My very first Baruch Student Life event was Move Ya Body (Black history month event)!!
Truly unexpected joy as soon as I entered. As I walked in to the rehearsal studio a little late, I recognized six people in a circle on the floor in crisscross apple sauce style listening to some African Hymn. I calmly asked the photographer if I was able to join still and she replied with such excitement, “Sure!!”.
As I joined the circle, I immediately fell into place. Following the yoga techniques of relaxations. I closed my eyes, took deep breaths, repeated motivational sentences such as, “Know your worth!” and “Be Strong!”. The instructor then asked us while mediating to figure out one word that you would like to become coinciding with the hymn ‘I AM’ repeated over and over again. As I was searching for this word, I felt hands come across my shoulders, instantly relaxing me.
As we took our final steps to cool down, she paused the music and asked us individually what word do we want to become. My word was fearless because I deal with a lack of confidence, especially when it regards expressing my emotions or feelings towards someone I deeply care about. I repress certain emotions because I am afraid of the consequences. As I explained to the group, there is a certain girl I have deep feelings towards. We established that we are great friends, but I am afraid of losing that friendship in hopes for something more. One member stated that if we were really friends that she would understand and continue even if the outcome was not in my favor. That made me take a step back and ponder on my situation. From that statement, my instructor asked,” when are u gonna tell her?”. I responded with a clear mind,” Soon because I am FEARLESS!”. She then continued to go across the entire circle, finding solutions, planning actions to achieve other fellow member’s goals.
Coming to the end of the session, I could feel a sense of clarity upon myself. Understanding what I need to do in order to become the person I want. I had fun, I was relaxed and sure of myself for the first time in a long time. That session really brought the only joy to a very tedious day of work. I decided to request e-mails for the following sessions, only after I asked for a selfie!!
Move Ya Body! I regret I didn’t get to attend the event, even though Nelli and I were talking about it. Judging by Luke’s clear and well-composed description, it sounded like a lot of fun, and relaxing as well. I think this encourages me to attend future sessions, with what seems like an awesome group of people. And we all do need to take a break and chill once in a while.