I go back and forth a lot on whether tough love is necessary. Growing up in a strict ballet background, many of the approaches my teachers used included tough love, especially for young black dancers. Our reality was that classical dance is automatically way more challenging for us to navigate than our white counterparts. We […]
I’ve been an active person my entire life. If it wasn’t a recreational sport, it was dance; if it’s not dancing, it’s usually another form of movement, whether Yoga, functional training, or cycling. The pressure to start taking care of my body came in my late twenties as I was teaching anywhere from 8-14 cycling […]
I love that; as a society, we are coming to a place where we want to normalize things that should have never been judged as strange or taboo in the first place. One of those things is self-care. I am going to hop on the bandwagon and say, “let’s normalize balance and moderation.” Now, if […]
Many of us want to be seen as good people, and I would worry myself sick when I was a kid for this exact reason. I wanted to be seen as good and worthy. As I get older, I realize we all can hurt or disappoint others. Many of us don’t want to do that, […]
I was introduced to Yoga in high school. As a dancer with a rigorous dance training, academic, and rehearsal schedule, I thought it was an excellent way to slow down. I would cross paths with Yoga through school. It was usually offered if a dance teacher was out for the day. I didn’t have a […]
I will start by saying that I am genuinely grateful that my poor experience with my father has not tainted me or made me bitter. As a result, I can appreciate others with unique and loving relationships with their fathers. It brings me profound joy to see others share how much they love and care […]
I have been a dancer since I was 4. However, I didn’t get heavy into the fitness and wellness world until about 24. The concert dance world is an overwhelmingly white space where I spent many years, but that’s another story. I then worked the front desk at SoulCycle, which opened my eyes to the […]