I am having the best time in dance class. THIS is the type of class I have been wanting. This is hip hop, baby, and it's amazing!! I always say that as much as I love tap, tap is about form and structure. Balance is definitely required. It's very musical. Ballet is super structured. Form is critical in ballet. Even jazz has form and structure and rules. Hip hop, though, is about moving your body. You don't have to place your feet a certain way, keep your back straight, balance and shift your weight. Well, you do, but not so precisely. I learned to dance watching Soul Train. My favorite part of any club was the dance floor. I had a DJ stop the music and tell people they weren't allowed on a lifeguard stand while I was there. I've been offered jobs at clubs to dance. At one point, when hip hop started to get big and videos were king, I thought about going to LA and dancing in videos. Yeah, then there's that fear thing that grabbed me by the throat and threw me to the ground. Damn fear. It may take me a little longer to get the step now, and my body may hurt a little more when I get home, but you couldn't pry the smile off my face with a crow bar. Loving!! It!!
Yoga this morning was very humbling. For about three weeks, I've been getting up early to do yoga. I've been having some hip issues. It's almost like my left hip wasn't quite sitting in the pocket. It could get pretty painful. I also noticed during some of our stretches in dance I couldn't sit cross legged and get my left knee to the floor. It stunk. Lots of stretching has helped that. I still can't quite get my knee down, but it's better than it was. My right bicep, well that's another story. About 2 years ago, I started to notice that I was having range of motion issues in my right bicep. Not strength, just range of motion. The cure, believe it or not, was Just Dance 2. Then Just Dance 3. And, always, yoga. Then things went kablooey when my mom got really sick, then when she passed. I've been in a funk since and haven't done either of those for a while. And my range issues are back. They were very evident this morning during yoga. And it kicked my ass. It was all arms and upper body this morning. Some of the positions I couldn't get to. What?!? Which brings me to my next point.
I have gone as far as I can with diet alone. I was doing great with dance class and dancing, but then dance was over for the summer. We didn't get to do summer classes for obvious reasons. And really, I was depressed. I've lost 45 pounds, but now it's time to start toning it up. Truth be told, it's time to start taking care of myself again. It's time to shake off the funk and get back to my life. Big Sis gets cranky when she doesn't work out. It's been a part of her life for so long. That's how I feel about dance and yoga. I think that's why my hip shifted. I think that's why I started having bicep issues again. I think that's why my funk has lasted so long.
It's time to get off my ass. It's time to get moving. It's time to get funky, but in a different way. It's time to tone this flab up. It's time to feel leaner and taller and stronger, which is what dance and yoga make me feel like. Besides, I gave away all my fat clothes and bought new, slimmer clothes. I am NOT cleaning out my closet again. Hubby would kill me. Not really, but he'd be kinda mad about the money. So would I, truth be told. I'm moving it and I'm going to lose it. My issues, I mean. The rest is just a bonus!
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You go girl!!!
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