Spirit

Tango as Mindfulness

Posted on Monday, January 19th, 2015 at 12:08 pm. Written by Greta Polo.

(published in the Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Winter 2015) Unlike the stylized dance seen on TV or performed on stage, Argentine tango is an intimate, improvised dance that consists of a leader and a follower having a dialogue with their bodies in response to the music. Connected by a warm embrace of their upper bodies, […]

Dancing in the Dark

Posted on Wednesday, December 31st, 2014 at 12:07 pm. Written by Greta Polo.

I don’t claim to know what the hell I’m doing. I’m just a human being trying to figure this shit out with as much heart and honesty as I can muster. I am starting 2015 filled with enormous uncertainty: many things are ending and there is no clear sign of what is beginning. I have […]

The Dance Of Sabotage

Posted on Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 1:42 pm. Written by Greta Polo.

There are some dreams that are so close to our heart, so delicate, so fragile, that to even whisper them out loud would have us trembling in our boots. There are those things that we care for so deeply, that we desire with so much of our being that we would rather keep them locked […]

Are you blocking your body’s natural ability to heal?

Posted on Sunday, July 13th, 2014 at 12:05 pm. Written by Greta Polo.

I feel tired these last few days. I want to clean my house and do some other physical activities, but my body is saying no. My mind is saying, “body, there is something wrong with you.” However my higher self knows that I have to yield and surrender to the cycle my body is in […]