What do you mean by the "language of movement"?

When your body tells its story it uses the language of movement to communicate. This language speaks more powerfully than any string of words. It is a universal language that everyone can understand. Your body has its own movement vocabulary and organizes that vocabulary into phrases, and sentences, and paragraphs which tells the whole story of what it knows about you and the world around you.

 

Each of our bodies has its own language. The phrase “body language” is often used to describe the messages our bodies send. Turn off the sound on a video of people speaking and just watch the movement of their bodies. Watch their faces, hand jesters, and large muscle movement. Notice how each body puts together its own string of movements. Also notice how what people say often in words does not fit with what their body gestures may be communicating. Often you will get a very different understanding of what they are really saying. Our bodies read this language and respond in return, often in ways which we are not even aware.

 

When your body speaks, it speaks to other bodies at a level beyond your conscious mind. ShapeShifting engages bodies at the preconscious level. This connection is beyond observing a performance; it is a communication of common experience at a level beyond words and ideas. It is a recognition of shared experience woven into each of our bodies cellular fiber. It is a part of the collective preconscious of all living organisms. It is your body’s version of that ancient remembered experience.

 

 

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