Joy!

This is a blog preaching about the joy of movement!

Anyone whom has reason to have attended @SpaceClinics Inner SPACE Clinic in Dalry may have heard this term used by the staff.We are using it to describe the feelings expressed essentially by patients whom have suffered stiffness and pain which changes after a visit to our excellent physio & massage team.

We really like the term: some folk really appreciate this feeling, and how they perhaps had not recognised how far from joyous movement had become.

The Vegas Experience currently being enjoyed by one staff member had also permitted one particular pleasure: that of witnessing the extraordinary physical performances of the Cirquedusoleil company.

Beatles Box Office

Stairway to the theatre

Their live show 'Love' is beyond a re-imagining of the Beatles story or some form of story of the band. The links to their past are based largely in the 4800 items of contemporary styled costume. The experience is an unusual reworking of familiar a well as less popular tunes (think about the predictable singalong of 'Hey Jude' mixing with 'Hey Bulldog') alongside dance and the anticipated aerial and tumbling displays typical of the troupe.

The joy of movement is shared by the audience judging by the spontaneous cheers and tears witnessed around the packed theatre at the Mirage. For the spectators, there is a deep sated joy in the expression of humans in tumbling & acrobatic performance with the aerials simply breathtaking.

Joyful audience leaving (not via the shop either!)

The Circus School remains the UK's only venue for learning skills that are often are rooted in gymnastics if not base circus performance. There is a team of physios involved with the School looking at conditions such as hypermobility and overuse injuries, and the Cirquedusoleil employ a number of physical therapist & athletic trainers or therapists around the world attending all shows as well as training sessions or practice. What jobs they must have?!

There is no doubting the expression of joy in all of the performers in the extremes of movement possible for humans. However there is something about walking away from the physio bed with an unusual feeling of lightness and balance, and that unfamiliar pleasure has to be celebrated as well.

All in all, don't we need to celebrate the Joy of Movement!