My ways back home

Dances & Rituals

A Ritual changes my relationship to an inner state. A Dance helps a state or capacity move through the body. Both are built by you — nothing lands in here unless you put it there.

Function first

Start with what you need the thing to do. Then choose or invent the dance or ritual that does it.

Your repertoire is empty.

That’s the correct starting point. Add the first thing that already works for you — even if it sounds unimpressive. Especially if it sounds unimpressive.

Examples — not prescriptions

Breathing here means slow breathing. No breath-holding instructions, no counting drills.

Cláudia’s key-dances — make your own version

We give the key-dance — the same for everyone, which becomes community. Each person creates their own version, with their own music. Then it becomes theirs.

  • Rooting

    Ground / Aterrar

    Feet on the ground, breathe into the belly, release slowly.

    To truly arrive.

  • It’s Okay

    Soften / Suavizar

    Shoulders up and a little laugh.

    “Yeah, that’s how it is — it’s okay.”

  • Leave It With Me

    Soften / Suavizar

    Hand tapping the chest.

    “Leave it with me!”

  • Micro-step

    Ground / Aterrar

    Hand on the watch, on the pointer.

    “What’s my micro-step to move the pointer now?”

  • Co-creation

    Open / Abrir

    Hands up, opening.

    “We’re all geniuses!”

  • Stay Here With Me

    Open / Abrir

    Phone away, eyes meeting, hand extended.

    “Stay here with me.”

Cláudia’s own repertoire — hers, as an example

  • Shower · Ritual · Ground / AterrarWater, no phone. The story is allowed to keep talking; I just stop obeying it.
  • Euzis, fica · Ritual · Soften / SuavizarSaying my own name and asking myself to stay. Slow breathing, no counting, no holding.
  • Grounding / Enraizamento Dance · Dance · Ground / AterrarFeet, weight, hips. Letting the state move through the body instead of arguing with it.
  • Walking · Ritual · Ground / AterrarNothing has to be decided while walking.
  • Music · Dance · Open / AbrirOne song, loud. Heat returns; sometimes tears with it.
  • Water / Nature · Ritual · Soften / SuavizarBeing somewhere larger than the plot.
  • Journaling / Mirror · Ritual · Ground / AterrarWriting the movie down so I can see its budget.
  • Micropasso Ritual · Ritual · Open / AbrirOne breath and one sentence rehearsed before I actually speak.

All of these are Claudia-specific examples. None of them is prescribed to anyone else. A borrowed ritual is not a ritual yet.