𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 - 𝐂𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨, 𝐌𝐮́𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢́𝐚ㅤ
We walk, and the floor answers. Not with sound, but with weight, with resistance, with timing.ㅤ ⠀ Each step meets the music from below. Before thinking, the body adjusts. Before deciding, it listens.ㅤ ⠀ The chest softens. The spine settles. The rhythm enters through the feet.ㅤ ⠀ Around us, others are walking too. Not separate, not merged — simply aware.ㅤ A shared pace begins to form.ㅤ ⠀ The music holds us. No rush, no display. Just walking, breathing, responding.ㅤ ⠀ What rema
Confidence: Absence of Self-Consciousness - Confianza: ausencia de inhibición
For Tango to be Tango, we need to make each and every movement with confidence. No hesitation. In Zen we strive to celebrate our own nature, our unique gifts and abilities. We are who we are and, likewise, we dance Tango the way we are. For self-confidence, we need to block our self-consciousness by stopping the self-critical monologue, e.g. the mental chatter while dancing Tango. Be easy on yourself, as you are the best you can be Here and Now!ㅤ ⠀ Excerpt from Tango Zen: Wal
The Silence of the Beat - El Silencio del Compás
You feel each step, each turn, each shift of your weight.. Full attention in the embrace, in the contact, in the breath. You hear the music within yourself, without hurry, without judgment. Each movement anchors you in the present, makes you aware. ㅤ ⠀ Tango becomes presence. Dancing is being here, meditating is moving with awareness. The body leads, the mind follows. In each beat, you discover the silence that lives within. ㅤ ⠀ ____________________ㅤ ⠀ Sentís cada paso
When Connection Becomes Awareness - Cuando la conexión se vuelve conciencia
In the room, people walk slowly and meet in an embrace. There is quiet attention, a soft presence, and a sense of returning inward.ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ⠀ What happens there is simple and profound: each person becomes aware of their own inner space, and at the same time senses the energy shared with the person in front of them.ㅤㅤㅤ ⠀ This is meditation in motion — a moment where listening, connection, and stillness become one.ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ⠀ ===ㅤ En la sala, las personas caminan despacio y se encuentra
Two Bodies, Four Legs, and One Heart - Dos cuerpos, cuatro piernas y un corazón
When two partners embrace to dance Tango, the connection has to be established and sustained throughout the dance. Zen invites us to experience Oneness by transcending all the differences separating two opposite sides. In Tango, we should have no room for Separateness, which is opposite to Oneness. Between partners, when we embrace and dance, we must strive to become One, dancing along in the Universe in harmony. Excerpt from Tango Zen: Walking Dance Meditation, Bilingual Edi
Tango Is Life — 34 Days in Buenos Aires/El Tango es Vida — 34 Días en Buenos Aires
Tango Zen Journal — November 14, 2025 “Tango Is Life — 34 Days in Buenos Aires” “El Tango es Vida — 34 Días en Buenos Aires” Leer en Español Since I arrived in Buenos Aires on October 13, this trip has unfolded with an intensity and fullness that even I did not expect. For the past 34 days, I’ve danced almost every night—skipping only a few Saturdays, one Friday, and most Sundays. Night after night, in the embrace, something softened in me. As a close friend told me recentl
“You Saved Me Ten Years”/“Me ahorraste diez años”
Tango Zen Journal – November 7, 2025 “You Saved Me Ten Years” A dancer’s words from the Tango Immersion in Buenos Aires “Me ahorraste diez años” Palabras de una bailarina tras su inmersión en el tango en Buenos Aires Leer en Español Virginie, originally from France and now based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrived in Buenos Aires on October 21, just before the world premiere of Tango Zen: Returning to Tradition. Like many tango dancers, she came with the desire to experience someth
Meditating in an Embrace - Meditar en un Abrazo⠀
⠀ In the embrace, the ground disappears. Two bodies move as one, following a pulse that comes from the chakras.⠀ ⠀ Eyes close, and the music stops being sound, becoming air, breath, a shared heartbeat.⠀ ⠀ The tango happens there, in that invisible space where nothing needs explaining. There is no plan, only intention — just listening, surrender, and a silence that moves.⠀ ⠀ Thought dissolves. The embrace, the connection, and the music.⠀ ⠀ Tango is meditation. ________________
𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨 - 𝐃𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐫
Whatever feelings and thoughts arise while dancing Tango— let them pass with no attachment to anything. Zen teaches us to open our minds and see things as they are. Be ready to let feelings and thoughts come and go without engaging them. Resist the impulse of analyzing or judging them. However, don’t push them away or avoid them either. Just listen to the music and dance. ⠀ Excerpt from Tango Zen: Walking Dance Meditation, Bilingual Edition published by Editorial Kier in Buen
What Is the Sound of One Hand Clapping?/¿Cuál es el sonido de una sola mano aplaudiendo?
Tango Zen Journal – October 31, 2025 Leer en Español What Is the Sound of One Hand Clapping? In Zen tradition, this koan—“What is the sound of one hand clapping?”—is not meant to be answered with logic. It’s meant to break logic. To shake the student out of habitual patterns of thinking and open the doorway to direct experience. To listen beyond what is heard. Lately, I’ve begun to understand this koan in a new way—through my tango. For years, I’ve danced with awareness, wit
Tango Zen Has Come Home /Tango Zen Ha Vuelto a Casa
Tango Zen Journal, October 24, 2025 Tango Zen Has Come Home. Tango Zen Ha Vuelto a Casa. Leer en Español This Wednesday in Buenos Aires, something profound happened. The premiere of Tango Zen: Returning to Tradition wasn’t just a film screening. It was an experience—a living exhibition of the magical art of storytelling, guided by the masterful hand of director Juan Cruz Varela Juan Cruz Varela and I first met many years ago during the making of Tango Your Life. When I retur
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Releasing the Ego - Soltar el Ego
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Letting Go - Dejar pasar
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