No mistakes in the tango

I have to confess that as a dedicated dancer it took me a significant period of time to take the tango into my heart. And it’s not about the steps, but the music you should feel before you actually start dancing it. Most probably I was wrongly taught that tango was about love and passion while love and passion had a completely different sound for me. The sound, especially of Argentine tango, drew forth emotions which were strange and unfamiliar until I first experienced what nostalgia was, and it was then when I fell in love with it.

Those reminiscences of being happy and complete somewhere there in the past were interestingly entangled with my struggle to get connected with my intuition again, and above all to start trusting it. Tuning into the tango, I realised there was no such other place and time in the Universe, but there and then when one was deeply loved, to overcome the insecurity and doubt by following their intuition. The tango is first of all trust in yourself and your partner, and then, it is trusting that we can do it together whatever gets wrong. 

Following your intuition is just like dancing the tango. It will lead the dance, while you as a follower, will have to step backwards not knowing what’s behind your back. That’s what usually makes us hesitate to follow or not follow it and keep instead the clear predictable line in our lives. Being afraid to make a mistake is a feeling much stronger, than simply choosing to trust. No trust, no enchanting dance together. There will be no dance at all. Our dreams of the great performance on the life stage will remain somewhere in the changing room. 

If you have lost the connection with your intuition, just ask it for a tango and it will come back. Your intuition will make the first step on the dance floor to offer its hand for you. Take your time, as much as you need it, to accept it. You are the one to choose whether the dance will continue in an open or a close embrace. As a leader, your intuition will give you the sign when and how to make the first couple of steps “backwards.” Trust yourself and make them. You can stop for a while to tune into the music, and then your intuition will give you the next direction.

The best thing about dancing the tango with your intuition is that there are no right or wrong steps. It’s all about improvising together and that’s what makes this dance so beautiful. If something accidentally gets wrong, “get all tangled up, and just tango on.” Keep on trusting yourself and your intuition even when it seems that life has not offered you the best place and time for your performance. The task of your intuition is to lead you right there, where you will be able to perform the best figures in your life together.