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This Spring must be have had some extra romance in the water, judging by the explosion of the jelly population. I'm still in awe from my memories of years ago, a jellyfish exhibit, "Planet of the Jellies," at our amazing Monterey Bay Aquarium. The images of those beautiful undulating blobs mesmerized me, as I watched their slow steady pulses, beating with the heart of planet Earth. So this month I taught my dancers to dance like a Jellyfish. After the lively mania of our local mascot, the sea otter, what a big relief to contemplate and imitate the leisurely, peaceful jellyfish in our choreog- raphy. Their near effortless pulsing energy gives refreshing inspiration for our dancing pleasure. A lovely contrast to most of our normal high-energy partnering moves., We practiced adding a slow drifting pause in our dancing. The imagery of being a jellyfish was a delightful role model for slowing down and enjoy- ing the drift of the music. Let ourselves be moved by the sound alone. Float with a light heart. Set our spirit free. We need those moments of slowness. I'm not talking about a deathly-grim total stop- page of movement. No, that requires even more energy to completely shut down your dancing momentum. While that kind of complete stillness has its place in choreography, the jellyfish kind of slowing down is blissful, relaxing into a tranquil rhythm. Eliminate any excess energy for utter efficiency of motion. Coast on the gentle pulse of your limbs. Let that energy play out with minimal effort. We are still alive, still moving forward, but becoming one with the movement of the sea tide, giving ourselves over to the power of the music, not fighting it but flowing with it. Just as a pause in a lively song can be breathtaking, so, a pause in our frenetic dancing energy can also create the space for a love- ly slow, drifting motion. Peaceful bliss that allows beautiful music to soak into our soul. Ahhhhhh, dancing heaven How do they do it? Jellyfish float on ocean currents. Most jellies use a form of jet propulsion to move through seawater… They squeeze their bodies in order to push jets of water from the bottom of their bodies to propel the jellyfish forward. (www. earthsky.org/earth/how- do-jellyfish-swim#: If you want to watch them in live action look at Monterey Bay Aquarium's livestream Jelly Cam here: www.montereybayaquari- um.org/animals/live-cams/ jelly-cam But don't be fooled. While their lifestyle seems a completely carefree, drifting existence, it turns out, scientists have discovered jellyfish are not just ambitionless, free-floaters. They actually do swim against the current, some biologists now say. Scientists tracking jel- lyfish discovered these shosts of the sea are purposeful in their navi- gation, in their seeming aimlessness. not merely obeying the mercy of ex- ternal force of the tides. However, their swim- ming motion is not strong enough to overcome the force of currents, say other biologists. They are exerting their personal agency within the greater forces of their undersea world. So let us too, learn from their jelly-minded wisdom. We can be light in our spirit and move- ment, staying true to our inner compass, yet content to make our happiness wherever life's tides have carried us. This inner navigation, within their external cur- rents, though mysterious to us humans, has served the jellyfish species well. Jellyfish are the oldest liv- ing species of multi-organ animal group on planet earth! They have been in existence for at least 500, possibly 700 million years or more Strong work for such an ethereal creature. In fact, their greatest strength is their weakness! They waft themselves for- ward ever so gently, be- cause not only do jellyfish have the simplest nerve system of any multicel- lular organism, jellies are also 95 percent water. Thus the jellyfish shows us that keeping yourself simple, highly liquid, and going with the flow is the secret to longevity. Power- ful ancient wisdom! In our last two months "Swinging by the Sea" dance classes, we have taken inspiration from jellyfish and other sea creatures, infusing each of their unique motion personalities into our dancing. As we danced our jellyfish drifting move to one of our favorite swing songs, "Under The Board- walk," I realized with de- light the singers of that hit song are "The Drifters." Our dance lesson all made such perfect sense now! From these elegant slow-pulsing creatures, we learn to move in a new way. breathing their spirit into our souls through dance. From their unique per- sonalities, we absorb the tranquility of nature into our bodies, experience the joy of being at one with the natural world in a fresh way. Such wisdom we have gained from this most simple and ancient of Monterey Bay creature. Just think what more we will learn from the others: starfish, clams, sea Lions, crabs, octopus, dolphins and hundreds more species living out in the waves, here in our beautiful Monterey Bay. Come dance with us in Santa Cruz Waltz & Swing, inspired by spring- time life in the Monterey Bay. www.PeggyDance.wee- bly.com Bigstock photo

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