#teachingtiptuesday

Teaching Tip Tuesday: Take your time. We gotta get things done and we like have deadlines for everything! And then when it's not done when we hope/want/desire/expect to get done: then we get so frustrated with ourselves- down hard on ourselves...and then we take on the speed life of just adding more to our plate: feeling the need to go even faster! SLOW DOWN! It's not worth it to keep the fast pace running self ragged and burnt out. Look at your schedule. Where do you need to slow down! What will help you slow down? Cutting out something? Taking breathing breaks? Meditation? Think about it and realize that your health is more important than a fast pace of life. Don't rush LIFE! Take your time 🤗🌿 #teachingtiptuesday #aprilsmiles #allsmiles #takeyourtime #slowdownlife #myj2f2017 #readyformoredowntime #inspiredliving

TEACHING TIP TUESDAY: SELF-LOVE IS THE BEST LOVE!!! Oooh this is a topic I've been really wanting to share! Yes and now as I countdown to the big moment where my life reaches a whole new milestone- thought it perfect time to share: We have to embrace ourSELf first by loving who we are, loving what we do, loving what we bring to this ever-changing world. Yes it's time to do better with loving you! Then once you've done that you can love on others. When we are teaching our classes- we wanna show love- we wanna share love- yet it is not doing much justice if we don't do that to our SELF first!!!!!!! It cannot be stressed enough the priority of loving you. This is the best love (self-love)- why? Because when you make the effort to finally love you- then loving others becomes second nature. Because you have given love to yourself- now you can better give to others the love you have for you! So yes that's the best love because it makes the world more loving. Hard to do when you don't love yourSELF first. And those of us that are Instructors- our class participants in our classes are indeed looking for love. It is the GREATEST after all (1 Cor. 13:13). And who doesn't want to feel loved and give love? Well you gotta give it to yourself first, feel it for yourself first. When you release your own self-inflictions and learn to be more loving to you, then others will see that and they'll want that for themselves. Now you can transfer that love to them, through them, and then give thanks for this ever-evolving, ever-shifting, ever-shaping kind of love that moves mountains folks! Yes I'm so happy to have awakened to this- even though I've always known it. Being asleep for so long and trying to love others without fully loving myself first- oh that was a disaster. Now self-love l has opened so many doors of opportunities for me. And I'm not going back! So do what you feel is in your heart. It's in all of our hearts! Let love guide you. Let love be the center. Let love feed your soul so you can feed others: best kind of love family! Cheers to love ❤ #teachingtiptuesday #allsmiles #40hasnowarrived #40yeartour2017 #self-love #best-love #loveyoulovewe

TEACHING TIP TUESDAY: OWN YOUR STYLE! Does that make sense? For quite some time I worried about my style and if folks would like it, or of it would be good enough for enough people to come and experience this awesome-ness of a program called Zumba Fitness....and it was stressing me out big time! That is a waste! I thought to myself: for so long I've put myself in this little box where only I would punish myself because it (my style) didn't seem good enough. And after doing this for years now I finally embraced this: "My style is unique. My style is special. My style is good. My style is just right for me and my personality!" "WHAT! WHAT!" And nobody can take that from me. So I own it! And so should you!!! Your style is unique to you and family: until you own it: you will not be full of joy like you should be and like you deserve to be- entiendes (understand?). Life is too dang short to be up here worrying about your style and of if it is good enough, if it will work, and how does it compare to others' styles.......stop right there🤚🏾🤚🏾🤚🏾 Take those negative vibez out your space and make room for the, "I got this and my style is on fleek! I own my style!" Say it with me: "I OWN MY STYLE!!!" Your teaching style, your moves, your character, yea ALL OF THIS is unique to you so brothers and sisters OWN your style as an Instructor, as a class participant, as someone who matters- 'cause we all matter! Be you. Do you. Work you- 'cause can't nobody else do you boo!!!!! Yea it's confidence boost time and we need to be boosting each other to greater heights so we can soar and let our beautiful unique selves take the HIGH-way. So one more time say it with me: I OWN MY STYLE!!!!........................................Now: Don't you feel better? #teachingtiptuesday #allsmiles #iownmystylemysmile #confidenceboost #hereforus #mystyleismystyle #40yeartour2017 #zumba #spiritualdancer #ELLmovement #lifeisworthit🙏🏾 #myj2f2017