Personal+Wellness

=Dance= There is a class that I am fortunate enough to take every other morning. Dance has been a big part of my life since I was very young. As a part of the NESA musical theater curriculum, we take a dance class that serves as our P.E. credit as well. Dance class switches between tap, jazz, and ballet. We have been fortunate enough to participate in master classes by very successful Broadway choreographers. I filmed some across the floor exercises in our ballet session. We then began learning a combination that we will perform at the end of the week for a test grade. We will be graded on memorization, appearance, form, and professionalism. When you dance, it gives you endorphins, endorphins makes you happy, and happy people just don’t kill their husbands. Dancing gives me a sense of peace and serenity. It is a lovely way to start of my mornings and I get a lot of exercise. With rehearsals, it is difficult to fit in time to exercise and take care of your self. Incorporating dance into my schedule allows me to prioritize and manage multiple demands and tasks. In dance class I practice habits of personal wellness including mental, emotional and physical health by stretching and exercising your body in a way that never makes me not love it. I hate running: on the ground, on a treadmill, on a bus, on a train, in the sky, on a plane, but this gives me a chance to avoid things that I dislike and instead, brings me to a place where I have a calm state of mind.

=Bikram yoga= Christmas break of my senior year came and went and the clock struck 12. It was the year 2010. A year I thought would never come. We toasted the year in and shared resolutions. I had yet to think about what I would say, so I ‘passed’ in the New Years circle. About two weeks later, I was with my dear friend Charlotte Wyrick where she exposed me to my first Bikram Yoga class. I had found my 2010 resolution. Charlotte and I soon grew accustomed to the rigorous Bikram schedule we had planned. Every B day, we woke up at 5:30 am to be in class at 6 for our 90-minute yoga session. This is something that I have found to be the epitome of personal wellness through the semester. Charlotte and my yoga has become a discipline we take very seriously and has quickly become a part of my identity.