Re: [TANGO-L] nirvana

[Bernhard Michaelis <bernhard @NATIVECHILD.COM>]

hmmm...(I'm scratching my head)..that is a lot to consider when the
physical connection is broken. (Sheepish look) Wouldn't it be easier
just to stay connected and not have to go through all this trouble? And
just dance 'milonguero' style? (Ducking and running away)
Bernhard 

> It is entirely possible to do such steps without losing the
"connection,"
> that is, the energetic/emotional synchronicity, vibing together,
whatever
> you want to call it, even though paradoxically the physical connection
is
> broken. The trick has to do with several subtle things. First and most
> important is intention, that you maintain your focus on your partner
and
> your connectoin to him/her even though potentially distracted by this
> unusual step that seems to be demanding your attention. Second is that
even
> steps that require a "stop" of some sort, you consciously maintain if
not
> some subtle movement of your bodies, at least you maintain with your
intent
> some subtle movement of your energy. This can be as un-perceptable as
your
> internal visualization, or one step less subtle to being a movement of
your
> breathing to maintain the flow of energy through the temporarily
suspended
> physical movement. And third, when you do stop and start, you avoid
doing it
> abruptly, instead slowing down and "easing into" the stop, and again
when
> you resume physical movement, you move gradually, starting from zero
and
> moving very slowly at first, then ramping at increasing speed-slope to
your
> final speed of motion.