Get in the groove with your inner strength, finding your joy and being empowered to celebrate the diversity from this stellar chronic illness/disability community. Our special guest had created a life and career fusing their calling of dance and supporting others to reach their full potential. It’s motivational speaker, inclusivist stroke survivor and founder of the nonprofit and professional dance company, Infinite Flow Dance, Marisa Hamamoto. This company employs dancers with and without disabilities with a mission to use dance as a catalyst of promotion inclusion. 

Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways from the podcast episode: 

1. 3:04 - Marisa and Dominique give the reasons to swipe right on some of the many dance styles from Marisa’s life. She chats about the indirect way she got into ballet, why roller skating brought a lot into her life besides movement, and why wheelchair partner dancing can teach you lots about yourself and creating bonds on and off the dance floor.  
2. 24:16 - The ladies dive deep into what it means to experience chronic illness/disability later in life and how to not just tackle those moments of frustration and the mental/emotional struggles of health changes, and the ways you can still incorporate the hobbies and activities of your past, but reframing their role and direction in your life moving forward so it still serves you. 
3. 42:46 - Intermission is STORY TIME and Marisa brings us back to her senior year of high school and how what happened with the final dance project led to Marisa making one bold move with a pencil that impacted the way she lives her life and work to this day.  
4. 52:22 - And final segment gets talking about inclusivity and diversity, the value of bringing more of that into your inner community, and what simple acts you can take that’ll not just be more inclusive, but also can truly empower more of the chronic illness/disability community to thrive. 

Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Marisa @marisahamamoto and Infinite Flow Dance @infiniteflowdance! Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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