Ombailamos

Um, "ombailamos"?

What does that mean, anyway?

It's an invented word, a combination of "om" (all you yogis out there know this one) which roughly means "God, the Universe, and Everything," and "bailamos," which is Spanish for "let's dance."

Though it may be a cliche to say so-and-so changed my life, dancing really did change mine. I'll talk more about that later. Right now I am going to dance into the kitchen and fix a cup of tea.

Moultrie Creek estuary, St. Augustine, FL

Hi, it's me

So I was talking to my sister about setting up this very blog, and how I needed to take care of X and Y and Z before I could get started, and how I was basically kind of a dope about technical stuff and it always seems to take me three times as long as I think it should to do things on the computer, and (whine/excuse/rationalize), and she said "just launch the blog already, who the heck cares?" or words to that effect.

So here I am.

Welcome to entry 1. This will be a blog devoted to Ombailamos, a personal-training and lifestyle philosophy that will be subject of many future posts, and to Red Carpet DanceSport, a ballroom dance-oriented line of discussion and source of information. I will post information on how to contact me, what my training and teaching fees are, where I practice, etc etc ad infinitum.

For now, Hi! I am a certified personal trainer through NASM (more info at nasm.org) and am nearing completion of a preparatory course as a ballroom dance instructor; will take my certification exams, and begin teaching, this summer. I've been a ballroom dancer for over eleven years and a yoga practitioner for over fifteen.

"Ombailamos" is about discovering the freedom of movement. I look forward to exploring it with you.