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Nº 08

The Week My Nervous System Learned to Samba

A wildly affectionate, slightly disheveled account

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Contents · 14 movements

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  1. IA confession before I beginTired in a way I had stopped naming04
  2. IIThe first nightHow I lost an argument with my own shoulders06
  3. IIIEverything flows from statesThe thesis that turns out to be true09
  4. IVThe four-act dayTime arranged like a symphony instead of a spreadsheet11
  5. VThe party that was also a sacramentThe fourth night13
  6. VIThe pedagogy that refused to be pedagogicalThe body as the classroom, not the object17
  7. VIIThe transformationWhich snuck up on me from behind19
  8. VIIIAn outline of the retreatDay 0 through Day 7, as walked21
  9. IXThe marriage of the dancefloor and the dharmaRigor and ridiculousness are the same skill25
  10. XThe peak experiences I will never forgetFor the record27
  11. XIWhat you actually leave withFive things. Being precise.29
  12. XIIA final wordWhy I am still talking about this six months later31
  13. The advertisementWhich the legal department has seen and does not endorse33
  14. Coral · the coaching layercoral.coach35

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