The Groove Method was created by Misty Tripoli. For more info and videos on The Groove check out www.mistytripoli.com
Rodina Patrick in Dancing Boat Pose with Misty Tripoli
Photo from the Can Fit Pro Conference in Toronto Ontario August 2009.
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GROOVE is a new style of DANCE fitness that has limited emphasis on choreography, giving each participant the possibilites to move their bodies in their own creative and unique way. Groove allows each participant to move their bodies functionally and creatively, improving cardio, strength, balance and co-ordination and most importantly having a dancing good time. Come out and get your Groove on with Rodina Patrick starting in August at the Enerplex.
How the GROOVE METHOD has Impacted my Life.
By Rodina Patrick
I have learned that:
Inside there’s a space within you, it’s locked up but you have the key.
Open your heart, feel it within you.
Because only you can set yourself free.
The time is now, right here in this moment. Shed a tear and feel the proof.
Look within, feel it and know it.
In this moment you’ll find the truth. The truth of you.
To Groove in my eyes means to completely allow yourself to be free. To be free means you have to face the fear within you, and find the truth of who you really are. When you find this truth you will be able to let go of all insecurities and just be who you are meant to be in each moment to the next.
The Groove method allows you to free yourself on the dance floor and also in life. It allows you to be how your heart feels in that moment. And it doesn’t matter what anyone else in the room is doing, it allows everyone to be creative with their bodies in their own unique beautiful way.
We are all magnificent beings, we are all artists of our own life. If you imagine the dance floor as your canvas, your body as the paint and the music as the emotion/the heart or inspiration of the art you wish to create. As an artist you allow what you feel from the very centre of your being (your spirit within) to move your body (the paint) all over the dance floor (the canvas), to create the most beautiful masterpiece of all. This is the masterpiece of becoming one with the essence of your true being.
As human beings we develop a sense of awareness at a certain age as we grow up. We begin to feel pain, fear, anger, jealousy. These emotions stem from our parents and how we are raised/conditioned; to the media and how we should look; to other children we meet and how we should behave to feel accepted within ourselves, our environment and society. As we begin to feel these emotions, we begin to loose ourselves as we grow up, when in turn all we are truly looking to do is find ourselves. Then we turn to drugs, alcohol, food and sex etc. to numb ourselves and to feel accepted.
When people go to a bar they need to be drunk to dance or sing. They need to be numb to dance and sing, which are some of the first things as children we learn to do, to show we are happy and alive within. This is how I believe the Groove method can truly help you free yourself. To dance sober, to move your body sober, the way the music makes your heart feel in a room full of strangers; which could also mean a room full of judgement based on our conditioning and how we were raised, can be one of the scariest things someone might have to face in their lives. To connect with other beings we’ve only just met, and look into their eyes and see their soul is so terrifying for us as humans, because we don’t want anyone to know that we are afraid!
The truth is, is that most of us are so blind and unaware, that we think it is normal to feel the way we do, we don’t even know we are afraid. When you dance with Me I will open your eyes for you, as you dance your fears will surface. It will feel overwhelming for some people at first, but the more you dance, you are giving yourself the ability to stare your fears in the face and let go of them. You have to face your fears in order to be free of them. It is only when you are free may your true light of truth shine within you, and the potential of your unique being will shine forth, opening all the doors to the dreams you’ve ever longed for. It is in this letting go, that you will feel the most intense love within the core of your being. You will feel proud, confident, strong, courageous, beautiful magnificent etc. This is when you will know you are free!
My name is Rodina Patrick and Yoga has truly helped me save and change my life, which is why I am dedicated to teach others and share with them the knowledge I have learned, to help others also change their lives. My dream is to help change the world, by giving others the knowledge of becoming awake inside. To have the gift of sharing this knowledge through my greatest passions in life (Yoga, Dance and Music) is honestly the greatest gift of all time!
Come out and Dance with me, let's get fit, let's let our true light shine, and let's set our spirits free!
Namaste,
Rodina Patrick
