Day 14: Daily Practices

Today was a pretty standard day. Nothing too exciting happened today. I woke up, went to Matteson's class. We started our day the same way we always do...rolling across the floor for a few minutes, then crawling back the other direction, which eventually led into our walking practice. It was nice to get back into routine after a crazy weekend! In the beginning of class Paul was talking a lot about daily practices, and told us his adventures about his silent retreats- which were basically meditation sessions and workshops, where he would literally sit and walk all day long and then go to sleep. I can't imagine doing that for seven days straight without anything else! I bet you really learn how to clear your mind and focus in on certain details. 


I have been thinking a lot about daily practice and daily routines, and what I would consider to be daily routines worth adding to my day. I already don't like having the same schedule or routine in life, because I think that it's fun to mix things up, however some consistency in my day might not hurt? A lot of people do things such as yoga, meditation, a walk, a trip to the gym, etc...and as a dancer this might be something I should consider, considering I need to keep my mind, body, and soul healthy for when I get out there in the real world and all sense of consistency will have escaped from my life. 


We also worked on our combination from across the floor. I was apparently tensing up my jaw which seemed to have an effect on the mobilization of my pelvis, according to Paul..you know he might have a good point. I think also that because of the way I have been feeling all weekend my daily mood and personal life, really have an effect on the way I act throughout my day.. 


African was good to get back into. We had felt like we didn't know what we were doing anymore because we had the whole weekend without African, so getting back into the steps felt sort of like a foreign language to us...but we made it through it. 


and Repertory was the usual except now we are located in the Arts Warehouse- which really sucks...we worked on our solos and then Ming gave us an assignment to put a trio together with Raphael and Rachel. He gave us instructions to manipulate my movements as I individually perform my solo. We made a lot of good choices, it was frustrating at first to figure out..but we even got some intense partnering moves in! I think we just need to go over it a lot. I am really excited for the showing!


Anyways, it was a good first day back after a long weekend- looking forward to what the rest of the week brings!