The year 2015 goes forward with a fast pace and since far it has treated me really well. My life has been pretty active with all the dancing and some other cool activities that have been keeping me moving. When I add to the equation some very busy days at work, there haven’t been much energy left for my writing. However, if you’re willing to get more frequent updates about my (dancing) life, check out my Instagram profile @riikka_eveliina where I’ve been posting weekly some of my dancing moments.
Okay, I have some news to share! Firstly, and most importantly, I’m going to Brazil for 4 weeks during my summer holidays!!! I’m so super excited about this because I have been wanting to go there for such a long time already! Actually I thought I wouldn’t have the chance to go there for the next couple of years, but then Daniel suggested I should go with him and, well… how could I say no to that?! First of all it will be great to have someone to practice with (and share the costs of privates) but I also feel safer to travel there with a guy than by myself. It is going to be an amazing trip, I tell you! Lots of training coming up for the summer.
Okay, I have some news to share! Firstly, and most importantly, I’m going to Brazil for 4 weeks during my summer holidays!!! I’m so super excited about this because I have been wanting to go there for such a long time already! Actually I thought I wouldn’t have the chance to go there for the next couple of years, but then Daniel suggested I should go with him and, well… how could I say no to that?! First of all it will be great to have someone to practice with (and share the costs of privates) but I also feel safer to travel there with a guy than by myself. It is going to be an amazing trip, I tell you! Lots of training coming up for the summer.
Secondly, I got myself a dance tattoo! I have been wanting to get a tattoo for years now and finally got it done. It turned out exactly the way I wanted: beautiful, delicate and simple. I ended up with “live love dance” since those represent kind of the three basic things for me that need to be order in life: to live in each moment, to love more each day and to keep on dancing until the end of time. I have been in a dance and exercise ban for a week because of the tattoo so I can’t wait to start moving again. I even went to a Zouk party not being able to dance! Can you imagine me in a dance party without dancing? Yeah, me neither...
Thirdly, yesterday was a big day for me: I managed to make my first proper split! Woohoo! It might not sound that groundbreaking but for someone who has been trying to get there for years it's a great feeling. Now I just got the other side to catch up the more flexible one...
I also have some updates that I haven't yet shared here. One thing that I have got addicted during this year has been my pre-work morning workouts. Before I had an assumption that I didn’t have time to have a gym membership because basically all of my weekday evenings were (and still are) spent in some sort of dance classes. However, my colleague inspired me to try out going to gym before work, and I can tell you that good exercise, hot sauna, cold shower and breakfast (which is served every morning at my gym) is maybe the best way to start off a day! At first waking up early and dragging my still half-sleeping body to gym was a bit of a struggle but now if I skip my morning exercise I feel less energetic and focused at work. As a cherry on a top, I have some great colleagues who motivate me even more to set that alarm a bit earlier to meet them at the gym before we get to the office.
What comes to my dance classes, I think I managed to choose quite a perfect mix of them for this season, though maybe one more solo class would have done good for me. I’ve been really enjoying my jazz classes and also been extremely happy with the technique-concentrated WCS classes. However, this dance season is actually coming to its end already: my WCS classes ended this week and there are only few more weeks left for Zouk. I was thinking of taking couple of summer courses before Brazil – how else could I spend my evenings if there wasn’t any dancing?
In addition to the dance classes I have been doing some acroyoga / partner acrobatics regularly with one of my friend during this year and I have been loving it so much. We've had a short break of our practices, though, because of his injury few weeks back and I already miss our session really badly. Please get well soon, okay!
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| One of our acro practices at Kisahalli. |
During the last few months I've had the pleasure of having Daniel visiting here couple of times to hang out and to have dance practices with. Such a nice thing to have someone like him in my life! We've also had some visiting Zouk teachers coming over to Helsinki: Kadu and Larissa had a great workshop weekend few weeks back. So, every time someone asks me what I have been up to lately, the answer is quite simple: work, dance and workouts – and loving every second of it!
