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This episode is to help get you READY for what your first dance class is actually going to be like.

Dance will challenge you physically, mentally AND socially.

I don’t want you walking into your first class thinking it’s going to go perfectly. Because that’s delusional. And I know you KNOW that, but there’s still this little part of us that wants to walk in, pick everything up, look like everybody else and feel like we belong immediately.

You probably won’t. And that does NOT mean dance isn’t for you.

You cannot walk into your first class and expect to dance like the people who have been putting hours and hours into learning how to do this. And I say that as ENCOURAGEMENT because I don’t want you to take one class, look around and think, “I didn’t look like them. I didn’t feel like them. Maybe dance isn’t for me.”

It could absolutely be for you AND be really hard at first.

We talk about keeping your expectations in check, the stories you might already have about yourself like “I don’t have rhythm,” and even how every single night of dance can be different. You can have an AMAZING class one night and come back expecting the same experience the next time and… nope. Welcome to the dance roller coaster.

Some people put off starting because they think they need to prepare to dance before they learn dance.

You don’t need to lose weight first. You don’t need to study dance first. You don’t need to already be athletic or flexible or have danced when you were younger. Dance is for everyone!

Nobody loves acclimating to something new. It’s uncomfortable. It’s hard on your brain AND your body. But then your brain starts figuring it out. Your body starts figuring it out. The thing that felt SO hard starts getting easier.

GET IN THE CLASS and then you can ask yourself would you rather the hard of dancing and learning or the hard of spending the rest of your life wishing you had started.

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