Last week, I went to a dance class with my sister, who has been dancing since she was 4. My parents tried getting me to dance too when I was 3 or so, but one day I said I didn’t want to go to dance class. So we went to Mcdonalds instead and I never had any formal training after that.

So last Saturday I danced. It was a change from what I normally do, but I enjoyed it. Even though I probably messed up a few steps, I felt graceful. I felt alive and energetic. It made me want to attend dance class every week. I still might think about signing up.

My sister said something interesting about how the body remembers its movement, and that’s part of the whole dancing process. Your body knows what it has done before, and that’s why good dancers make it look so easy. Because they’ve danced and practiced till their body and muscles know where to go, what to do. I had some trouble with a couple moves because I’d never done them before. I wasn’t comfortable till I had done the move a few times.

You could easily say this about most things in life that are new to us. We could be getting a tattoo (blog post to come later on this one), starting a new career, meeting new people, adjusting to new schedules, new expectations, and if we spend a bit of time doing it, our body will remember and so will we. The body will know how to react better than we do at times. Because even if we don’t remember, our body does.

It’s like playing the piano. You may not have played in years, but when you sit down at a piano, it all comes back. Your fingers caress the keys and start to play. Your ears remember which notes should be played, your arms move back and forth as your fingers find their way.

It’s nice when you find something you’re good at, and something that never leaves you as you age.