Flat Feet

"Flat Feet"
An Autobiography of a Dancer
This book is about the "re-ejections" we all go through
To eventually make our dreams come true.

Healing Arts for the Heart

Ballet with "^t^"

Kung, a Millenary Art, is an Ancient Chinese form of gathering energy. I believe that Ballet, a recent Art in comparison with the Martial Arts, for it was created in the middle of the seventeenth century, was invented somehow based upon the Chinese principles.

If you compare the first position of the arms in Ballet with the position to concentrate energy in the Dan Tian (one of the major centers of energy in the subtle body) you see that they are quite the same. Some similarities are also found in the second position of legs, and even more amazing are the Mudras (position of hands) as much as Ballet has the same hand stand position, as the index finger points out and the thumb concentrates into the pad created between the ring and the middle finger. Chi Kung Masters consider that this way they can establish a connection with the heart's meridian (a point of energy in the body) and also avoid wasting out the energy from the fingers.
The fifth position in Ballet, when the arms reach up to the sky above the head, forming a crown, it serves in Chi Kung Meditation as to redirect the cosmic energy to the crown of the head, and I wonder if King Louis XIV didn’t take any class or watch some Chinese practitioner before he decided to concentrate his energy on establishing this noble Art.

Ballet like many Arts increases your energy and motivates your vitality improving your health. I wonder if that is not so much so for the physical exercises that it demands (although sometimes Ballet can be quite static and not so electrifying) but rather for it leaves such a delicate and gentle breeze in each dancing soul, and it creates such a peaceful aura and concentrates energy instead of the “no pain, no gain” dilemma from some other ways of physical exertions.

Henceforth, my method is directed to gather energy and avoid stress, it revitalizes one's body with breathing exercises while improving the overall health. The flowing movements and relaxing music soothens the soul. This way my students not only enjoy moving their bodies with ease, but they also have the satisfaction of knowing that they can benefit from this Art for as long as they shall live (that I presume will be much longer than the expected if they continue on their routine of practicing my Ballet with “QI”)