This evening I got a dance lesson from a friend who really knows how to dance. It was wonderful and fun and enlightening, but also humbling.<\/p>\n
The experience made me realize how much I generally live within my head, and not within my body. I wonder how many experiences I am missing by not having my full body involved in the processes of my mind.<\/p>\n
Something my friendly dance instructor said really stuck with me. She told me “I need to teach you not to think.”<\/p>\n
Yes, I can see that. There is ancient wisdom in the body. Alas, it is a particular form of wisdom that the mind can all too easily forget. <\/p>\n
I am reminded of Zen and the Art of Archery<\/i>: You can’t think your way to learning how not to think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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