I discovered dance, or I shall say, the love for dance at a very late age in my life. I started salsa serendipitously on a blind date when I was 24, and my date had said to me, "you love dancing" while twirling me around. That was when I barely even knew what I was doing. But that was the beginnings that sparked my interest to something that I never thought was so beautiful and powerful.
Then I moved to Boston for work and I only practiced salsa on and off after joining the free MIT Salsa Clubs because they offered it on Tuesday evenings. I was afraid to go out and stayed with the same routine work-home-salsa on Tues evenings, and visit my brother & family on weekends because I had been in a long distance relationship with someone in Seattle at the time. I was afraid to get out, to explore to discover the world outside and to meet people even. That life (mentality) continued until a very long time (years) later until I was permanently single again.
I didn't really fully get into dance until I was fully single, and single for the longest time in my life. That was when I really had the time to explore who I was or what I enjoyed most doing. I started going to Century Ballroom and a few other small dance studios and got better at salsa'ing. Then I learned Bachata which I also come to love. But what was amazing was discovered that I was actually pretty good at all this, considering I was already 30. I then started going to fitness clubs that focused on dance fitness. Then I fell in love with the beautiful dance of Argentine Tango (which was hardest to master)
I have been pretty active all my life. I play tennis, swim, and now yoga, but nothing give me the sensations that dancing did. It's like electricity that charges through my body that energizes me. See all this has nothing to do with money or time. You just do what you love. and if you don't have time now, you can always come back to it. When was the last time you've experienced that kind of excitement?
