On a hot Wednesday evening we gathered at the Bosco Centre to dance the 5 Rhythms. We started off with 10 minute warm up dance where we awkwardly and very self conscientiously explored movement. Then Judit, our teacher, stopped the music and explained the 5 Rhythms: Flowing Staccato Chaos Lyrical Stillness® – are states of Being. They are a map to everywhere we want to go, on all planes of consciousness – inner and outer, forward and back, physical, emotional and intellectual.
While guiding us through a 40 minute mini wave she showed us how in Flowing we use flowing movements of the arms and body to synch with the music. She moved along to Staccato where more energetic and fast movements prevail and connects us to our heart. Then unto Chaos, where we break everything free and let go and slide into a meditative state liberated by the music. Lyrical is the next step out of chaos, calming down but still free and moving. And finally stillness where we wind down to a mindful ending of the dance.
When the music stopped, we gathered in a circle and shared our experiences and reflections and concluded that doing this dance within our Belles group was a lovely inclusive experience.
For more details about the practice or teacher here are some useful links:
https://www.5rhythms.com/teachers/Judit+Juhasz
boroughbelleswi.wordpress.com 
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