2007  Hugging Meditation

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:07:02 -0800
From: Razor Girl <dilettante666@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Hugging Meditation

Hello All,

I an reading a book titled "Peace is Every Step" by
Thich Nhat Hanh. I just read a nice passage that I
would like to share with all of you because it
reminded me of the aspect the mindfulness adds to
dancing and how precious those encounters are with
people who take time to breathe when we embrace in
tango..

"Hugging Meditation"

"When you hold a child in your arms, or hug your
mother, or your husband or your friend, if you breathe
in and out three times your happiness will be
multiplied at least tenfold.

If you are distracted, thinking about other things,
your hug will be distracted also, not very deep, and
you may not enjoy hugging very much. So when you hug
your child, your friend, your spouse, I recommend that
you first breathe in and out consciously and return to
the present moment. Then while you hold him or her in
your arms, breathe three times consciously and you
will enjoy your hugging more than ever before.

It takes time to become comforatble hugging this way.
But to really be there, you only need to breathe, and
suddenly the both of you become completely real. The
two of you really exist in that moment. It may be one
of the best moments in your life."

Lovely tangos to all,
Rose
Portland, OR

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:21:12 +0100
From: Christian Lüthen <christian.luethen@GMX.NET>
Subject: Re: Hugging Meditation

lovely, rose!!!

On 17 Nov 2003 at 13:07, Razor Girl wrote:

> "Hugging Meditation"
>
> "When you hold a child in your arms, or hug your
> mother, or your husband or your friend, if you breathe
> in and out three times your happiness will be
> multiplied at least tenfold.

oh yes ... a tango hug(ing weekend) can help you through the whole
following week.

> If you are distracted, thinking about other things,
> your hug will be distracted also, not very deep, and
> you may not enjoy hugging very much. So when you hug
> your child, your friend, your spouse,

your tango partner ... ! :-))

> I recommend that
> you first breathe in and out consciously and return to
> the present moment. Then while you hold him or her in
> your arms, breathe three times consciously and you
> will enjoy your hugging more than ever before.

think about this while starting to dance: embrace ... and rest a
second and another ... to feel the (presence of) the partner (before
doing the first step) ...

... and hug/dance away!

thanks, rose! besos!
christian

christian@eTanguero.net
https://www.eTanguero.net/

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:11:11 +0000
From: Jay Rabe <jayrabe@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Hugging Meditation

Rose, you've come through again with such a beautiful gem. Thank you so
much.

J


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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:07:02 -0800
From: Razor Girl <dilettante666@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Hugging Meditation
Hello All,

I an reading a book titled "Peace is Every Step" by
Thich Nhat Hanh. I just read a nice passage that I
would like to share with all of you because it
reminded me of the aspect the mindfulness adds to
dancing and how precious those encounters are with
people who take time to breathe when we embrace in
tango..

"Hugging Meditation"

"When you hold a child in your arms, or hug your
mother, or your husband or your friend, if you breathe
in and out three times your happiness will be
multiplied at least tenfold.

If you are distracted, thinking about other things,
your hug will be distracted also, not very deep, and
you may not enjoy hugging very much. So when you hug
your child, your friend, your spouse, I recommend that
you first breathe in and out consciously and return to
the present moment. Then while you hold him or her in
your arms, breathe three times consciously and you
will enjoy your hugging more than ever before.

It takes time to become comforatble hugging this way.
But to really be there, you only need to breathe, and
suddenly the both of you become completely real. The
two of you really exist in that moment. It may be one
of the best moments in your life."

Lovely tangos to all,
Rose
Portland, OR

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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:15:22 +0000
From: Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Aron and Valentin are right II - Hugging Meditation
To: Tango-L List <tango-l@MIT.EDU>



In answer to those that asked the reason I suspected Tango was related to the "Chritian religion".

It started when we were teenagers, my friend Julian and I used to go tango dancing every week.

After the milonga Julian always had to go to confession, I do not know what he had done while dancing but judging by the penalty the priest always gave him I was convinced that he had sinned badly. Despite of that he always had a line of girls waiting to dance with him.

IMO Julian was a nice boy. Once we were at a milonga it was 5 am , he was sitting and nodding as he was falling asleep, when an old lady suddenly jumped in front of him and said "yes young man, I do dance", he opened his eyes, stud up and went dancing with the lady. He was never certain if this had been dreaming or reality.

As to the question may non Chritian dance tango? this is a difficult matter that I would like to refer to Valentin.

We already have Tango Zen,tango meditation, tango hugging and tango trance.
is all this part of the Chritian as well?

Finally I would like to share "Hugging Meditation" with you:

"Hugging Meditation"
"When you hold a child in your arms, or hug your
mother, or your husband or your friend, if you breathe
in and out three times your happiness will be
multiplied at least tenfold.
If you are distracted, thinking about other things,
your hug will be distracted also, not very deep, and
you may not enjoy hugging very much. So when you hug
your child, your friend, your spouse, I recommend that
you first breathe in and out consciously and return to
the present moment. Then while you hold him or her in
your arms, breathe three times consciously and you
will enjoy your hugging more than ever before.
It takes time to become comforatble hugging this way.
But to really be there, you only need to breathe, and
suddenly the both of you become completely real. The
two of you really exist in that moment. It may be one
of the best moments in your life."
Lovely tangos to all,
Rose
Portland, OR

PS. Once I hugged for one hour and got into trouble because I forgot to breathe.

Make sure you breathe, Sergio
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