They were uncomfortable and embarrassed. The greatest human fear is the fear of making a fool of oneself. Our belief systems are the hardest to shift. They were disconnected from their
own natural inner rhythm. Thus, they could not see that dancing was akin to breathing; a very natural human expression. For them, dancing was constrained within the shackles of step, step, stepping to dance studio disco rules. If you did not know the steps, you did not dance. They could not 'feel' it – could not feel her mum's life force connect with the cosmic rhythm when she moved to music. Others have gone to elaborate
lengths to prove the very essence of life is movement. Studied as the Higgs particle – also called the 'God Particle', by some – physicists interested in it constructed a mind-boggling experiment, deep within the earth's bowels. The object was to still the Higgs particle sufficiently to obtain its signature. The more they probed,
the more mysteries they unravelled. It was by its 'movement' that the Higgs particle left its signature on its surroundings. Its presence was known only by its movement. We are no different. Movement is what we are. Without movement, our
inner sauce, sticks, strings, tubes and gum, would count for naught. Without movement, we would, literally and figuratively, stagnate and die. The daughter did (eventually) win the
compliance of the carers to enable her mum to move at regular intervals. Their compliance came too late. Her mother died of complications triggered by a pressure sore. Looking deep into her mother's
eyes as she lay dying in a palliative care ward, the daughter thought she glimpsed an ancestral mother, spinning a prayer wheel, or perhaps fingering prayer beads. n
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Shireen Tripp is a registered wu tao dance instructor. She is at peace with the manner in which her mother's life journey unfolded. Her mum
was 95 years old. She had a good life.
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