It’s funny that
I’m thinking of writing about movement when it’s clearly Aditi
who’s more of an expert in this field ~ she’s done a dance
movement therapy course people ~. But I’m inspired and in an
incredible mood so I’m not about to stop myself. I’ll warn you in
advance that I have no idea where this is going to go but I’m
excited to find out.
We’re constantly
moving. I’m moving as I type, I move as I walk, breathe, eat and
sleep. I uninhibitedly move as I listen to music.
I use the word move
and not dance because I don’t think there’s much dance in it.
It’s just the tapping of my foot, nodding my head and shoulders
doing a weird thing with maybe even a side wave in the middle. I
think that’s why it’s so much fun to watch people when they do
not-very-choreographed dance. There’s raw emotion in there, or no
emotion at all. It’s probably just people living in the moment that
brings a smile on my face, I don’t know.
And then there is
the emotional moving on. Sometimes we get so stuck on certain
opinions or beliefs and it becomes super hard to change them or even
imagine something other than that could be okay.
I saw this picture
once and immediately agreed. Then I saw the same picture with a
couple of extra lines added in the comments about how someone must
have drawn it thinking it was a six or nine, we just don’t know
what that person thought and that only one of those people arguing
are right. Which got me thinking that beliefs are at the end of the
day, cue the drumroll, beliefs.
When we have already
established beliefs, I think it’s important to understand that one
thing could have been interpreted in multiple ways, and any of the
ways could be correct, depending on what the creator of the belief
thought (which is something we may never know in some cases
*religion*).
But I was talking
about moving on. Often one gets attached to a person. Best friends
you no longer talk to, maybe even someone you loved. And this is
where the moving gets messy and hard. There are so many memories
attached, so many nuances, lives you knew about but there is no point
knowing anymore. Buckets of information basically, and you don’t
know what to do with it. But then you deal with it through movement
itself, generating endorphin to elevate your mood and make peace
with yourself. Moving on tends to be a very positive thing, so albeit being difficult, I'd say it leaves you happy in the long run.
I deal with
my mood - happy or sad - using movement. Your head and body are always in sync with
how you feel. Which is why changing how your body functions will
change how you feel as well.
Painting is moving
your hands with the rhythm in your head, when people knit they use
thread instead. As you chop the vegetables or stir the batter making
sure there are no lumps, you’re moving. As you clean up your room
and fold the laundry, you’re doing something. It’s actually fun
cleaning up with blaring music, maybe you should try it someday.
But as I ponder
further, I realise that maybe it isn’t just the movement that
leaves you feeling great. I think the movement ensures that you’re
doing something. It generally leaves you with focus and direction
towards creating something, sometimes with a physical end product, others with a better mindspace.
Or it just leaves
you with a clean bedroom and happy mother.
(I still think it's a good bargain.)
Kanksha
x
