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Does it matter?
Sleepwalkers all around, deep into their dreams. I slipped in the empty room, Searching for the dawn of movement. You were there. Were...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 5, 20241 min read


Dynamic meditation: an overview
A bit of background In a couple of other posts (this and this) I have described the general idea behind free conscious movement (or the...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 29, 20249 min read


The song of the ground
Did you hear the song of the ground? A soft tune beating here beneath Your feet. Listen! As it whispers: "You can trust me. Yield, roll,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 23, 20241 min read


Ecstatic freedom
The following notes present a general vision and some practical guidelines for highlighting the potential of embodied conscious movement...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 20, 20249 min read


Homo homini deus
Experience is always about content and container, life-form and environment, center and horizon. Most often, our attention is focused on...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 12, 20245 min read


My game
Behold! This is my game. You shall these meadows cross, And straight till the end go (and again, and again, and again). Nothing expects...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 8, 20241 min read


You are
You are my secret, Hidden in plain sight. The taste of water, The fragrance of air, The touch of space, The sound of silence, The color...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 1, 20241 min read


Elements of freedom
What is your deepest aspiration? What is your highest goal? In one of his discourses (MN 29) the Buddha invited us to stop nowhere short...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 28, 202310 min read


Philosophy of/in motion
The short version: 1. Any identity is based on the proscription of certain ways of moving in order to facilitate others. Identity filters...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 13, 20239 min read


Why Ecstatic Dance?
What are we really looking for? I mean, really. When we ask this question, ordinarily we come up with a list of ideals: happiness, love,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 19, 20237 min read


Primary and deep embodiment
Embodiment is a process, not a state. Being in a body, having a body, living through a body are all events, not things. Not only do they...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 12, 20237 min read


Looking for safety
The feeling of safety may be the most important component of spiritual and contemplative practices. Most attention goes often to how...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Oct 24, 20235 min read


Olé: Open. Listen: Express!
A manifesto for deep embodiment Imagine Imagine a moment in which you surrendered yourself into the embrace of another being you love (a...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Oct 14, 20237 min read


Invocation to the Fire
* Oh, Agni! An abyss of light burns In the core of this being that is yours. Here. The mind teeming with restless thoughts. This is you,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Sep 21, 20231 min read


Beyond orthodoxies
I’m moving forward, but I’ve no idea where I’m going. It is as if the pieces of a huge and complex puzzle were suddenly falling into...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Aug 24, 20233 min read


New beginnings
My last five years have been a laboratory for exploring meditative practice(s). No aspect of the rest of my life has been unaffected by...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jul 11, 20238 min read


How to deal with the past?
Life is becoming. We all enter this game as it is already rolling—and hopefully it will still be rolling when we exit. Nobody actually...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 6, 202310 min read


Yogasāra
Prelude Over the past five years, my life became a laboratory, a space entirely devoted to understand and dive into the nature of...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 3, 20237 min read


Variations without Theme
There are three main layers in meditation practice. In reality, they are deeply interlinked and interpenetrated, but for the sake of...
Andrea Sangiacomo
May 17, 20237 min read


Bhairavakrama
The following sketch of practice is an attempt at going through several of the meditations presented in the Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra (ca....
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 8, 20238 min read
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