- If I understood it correctly, Armando feels baffled by some proposals, e.g. Biodanza in public places, preferring other physical distancing alternatives such as Biodanza in nature.
- Armando Montanari appears to share Rolando's dislike of adopting modalities, methods and techniques alien to Biodanza but acknowledges the potential of modern means of communication to enable exciting and affective ways of carrying on life-transforming processes.
- Finally, he seems to be saying that although Biodanza´s approach is multidisciplinary, facilitators should limit themselves to the specific findings of the branches of learning combined by Rolando Toro himself.
- It is impossible to testify Rolando Toro's thoughts because he wrote little and his teaching evolved over time. Some people can testify some statements, which are not always consistent.
- Biodanza in nature, which offers a comforting sense of transcendence and connection with the beauty of the natural world, is more coherent than Biodanza in public places as a physical distancing alternative.
- Modern means of communication allow exciting and affective ways of carrying on with the life-transforming process of continuously falling in love with life (rather than being satisfied with rare moment of happiness interspersed with the overall sense of meaninglessness in daily life).
- Rolando was opposed to proposing modalities alien to Biodanza, e.g. psychology or psychoanalysis. We need to avoid being conditioned by the point of view and by the methods of our particular working practice. The genius of Biodanza lies in the refusal to accept a single perspective and in its multidisciplinary approach, which helps to understand the complexity of life. Adopting extraneous methods and techniques adds nothing. Instead, it creates confusion and risks compromising the quality of Biodanza´s proposal.
- Emotions and experiences are not pathologies requiring therapeutic interventions. It is therefore inappropriate to transform the practice of Biodanza into therapy as is supports the current trend of medicalizing all aspects of life. Biodanza´s approach to the human experience has its own specificity and does not lend itself to being labelled as a therapy or even as an educational intervention, while assuming characteristics of both. Labels do not help us to understand, they are just unsuccessful attempts to calm our own anxieties.
- In times of Covid-19 to what extent can we change Biodanza, as well as our life, without betraying either one or the other, in order to adapt to the particular circumstances currently imposed on us?