#needmoretime

it’s been quiet for a long time now.

6, 8, 12, sometimes 14 of us in the studio.

doors open to the air outside.

some are on the floor, others are upright and moving through space.

the delicacy of the body and the bones — the organs and the skin — unfurling.

the swimming into the body and coming back up for air.

the shift in the eyes from opened to closed.


maybe or maybe not shifting the eyes back to open. 

the no need for vigilance.

scrutinizing.

or desire.

hope goes.

and in rushes delight and ease and connection.

overused words these — but still, it’s exactly these words that describe the languid, and the rippling of time.

the open heartedness that comes from dropping in deep to one’s fullness.

the lightness of it.

the sense of soar.

i love my classes and the people inside of them.

their generosity and their curiosity…it’s my most favorite dance of all, and i want to do it every day, all of the time.

that being said:


dance missions are usually 10 minutes long. 

that seems reasonable, in this age of going.

but let's kick aside that reason, and let’s go in for a whole day of dancing, because i need more time.


do you?

8 hours…even 9.

break when you need, for snacks.

a walk outside from time to time.

all phones and devices -- off.

for one whole day, it’s you and your breath: your bones and your blood. your cells your organs your systems -- nervous and otherwise.

your whole body in space for hours at a time, swimming down deep. 


you in?

with warmth,
joanna
of
joanna and the agitators
sweetly agitating/persistently upending
www.joannaandtheagitators.commaybe or maybe not shifting the eyes back to open. 

the no need for vigilance.

 scrutinizing.

 or desire.

 hope goes.

 and in rushes delight and ease and connection.

 overused words these — but still, it’s exactly these words that describe the languid, and the rippling of time.

 the open heartedness that comes from dropping in deep to one’s fullness.

 the lightness of it.

 the sense of soar.

 i love my classes and the people inside of them.

 their generosity and their curiosity…it’s my most favorite dance of all, and i want to do it every day, all of the time.

that being said:

dance missions are usually 10 minutes long. 

 that seems reasonable, in this age of going.

 but let's kick aside that reason, and let’s go in for a whole day of dancing, because i need more time.

do you?

 8 hours…even 9.

 break when you need, for snacks.

a walk outside from time to time.

all phones and devices -- off.

for one whole day, it’s you and your breath: your bones and your blood. your cells your organs your systems -- nervous and otherwise.

your whole body in space for hours at a time, swimming down deep. 

you in?

with warmth,
joanna
of
joanna and the agitators
sweetly agitating/persistently upending
www.joannaandtheagitators.com