ZenTango – Art of Mindful Movement

Nataraja is the incarnation of Shiva as the Lord of the Dance. Interestingly for tango dancers, the divine dance that Nataraja performs is c...

  El Beso (located just three blocks from my AirBnB in Buenos Aires) I just got back from three weeks dancing tango (and practicing Spanis...

  Illustration by Lew Lott (used with permission) More than any other dance, contact improvisation – a meditative, partnered dance form – ha...

Raj is my yogi name, short for Nataraja (king dancer, an incarnation of the Hindu god Shiva) . He’s my playful, creative, dancing, musical ...

Tango is a traveling dance, and we move across the floor by walking. The Walk is half of tango. And the Pivot, a   change of direct...

I believe everyone is responsible for their own axis. Unless, that is, when specifically invited to share. Typically, in that case, a l...

How much of tango is about LOVE?  It's a good question to ask, especially on Valentine's Day.  As mentioned in a previous post, “T...

Tango is first and foremost about connection, the connection between you and your partner. “It takes two to tango,” as everyone ...

But before the walk is the posture , how we stand. We stand upright as though floating toward the sky, yet we are grounded to th...

“Tango is the easiest dance in the world, but it has a learning curve that goes on forever.”   Why so easy? Because tango is a wa...

I am Michael (aka Raj*) and this is my first post. I'm an Argentine tango dancer, and I teach something I call ZenTango. That's...