How I Danced Around the World on My Birthday
I have a birthday tradition I do every year on my special day: I throw down a mega long meditation-convo-thank-you-bonanza to the universe. I say my “gratefuls” as I like to call them. I put in my shopping order to the universe along the lines of,”Hey….do you think you could hook this up for me?” I have a good long chat with my peeps on the other side with no words used. But his year I felt the urge to shake things up.
This year I decided to do one thing.
This year I decided to dance around the world.
Just dance.
There have been a few times over the last few years that I have had energy to dance, and when I did, I danced like a mad woman. Sometimes all I was capable of was a slight sway. Sometimes all I could do was imagine it in my mind (and I danced like a mad woman). So….I thought for my birthday, I wanted to dance around the world. I wanted to pick an action that exuded delirious happiness, being caught up in a moment, moving in sound without a care in the world. Movement. What better order to the universe than envisioning myself fully energetically, nomadically dancing around the world? What better announcement to say this is the healthy, happy future I see for myself than to simply dance?
I cranked up the tunes on my iPod, and I…
danced under the fool moon on beaches around the world
danced at a street festival somewhere in Europe
danced around a bonfire at a cottage surrounded by friends
danced on a hot summer day at a BBQ in my fave maxi dress
danced at my fave Cali bar at sunset
danced on the streets of Amsterdam laughing my head off
danced in an outdoor club in Greece
danced in the car on a road trip with a friend
danced everywhere and anywhere
The list could go on for days – it’s amazing how many places around the world you can dance in an hour’s meditation! Oh, and I actually danced in the seated meditation pose. Yes, I did. And I could not care who was watching. If they came close enough, I would have asked them to join me.
I meditate quietly every day. But sometimes a girl just needs to dance. If you want a really simple way to put an order into the universe to say,”Hey, can you help me feel more like THIS?” Just. Dance.
