Thoughts from the Soul Sistah

My dance career has existed in two worlds. Classical Dance and Street Dance.

Airplanes have taken me and my luggage to two different coasts. The East Coast, and the West Coast.

I sang the same song in both stories when I was at the point where I was trying to “find myself”. The lyrics went something like:

“Where do I fit in?”
“Where will people accept me for me?”
“Am I good enough to be here?”
“This isn’t working out, let me try something else...”
“I think I deserve to be here, but what do others think?”

But through growth, experience, and TONS of reading, I realized that it didn’t matter what city I was in, or what style I was doing. My location and what I was doing was irrelevant, so long as the soul was being satisfied.Me and jazz have a great time together, but locking really knows how to make me smile. Contemporary and I connect, but popping really knows my soft spots. Ballet was my first relationship, but hip hop has my heart forever. I’m a dancer period, but I gravitate to the street dances more because I have a deeper connection to them. They take me on journeys that are unexplainable. I also learned that when it comes to being on either the east coast or west coast, the location doesn’t matter. My home is purely where my heart is.

This has motivated me to inspire those all over the world. Aid them in finding those very things that make them genuinely happy, and help them discover where they feel at their absolute best! Help them to discover their element.

Through the rumblings of the Earth, I found hope, discovered faith, and found my element.
Through the rumblings of the Earth, I found what touches my soul.

Mark your calendars. You don't want to be anywhere else but at "The 5th Element" on Wednesday May 5th, 2010.

Some old notes I found...

Cleaning up my room today, I found some old quotes that I wrote some time ago, on the back of an old phone bill...

"We can't try to simply do things, we must do things..."

"Listening...the most underrated learning tool."

Night...

P90X....Again...

I know, I know, I've blogged about this already. But me and this exercise program have had an "off and on relationship". My nephew is my workout partner so we've been on the trek together. It makes it a lot easier to stay focused when you have a buddy!

I've officially completed Phase 1 of the 90-day lean workout! YEAH ME!!! After 3 weeks of waking up at 5AM to get my workout in before heading to work, I've lost between 3-4 lbs. YEAH ME AGAIN!!! I know it's not a lot to some, but it's a big deal to me!

When I see the results it makes me want continue with it even more!! I also have to add the fact that I've completely changed my diet in the past few weeks which has also contributed to some of the weight loss.

I've decided to make my health a priority this year, because it's something I never really focused on before. I figured, since I don't get sick, I must be fine. That's not always the case. When you're starting to feel sluggish, you're not sleeping properly at night, take a step back and look at how you are treating your body. Take a look at what you are putting inside it. I'm not here to preach about what you should or shouldn't eat, I'm just saying be cognizant of it. If you wanna be able to continue doing the things you love, you need to maintain your body, internally AND externally.

What's our first excuse for not doing something "I don't have time!"

WELL MAKE THE TIME!!!

We set times in our schedules for everyone and everything else but ourselves. I'm guilty of it too, and I'm slowly starting to change the order as to who gets priority.

Make time for yourself...your worth it!