{"id":15384,"date":"2018-04-13T20:40:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T20:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/?page_id=15384"},"modified":"2019-07-31T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T10:01:21","slug":"sensual-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/?page_id=15384","title":{"rendered":"The Healing Embrace of Kizomba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 10px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#3e3e3e;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 { overflow:visible; }<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(36,36,36,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#3e3e3e;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><div class=\"post-content\">\n<h2>THE HEALING EMBRACE OF KIZOMBA&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">CONNECTION<\/span><\/strong> is the basis of <strong>KIZOMBA<\/strong>&#8230; No other dance in this world is connecting two people, two bodies, two souls as deeply as KIZOMBA. It provides a rare opportunity to melt into oneness&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The powerful masculine and feminine archetypes it demands, the deep level of <strong>awareness, empathy and surrender<\/strong> it requires, the sensitive communication without words makes Kizomba an intense spiritual tantric experience for me.<\/p>\n<p>When I realize that the person I&#8217;m dancing with, whom I may have never met before in my life, gives me permission to enter in his very personal space, I become very quiet to listen to what his bodysoul has to tell me &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Kizomba has nothing to do with appearing sexy, but even more with <strong>connection, sensuality, sensitivity, trust, surrender, healing and melting into each other.<\/strong> No wonder that so many people become addicted to it.<\/p>\n<p>This fascinating dance comes from Angola, where people still have a much more natural approach to vivid corporeality than we do in Central Europe.<\/p>\n<p>After some years of dancing it, Kizomba feels like a kiss directly into my heart &#8230; this beautiful feeling of getting <strong>one breath, one movement, one flow<\/strong>, has created a smile in my heart and deep joy in my life&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This dance has also made me feel clearly where I am still resistant, anxious and tense. It helped me to get aware of my false mental projections, prejudices, expectations, and blockages that separate me from <strong>being as happy as I deserve it<\/strong>. And it showed me how I can finally let go of all my worries, how I can relax completely and gratefully enjoy every given moment.<\/p>\n<p>All these exciting aspects of Kizomba are qualities that we also find and cultivate in the ancient Wisdom Path of Tantra. So I decided to integrate Kizomba into my Tantra Yoga seminars that I am leading all over Europe.<\/p>\n<p>There are few things that are healing more than a truly warm-hearted hug &#8211; in whatever form&#8230;\u00a0The blissful embrace of Kizomba &amp; Tantra has enabled me and thousands of other people to get to know ourselves and our bodies better, to connect with each other on a very deep level, and t<strong>o put just more peace, love, and touch into this world, which is needed so desperately&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A long and warm Kizhug\u00a0 &#x1f496;<br \/>\nElisabeth<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#3e3e3e;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:px;max-height:px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1eqz-th5fJk?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"\" height=\"\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:px;max-height:px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LoHyhwscV6I?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"\" height=\"\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15418,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15384","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15384"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16704,"href":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15384\/revisions\/16704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisabethkastanakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}