2077  Tango Zen Workshop? What's in for me?

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:28:53 -0500
From: "Tango Zen: Dance Here Now" <tangozen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Tango Zen Workshop? What's in for me?

Hello friends,

Since Tango Zen Workshop was announced, I have received a number of emails
inquiring the Workshop. A common denominator among the inquiries is, "Tango
Zen Workshop, it sounds interesting. But what's in for me, a tango dancer?"
I believe this is a legitimate question in light of a fact that this
workshop is a meditation workshop intended to introduce another meditation
method via tango dancing.

First, meditation is not a thought but an experience. As I believe that we
dance tango for an experience not for a thought, through a meditative
approach we will be able to learn to appreciate the way tango has been
enjoyed in Argentina and around the world since its birth.

Asked what Zen is, one Zen master replied, "Zen is chopping woods and
carrying water." Learning from this Zen master, my interpretation of Tango
is "hugging one's partner, walking together, and listening to music."
Simple enough. As we all know, however, it is not so easy as it sounds to
do these simple things to appreciate tango.

In the latest movie "Last Samurai," one Samurai says to Tom Cruise, who is
trying to master swordsmanship with force and resolute, "You have too many
minds " Where is my mind when I dance? Where is my partner? Do I
recognize myself as a part of milonga when I dance?

Tango Zen Workshop will expose the participants to a number of exercises
that may lead them to mindfulness, a state of full awareness of oneself,
one's partner, and surroundings. The exercises, adapted from other martial
arts, mediation techniques, and sports, involve not only physical discipline
but one's whole attention. As a result, through the exercises repeated over
time, tango dancers may acquire and/or increase sensitivity of balance,
connection, centering, groundedness, weight shifting, all of which are known
critical for tango dancing.

I welcome your inquiries and comments.

Chan
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Tango Zen Workshop
@ Willow Street Yoga Center
Saturday, February 7 & Sunday, February 8, 2004 (Part I & II)
TANGO ZEN: MEDITATION IN MOTION
with Chan and Eugenia Park
Time: 2:30-4:30 each day

Cost: Single: $25 per class and $45 for both classes Couple or pair: $45 per
class and $85 for both classes. Partner is encouraged but not required.
Come in comfortable clothes and socks.
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Tango Zen: Meditation in Motion
https://www.TangoZen.com

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