GETTING OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE

Sometimes the best way to get OUT of your comfort zone is to do so with PEOPLE you are comfortable with!

This past weekend our competition team dancers did just that. They had their annual in-studio intensive with Epic Dance, Inc. at Liberty Dance Center. They took a total of 4 challenging classes each day of the weekend. They learned new combos, got new feedback from new teachers and learned new skills. 

Was it hard? For sure! But as the teachers from Epic Dance Inc. (and we do at LDC) told them…that’s when you grow! We always hope our dancers take away at least one new nugget to improve as both dancers and as people. 

It also provided some great team bonding both during class and during snack breaks and a pizza party!

But you don’t have to attend a dance intensive to get out of your comfort zone. Here are a few other ways to do so:

• Stand in a different spot in class

• Take a new style of dance, maybe one that sort of scares you

• Volunteer to lead the line across the floor or go in group one. 

• Ask a question to the teacher if you don’t normally do so

• Meet a new friend by simply saying hello!

 Not a dancer and want to get out of your comfort zone? Here are a few of my favorite ways to do so:

• Travel! It doesn’t need to be anywhere far and exotic (although that is always great!). Simply visit a new town on the weekend or go to a new coffee shop.

• Read a style of book you don’t normally read. Non fiction, historical fiction, romance, suspense…so many great ones out there!

• Sign up for something that scares you! My favorite is a run/walk. There are SO many out there and the culture at races is so awesome. I signed up for my first half marathon after only running 3 miles. It scared me, but signing up “forced” me to do something I wasn’t sure I could.

• Take a class. That could be our adult dance class (mamas, I am talking to you!). And online course or an art class. 

Whatever you do, do something once a month that pushes you out of your comfort zone. Then at the end of the year, look back and see how far you’ve come!!

~Miss Kate