Intermediate student to me (a beginning student, of course, at practica): wow, that's a really cool thing you do with your hips.
Me: Pardon?
Him: That thing, with the ochos and your hips.
Me: Um... I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to be doing that. (Trying to remember what I was doing. Also trying to remember fix my posture, maintain my axis, pull in my center, keep my feet on the floor, and the 100 other things I'm supposed to be doing during ochos - that don't include whatever it was I was doing with my hips.)
Him: It wasn't a bad thing.
Me: *snicker* It's leftover from belly dancing I think. (At least that's what I'm going to tell myself, since I don't have a clue what the heck I was doing.)
Me: Pardon?
Him: That thing, with the ochos and your hips.
Me: Um... I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to be doing that. (Trying to remember what I was doing. Also trying to remember fix my posture, maintain my axis, pull in my center, keep my feet on the floor, and the 100 other things I'm supposed to be doing during ochos - that don't include whatever it was I was doing with my hips.)
Him: It wasn't a bad thing.
Me: *snicker* It's leftover from belly dancing I think. (At least that's what I'm going to tell myself, since I don't have a clue what the heck I was doing.)
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so... i don't really want to make a conscious choice... i would rather my attention is drawn to the passing of moves and interest and engagement and mind... i like the choiceless aspect of it...
and sharing that attention... well... now... that's tango :)
please post more attentive, mindful observations... we need more of this :)