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
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


“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


The Third Wave of Social Tango - 09/19/2025
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“Transmitting Pleasure: Energy, Presence, Connection” 09/12/2025
go Zen Journal – September 12, 2025 “Transmitting Pleasure: Energy, Presence, Connection” “Transmitir placer: energía, presencia,...


Tango Zen Exercises - Dance Here, Now
𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐙𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 – 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐙𝐞𝐧 – 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚́ 𝐀𝐜𝐚́,...


"Energy, Intention, Connection: The Five Principles Behind Tango Zen" 08/09/2025
Tango Zen Journal, August 9, 2025, titled: "Energy, Intention, Connection: The Five Principles Behind Tango Zen" "Energía, Intención,...
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐙𝐞𝐧? - ¿𝐐𝐮𝐞́ 𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐙𝐞𝐧?
Tango Zen is not a method. It is not a new style of Tango or a formal system of meditation. It is a guidance—an invitation to explore...




























