Bachata Dance Cover - My Only One

As some of you know, I've been dancing the Afro-Latin Dance Bachata for about a year now! It was initially an outlet for me to get out from spiraling into depression but somehow it became more than that as months passed. I learned a lot about myself, deconditioned myself from being tense and critical, unleashed my sensual side, and used my sexual energy in a safe and creative endeavor. All these, I wouldn't be able to do if I didn't learn to dance again.

In this video, I'm with my ever-supportive dance partner Ziv. This was a spontaneous experience as I was "not me" sometime in May. You know those days when you just lose shit or your mind is just all over the place. And I was just feeling all these negative emotions! Most of the time, I do not know how to handle them when it becomes intense and I don't know the reason at all. Perhaps it was all those repressed emotions for the past years resurfacing.

So what I did was meet up with Ziv and just asked him to make an impromptu choreography. We made a lot of mistakes and we did a couple of takes so I just meshed up the raw footage to produce this one. When I think about it, dancing with Ziv at that time made me grounded and relieved even for just a couple of hours. Because in dancing, I get to forget all unnecessary thoughts and just get focus on the steps and music. I had fun and had a couple of laughs because of my mistakes.

This video was taken last May and was memorable since I turned 1 year in my dancing journey! 😊

Anyways, for all those struggling right now and somehow feeling lost, I do recommend you find to learn something new - perhaps learning the Bachata or delving into the world of art? Anything. You'll be amazed by the things you will learn about yourself and you'll fall in love with yourself even more!

_{Music: My Only One (No Hay Nadie Mas)
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