The Power of Connecting to Emotion in Capoeira

Strategies on how to practice empathy through capoeira

Me and Esquilo enjoying a playful game in Tompkin Square Park. This must be the thousandth game we’ve played with with each other over years of friendship and training. All this to say no games are ever the same although playing together still brings me the same joy.

 Capoeira is a language expressed through corporal body movements that form a movement d…