the flow and vulnerability required to do something so graceful, beautiful and perfect as this... this is what she had to say about learning how to let go:
"when i first started learning, my biggest takeaway was that it's really about the base - the person on the bottom - and if you're a strong base, anybody can fly with you. the key is communication with the base - and trust. i could do all of these poses on my own, but i've never been very good at trusting people, which is something that most of us women gain over time - especially when it comes to men. it was a real challenge for both of us to go from singular practices, where we had full control, and release control to one another. it was a really big thing for me because i was a single mom, and i had built my own businesses, so it has always been about having two hands on the wheel. when you're on top in acro yoga, it's all about letting go and trusting one hundred percent, because if you fight back, it's much harder for the base. so, dice and i went through a lot of little tiffs of, "you're doing it wrong - no, you're doing it wrong!" and every single time it always came down to me letting go. and for dice, who has always had a tough time expressing himself, he had to work really hard to master his duty as a base, because he has to be extremely communicative and tell me what he needs, and tell me what he needs from me. so for both of us, it was just the balancing act - balancing not only our bodies, but also our personality issues."
it's inspiring to know that she had to work for it too... so often we see masters do things so fluidly and naturally, and wonder if they ever struggled to achieve such beauty. the answer is yes, and the process... just leap.
(nyc)
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