African Healing Dance

If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance I believe that rhythm and movement are natural in our body Dance is a primal form of communication and is very deeply rooted in us Singing and dancing together is what binds a community together It is a way of expressing joy, sorrow and passion If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance It has been recorded since before the dawn of time that spiritual leaders and healers where first dancer And in many cases dances in Africa are thousands of years old and I pay homage to the ancestors and elders of this tradition Traditionally certain dances where used specifically for healing the body, mind and spirit These dances come from a people who do not separate spirituality from everyday life African dancers who weren't performed for any significant event or right of passage were burned to death If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance In my own life, African healing dance has liberated my spirit and it's a waking up and tuning in and honoring of body, the body has it's own wisdom and can be trusted African healing dances helped me bring balance into my own being Certain dances have devolved those qualities of strength, of power, of sharpness And other dances of qualities of softness and yielding And running through it is this exquisite subtleness, the enemy When you the dance with feeling and relaxation then you dance like a river If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance If you can talk you can sing If you can walk you can dance Sing Dance Sing Dance