More Than Dance

I've been dancing over 30 years and in this episode you'll hear me talk about the biggest things I do maintain consistency. 

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In this episode, we uncover the power of making someone else smile and how it fuels back to you. 

We reference this concept in other episodes as the ripple effect; doing something nice for someone else and how it comes back to you. 

I share a story about how one of my students shared her name and gave a warm welcome to a new student and how it not only helped that person feel like they mattered there but them too. 

The new student  has a memory of a person enriching her first dance experience and will then pass that on. And they both will come to learn that they had lasting impact. 

That impact and the knowing of fuels into their performance and their confidence.  They become better dancers. 

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Two things can exist at the same time: We can know part of it and also not know all of it.  When you are learning its hard to know that that you don't need to know all the information to do something. You might not be doing it 100% but youre still doing it 

Finding 

Learning can be exact in the way you are showing up no matter what

understanding some of it and not all of it

you're going to forget some of it and remember some of it

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We already know how hard dance is and we dont need to make it harder by making our brain think we are awful.. but somehow our world has taught us to do this.

And we do it through "Absolutes".

The use of the word "always" and "never".

It sounds factual when we say it in our head or out loud but it does more damage in the long run and heres why: 

Every time we tell ourselves we absolutely CANT do something..... we actually start to believe it. and if we believe it we become it.  

This episode goes into what to do instead and how you can break the pattern to become a better, more powerful dancer.... maybe even a dancer that takes risks.

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If you want to evolve, usually that means getting out of your comfort zone. But what if you knew the trick to find comfort even when you are out of your comfort zone. 

Dance is a place where all beginners will say "This is so far out of my comfort zone" 

but... its not that far out. We all are familiar with music, wearing different outfits for different occasions, and we are familiar with movement.. even just with walking. 

What if finding the small things that are comfortable within something uncomfortable allows you to succeed faster and more comfortably.

Its about having an abundance - "I can" mentality vs a victim - "I can't" mentality.

In this episode, learn how to feel as though you always can!

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This episode is about something I call the trifecta.

It’s that moment when the song is hitting, the choreography feels good, you love what you’re wearing, and you’re actually feeling good in your body.

And honestly, some people don’t even know this experience exists yet. So part of this episode is just naming it. Giving you something to look forward to. Because once you know it’s possible, you can start noticing it, creating it, and celebrating it when it happens.

I talk about how each piece can completely change your learning experience. If you don’t like your outfit, you might be distracted by how it feels. If you don’t like the song, it may be harder to connect. If the choreography isn’t clicking, it can be harder to remember. And then there’s the bonus piece, the quad factor, which is when your physical body feels good and you’re not spending the whole class thinking about modifications.

But this episode is also a reminder that you don’t need all of these things to line up perfectly for class to count.

Sometimes you celebrate the one thing that does feel good. Maybe it’s the song. Maybe it’s the outfit. Maybe it’s just the fact that you got out of the house, got around people, moved your body, and showed up.

Being a dancer doesn’t mean every step has to be perfect.

Sometimes the win is learning what helps you feel more present, more confident, and more connected in the room.

And when the trifecta does hit?

Enjoy it. Notice it. Let it remind you why you keep coming back.

Its so fun when you get to look forward to something.

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Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us and while we logically know we made an expectation we somehow have trouble getting ourselves out of that thought pattern. 

In dance you can have a bunch of expectations good and not as good and they can affect your experience with class. You might not expect for your memory to be weak, or for the people around you to be so good. 

This is episode is going to give you the survival tool kit for dealing and managing your expectations and your entire experience. 

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When you're learning how to dance its amazing how much there is to learn in this new world of dance. One of the most exciting things is when it starts to clicks and you have your AHA moment. 

In this episode we talk all about the aha moment and how to expand it so that you understand your learning process and that you can take advantage of everything you're learning!

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There is always a week that stands out for being the week that makes you say... "what just happened?" or "what is going on this week?" Whether for exciting things or not so exciting things the week goes by and things pile up and for whatever reason the information that we know about not having expectations switches and we come to realize we actually have baseline expectations..  and these are deadly because they are sneaky and they take something that we thought we didnt have expectations for and drive us wild trying to figure out why certain things didnt go certain ways. 

In this episode learn what to do, how to be slow with yourself, give yourself grace and how to use dance as a baseline for the way all things get better!

You got this!

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You know that dream scenario? In this episode, I am going to show you how you can get so close to it with the 100% --> 10% conversion rule. We explore who you are and what your goals are with reflection, to make realistic changes in your life that are closer and closer to who you want to be. Then we talk about how to sustain those feelings and then how to implement your 10% conversion action plan. A great episode if you are feeling stuck and you want to get out of the rut you are in. 

Watch out world because here you come!

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