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What a special time in the ballroom last night! It was level passing time, and I was able to move up to the final bronze level. Each milestone represents hours and hours of work, I am so grateful to my instructors @tilemachosfatsis @hectorl3 @vadon.barnabas @elisavetmantani who have each played a role along my dance journey. And, my dear husband, @anthonymercado2022 who has supported me along the way. My heart is full of gratitude for each of you! Dancing has ignited a fire in me. It feeds my creative spirit. It has literally transformed my life. I am so grateful to everyone at @fadscypress! Dancing is life, and I am loving every minute of it! 🩷💃🕺🪩

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We’re still on a dance high after our Havana Nights event last weekend 🍸

Big thanks to @grupokache for their amazing band, @fadscypress dancers, @dj_jlaw epic remixes and of course YOU!

Feel like you missed out? Keep an eye out for more events like these on our LT app!

#loveyourlife #lifetimecypress #lifetime

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Only a few months into Smooth, and I already love how much there is to discover in it… more space, more movement, more room to expand. ✨

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2026 Lonestar Dance Challenge #waltz #foxtrot #smooth #americansmooth Explore the exciting world of ballroom photography at www.stephenmarino.com

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HAVANA NIGHTS — Escape to Havana for an adults-only evening under the stars.

Dress in your best all-white attire and listen to live Latin music by Grupo KaChe, dance with a dancer or two from Fred Astaire Dance Studio, and enjoy delicious food and drinks from the LifeCafe bistro as the pool deck transforms into a tropical nighttime escape. Keep the party going as the DJ JLaw takes over for a late-night celebration filled with music, dancing, and Havana-inspired ambiance.

SATURDAY SEPT 26TH. 7PM - 11PM
Members are also offered Extended Parents Night Out

Sign up in the LT app under “Events”
Not a member? Email Bspeer@LT.Life!

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A little West Coast improv before we hit the competition floor in ONE WEEK!

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A lot of life happened while I was away from this space. And somewhere in those years, I started dancing. 💃🏻

What began as something I was curious about slowly became one of the biggest parts of my life. So as I start sharing more of who I am and what my life looks like now, it feels only right to finally bring this part of me here too.

And I figured I should start somewhere close to the beginning.

This is one of my earlier Argentine Tango performances, from a very different chapter in my dancing. Watching it back now is such a strange experience because I can feel how much has changed. Not just in the way I dance, but in the way I understand movement, connection, confidence, and myself.

There’s something pretty incredible about having a record of who you were while you were still becoming who you are.

Dance has become a much bigger part of my life since this performance. I’ve trained more, competed more, explored completely different styles, and fallen much deeper in love with the process.

And somewhere along the way, as my worlds of counseling, yoga, and dance started colliding, I became increasingly curious about something I want to explore much more here:

What happens when we stop thinking about movement only as something we do with our bodies and start paying attention to what it can teach us about ourselves?

I don’t have all the answers. In fact, it’s something I hope to spend a very long time learning about.

But I do know this:

I’m a very different dancer from the woman in this video.

And I’m really grateful she started. ❤️

More of this part of me to come. 💃🏻 #dance #movement #mentalhealth #tangoargentino #happyplace

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Well… hi. 🤍

It’s been almost five years since I really showed up here, and how exactly do you summarize five years of a life?

The two tiny humans who once occupied so much of this page aren’t tiny anymore. They’re growing into their own people, and I’ve become more intentional about allowing their lives and images to belong to them. Motherhood is still one of the biggest parts of who I am, but their stories are theirs.

I’m still a wife. Still a mama. Still a yogi. But I’ve also discovered new pieces of myself.

One of the biggest has been dance. 💃🏻

I fell unexpectedly in love with Argentine tango, and eventually ballroom entered the picture and apparently decided to take over a significant portion of my life. 😂 Dance has challenged me, brought me ridiculous amounts of joy, and sparked a fascination with the relationship between our minds and bodies.

And then, because apparently I wasn’t busy enough, I went back to graduate school.

I returned to GWU for my master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling. What began as a career change has started to feel like different pieces of my life finding their way toward one another: counseling, mental health, relationships, yoga, movement, and dance.

And then this year, life changed in a way I never would have chosen.

I lost my mom.

I’m still learning what it means to write that sentence, let alone live it. I don’t have a profound takeaway or beautiful lesson to attach to losing her. I miss her. I love her. And I’m learning that grief can exist right alongside joy, parenting, dancing, laughing, working, loving, and continuing to live.

For a minute, I wondered if coming back here meant I needed to start over.

But Buddha Belly Mama was always about the person I was becoming. And she’s still here.

Just five years older, raising bigger kids, still married to the same wonderful human, dancing considerably more, becoming a counselor, grieving her mom, still practicing yoga, and increasingly fascinated by where mental health and movement meet.

So I’m not starting over.

I’m just picking up the story from here. 🤍

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FAWC 2026: Pro Heats- Rising Star Open International Latin (Samba)

If you see this in your feed, it’s a sign you need dance in your life!! You too can become a Champion, or even just a good social dancer!!!- Click the link in our bio and start your dance journey today!… To be the best, you have to learn from them!

#fawc2026 #fredastaire #bestinballroom

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FAWC 2026: Pro Heats- Rising Star Open International Latin (Cha Cha)

If you see this in your feed, it’s a sign you need dance in your life!! You too can become a Champion, or even just a good social dancer!!!- Click the link in our bio and start your dance journey today!… To be the best, you have to learn from them!

#fawc2026 #fredastaire #bestinballroom

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FAWC 2026: Pro Heats- Closed American smooth -
Viennese waltz 1

If you see this in your feed, it’s a sign you need dance in your life!! You too can become a Champion, or even just a good social dancer!!!- Click the link in our bio and start your dance journey today!… To be the best, you have to learn from them!

#fawc2026 #fredastaire #bestinballroom

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FAWC 2026: Pro Heats- Closed American Smooth -
Foxtrot

If you see this in your feed, it’s a sign you need dance in your life!! You too can become a Champion, or even just a good social dancer!!!- Click the link in our bio and start your dance journey today!… To be the best, you have to learn from them!

#fawc2026 #fredastaire #bestinballroom

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