Everybody Dance! 🕺

Let that groove take over.

💿Tracklist
🪩Dance Floor: The Groupchat’s Remedies For Sickness 🤧
📻Stereo: Everybody Dance! 🕺(And what dance means to Lisa Leslie)
🪘Conga Line: Beware of Added Sugars ☠️(What’s NOT in My Shopping Cart) ❌

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Everybody Dance! 🕺

(And what dance means to Lisa Leslie)

Dancing is more than just a physical release or hobby, it's an act of self-expression. A testament to one's self-esteem. “This is who I am inside, and you’re blessed to be able to see it.”

To dance with abandon, to let go of the ego and immerse in the rhythm of life requires a profound sense of self-belief. It's an act of vulnerability and strength. When you’re dancing, there’s no need to worry. When you decide to start moving, you’re giving people a show, and creating an audience, letting them know that you’ve got this.

To have rhythm, to be able to feel the beat and move with it requires a deep understanding of self and surroundings. It is an indicator of the most primal synergy. When I’m really feeling it, I’m thrust out of the driver’s seat — my ancestral spirit takes control.

The bassline overpowers me with the groove.

This isn’t just woo-woo spiritual talk either, and no I’m not on shrooms. Dance is our most native way of communicating, as it predates spoken language evolution. We can see this in babies, who dance along to music and express themselves before they speak or understand words. You’re born with the funk!

I find it beautiful that dance is so native and unique to humans. It’s one of the truest forms to express who we are and how we are feeling. It’s like a status update.

Sometimes, like moods, dancing can feel foreign and inaccessible. It can be icky and embarrassing, especially in public. But why? It feels like another example of humans growing distant from our carefree, baby mindsets.

We should always strive to reach that euphoric place, and dancing is a viable road.

So, I invite you to let this song, or any song that gets you moving, be a reminder to love yourself in all your unique glory and to dance like no one's watching.

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EDIT: I wrote the above piece on Thursday night. On Friday, I interviewed the legendary and wonderful Lisa Leslie.

Stay tuned for the full interview and podcast over the coming weeks. This content will be exclusive to premium Down to Earth subscribers, so be sure to grab your subscription today.

As fate would have it, we fell into discussing the magic of dancing. The timing of Lisa’s words was so serendipitous that I am happy to share them in advance.

🎙️🎧

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Beware of Added Sugars ☠️ (What’s NOT in My Shopping Cart) 🛒 ❌