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DO THE MOVES         MUSIC  OVER  FEARS




 HEALING THROUGH  DANCE AND RHYTHM

 BY: SEM.  ORLANDO ESTOR                 BY: SEM.  JOSIAH DUKE DONDOYANO



           The SVS Community highly esteems                                    being afraid of committing mistake
         St. Gabriel Perboyre, the patron saint                                and be embarrassed in front of the
         of the Pre-Internal Seminary. That is                                 audience. Fear comes in different
         why there could be no better way to   In the study entitled, ”Overcoming   forms depending on how a person
         celebrate his feast than singing songs   Performance Anxiety among Music   experiences it. More often, when a
         out of one’s heart. As part of formation   Undergraduates” it incites that   person encounters it along the way,
         and a form of preparation, the PIS 1   performance anxiety is a common   the natural response would be flight
         and OY 2 took the Music therapy last   phenomenon among students of   rather than fight. In some cases, fear
         September 10, 2018.                music who are the respondents of his   freezes  a  person  and distracts him
 “We are the dance master of   The  formation  session  was  study. It also attested to the fact that   from attaining his goal.
 our own life.” Last November   facilitated by Mr. Nonon Baang, “The   inner anxiety affects the performer’s   I never thought of the possibility of
 2018,  Coach  Lynn  Payno   Pope’s Cantor” during the Papal visit   confidence and dazes ability. On the  myself standing in stage to perform a
 taught the seminarians of St.   in  the Philippines  last  2015.  Fondly   other hand, Music as shown on many  song. This experience crossed out an
         called “Nono”, he led the seminarians
                                            studies, improves the immune system  item in my list of what if’s. It really
 Vincent Seminary the value of   into full participation by removing   function of the body and decreases  opened an opportunity for me not to
 dancing, because it is part of   their stage fright since many of them   stress. It helps people to rewire with  prove my singing skills but to believe
 the formation year to undergo  shyness and also it helped me   image and awareness. The   don’t have reservation in performing   the healthy parts of themselves,  in  myself  that  I  can  let  go  of  my
                                            even  in  weakening  situation  such  as  reservations and go on with the flow
 dance  therapy to  discover  to build confidence. I learned   most important thing is to   a song number. He asked about the   performance anxiety.  of music. That experience was really
         things that disturbs them in life and
 the wholeness of life through  to express myself which was   open on the healing process.   processed them in order to bring out   conquering the stage with music over
                                               This formation session gave the
 dancing and thanksgiving.  clearly a good thing. That   Through dancing I was given   in the participants their best so they   participants the idea that fears are just   fears.
 Our coach taught us that every  day achieved what had been   a big help to improve myself   can perform at their finest.  ideas that discomfort one based on a   No wonder why fear and music
 movement of our body has its  described to me as a sought-  more  confidently  and  be   All of the participants performed   certain experience. We usually tend  are both interconnected. It works
 meaning. And it is very useful  after moment of transcendent   aware of my issues. It helped   their chosen music last September 11   to associate it with certain things and  in a system wherein the latter is the
         with Bro. Soc Leonard Cardino of OY
                                            events that make us lose composure.  remedy to the former. Identifying fear
 for us to discover our self in  bliss in which loose awareness   me to grow and understand   proclaimed the winner and Bro. Arvin   A fear of performing in front of a  is an important element for it directs
 this way.  In spiritual dance  of the music, other people,   more internally. I know that   Zarsata of PIS 1 and Denmark of OY   crowd or Performance Anxiety may  the movement of music to soothe the
 form, we were blindfolded  in fact in all external cues   dance is the hidden language   won as First Runner up and Second   not really mean being afraid when  unease inside one’s body.
 and accompanied by spotters  and know only my body in   of the soul of the body which   Runner up, respectively.  in front of the people, but rather
 whose rule was to gently guide  motion. It was indeed blissful.   perpetuate the wholeness   To identify one’s core problem
 dancers away from potential  It is truly unique.  of my being. What are you   was the main goal of this session.
         Far  from  the expectation  of many,
 sources of injury. At such   waiting for? Let’s do the   this session was not about being
 dance, no spectators were   Finally,  I learned the   moves and be healed!  competitive in karaoke singing.
 present only the dancers. So   movement  vocabulary  Music therapy is about using music
 once the music has started the   of spiritual dance and to   in facing ones fears and challenges.
 acknowledge some issues in
         According to ArashJavanbakht and
 dancers could neither see nor   my very personal way through   Linda Saab, both assistant professor of
 be seen by his peers. We are free   Psychiatry in Wayne State University;
 to shake our body in a smooth   dancing. The dance therapy it   “Abnormal levels of fear and anxiety
 way or whatever action during   helped my being to integrate   can  lead  to  significant  distress  and
         dysfunction and limit a person’s
 the dance. I learned to express   my previous memory and   ability for success and joy of life.”
 bodily
 and
 experience
 myself  through  dance and   stimulate  the  real body   This statement motivates a need to
 it helped me overcome my   face our fears directly and properly.

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