Last Wednesday Rainbow attended Luna Dance Institutes 4year old creative dance play class. While this was not her first time in a dance class there, it was her first time without me in it or teaching it. Starlight and I joined her for the warm up in a circle with the other families and then we left. Starlight was not pleased to be extracted from a place that she is also happy and comfortable but it was not her class. As I walked off of the studio floor, I felt very emotional about this moment of "letting go." Wasn't that the theme of the week after all? I felt a rush of immense joy as I peeked at her learning about something that is such a huge part of me but having her own understanding and creative moment with it .
I was relinquishing power in a way and trusting that someone else would see the beauty and soulfulness in her movement the way I do! Starlight and I took a brief walk and then returned to the studio to be audience for her goodbye dance. As she boldly galloped across the floor and leap over the foam block and finished her dance on the other side of the room I was bursting with joy to see her dance with such confidence. Not that I ever doubted she wouldn't! For her entire life I just hadn't had the opportunity to see her through this lens. It was a gift! They are a gift!
(I think that little sister Starlight was equally jazzed to see her big sister dance:)
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