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PRACTICING PRIMAL DANCE

The practice of Primal Dance is based on the discovery of the original, archetypal and primal movements, images and sounds which activate each center and which direct their energy to our conscience disposal. This happens by following seven basic principles. This method, adapted for occidentals of the twenty first century, lets us access the deepest sources of potential and inspiration in only minutes by going through all the energy centers and awakening their capacities in a simple daily practice.

Primal Dance is grounded in three basic elements:

1.- The primal postures, movements, images and sounds

2.- The seven basic principles for the practice of Primal Dance

3.- The seven basic capacities of fully alive people

1. PRIMAL POSTURES, MOVEMENTS, IMAGES AND SOUNDS

The basic primal postures, movements, images and sounds at the causal state are quietness, emptiness and silence. From this dimension they manifest on the others in an infinite range of expressions down to the gross one, where they start to evolve again in subtler manifestations.
The primal postures, movements, images and sounds are bio-psycho-socio-spiritual matrixes of archetypal nature, which incarnate kosmic principles, expressing them on the human level.
These movements, images and sounds are based on transcendental principles. They develop in all human beings in all cultures and are updated in daily life through actions, which are full of vital, emotional, affective, sociocultural and transcendental meaning. They summarize the archetypal in terms of spiritual elements manifested on the subtle and gross levels, and of what has been stored all along the human evolution in our collective unconscious. Due to this double meaning, its ultimate origin is not biologic but kosmic. This needs to be understood, since if Primal Dance does not allow us to access these kosmic principles, then instead of a transcendental practice, it becomes mere exercise or just a temporary entertainment.
As we have mentioned before, the primal movements, images and sounds are embodiments of kosmic principles, and they are reflected in bio-psycho-cultural behaviors and gestures. All of them are full of meaning, and immediately awaken expanded states of consciousness in us.
They are the movements, sounds and images of the triumphant warrior, the embrace of a mother’s arms, the lover’s whispers, the kneeling in front of the Divine, the prayers and mantras, the rising up from the ashes, the hands salute in Namasté, the sacred chants, the Tankas, the offering hands, the sacred objects, the imploring eyes, the Indian wails, etc.
We could then deduce that when we talk about primal music or primal art in general, we are referring to all those elements whose roots are deep in the human soul, and which express the purest and most original wishes, dreams, fears, joy, passions and devotions of humanity.
Depending on the Chakra we wish to focus on, we will find primal music in the Burundì drums, the malambo and the candombe from “Rio de la Plata”, in the Brazilian samba, the Caribbean or Polynesian music, the flamenco, the litanies, in some forms of rock n’ roll, some arias, in Italian passionate songs, in sacred chants, in the ragas, in Gregorian music, in mantras, etc.
All the elements mentioned above, by being systematically integrated, increase their influence and develop an enormous transformational power.
The archetypal movements, activated by conscious breathing, ethnic music, group meetings and permanent meditation, allow immediate access to the Primal Source. We are able to perceive in minutes, what previously took years of practice. Of course, to be able to go in and out of these states at will requires systematic, responsible and constant practice. If not, they turn into isolated experiences devoid of transformational power. Unfortunately, many techniques cannot transcend this emotional experiential level, which might be intense, passionate, entertaining, but which does not transform us.
So as to allow the integration and development of these elements and their transformational power, it is necessary to develop a basic attitude, integrating female and male principles, toward an observation of the seven basic principles.