I like to dance.  It is not Swing, Tango, Two-step, Waltz, or any structured dance.  It is pure and simple movement that my body chooses to make in that moment.  (In other words, watch out, I have no idea what’s going to come out of my body.  And yes, sometimes I make myself laugh!)

I love music that makes me want to dance – the kind when you hear it you immediately connect to the beat and your foot or hips or shoulders or all three! can’t help but start bopping.

This dancing extends to my car.  I’m the car in front of you that, while waiting at the stop light, is bopping and shifting around because the driver is making these “weird” movements.  I call it car-dancing and I love it.

And then there are those times when I’m in a bit of funk and I know it and I don’t want to stay there.  Especially when I know the reality that my life is good.  So I acknowledge feeling funky (a little self-compassion) and I invite myself to shift my energy (a little self-coaching.)  In that moment, if circumstances permit, I’ll put on one of those tunes that can’t help but get me groovin’ and I’ll boogie around for the duration of the song.

I always feel differently after the dance.  I may not have gone from funky to blissful, but I sure will have shifted to a more positive vibration.

Here’s one of those songs, that for me at least, get’s me bopping.  Take a look at the lyrics too. (Video and lyrics below.)  I read them as a call to boogie in my own life, to really show up fully until I just can’t boogie no more!  My gratitude to a “Taste of Honey” for bringing this song to life for me to enjoy.  Give it a listen and notice what happens for you.

A Taste of Honey:  Boogie Oogie Oogie

• Songwriters: Janice Marie Johnson, Perry Kibble

Boy, oh boy, have I got news for you
Everybody here tonight must boogie
Let me tell you are no exception to the rule

So get on up on the floor
‘Cause were gonna boogie oogie oogie
Till you just can’t boogie no more
Ah, boogie, boogie no more
You can’t boogie no more
Ah, boogie, boogie no more
Listen to the music

There’s no time to waste let’s get the show on the road
Listen to the music and let your body flow
The sooner we break down the longer we got to groove
Listen to the music and let your body move

So get on up on the floor
‘Cause were gonna boogie oogie oogie
Till you just can’t boogie no more
Ah, boogie, boogie no more
You can’t boogie no more
Ah, boogie, boogie no more
Listen to the music

Get down boogie oogie oogie
Get down boogie oogie oogie
Get down boogie oogie oogie
Get down boogie oogie oogie