parasitegirl | I. AM....

I continue to work affirmations into the end of my dance lessons.

Lest this surprise you, I'm a bit bootcamp about it. I do do it in English and it's not very Stuart Smally. It's half "your craziest foreign language teacher" and half "drill sargent".

The one I bust out most nowadays is at the end of cool down, starting in my calm yoga/NPR voice.

"Last...step wide...hands on your hips....chin up...repeat....I!"
"I!"
"AM!"
"AM"
"POWERFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL!!!"
"Powerful"
"LOUDER! I AM POWERFUL!"
"I AM POWERFUL!!!!!!"

"Thank you."

It really does seem to cheer people up. I know it's easier to do it because it's in a second language but it still brings me AMAZING joy to see, on some of the pictures being posted "We are powerful ladies!" and such added in English.

(Other afirmations are "I am beautiful/I am awesome/I worked very very very very hard!" sometimes with arm pumping and Kermit arms)