Oh yes all, it is Thursday which tends to be the day I return to the library and pick out my exercise DVDs for the week. I will be lifting with Miss Jillian Michaels and for super fun I dared to Hula. After the Bellydance debacle, "Bring it on!" And this journey is about learning so before I got distracted by the Hula title I sought out that important word "BEGINNER" , That's right, I am not going to get frustrated right off the bat and my reward I saw the whole DVD through. I learned the basic seven hula steps and let me say I swung my hips with the grace of a hippopotamus, but not any hippopotamus the dancing hippo from Fantasia :) It was beautiful as the instructor said I would be dancing like an Island Girl in no time. I felt connected as I squated in tears and was ready to hit power off, she whispers, "Hang in there, You can do it!" Our connection was so strong, she might as well have said "Suck it up Suzy, we are gonna see this dance all the way through!" That's what I heard. And so for thirty-three minutes, I swung, stretched, sweated, shook and swayed my hips. I definitely grasped a lot more of the moves than the Bellydancing moments. Bollywood still has been my favorite find. You may wonder why I am drawn to the dancing DVDs but if I was to admit my "quiet hidden secretive" childhood dream, I would have to confess I have always wanted to be a dancer. I used to pull out Grease, Electric Bugaloo 2, Parent Trap 3 (I believe it was a Janet Jackson dance number), Dirty Dancing (who didn't replay this a million times), Sleeping Beauty, and would mimic the dance (perfectly executed in my head, maybe 20% accurate in reality, especially since my dance partner tended to be a three foot futon cushion :) So as I journey to a more HealthFULL life I am living my dream, in a distance land so far away known as my living room. So bring on the Bellydancing, Bollywood, and let's Holla for Hula!
May your journey lead you closer to your dreams and bring Health to a FULL circle in your life. 'Til we meet again. . .
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