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Rainey StrausBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingApr 14Image: Eugene Titov — ShutterstockDance is a way of thinking and knowing. More broadly our ability to move — to sense and respond to our environment — is a pathway toward wellbeing. Practicing movement, we discover health, creativity, flow, and play. In my recent post, 10 Principles of Wellbeing Design, the first principle is “Move.” Here, I dive further into the power of movement, inspired by Why We Dance: a Philosophy Bodily Becoming, by dancer and religious scholar Kimerer LaMothe. Also a chronicle of the negative effects of digital technology on the body, this story explores the possibilities that arise when we shift our lens to prioritize movement as we design new technologies.

I am sitting at the computer, tunnel vision between reading and manipulating the signs and symbols on the screen. Locked into my chair, head thrust forward, barely moving. I am intent on getting some sense of completion. I forget my body completely drawn into the flow of some creative endeavor. I have done this for years, but something is changing. Starting on the left side of my neck, down through my collarbone, elbow and into the fingers of my left hand, fire, burning and tingling as I tap the keyboard. These sensations have been building for months and are present even when I grasp a simple kitchen bowl.