Day 11: Dancing Alone & Together With Your Pack

I recently dropped into a more than a move your booty dance class called Soul Motion in Berkeley (Thank you for inviting me dear Safoura!) Soul Motion is a conscious dance practice, where one dances intimately with the Self, acknowledges the resonance of other Bodies dancing around them, becomes a Solar System with the Community of Dancers and the Community finds their place within the Infinite Potential of the Universe. This magical formation is gently and humbly guided by a SuperNova-esq dancer Valerie, who is a subtle, loving and tells you specifically and concisely what you need to hear at the right moment facilitator. As I was reflecting on how Valerie made this orchestration made feel effortless, I bookmarked my observations for a great facilitator and leader. I also pondered on how these trades can Empower Agile Teams and Product Design as a whole:

• Subtle Directing: Trust your group's psyche and intelligence. Be subtle and gentle in your management. Open up to possibilities and surprises. Always ask what surprises are appearing in the field and what is needed now? 
• Loving Care, Respect & Allow Creativity to Flourish: Genuinely care about the individual Stars in your Group. Creation is all about the people and not the Product. "Product" is a byproduct of what can come to fruition with the Seeds of people. The best contribution that your group members can bring into the party is their creativity and ideas. If group members are encouraged to BE more of who they are and appreciated and welcomed to bring in their UNIQUE GIFTS to the process, they can make something awesome happen together in harmony. When the energetic field is set with loving and caring INTENTIONS, an extraordinary, creative love child Product would be born naturally. If people are happy, feeling loved, and trusting one another, the process you set to get to the finish line will be joyful and hurdles can be tackled with more ease and harmony.
• Be Specific and Focused: Be specific and be focused in your requests. This is about YOU committing to be in Service to the group of people you are managing/facilitating and trusting their potential. Also, this is about you supporting them with focused information in order to help solve what they are committed to solve. Commit to setting YOUR TEAM for success for extraordinary results.

.MY DANCE (My Intimate Star): As my lady feet (also pet named as my elephants sometimes) hit the shiny hardwood floor, the dance ring became a mirror to my Soul's yearnings. The lessons to be learned started to mirage in my body. Gliding with the rhythm, exchanging moves with other Bodies and dancing with the Energy thought me so much more about the things I would love to work on and grow to become a Whole Experience in this Body than a life lived in My Mind. Funny how that​ works. Body has it's own divine intelligence. Always listen to your BODY and other BODIES in Space! 

• How can I notice my fears and limitations when I am working and come out of that constricted state quickly, so that I can be in Service of the Creation at work? 

OUR DANCE (Two Stars in Solar System): Every single interaction with another Body shed light into my insecurities and fears. I learned a big deal about what I fear and what I go after through moving in space with another Body. I was VERY surprised how much judgement I carried. Or, shall I say how much judgement my EGO has. This made me think of work place as the dance floor and the Energy I am bringing into my work:

• What if emails, meetings, work sessions, kitchen chats, lunch outings, basically all business of conduct are our dance together?
• How can I be in discovery with another person in every step of the way in our process?
• How can I give and take in our dance together?

GROUP DANCE (All Stars in the Universe creating Magic): This was the part of the dance that required opening up my view to see and to feel what moves and what rhythms were around me. The idea of being in hard and soft focus made me think of working in a team as part of an organization. Team members need to be in focus while working on their tasks, but they also need to keep an eye on the bigger picture to make sure that their piece of work fits in organization's jigsaw. 

• How can my work can fit in the formation?
• How can I quickly and organically shift focus between my work and the work at large?
• What is needed?
• What can I give more of in my own unique way?

In conclusion, all our interactions are as part of a Big Dance Party called Life. The key to have a good time at work and at home is to be aware of our own party poopers. If we can ease into those parts that are limiting, we can grow, flourish, create and love what we do. Most importantly, it is crucial to be able to bring our unique gifts to the dance floor, so we can boogie with each other. If you want to experientially answer some of the questions that are suggested above, come to the Meetup that I am co facilitating with my friend Sean Halle on July 11th at 6:30pm in Berkeley Sports Basement. We will make work tangle with play and make magic happen!





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