BIODANZA
What I forgot to mention in the last blog is that we perform biodanza without speaking either during the dancing or between dances. The reason for this is that in order to talk, we have to engage our mind and once the mind gets going, it can start to chatter and take away from the focus and purpose of the dancing. However, as previously mentioned, there is plenty of non-verbal communication in the form of eye contact and smiling.
This is hugely powerful and engaging and reminds me of three of the things I teach my clients when training them in public speaking. First of all, the necessity of making eye contact with your audience, without which they will be much less engaged. Secondly, the international language of the smile which will warm your audience. Thirdly, the power of the pause (silence) when speaking. I constantly see a lack of use of this amazing tool, mainly because presenters are uncomfortable with it and yet there is as much meaning in the silence, and sometimes more, than in the words themselves. Just think of how comedians use timing and then pause to get that all important laugh.
If you want to be a really good presenter, become more comfortable with silence. Silence is, of course, the opposite of sound and without it (silence that is), sound would not exist. In exactly the same way, when we speak, if there was no silence between the words, they would all run together in a cacophony of meaningless sound. So when you are speaking, pause from time to time just for a couple of seconds and let silence speak to your audience.