Whatever you do, just give me a body.

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Anya Kaats

In hindsight, maybe it was a mistake to put the music on.

I wanted to feel present enough to tune into whatever the float tank god was asking me to tune into, but after twenty minutes, I was still asking myself if I was doing it right.

I figured switching on the meditation playlist would help me switch off my distracted overanalyzing.

I made my way toward any wall I could find and traced it with my hand until I found the light switch. After awkwardly pulling my body out of the heavy, salty water, I plugged in my phone, hit play, and returned to the tank.

I switched off the light, and limb my limb, lowered my body back down into the salty tub.

Now I could relax, I thought…

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#127 Healing, Transformation and Evolution through Movement and Dance with Vangelis Legakis

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vangelis legakis

Van is an educator and practitioner in dance, healing and spirituality with over 20 years of experience. He integrates Eastern and Western modalities to create a holistic dance education, centering on how dance can enlighten our perspectives on life and how we interact with society. Van reaches beyond dance and choreography by focusing his work on human development through fusing dance, spirituality and healing practices. Van and I recorded this conversation in Athens, Greece where I spent two weeks participating in his Contact Beyond Contact facilitators training course. We speak about Van’s unconventional journey in discovering dance, his desire to unify his multidisciplinary interests, and his work using movement and dance not just as performance, but also as a healing modality for our body, mind, heart, and spirit.

Find Van at UnitySpace.org, and on Instagram

Interested in signing up for the CBC Facilitators Training Course? Find the info here and email cbc@unityspace.org using code “CBC_Anya”

Songs featured: “Passage” by Garth Stevenson, “Rest (Acoustic)” by Leif Vollebekk, and “De Ushuaia a La Quiaca” by Gustavo Santaolalla

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