And Then We Dance

“We have nothing to hide, and nowhere to hide it. It just takes so much energy to bury our truth, and what can we reveal that hasn’t been others’ experience anyway? Our secrets aren’t that unique... Imagine truth circles in every community... And then we dance.” ~ Jeff Brown

“According to the Kinsey Institute, people who do (blank) tend to have more sex.” asked Peter Sagal on NPR’s news quiz show, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.

“Lower their standards?” guessed panelist, Peter Grosz.

The correct answer turned out to be people who texted with emojis. Sagal went on to explain that it was good to do so because, according to the study, signaling your affection via emoji was more communicative than just texting words.

A BFF used to tell me I was “guarded.” I was shocked because I pretty much always told people what I thought. What she had meant, though, was that I would freely express what I was thinking, but was reticent to express what I was feeling. That was more than 10 years ago, and age and yoga have helped me balance my thinking over feeling tendencies. Why not tell people how amazing you think they are? Why not tell people you trust what you’re struggling with? Aren’t we all in this together?

Mohler uses emjois more than anyone I know (you can draw your own conclusions…), and from the minute she stepped into her first class with me, I was enamored. You just feel good when you’re around her. “Awesome class,” she’ll mouth at me as we open our eyes after namasté. And she means it. She also means it when she shares her nervousness about teaching yoga or challenging moments with her autistic son.

So…what if we didn’t bury our truth? What if we accepted that our experiences weren’t unique? What if we used more emojis?

Sounds like it’s time to dance.