My guest today is Mark Austin who is an accredited teacher of 5Rhythms dance classes, which he runs regularly in the north of England. In the interview we explore the origins of the practice, what it is, how a typical session pans out and how it relates to the Middle Way.
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Very interesting and thought provoking discussion between Mark and Barry. I had a strong sense of ‘middle ground’ in their thinking and in their personal attunement to each other and to their respective world views. In my imagination I could visualise myself in a 5rhythm setting, and even on my own sitting in the cold kitchen get a sense of the different layers, channels and tonalities if energy in the modalities described by Mark.
Some resistance also. I rather dislike rhythmic vocal music of the genre that is so popular now, it makes me anxious. But I love classical choral music, and melodic song that is not underpinned with an insistent beat or stereotypic format.
I sometimes dance alone, not to music but just expressing something that wants to emerge and be ‘out there’, unseen.
I feél a little motivation to involve myself in an activity like this, but I am 81 and conscious of my ageing and aged body, and how the generality of people react to the older person’s physicality, often with a mixture of pity and disgust.
Thank you both anyway.
Pete