Dance and yoga are aspects of the identical coin; they are interrelated and vital. They emphasized Shovana Narayan and Anita Dua’s release in their new co-authored ebook ‘Illuminating Indian Classical Dances Through Yoga.’ They have been talking at the launch function of their ebook at the India International Centre. The ebook was released by Shyam Jaju, National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Pavan K Varma, former diplomat, writer, and flesh presser.
Leading Kathak exponent, former bureaucrat, and a recipient of the Padma Shri, Shovana Narayan, stated. “People generally suppose dance and yoga are different, but I agree that nritya (dance) is yoga. For us, dancers, dance, and yoga are part of the song. Like with yoga, dance properly. Dharana, dhyana, and samadhi become the course and the destination. Emptying your thoughts of a different mind, you research awareness. For instance, while a Kathak dancer is doing the Tatkaar (toe movements), the toes hold, transferring bodily, but mentally, we are in a nation of ecstasy. That is the country of Dhyana for us. Then comes Samadhi, which happens when the dancer turns into one with the dance.
The co-authors have communicated with Vinita Dawra Nangia, Executive Editor-TOI and Director of Times Literature Festivals and Write India. Regarding the fantastically illustrated espresso desk book posted via Shubhi Publishers, Vinita said, “Frankly, I had by no means given this correlation among dance and yoga an idea until I studied the ebook. And as soon as one of these ideas strikes, many vistas open up for you. That’s where the importance of this ebook lies.” Discussing the correlation and distinction between yoga and dance, Shovana elaborated, “Yoga is largely the concord of mind, body, and soul. In dance, we see all the asanas in a dynamic motion, whereas in Yoga, going from one asana to another has stillness. In dance, as with yoga, you want to manage your breath — which is Pranayam. We are continuously practicing it.”
Anita Dua, a Yoga fanatic and educationist, explained, “Our Vedas describe Yoga as one with the excellent. They say that our body is already balanced with the cosmos, which is experienced by training yoga. Patanjali says that we lose the relationship between body, thoughts, and soul because of our imperfect country of health- be it intellectual or physical. When this is balanced, we are in a kingdom of Sat-Chit-Anand that’s everlasting bliss. Yoga doesn’t simply suggest the asanas, which can be widely understood today; it goes through the eight limbs of yoga described in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra.
Pavan K Varma said, “There is not any duality. Mahadev or Shiva is known as Nataraj—the lord of the dance. Lord Krishna is called Natwar, which is again correlated with dance. The correlation between the 2 (dance and yoga) will become very clear because dance is yoga in dynamic movement, and yoga is a dance in slow motion. The last correlation between yoga and dance is the presence of a guru. Unless you fall at the feet of the guru and surrender yourself, I don’t consider any fulfillment is viable,” he explained.
Mentioning the ultimate three limbs of Patanjali’s yoga – dharna, Dhyan, and samadhi, Vinita Nangia recommended that if for both dance and yoga, that is the course to turning the outward recognition within, then the identical must hold genuine for another appearing artwork consisting of tune or maybe painting or writing — Concentration and contemplation should lead a practitioner to a state of bliss and oneness with the Universe and Divinity. The authors agreed with this. Addressing a common problem, Vinita asked if the simplest, the spiritually developed, can aspire for moksha or if it is something each person can wish to acquire. Shovana responded,
Whoever is immersed in their art can enjoy it. It is set how actual you are to yourself and your practice. The unsaid part of yoga is that you must preserve your balance—retaining your feet on the floor and your head for your shoulders, allowing you to be an excellent human and be unstable with your environment. When asked whether or not it is proper that those working towards yoga can achieve enormous mystic powers, Anita said that there are recorded cautions for those who obtain such powers. They are encouraged to withdraw and recharge their energies or get depleted and intrude in their nonsecular adventure.
The correlation of dance and yoga was showcased throughout the night in a beautiful Yog Nritya performance with dancer Shivani Varma and yoga fanatics Satish and Ratan. Jyotsna Suri, too, becomes part of the panel on the level. Shivani Wazir compared and suggested the nighttime with grace and the proper form of gravitas that the nighttime deserved. As the enlightening evening slowly drew to a quit, it surely stimulated the target audience to begin a brand new journey—a journey that is possibly first-class explained by way of the Bhagavad Gita, “Yoga is the adventure of the self, to the self, via the self.” Isn’t it?
