Four Reasons to Dance the Hawaiian Hula Dance

1. Stop the internal dialogue

Due to the fact that almost all movements in the dance are illogical, uncoordinated, arms and legs move at the same time, but at different speeds, the left hemisphere cannot cope with so many “requests”, lack of symmetry and logic. As a result, the work of the right and left hemispheres is harmonized. This process is healing in itself, but in addition, in Hula, every movement matters, every wave of the hand gives birth to a living image. It turns out a kind of meditation in motion – the Hula performer in the dance can talk about the beauty of the island, about the weather, about life on Earth, imitating the sun, sea, mountains, earth, trees, rain, rainbows, birds.

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2. Hula is a Polynesian antidepressant

Hawaiian poetry lacks the sadness inherent in our culture, with every song they celebrate life, celebrate the beauty of the island, or tell a happy love story. The task of the dancer is to tell it truthfully, even if the mood is not very good, it is winter outside and there has been no sun for more than a month! Dancing, it is impossible not to get involved in this game, so classes are fun, and a smile, without which Hula is not Hula, does its job, awakening the brain and body to joyful activity.

It turns out that Hula revitalizes us physically, emotionally and energetically, returns a state of pleasant excitement, gives an aftertaste from the dance. Immersion in the bright and kind stories of Hawaiian songs, sometimes reminiscent of a fairy tale, heals, shifts attention and charges with joy, love and gratitude for oneself, for others, for nature, for the world.

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3. Feeling the flow and developing femininity

All the movements of the hula dance are very natural, they relax, slow down, ground, center and teach balance. By finding balance in movement physically, we also find emotional balance. Being grounded gives you contact with reality, your own impulses, and self-confidence. Centering brings us closer to contact with ourselves, a sense of integrity, we begin to hear ourselves, our feelings and experiences. By teaching our body the smooth and wide movements of the ancient Hawaiian dance, we change the stereotypes of movement, we begin to look at life around us in a new way. At some point, control weakens, the body begins to move by itself in the flow of dance, following the images, beautiful story and gentle music.

Hula is the easiest way to hear your femininity, feel the beauty, bring it into the world. It fills us from the inside, gives us the strength and courage to show ourselves – to put on a beautiful dress, decorate our hair with flowers, smile dazzlingly and share our dance with others. Perhaps with those who are looking for an opportunity to defeat the image of a woman-“comrade”, inherited from several generations of the family.

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4. The art of self-expression

In our society, it is not customary to show emotions, we hide them deep inside, and over time, some of them turn into muscle clamps or stiff masks on our faces. Often we are not aware of how we feel. And since there are many stressful situations in life, and many of us do not know how to express emotions and relax, as a result, we are in constant physical and emotional stress. It robs us of our strength.

Hula teaches you to understand yourself and express your emotions. “Whatever you feel, manifest,” the Hawaiians say. Playing feelings in the dance, we become softer, lighter and at the same time we are released from the old clamps. Each Hula dance is an expression of feelings through movements, where not the technique of movement is important, but emotions. Hawaiians say: if the dancer tells the story sincerely, then the eyes of the people who watch change – love enters them.