Rhythm of Life

Ever stopped for a moment to listen to your heart beat… feel your breath…observe your hands move… watch your footsteps… simply be with your body that sways even as you walk? Take a moment and observe NOW!

… And you have just experienced your rhythm- the rhythm of life itself. Take another moment…look around – everything has a rhythm … starting with the first heart beat you felt in your mother’s womb – your very first communication. It affects everything around us…day and night, seasons, work and rest, sleep and wake cycles, the rise and fall of stock market???

The word rhythm is derived from a Greek word ‘rhein’ which means flow or stream. Rhythm - the very essence of all creative outlets – music, dance, writing, speech … even our fights and interactions have a rhythm… Don’t they? Rhythm gives us the steady pulse we seek all the time – the balance that stabilizes us. Composing, improvising and tuning with others are automatically taken care of once we find our pulse.

We emit vibrations all the time. We create our rhythm from moment to moment. Finding your rhythm heals… being out of rhythm dampens... Different rhythms create different moods.Think about this... You are working (work life is another rhythm), come home… your family is drumming on the table…there is drama... and then, there is a fight (again, a rhythm...) Watch your self here – your heart beat, breath, voice, body and thoughts. You will notice a rhythm …

Now, another scene…You come home and at the dinner table, everyone is drumming on the table... you join in…Again... watch your self... another rhythm?

So what rhythm do you choose?

-Bhavini Gandhi, Director, Bespoken Words