After stumbling on my new years resolution list of “things to do” ……it was disappointing to see that I had yet to cross off anything on the list and it was already June!….
‘do more yoga, meditate, take a dance class etc along with drink less, eat healthy save more yadda yadda yadda……so I decided to take myself down to
Sydney Dance Company on Hickson Wharf for a beginners hip-hop class.
Up until now I had kept using the excuse that I didn’t have proper dance shoes or that I had no one to go with and didn’t really love the idea of embarrassing my self ridin’ solo….….So with the procrastinating pushed aside for this week, I find myself waiting in the foyer of the dance school on a cool Saturday morning…a little more nervous than I expected….
The class is filled with an assortment of dancers; high school kids, mums that obviously had danced their whole lives but had never given up the dream, young guys who had obviously been dragged along by their girlfriends and some young adolescents dressed like they want to be in the next Ne-yo film clip.
After a gruelling 1.5 hours of warm ups, sit ups, stretches, popping, grinding and an attempt to learn a short routine…… I look like I have been in a sauna! But it was well worth it…. I walk out of the dance studio with a bounce in my step and a grin on my face…..and I make a promise to myself that I will be coming back on a regular basis.
I now make it my weekly ritual to attend a class of a Saturday morning and it is now the highlight of my week! I have taken a liking to Louie George’s Jazz class at 10am for any one out there that wants to give it a try. Louie is fun, fabulous and makes everyone laugh.
Rediscovering my passion for dancing has given me a breath of fresh air…. I feel like a kid again for that 1.5 hour dance class…… I dance around the studio like no one is watching….
Now to the next item on my list: Mediation….
Peace + love
Pee-jay
