I’m Crying Like a Baby: Letting Go Is a Process

I’m Crying Like a Baby: Letting Go Is a Process

Gosh, I'm sitting here crying like a baby. I feel like I've just broken up with a long time love partner. It's just a studio space for goodness sake!  Why am I so cut up about it? Last night I taught the last of my salsa dance classes at Configuration Dance Studio.  It's a studio space that I've been teaching classes in for nearly 4 years. I...

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Bridging the Gap: A Talk About Hip-Hop with Senior Citizens

Bridging the Gap: A Talk About Hip-Hop with Senior Citizens

I found my purpose today. In a cozy lounge area of Elderwood Wheatfield Independent Living Facility, Jerome Williams, a dance colleague of mine, and I presented on Hip-Hop dancing and music to a group of interested senior citizens. Not sure what to expect, and not having break danced in a while or engaged in much Hip-Hop dancing, I thought, let's...

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I’m Crying Like a Baby: Letting Go Is a Process

5 Steps to Sexy Dancing, a New Owning Pink Blog

Hey, how was your Valentine's Day? I know there's a lot of pressure around this holiday to perform and provide for your special someone in special ways. That's why I wrote a blog about 5 Steps to Sexy Dancing, because I know this is a time of year people are thinking of woo'ing their mate with someone spectacular. It's posting live on Owning Pink...

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Let it be…

Let it be…

Fierce Tough Sexy Sensual   On Fiyah Floored Love Grasping Holding on No more   Free as a bird Reckless abandon Kissing trees Hugging please I have a choice So do you You want it more? I do too.   See you on the flip side Where dancing happens now All around the world Instruction comes from somehow Somehow we go around Institutionalizing our...

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…and then she got up to dance!

…and then she got up to dance!

The downward pulse of the Merengue song that pumped out of the amplifier filled the yellowish community room of the senior citizen's center on the east side of Buffalo. I was introducing the participants to the Merengue dance from The Dominican Republic.  None had ever heard of it before. As "A Beber" began to play, an urban Merengue with a...

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I’m Crying Like a Baby: Letting Go Is a Process

Owning Pink Blog: Never Give Up And The Story Of A Miracle Plant

I invite you today to check out the guest blog I just wrote for Owning Pink: Never Give Up and the Story of a Miracle Plant. This is a really important blog post for me and is more like a short story than just a regular blog. You'll read all about my journey with a very special plant in my life and how this 'miracle plant' has reflected myself...

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The Greatest Illusion

The Greatest Illusion

The greatest illusion is separation. When I forget that we are all connected I feel scared, I act graspy, I feel off kilter or outside of myself. When I remember there is no separation, that we are all connected, I cry like a fucking baby and feel at peace.    

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…and then she got up to dance!

Owning Pink Blog: How to Go from Woe is Me to Being the Best You Can Be

I invite you today to check out the guest blog I recently wrote for Owning Pink, which explores 'How to Go from Woe is Me to Being the Best You Can Be.' Find out how to make that leap from feeling sorry for yourself to LOVING yourself, seizing the day, and living your BEST life, starting NOW! When I'm stuck in a "woe is me" place, it can put a...

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Let it be…

Learn to Trust Your Intuition: Coaching with Sarah Haykel

If you are a strong, creative, and empathic woman ready to take time out of your busy schedule to learn how to trust yourself, listen to and follow your intuition, and be yourself authentically, mind - body - and soul, then you're in the right place! Are you a busy, professional woman who desperately needs “ME” time?   Are you terrible at setting...

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