Sunday, March 8, 2015

Sunday Chatter

Sunday Chatter

Negative thoughts. You know how damaging they can be, and yet they seem to creep into our brains no matter how hard we try to lock them out. I’ve talked before about focusing on the positive, and this idea is heard so often today that it almost (sadly) becomes meaningless – blending into the background chatter in our heads.

Well, enough! Thinking positively is as much of a habit as anything in our dance technique, and we all know how to develop good dance habits. Practice, practice practice. The same way a musician gets to Carnegie Hall (old joke).

We practice eliminating negative thoughts by replacing each one that pops up with a positive one. And we do this as immediately as possible. If the though is: I am terrible at pirouettes, replace it with …my pirouettes are getting better …; and/or, use a thought that focuses your mind in another, more practical direction:  I will pliĆ© more before each pirouette…

It isn’t easy. But we don’t study dance (or anything, for that matter) because it is easy. We do it because we love the challenge and the accomplishments associated with it. It is the same with changing your way of thinking. Practice changing the chatter in your head to more practical, and eventually more positive, thoughts.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Motivational Secret #66:  
“Stamp out negative thoughts with practical ones.”

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Quote of the Day:
“Be cautious with what you feed your mind and soul. Fuel yourself with positivity and let that fuel propel you into positive action.”
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

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