Master the Dance

On the surface, it seems the world – inside and outside of you – is filled with movement, color, form, and noise. But tune in even deeper, and you will perceive the eternal, silent stillness behind all appearances and manifestations. Now is a time to enter fully into the stillness and to come into a state of complete and single-minded presence. This is what it means to ‘master the dance’.

The time is right to gain greater mastery in a discipline, an art, career path, or other area. Or, to step into greater self-mastery regarding your entire life experience. Whatever dance you are being called to master, set the clear intention to do so, and commit to devotional, dedicated, daily practice. Spiritual practices – such as meditation, prayer, and spending quiet, solitary time in nature – will also support you in attaining new wisdom, expertise, and personal power.

You are a full-spectrum being. You embody archetyped polarities such as dark and light, lunar and solar, feminine and masculine, and intuitive and ration. When you honor and unite these energies within your being, there will be balance. You will connect with your wholeness, live your power, and feel at home in the world.

Choose to harmonize and calibrate the energies within and around you, and then fearlessly face and embrace all that is happening in your mind, body, spirit, relationships, environment, and life. Once you do this, you will activate your full potential and become the captain of your fate.

No embodied movement will bring you into harmony with the wisdom of this card quite like the Nataraja pose. This is the favorite pose of the Hindu god, Shiva, who is synonymous with both the Cosmic Dance and the vast, empty, open presence that underlies the entire manifest world. To come into Nataraja pose, balance on your right food and sweep your lifted leg across the midline of your body so that your left foot hovers a couple of feet from the floor on the right side of your body. While keeping your fingers tight together and your palm flat, hold your right hand to the outside of your right shoulder, about a foot in front of your body, with your palm facing outward. Cross your left arm across the midline of your body and touch the top of your left wrist to the bottom of your right wrist. Allow the left hand to dangle loosely. Hold this pose as you focus on a point in front of you and breath steadily for at least a minute. Feel yourself balancing, harmonizing, and coming into a state of immaculate focus and calm.

This moment is a sacred opportunity to learn to anchor your consciousness in the still, silent center of All That Is. Once you do so, you will master the dance, come into harmonious alignment with truth, and establish unshakable inner peace.