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All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!

Lucy Van Pelt

Yes, finally, I'm taking tango lessons. For years I've been attracted by these rythms and steps, and last year all spring and summer I have been watching the dancers dancing by the river. The dancing season on the banks of the river Seine will start at the end of May and this year I will join the dance!

I'm not that crazy about these ball dances, but tango is really different. It's all about body communication, attention and alertness, understanding what is coming, step by step, without anticipating, without watching neither the partner's eyes nor feet. The man leads, making it confortable and secure for the woman who follows, not knowing what will come next.

Here is my music of the month, Gotan Project's Santa Maria, for old times' sake, so to speak... When "la revancha del tango" was released in 2001, I could loop-listen to it, days and days in a row. I've seen the group perform twice in Lisbon, the first concert was almost their debut, the second time was very professional, I remember it was such a good moment! 

What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner.

Mahatma Gandhi 

Next week will see a new experience for me. I'll go in Burgundy for a 6 days fast. (Yes I know, Burgundy is a strange place to fast!). I'm a bit nervous about it, sort of stage fright, I'd say. It's the fast that makes me nervous, I'm used to it. In the past years I've fasted regularly, for even longer periods than 6 days. But this will be my first collective fast and also the first one that I co-organize, and that impresses me a bit to assist and guide other persons in their experience.

I'm also looking forward to it. This is going to be a very interesting week. We will be in Vezelay, a beautiful and highly spiritual place. We have planned many activities, like relaxation and yoga sessions, painting, writing and acting workshops, thematic meetings in the evening, and I'll be responsible for the meditation walks, evening meditations and yoga nidra sessions. That will be my first experience of guiding people on the path of meditation.

I'm a bit nervous about it, but I know also that I've gained enough confidence to be able to do it. Time to jump into the water.