These are habits we’ve created out of some need deep within us to feel better about our own situations, to feel better about our own decisions...

I want to be the one in charge, the one making my life happen, focused and determined to meet my goals so I don’t waste anytime in this life...

It was fascinating to watch. I'd even go to the reactor’s page and look at their posts to try to gain perspective...

From an early age I was taught to identify your weaknesses and work on strengthening them...

In my head I know the person I want to be, I have goals and plans that I want to accomplish. But then life happens and for many reasons that I’m sure we all run into, my actual day to day habits and persona often don’t line up with the person I know is on the inside. The person I know I want and need to be ends up hiding behind the person that its easier to be. The default DeAnna.

The person I know I want and need to be ends up hiding behind the person that its easier to be. The default DeAnna.

What would happen if you took a step back and gave yourself permission to quit?

Some friendships that have taken a huge hit and as much as I hate to admit it, will never be the same.

I made a huge decision and I’m kinda proud…

If you need me this week you better have ice cream.

Break negative thought patterns and open your heart to more compassion

Years of trying to get rid of my "negative" traits was causing me more harm, so now I do this…

I feel like I am meant for something more, but can't figure it out.

I realized over the last few months that I'm feeling less and less like sharing my opinions, I figured it was time to reset and get more clear and confident in what I want out of life.

When I was little I loved He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. It was a cartoon based on action figures. They were all very muscular, had cool weapons and were unlike any other action figures at the time. Plus, he rode a giant tiger. He-Man was my hero!

Many of my friends know I suffer from anxiety when it comes to solo performances. My body freezes, I worry about every possible thing that could go wrong and then my heart races and I can’t fully breath for about an hour before I perform. Group performances are totally different, but solos…eeek!

In FatChanceBellyDance® Style, we use a concept called "flock of birds". This is a technique that keeps the group of dancers moving as one, cohesive unit. We each learn how to be leaders and followers.

As dancers, we focus so much of our practice on the movements, the posture, the choreography and perhaps stage presence but, a very basic and important key element that gets missed so often is the breath. Breath is our prana, our life force. It happens naturally so we often take it for granted. Rarely, if ever, do we notice how we are breathing, what muscles are used, the balance between our inhales and exhales or even the temperature of the air.