Diving Deep, Flying High
Workshop overview
Date: TBC
We will use Tango music and dance to explore the wider aspects of our minds and connect deeper to our hearts.
- Explore and learn to enjoy cabeceo-mirada experiences
- Listen to our hearts and each other for better understanding.
- Cultivate loving kindness, mindfulness and wisdom to free ourselves from stress, anxiety and fear.
- Dance to the rhythm of the music and live in the rhythm of life.
(You don’t need to have dance experience or been to our earlier workshops to attend this workshop.)
Outline of topics
We will cover the following topics in the workshop
Starting out
- Warm up: free movement with Tango music
- Guided standing meditation
- Outline of the day and introductions
- Mindful tango philosophy
- The problems that stop us from connecting and enjoying the dance
Module 1: Description of Mindfulness:
- Origins and premise
- The Mindfulness Bird: heart and mind
- Observing mind: body, feeling, thought and perception
- Short guided meditation – demonstration
Module 2: Get to know yourself
- What are your values in life? What really matters to you? What is your life music?
- Guided Mindful dialogue and group sharing
- Music: the heart of tango
Module 3: Get to know yourself (cont’d)
- Conditions for happiness
- Treasure hunt
- Mindfulness of the breath
Module 4: Mindful exercises
- The 4 Rs: Recognise, Release, Relax, Refresh
- Mindful eating exercises
Break and Mindful lunch
Module 5: Get to know yourself (cont’d)
- Cabeceo exercise
- Life’s hindrances
- Grounding exercises
Module 6: Pauses
- Pausing in Tango
- Applying the 4 Rs
- Daily practice
Module 7: Get to know yourself (final)
- Goals
- Committed action
- Befriending fear exercises
Module 8: Loving kindness
- Musicality
- Embrace
- Loving kindness meditation