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Ruth Ramsay's avatar

Hooray for this! I'm with Bjork - I plan to rave till the end. Dancing is medicine. Peter Levine talks about 'the mad dance' animals do to shake out and discharge stress, after playing-dead to evade a predator. So many of us have to do a constant low-level version of playing-dead to get by in today's society... Dancing (in my case raving) releases all that stress. So glad to hear you're dancing again!

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Marianne Power's avatar

This description makes so much sense - I knew about animals shaking off stress but hadn’t connected that with the playing dead bit first. I think I’ve been in prolonged freeze - playing dead. Thank you!

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Dave's avatar

Wouldn't the world be a much happier place if we all just danced a bit more? Thanks for sharing the Dick Van Dyke clip...I've always thought of him as a 'part of my unofficial extended family'...on a wet day during a family holiday in Wales…Colwyn Bay...in 1964(?) we went to a cinema to watch Mary Poppins...my dad would have turned 100 earlier this month...

...you're never too old...or too young to 'get up and boogie'...and only costs a temporary...self conscious loss of dignity...who cares!

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Marianne Power's avatar

Dignity is very much over rated. Lovely that you have that memory of Dick Van Dyke. He seems like such a lovely man.

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Carmen Jimenez's avatar

So amazing to read this Marianne! I am so happy for you I could cry!!

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Marianne Power's avatar

Thank you, carmen! Xx

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Morgana Clementine's avatar

Such a joy to read this... laugh out loud moments at your rainbow rhythms like descriptions... I used to love dancing with Sue on a regular basis back when I lived in Brighton and frequently went to London. What a great crowd there. Celebrating with you that you've recovered the energy to dance again🎊. It is, in shamelessly hippue language, such soul medicine.

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Marianne Power's avatar

Thank you, Morgana. I’ve been reading up about the mind body connect too, since you mentioned the course you did. So many pennies dropping.

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Morgana Clementine's avatar

Wonderful to hear that!

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Dr Vicki Connop's avatar

Love it Marianne 😍 5 Rhythms has been a big part of my life over many years, including dancing with Sue Rickards when I was in London. Such great medicine, and you're making me question why it's fallen by the wayside in favour of yoga in more recent years...

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