Heart and sky light

Experiences of being and transpersonal resonances in argentinean Tango

  • Volker Schmidt
Keywords: Argentinian Tango, “Seins-Fühlung” (experiences of being, Dürckheim), permeability, restistance-free movement, body-work

Abstract

In the present article the author pursues the specific tinge, in which experiences of being (“Seins-Fühlungen”) can manifest within Argentinian Tango. The necessary presupposition for such experiences is, that the dancers are exploring a common movement in an increasingly sensitive way. For this purpose the movement is slowed down and repeated, the own posture, the common balance and the inner focus are more and more adjusted. The dance movement is unfolding its potential when the dancers are becoming increasingly permeable and inner resistances or blockades are impeding the inherent flow of energy as little as possible. This is body-work on a very subtle level.

Author Biography

Volker Schmidt

born 1941, freelance theologian and head of the workshop Spirituality in Hamburg. Background: Studied theology and education, worked for one year as a pastor in a Hamburg congregation, then lecturer at the Pedagogical Theological Institute for further training of teachers of religion. Two years as a guest at an institute for political adult education in the Philippines. Encounter and examination of Asian culture and spirituality, including an Asian tradition of energetic healing work (Prana-Healing). Afterwards he was head of studies at a Protestant Academy with the fields of work "Intercultural Dialogue with Asia" and "Meditation and Spirituality". From this branch of his work, the Workshop Spirituality www.spiritu.de emerged in the late 90s as an independent institute. Contact: werkstatt@spiritu.de

Published
2016-07-20
Issue
Vol. 22 No. 1 (2016): Issue 1/2016
Section
Artikel