#98 Use Grieving Pain As An Anchor To Pleasure — Ana Harmon
🔥 Grieving? A broken heart can shut down but also behold space for the contradiction of bearing pleasure and welcoming the sour sweetness of life.
🔥 How to Use Grieving Pain As An Anchor To Pleasure
Anna emphasizes the significance of sensing pleasure through movement as a form of resistance against the hardships of life. This perspective is not only about personal fulfillment but also about creating space for joy and pleasure in the midst of pain and sorrow. It's a powerful reminder of the human capacity to find balance and healing through the act of moving.
🔥 Pleasure just as Dance is a Daily Choice of Self-Expression and Freedom
From a young age, Anna Harmon recognized dance as her calling, not through formal training but through an innate confidence in her ability to express herself through movement. This early realization highlights the idea that dance is not just about technical proficiency; it's about the daily choice to express oneself freely and without inhibition. It's a continuous commitment to movement that reflects our deepest desires and emotions.
🔥 Embracing Uncertainty and Inadequacy as Sources of Growth Through Self Acceptance to Express Sensuality
In her journey as a dance teacher, Harmon emphasizes the importance of embracing feelings of inadequacy not as limitations, but as opportunities for growth and learning. This perspective is crucial, not just in dance, but in all areas of life specially sensual expression, encouraging us to remain open and adaptable, ready to embrace new challenges and discoveries.
🔥 The Role of Dance in Cultivating Sensuality and Pleasure
Dance, according to Harmon, is a key to unlocking sensuality and pleasure in life. By engaging our senses and moving in ways that bring us joy, we assert ownership over our bodies and experiences, stepping beyond societal expectations. This sense of ownership and pleasure is essential for a fulfilling life, highlighting the importance of dance as a form of self-care and personal liberation.
🔥 About Anna Harmon
Ana is a dance and movement advocate currently living in Boston, MA.
As Gaga Movement’s International Project Manager, she initiates and supports artistic and educational programs across the globe for universities, dance conservatories, dance festivals, dance companies, non-profit organizations, and more. In March 2020, Ana helped launch, and continues to support the development of the Gaga Online platform; more than 100,000 participants have joined from every continent since initiation. Ana also creates English and visual content for Gaga and manages their social channels.
Ana is a certified Gaga teacher and shares classes with both professional dancers and people with little to no formal training. Ana completed her certification in Tel Aviv with the artistic guidance of Ohad Naharin, Saar Harari, and Bosmat Nossan.
Ana trained with Boston Ballet’s pre-professional program for 13 years, while attending Boston Latin High School. She joined Ballet Austin II in 2008. After completing MASA Dance Journey on Kibbutz Ga’aton in 2010, she joined Kamea Dance Company in Be’er Sheva where she danced for three years, touring across Israel and internationally. Ana received a BA Summa Cum Laude in Liberal Arts (English Literature & Middle Eastern Studies) from Tel Aviv University in 2016. From 2016-2018 she worked for Batsheva Dance Company’s International Development department.
Ana is currently a Visiting Artist at the Boston Conservatory and Harvard University. In addition to her teaching, she enjoys supporting dance creation. Recent collaborators include [s.n.o.b.s.,](https://www.instagram.com/snobs._/) Nora Stephens with [Praise Shadows Gallery](https://www.praiseshadows.com/events/22/), and Ariel Cohen’s ‘One Sun for All’ in Tel Aviv.
Learn more at: https://anaharmon.com/
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