When feelings aren’t released or allowed to move through us in the form of creativity or emotional expression, they stay stuck to us and in us, weighing us down, stifling our energy, and preventing us from living as our biggest selves.

Now before we go any further, let’s address the dancing elephant in the room: you haven’t been dancing as much as you want to, but you’ve somehow found time to read this book.

We go to a comedy show because we want to laugh, but we’re not scared we’ll keep laughing for the rest of our lives, right?

You know why? Because there’s a dance studio in your room right now. In your aloneness there is a dance studio.

Heart energy is very much about giving and receiving, and your connection to other humans. Your arms and hands have a natural connection to the heart, and it can be a beautiful thing to imagine this energy extending through your upper limbs as you dance.

Martha Graham: “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.

Take a moment to chat with the teacher or facilitator beforehand if you can, and let them know you’re feeling shy/intimidated/weird/scared and that there’s a chance you might want to bow out early. Sometimes simply acknowledging your fear is enough to let it pass and free up your mind so that your body can just dance.

People without dance training often don’t feel qualified enough to lead any sort of dance for other people.

why do we hold ourselves back from dancing at all? The dance videos getting the most love on the internet are the ones that are the most authentic and that remind each of us of our free-spirited self.