Author Archives: Ragini Bhajanka

decades of doing what you love leads to an ease in creativity. it just happens. everything seems to find a voice on its own. it’s like laying bricks for years. over time, magically your castle is right in front of you. just do enough of what you love. stay on that path. creativity will comeContinueContinue reading “ease in creativity”

slow down. listen to your body. listen to your breath. today, just be. today, let go of the fight, of any kind. today is your effortless day.

after a long day of work, you decide to chill. there is music, and you feel like grooving, but something stops you. you just can’t make yourself get up and groove freely to music. it feels alien. too much effort to be out there. how do you move? how do you groove? how do youContinueContinue reading “it feels alien”

it is already happening. the surrender that I had dreamt of from my students. they join me, whether I teach a particular dance form or not. of course, I have a plethora of programs one can experience, but I’m glad to see the texture of the people in my classes. when dance and life areContinueContinue reading “join me”

when we can check our phones every few minutes, why not our bodies? are we breathing? are we aligned?

when you see an individual as someone under a spotlight, all is justified. they are performers on a ‘life’ stage and their solo act can start pretty much anytime.

today, it’s a new beginning. i’m keeping the best of the best from before, and moving forward the true way… my way. I can keep writing about it till the end of time. doing whatever you truly want is where the learning is. all the big and the small decisions I made were my bestContinueContinue reading “if I meet you”

you never know who you inspire. share. you can create a change. share. any medium is good. share. your voice matters. share. to be more. share.

information is good. interaction with people you connect to, is much nicer. interaction creates experiences. I would choose conversation over information. some people are not reachable, hence it stops at information. that’s fine. use it and flourish in your life. choose interaction/conversation with people who have decided to be reachable in a certain way. itContinueContinue reading “interaction”

one body, that needs breath to last a lifetime. breathe in and out rhythmically. inhale deeply, then enjoy a longer exhale to empty your mind. this is our life rhythm. become breath.

so people can’t change you. spend time with you, write about you, explore you with curiosity, read about topics you like, invest in your passions, find your community, find an interesting coach, align your mind and body, only follow your dreams and dance every day.

…will connect you to your body. …will align your spine. …will make you clear. …will free you. find me to find you.

it starts with making life decisions. then comes what you do with your days. we all know we’ve got one life. we forget that. how many unnecessary activities will it take for us to cut the chase? we have a basic idea of our in-built personality. trust it. use it as a base to makeContinueContinue reading “life decisions”

write. now. right. now. today. new. feelings. thoughts. share. connect. write. now. future. why. right. now. universe. beyond. breath. rhythm. circle. life. love. today. transcend. everyday. far. bizarre. now. sleep.

stick to your path. the world needs to see you as you are, as you evolve, just as you want it. it’s inspiring to see someone own their path. there is a surety in everything they do and that’s impactful. strangely enough, people can get a lot of strength by just watching them in action…ContinueContinue reading “own your path”

creation is our base and we can live in that high forever. days seem shorter in the ‘zone’. we want more each day. wired to create, there is no ‘normal’ day for us folks. we roll creatively for months adding to the existing momentum of months. it’s just never enough. we don’t want anything else.ContinueContinue reading “creatively wired”

I am a student of life and everyone is my student. I believe I have a lot to share with anyone who is seeking to learn at any age and stage of life. and I have a lot to learn from anyone willing to see the student in me. teach me and be taught.

living, loving, dreaming, dancing, creating, moving, teaching, traveling, exploring, breathing, experiencing, transcending. I want to explore beyond what I know, using what I know. I love the feeling of newness and nowness all the time. I am free. my starting point is freedom. anything more just expands it to infinity.

replace an hour of scrolling with a movement class. “not a bad idea!” learn how to move and keep it in your pocket. might come in handy!

this is your journey. live it. taking strength from people is great, being alone and fearless is another game altogether. it’s in your hands how you want to feel about everything. you can just do it ‘your way’ for life. a path less explored… get on it and you shall meet your community. a communityContinueContinue reading “alone and fearless”

working with people who’ve decided to transform is something else! those are the ones who are ready to surrender and understand the importance of associating with a mentor. it’s insatiable… the desire to know you. engagement is what creates the change. the more you engage, the better. the lifelong association is ultimate. no one willContinueContinue reading “mentor”

are you connected to your physical being? do you think about your body vessel deeply? body disconnections can cloud your mind’s decisions. we are mainly taught to just work out. that’s not enough. the body needs to be close to you by practising various physical and metaphysical connections. make that effort beyond workouts. you’ve onlyContinueContinue reading “body”

it was tough to let go of all the stuff I had when moving to goa from delhi. now I’m living out of two suitcases. bright pink and dull green. see less, feel more. buy less, travel more. more of less, please. happy with my two suitcases and a life full of explorations.

how do we spend our seconds? time is precious. engaging with things which take nice seconds away is not worth it. there is, for example, the simple question of whether to spend time in an engaging conversation, let’s say about dreams, or spend unnecessary seconds watching a random video. save seconds, save you.

how do you feel? we have an ever-changing state of mind. but it has a lot to do with how you are leading your life every day. every action leads to a feeling and eventually accumulates feelings. if you ask this question to yourself at any time of the day, be prepared for anything andContinueContinue reading “answer this”

i’m on a different journey. no one will ever have one like me. it’s mine and it can go anywhere! so curious where will it go. not meddling too much this time. this is my time. wild and clear. wild and mine.

take power from the vastness of everything. looking out at the vastness,I see so much. the vastness of nature, life, humans… it expands everything from the core of you. practise it. go deep into nature. far and open. look far and open your heart. be vast from the inside taking power from the outside.

I can recognize groove in people. are they groovy or are they tight? I activated my groove 10 years back. i’m making it a lifestyle now. I feel young and wise all the time. worked the groove in my body through dance in such a manner that I feel connected to my inner groove asContinueContinue reading “groovy”

long back I understood why I love what I do. how teaching was a cause for me. I remember throughout school and college life I didn’t know who I was. there was no way to even understand what I needed. I didn’t understand simple things like how to share what I felt. when I startedContinueContinue reading “empower”

mentoring life along with everything hits me solid. what are we doing it for? ultimately everything will impact our lives. why waste time with the unnecessary? I mentor for life. I mentor myself & others.

july 15. the constant sound of the waves was a wallpaper for the mind. 12 hours. longest ever near the ocean. my friend picked me up on her navi and with her usual question, ‘how do you feel’, we chatted away to the beach. we found a white swing which survived the goa cyclone inContinueContinue reading “ocean day”

many have not slept. sleep without complete relaxation has become a part of our lives. this is basic. body. health. sleep. I kept Lullaby by Hampshire & Foat on, as I observed my students sleep after my class. were they dreaming? was it a peaceful sleep? were they in a state of pure relaxation? IContinueContinue reading “let them sleep”

yesterday was a gift. 9 hours on the beach with an artist friend, was my first. he knows the art of going deep into the layers of thoughts. so many simple conversations cleared complicated thoughts. curiosity of one person became the much-needed perspective for the other. nowhere to be, was a deep relief. the wholeContinueContinue reading “waves and words”

we need to visualize and create things for people to experience. it’s the intention that matters. we don’t always create for us. it’s required. you’ll be surprised to know that maybe you’re the only one giving that particular type of experience to people. one question might cross your mind, “how much difference will it make?”ContinueContinue reading “create for others”

keep sharing it the right way. sometimes years pass by and the students show just a sliver of growth, I have seen this way too often. but then suddenly they bloom and there’s no looking back. good things take time but it stays forever. they will know the importance of it, long after I’m gone.ContinueContinue reading “a teacher”

dreams are crossing us every second creating an intricate pattern wherever we go. waiting for us to dance with them. weaved so thin, that we miss them. it sways… it’s just wind, we think. no, they are our daily dreams. each wanting to get noticed first. you’re a spider on the dream web. it’s home.ContinueContinue reading “daily dreams”

I am unique and weird. I want every part of my creativity and individuality to reflect seamlessly. whoever comes across me, should get inspired to follow their dreams and multiple passions. you never know who you inspire. been sharing different sides of myself, mainly for me to know myself. why hold back? the more IContinueContinue reading “organic perfection”

observe them.there are hidden answersto many questions. they communicate through everything. through how they live, share, breathe… see them in action and picture them in their personal space. they have the pull factor. people find them intriguing because they’re aware, yet they play. you never really know them. internally they change at a rapid pace,ContinueContinue reading “who pulls you”

…even during lockdown. When things don’t seem normal, why do we press the brakes on who we are? That’s when it comes to test. We need to believe. I for one, am sure I kept pushing through, with belief, in every phase of my life. This is my biggest strength. Take away everything, and youContinueContinue reading “believe”

when you know your subject well, see more for others. it’s easy to give information. taking people somewhere using that, is another thing altogether. and all while maintaining their individuality. there’ll always be people seeking information. from young to peers to old. it’s so artistic to see more. the texture of the people you haveContinueContinue reading “see more”

i’m willing to mess up and move to the next. learn from mistakes and try different ideas. next is more interesting. you’re as good as your last experience. keep making your last work your past. enjoy your current mind, look forward to trying it differently, poke your creativity, swim in quirky ideas, jump in that crazy thoughtContinueContinue reading “what next?”

becoming a dancer is not conditional. once decided it’s forever. you just keep adding to your nucleus. keep at it! evolve in the same lane. change only for a better lane, if you must. chin up till the last rehearsal, head held high till the last class. fly till your last dance. go! be aContinueContinue reading “be a dancer.”

I often ask myself, “do I need to be this busy?” what if I don’t do this? how much difference will it make to my life? usually, I get my answers, and almost immediately it helps to define my dreams.

for hours I gazed into the ocean. there was no hurry. nowhere to go. I could have done a lot, finished a lot. I deliberately eliminated hurry. yesterday, I was the closest ever. just a railing that separated me and this dangerous loop of waves. what was important to me started to sink in. aContinueContinue reading “ocean gaze”

no, not interested. no, not my thing. no, don’t feel like it. no, say it to practise it. no, not today. no, not part of my plan. no, I just said no, i’m not mad. no, can’t make it. Sorry. you can say no — be comfortable saying no. say no 100 times, say yesContinueContinue reading “no is NOrmal”

do you know how to dance?do you want to learn to dance?is it only about shooting acool video? see, the thing is — one can look good in the video and still not know how to dance. it’s very obvious to a trained eye. ‘thrill of dance’ or ‘thrill of videos’. or both. I’d sayContinueContinue reading “dancers & videos”

today’s mind experience something new regularly. new experiences are better than living old ones. fall in love with newness. newness activates nowness. I always like doingfew years backlastweek now — how you feel | now — who are you everything that you liked/did/felt, keep that aside. pick what you want for now and make thatContinueContinue reading “may 31st”

why is there a constant need to equate everything we do to a result? I have come to believe more and more in the process. the act of engaging and involving yourself in the things you like has its own way of giving you the tangible and the intangible. plus, there is a mystery toContinueContinue reading “process”

basic is so important now, more than ever. more without the basic has no base. sooner or later it will get to you. so, what’s the base? base of your life, dreams, emotions… whatever. what is required for survival? are you ready to survive in any situation? basic things will get you sorted for that.ContinueContinue reading “go basic”

tell me it’s pure, and I will surrender. it could be pure love, pure lust, pure anger… mostly, I can feel it. and get surprised every time by its purity. I usually dive right in, so it doesn’t vanish. it’s so rare. that feeling I take into art, dance and life. it originates in me.

are you programmed? irreversibly. do you wish to experience a life which is beyond what we have been shown? no? okay.

pattern of thinking. talking. pattern of living. doing. same. thoughts, actions, black, teal, more colors, and more thoughts. intersecting. pattern in the pattern. programmed patterns coated with some new. mostly.

teaching is not about what you know.it’s about what they have to know.this mindset only comes when you know a lot.and that comes from experience,of dance and life.as they will apply dance to life.and have the dance of their lives.

I see… their texture of mind, their texture of life. is it worth connecting?

what is dance? who decides that? i’m curious. really curious. how do you escape decades of programming and find your dance? just doing it differently is not finding it. living the search is what I’m thinking. living the search of dance. search till the search becomes the dance.

experience. the juice of the present moment is enough, and before you know it, the moment has passed. usually, overlapping with the previous one is the next one. juicier and richer. you’re riding it. living it. living this loop for life. people, places, moments. why miss. just live in the now. now. wow.

little did I know I will never go back. ‘what happened?’ — was everyone’s curious question. I don’t know. I guess I just wanted to travel as usual. now I live in Goa. ‘wait! what! where’s the in-between?’ I replied, ‘forget that, just take more chances and break more patterns.’

being a dancer, being solo is where I sink in; being in your own rhythm without matching up to anyone. losing yourself truly with no thought of another human. I want to be solo. very solo. solo dance. dance solo. solo mind.