 The AuthorsI am a happily married 47 year old computer programmer with two children, two cars (well, a station wagon for the family and a Westfalia camper van for outdoor parties!) and a mortgage. As dancers go I am a late bloomer. I was bored with rock & roll, bored my with life, bored with my meditation practice, overweight, out of shape, and drinking too much. Headed for an early heart attack like my father.
John & Katherine, January 1, 2000. In October of 2000 I was in London for a week on business. I had seen all of the touristy things so I asked someone from the office if he would show me some of the real locals, maybe go out to a dance bar or something. He smiled and said OK! He took me to the Velvet Room, a small dark underground basement. Well, the music was definitely *not* rock & roll, but what really caught my attention was the vibe. This was no drunken meat market pickup scene. Every person in the room was consciously relating to and opening up to every other person in the room. People were dancing. People were hugging. I liked it! And these people were obviously treating it as a spiritual journey. Back home Katherine and I checked out every dance bar in town. The only place which had the vibe was the local gay/straight/whatever dance bar Reflections Cabaret, the Club Without Labels. We danced there every Saturday night for all of 2001 plus a few amazing outdoor parties. We lost weight, stopped drinking so much, got in shape and began to *really* enjoy our life! 10,000 volts in the romance department is all good for a marriage :-)
John & Katherine, January 1, 2002 with Her Most Imperial Sovereign Highness, the Imperial Crown Princess Dita Parlow, the manager of Reflections Cabaret, Ryan Gomes. Then in January of 2002 I read Tulku Urgyen's book As It Is and put two and two together. Since I love dancing, and since I am a meditator, why not take dancing seriously as a meditative discipline? This site is our attempt to share that experience. Cheers!
John Gorman
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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