Dance Workshop at 7am. at Circular Economy BOOSTcamping at Nijmegen!

I had the pleasure to be invited to give a dance workshop for the participants of  Circular Economy Boost camping video min 1:14 at Nijmegen on the 29th of May. 

I was very pleased to see that most of people who stayed at the camping liked to join the workshop which was scheduled before breakfast in an improvised dance space at the cafeteria. 

We started with a short body scan before doing some warming up exercises and then we danced. And we danced hard! 

I was happily surprised of the response and openness of the participants. Everybody felt quickly at ease, connected to each other, laughing and having fun! 

This is what participants answer to me when I asked how did they feel after the workshop:

- Perfect!

- Great!

- Very good!

- Good.

- Happy!

- Relaxed.

- Energised.

- Awake!

- A swinging begin of the day...

- I feel very happy!

I want to thank all participants and organisers for making this possible. I am looking forward to a similar experience in the future. 

Dance at the Office at Circle Economy!

Hi there dear dancers,

I want to share a really beautiful and inspiring experience I had last Wednesday morning.

I was invited by Merve Güvendik, one of our enthusiastic participants in Danspiritual evenings, to give a 30 minutes "Dance at the Office" workshop at Circle Economy offered as a team building activity. 

This is what her colleagues and herself said about the workshop:

- It was fun!

- It was joyful.

- I felt bound together.

- I felt like a child.

- I was tense, I am not tense anymore.

- Good start of the day.

- We felt very comfortable with each other while dancing.

Merve: "When I told them about Danspiritual, they thought it was too "spiritual" but today they found out that it is so much fun and it was not that spiritual. They liked it. Another thing they said is that they realised it really increased their energy and they could go easily through the day if they just start dancing like this for half an hour in the morning. 

Last thing they said was that the flow of the dance, the whole event was so natural. We started just walking and everybody could step in so easily because the flow was just natural."

Thank you Merve and thank you Circle Economy participants. You made my day! 

After that I was asked to give another workshop for a Circle Economy Congress in Nijmegen for 60 people... Looking forward to it ;) 

Patricia

Jon and Mila Kabat-Zinn 

Dearest Dancers and Friends,

On Tuesday I had the fortune to attend a Mindfulness Congress here in Amsterdam where Jon Kabat-Zinn and his wife Mila were giving a workshop. As some of you may know, Jon is a biomedical scientist who created the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. This secular method uses a combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness, and yoga to train people to be more focused on the present moment and develop a non-judgmental awareness on a daily basis. My experience with mindfulness has been amazingly helpful. Through meditation I had became more and more connected to my body sensations and I can now notice in the spot my negative thinking patterns which I have been struggling with for long. I learned that I could actually stop, observe and "choose" what to think or do in awareness. I had started focusing more on what it is positive in my life, learned to deal better with strong emotions, to the point that they have became rare, started cultivating compassion for myself and others, started this cherished dance project and in awe have seen transformed my relationship with my twenty-years-old son into one of bliss .

So that was my opportunity to show my gratitude to this incredible man who has brought meditation technics to the big public putting it in a scientific context. And I did! 
He seemed to me a very kind, warm-hearted man, totally devoted to live his talk and to spread these powerful teachings that come from far in time and space. He has been a student of Buddhist teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh and Zen Master Seung Sahn. 

That is the reason I integrate both dance and meditation, almost a redundancy because what can be more meditative than dancing? Anyway I have not got any complains so far so I keep starting our sessions with a short meditation and focusing in the fact that we breath and have a body! Yeah!

I think Jon and Mila would had loved to dance with us but I guess they would be gone next week ;)

As you can imagine tonight there'll be no dance but get ready for next week!
I will be waiting for you with more music to be danced at!

With love,
Patricia

Studio Solebay

Livornostraat 22hs.

Amsterdam West, Bos en Lommer

Seven minutes with the bike from the Westergasfabriek 

Every Monday 7.45-9.30 pm.

Contribution: 10 euro and first timers 5 euro. 

Strippenkart for 5x :45 euro valid for 2 months. 
Low income and students: 8 euro

Monday 15th December Gratitude & Abundance

We own nothing, we have the right to enjoy everything

Hi dear Danspiritual dancers,
I want to invite you to a very special session. 
We will be dancing in candle lights to bring us prosperity and a sense of self-worth!
We are going to say goodbye to the old patterns in ourselves that do not serve us to feel abundant, deserving of wealth, health and all the good things in life.
After a guided meditation, some visualisation exercises we will dance in gratitude for all we already have in life.


See you there!

Patricia

Danspiritual Info

What about a dancing evening to feel connected to yourself and energise your soul, mind and body to the rhythm of irresistible dancing music?

Danspiritual is my response to a personal need to share something that gives me lots of energy and pleasure. While dancing I am fully present, flowing in total harmony. My aim with these sessions is to provide the space so more people can enjoy this liberating experience regularly.

Danspiritual combines short relaxation and mindfulness exercises with a full hour of freestyle barefoot dancing.
A chance to celebrate, burn calories, relax, express ourselves, allow the wisdom of the body take over and have fun.

I use music that makes me dance and creates the tempo and mood for each moment of the session. 

No age limit. No previous dancing experience required. No choreographies.

Monday 15th of September we are starting to danspiritual at Solebay Studio. 

Studio Solebay

Livornostraat 22hs.

Amsterdam West, Bos en Lommer

Seven minutes with the bike from the Westergasfabriek 

Every Monday 7.45-9.30 pm.

Contribution: 10 euro and first timers 5 euro. 

Strippenkart for 5x :45 euro valid for 2 months. 
Low income and students: 8 euro

No age limit. No previous dancing experience required. No choreographies

To get the latest news sign to:
Danspiritual Facebook

Danspiritual Meetup pvegaboschiazzo@gmail.com

I am looking forward seeing you!

Patricia