{"id":151,"date":"2026-04-01T13:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innerguide.pro\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2026-10-11T16:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T16:51:17","slug":"guidance-through-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innerguide.pro\/nl\/guidance-through-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Begeleiding met Dans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why Dance & Embodiment?<\/span><\/h2>


I must have been around eight years old, standing at a family party, watching my mother dance and sing along loudly to the music.<\/p>

I remember feeling slightly embarrassed. There was something almost uncomfortable about seeing my mother being that incredibly free.<\/p>

But it was always the same.<\/p>

Of everyone on the dance floor, my mother seemed to be having the most fun.<\/p>

Eyes closed.<\/strong>
Completely absorbed.<\/strong>
Enjoying every movement, every drumbeat, every intense vocal.<\/strong><\/p>

Without knowing it, she was showing me what it could look like to dance as if nobody was watching…<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Years later, I began to understand what she had given me.<\/p>

At a young age, negative and often suicidal thoughts were part of my daily life.
And somehow, when I truly danced, there were moments when they became quiet.<\/p>

My mind became quiet.<\/p>

For someone whose mind rarely is, that silence meant more than I knew how to explain.<\/p>

Dance gave me rest.<\/strong>
Dance gave me space.<\/strong><\/p>

It gave me somewhere to lose my fears for a while and somewhere to move emotions that I did not always know what to do with.<\/p>

And it connected me.<\/strong><\/p>

Over the years, I have danced among hundreds of thousands of people I did not know.
People of different races, sexualities, religions, cultures and beliefs.<\/p>

None of that seemed to matter when we moved together.<\/p>

And perhaps that is one of the reasons dance still means so much to me.<\/p>

Because my movement has shown me joy and fear. <\/strong>
Freedom and insecurity. <\/strong>
Connection and distance. <\/strong>
Expression and silence.<\/strong>
It has shown me when I wanted to keep going and when I was going beyond myself.<\/p>

Sometimes, even dance could not quiet my mind.
And my body knew.
I could see it in the way I moved.<\/p>

That is what embodiment means to me.<\/p>

Not that the body always knows some absolute truth.
Not that dance fixes us.
But that our movement can give us another place to become curious about ourselves.<\/p>

You do not have to know how to dance.
You do not have to perform.
And there are no right steps.<\/p>

Sometimes we move.
Sometimes we hesitate.
Sometimes we stop.<\/p>

And sometimes\u2026<\/p>

a dance can let the body speak the words the mouth does not know how to say.<\/strong><\/p>

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\u201cI never expected to feel this free.\u201d
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\u201cI am incredibly grateful to you for letting me experience what my body was meant for.\u201d
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\u201cI had never danced without shoes before, but now I don’t want to dance any other way.\u201d
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\u201cEspecially when you had me dance with my eyes closed, I felt more connected than ever before.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>

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For me, dance is a source of life. It is freedom.<\/strong><\/p>

No movement is strange. No movement is required. Everything is allowed.<\/p>

Except dancing off beat. That makes my entire body uncomfortable. \ud83d\ude04<\/p>

When we dance together, I usually start with something very simple:<\/p>

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Before thinking about how to dance, I invite you to feel your feet.<\/p>

Feel the ground beneath them.
The grass or sand between your toes.
Notice how you stand.
How your weight moves through your body.<\/p>

First, become aware of the body that is already moving.<\/strong><\/p>

Then we listen to the music.<\/p>

For some people, that is enough. Within seconds, they feel something and begin to move.<\/p>

Others need more time.<\/p>

Neither is right or wrong.<\/strong><\/p>

There is no movement you are supposed to make and no moment at which you are supposed to start dancing.<\/p>

Sometimes people find it helpful when I let my body join them in listening to the music.<\/p>

I stand in front of them and, through a few simple steps and movements, show how my<\/strong> body is experiencing what we hear.<\/p>

Not as choreography.
Not as something to copy.
And not as the right way to dance.<\/p>

Simply as an invitation to movement.<\/strong><\/p>

Often, that is enough for someone to begin moving in their own way and start exploring what they feel.<\/p>

Sometimes I may invite you to close your eyes.<\/p>

Without looking at me, without watching yourself and without seeing how anyone else might be moving, something can shift.<\/p>

There is less to compare.<\/p>

And perhaps a little more space to feel.<\/p>

I do not teach you how to move.<\/p>

I invite you to listen to the music, become aware of your body and discover how it wants to move.<\/strong><\/p>

But ultimately, it is not really about dance.<\/p>

It is about movement.<\/strong><\/p>

The way you sit.
The way you speak.
The way you walk, drive, dress, eat and drink.<\/p>

Your body is always moving, even in stillness. And every movement can become something to be curious about.<\/p>

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