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When You Feel Like You're Not Good Enough on the Dance Floor
There are moments after a social dance, after a convention, or after a competition when someone will come up to me and ask a question that I know all too well: "How do I stop feeling like everyone is better than me?" Or… "I don't think people enjoy dancing with me." Or… "Maybe I just don't belong here." If I'm being completely honest, I can relate to those feelings more than you know. In fact, there have been seasons in my life when those very thoughts became so loud that I s
Shalay Andrus
2 days ago6 min read


Commitment: The Small Choices That Change Everything
I often find myself in conversations with others about commitment. What does it really mean? The interesting thing is that commitment seems to mean something different to everyone. According to Webster's Dictionary, commitment is defined as: "A promise or firm decision to do something." Simple enough, right? Yet when we start applying commitment to our lives, things become much more complex. Commitment in a relationship may look very different than commitment to a career. Com
Shalay Andrus
Jun 146 min read


Finding Balance in Life: What 13 Dance Events Taught Me About Alignment
Balance is not something we find once and keep forever. It is an ongoing practice of listening, adjusting, and honoring what feels aligned in each season of life. Through dance, motherhood, business, breathwork, and movement, I learned that what serves us one year may not serve us the next. The key is learning to listen to your body, release comparison, and trust your own path. Have I Found the Right Balance? Balance. This is something that is constantly on my mind. I find my
Shalay Andrus
Jun 55 min read


When Knowing Wasn’t Enough: How Breath, Movement, and Awareness Began Rewiring My Healing Journey
A couple of nights ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with what felt like a profound insight. At least profound for me. You know those moments when something you’ve been learning, hearing, and perhaps even teaching… suddenly lands differently? When truth moves from being something your mind understands into something your soul fully feels? That was one of those moments. And it shifted something deep within me. But before I share that insight, I need to give you a littl
Shalay Andrus
May 267 min read
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