who don’t usually do it, especially those who start off by saying “..no but I will never dance…” or “…no okay I’m a pole…” and then at a certain point you see them twirling in the grip of Dionysus in a state of grace.»
– Ashai –
WHAT IS IT?
An experiential path of meditation in movement starting from the breath, which draws on some techniques of the yogic tradition, to prepare the body, mind and soul to be guided by the subtle worlds, to let go to the spontaneous, free movement, the one that flows when we free ourselves from judgments, superstructures and come into contact with a deep part of ourselves, that part where there is no ground for the whirlwind of thoughts.
A path in which to reconnect the body to the soul, a rite in communion to the rediscovery of ancestral rituals, of new expressive possibilities, to make the present moment vibrate, to fluidly live the place where we are and to explore the wildest, most hidden, most uncomfortable and most authentic part of us.
Through the union of some of the paths that I have faced, studied, experimented, crossed, deepened, dissected and that have cyclically and literally saved my life and through the ancestral energies of Africa that meet with oriental wisdom I will try to transmit to you the ecstatic and transformative force of free dance.
TO WHOM IS ADDRESSED?
The course is open to everyone, absolutely everyone. Without limits of ability, experience, origin, gender… it can be useful both for those who want to find some inner peace, to calm the mind and regenerate from the fatigue of the day, for those who want to reawaken their energy and raise their vital state, or for those who want to experiment with something new. It helps to free the mind from the incessant whirlwind of thoughts and the body from many superstructures, trying to transmit the ability to observe oneself from the outside and to listen carefully, to perceive with sensitivity the whispers of the soul.
WHO IS THE FACILITATOR?
