Sensuality...

Sensuality is the greatest gift of dance.  When music enters the mind, it lifts the senses and takes one to another dimension.  The chords, some dissonant; some harmonious, blend into a rhapsody that ease the body into ecstasy.  And it begins to move.  Sometimes it jumps and gyrates or the body gently oscillates and glides.  Round hips sway toward another's; arms surround arms, eyes meet, then bodies intertwine.  They pull away, held together only by hands, then quickly reunite to a lissome embrace, still swaying to the music.  A spin!  Rejoining!  Dance!

"Vivir Lo Nuestro" is my favorite Zumba dance.  

It is the song of two lovers declaring their 

devotion to one another.  I hope the

translation is correct.  The chorus goes like this:

In a black universe,
like the purest ebony,
I will build in white
our love for the future.
In a closed night
I will stop time,
to dream by your side
that our love is eternal.

When I hear this song, I must dance.  My body has gained new strength that celebrates sensuality.  And that which causes my head to rise a bit and my back to straighten, lets my hips believe they can rock a world.  As my arms reach for my imaginary partner, they rise gracefully as if to hug the sky.  I am drawn into a strong embrace and we float to that ebony universe.

and away we go...