Dance – A Rhythm of Universe

I was writing this article for the magazine but I felt like sharing this online as I felt this article would be more in rhythm with the universal energy and is a requirement of time at present.

So let us divulge the beautiful remedy which can take care of your problems like you have never experienced before is only by doing dance; dance is a rhythmic movement of the body to express yourself, to convert the earthy energy which you are carrying into the energy of motion by expressing yourself in a form which only you understands.

Think as a human when you have all the five senses to express your feelings, then what is the requirement of dance? What is happening in the body that requires the complete body to move and express yourself, and you will find out deep down in your heart that we dance when there is an occasion of happiness. You are not able to explain to this universe how happy you are; you have extraordinary energy inside your body which is giving you stomach cramps and making you high, and to dissipate that energy in happiness, you dance so you can dissipate the energy your body is not able to absorb due to happiness of the occasion.

Imagine you are at your sibling’s wedding. The amount of happiness you get on that day is unimaginable as someone close is starting a chapter of life which will complete him, Shiv and Shakti are meeting today, and we all know that we can’t express this in our words. We need to do something special, and as a result, we dance with closed eyes and in rhythm with the music to a level that we forget that any other problem in our life exists; our legs give up but not the spirit inside us as we are channelising the energy of the universe that day.

                                                              

We dance to dissipate all the extra energy of happiness from our body, as people will say- that it seems like some kind of spirit has possessed us. Still, our body only adjusts energy levels by dissipating any extra energy.

If you are dancing in Happiness to adjust your energy levels, why not when you go through Pain- Shiv Dances in Pain to adjust to the energy levels? Dance is a way of adjusting energy levels; we humans have forgotten to use this beautiful gift of Gandharva and apsaras.

So we are clear with this concept that any extra energy in our body can be dissipated which we cannot express by five senses only by dancing -Similarly, when someone is suffering from extraordinary pain, emotional problems, and diseases happening inside a body. We cannot express it as we keep accumulating this negative energy in various body parts, which we cannot process. Later on, whichever body part this pain gets stored comes out in diseases in various forms.

Physical body show signs of pain as a last resort when you fail to address the issue on various levels such as mental plane, emotional plane and then finally when you keep on ignoring this energy finally you get problems in various body parts such as liver, kidney, tumour, cancer but all this is happening as a result of the accumulation of negative energy in your body and your inability to process this.

The best way to get rid of this energy is to dance regularly and choose the dance according to your planetary position in the chart; Lord Shiva is famous for two types of dance; we all know about Tandav- which is a dance of destruction while another dance of Shiv is Lasya- which is about the dance of rhythm and creation.

As you can recall from the Lecture of Venus in the Happiness series- Venus is the 6th house should pray to Natraj as Venus is a planet of art and beauty. In the 6th house of debts, diseases and enemies, Venus is the troubled and the best way to channelise this energy is by praying to Shri Natraj.

The dance of Shiv is in the form of Circles using hands, feet, and legs. If you notice the posture of Natraj, you will find out the balance made by Lord Shiv is only achieved when your inner soul is in a balanced state; otherwise, when we are not happy when we have accumulated a lot of energy over a period of time, it is impossible for us to create a balance in life as well as in the body as well. Shiv is the supreme source of power, and imagine the supreme source of power either dances in extreme happiness or anger, but in both cases, he is dancing to balance his energy.

In astrological language, Virgo is the sign of imbalance; look at the symbol of Virgo – A woman carrying wheat which means whatever she has sowed over a period of time now it was time to carry the weight of those karmas; wheat represents things which you are carrying as a result of your earthy element and next to Virgo is a sign of Libra which is a sign of Balance. So we can only move to Libra when we can learn to balance our life and sort of Virgo.

Lord Shiv was extremely angry when Maa Sati sacrificed herself at her father’s house. Even when all the punishment was given to Daksh, he could not come to terms with this reality and was not able to dissipate this energy; he danced in motion. Still, when his grudge energy was going out, the universe could not handle it, and it was called the dance of destruction.

Similarly, Shiv also danced with Parvati, and this was the energy of creation by forming circles by the gestures of hand, feet, and legs while tandav contained all steps with a lot of vibrations in the universe; we all dance in a rhythm according to our own energy but you see some people they are not in rhythm as they are “Asur”- This is term synonymously used for devils but what it means is someone who is out of the rhythm of the universe. When you are out of rhythm, you go through pain and misery in life while gods are always in rhythm with the universe.

You are not in rhythm as your brain has created a blockage not to let some of your body parts work altogether. Still, over time, you will see that your steps will start getting synchronised, your life will also start getting synchronised, and you will start dissipating all the negative energy you have accumulated now will start going away. Give your body some time to heal, and the day you will be able to be in Natraj pose for over 3.5 mins, you have achieved balance in your life.

Let us come to various dance forms.

Sun- Odissi or Chhau
Mars- Bhangra
Mercury- Play in Dance such as Garbha, Chhau
Jupiter- Classical in front of Diety- Kathak – The one who tells Story to the masses.
Venus – Bharatnatyam- The one who does play while dancing. Mohiniattam
Moon- Manipuri Dance- Story of Radha and Krishna
Saturn- Sattariya Dance
Ketu- Trance
Rahu- Zoomba and all new forms of dancing.

Every dance form has a story behind it and relates to the planet, such as Dances of Sun is a blend of Martial traditions, temple rituals, and lineage traditions.

Jupiter is the planet of masses, and to convey anything to the masses, the work of counsellors was to provide messages in the form of stories. That is why the dance of Kathak- Translates to Katha (Stories) to be told in the form of dance and pass the message to everyone.

Even when some of these dances you might not be able to learn but still watching these dances and performing some steps and motions will help you sort out the emotions in the body. In earlier days, it was advised for kings to watch dances and appreciate them as this would help the thought process of the kings.

When you start dancing, eventually, the pain your body has acquired over time, your body will get a medium to dissipate this pain. I hope this article helps you live life pain and worry-free.

The continuation of this article will be in the upcoming Lunar Astro Magazine, going into a more precise way to address the problems. You will find out details about 27 nakshatras and dance pose related to each nakshatra and how, by mastering the energy of a dancing pose, you will be able to heal yourself and the planet situated in a particular nakshatra.

Nakshatra is like the energy source of the zodiac. When there is an imbalance in your energy, you will have trouble relating to a particular planet- Imagine Nakshatras as power sockets and planets as equipment. When the energy of the nakshatra is incompatible with that of the planet – a person experience trouble in life, and using particular dance poses or mastering certain mudras in the body help native create harmony between the nakshatra and the planet.

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