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On Friday night — “boxing day” as the Brits call it — I practiced by myself in the kitchen of my flat, for about 60 minutes (recap video below). Prior to practicing, I had watched about 4-5 videos from my previous practice sessions with Kev, with the intention to select a few different areas to focus…
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I took (5) 1:1 dance privates with Francesa Miles over the past few months in 2025. Reflecting on that experience, while there are quite a number of dance exercises that I found useful, three in particular stood out to me, two of which I’ll share below. Exercise 1 – Randomly selecting a “foundation” and pairing…
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I’m writing the below on a Saturday evening (December 13th, 2025), while sipping on tea from Tea House Theater, located in Vauxhall (London). Although I more or less shut down my software (consulting) business earlier this year, Crossbill close down officially as of December 04, 2025. As I type this out, a few questions come…
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Practicing dance has started to both look different and feel different. That is, the way I am approaching dance practice changed (I think it will continue to change change and evolve) based on both recent conversations with Kev (aka DJ Renegade) as well training directly (both group and individual) with him. I’m inching close to…
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After I recently finished reading “The subtle art of not giving a f*ck”, I’ve made the choice that at the end of this year, after December 23 — final court hearing for child arrangements for my daughter — I will begin (online/app) dating actively. Although, like many others of my generation, I much rather prefer…
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The last few days the shooting pain (i.e. sciatic nerve) traveling up and down my right leg caused moments of misery however I was reminded that injuries are a type of setback and setbacks are part and parcel of the journey towards elite levels of performance. Lessons learned What are some of the ways I…
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Tuesdays have become my training days. 4pm-6pm, my own organized Tuesday Training session. Following that, 7pm-9pm at Kev’s Kitchen. And though today is today, I am sitting out due to a hamstring injury (more about the injury over at Stretch Therapy Forum) Because I’m nursing this injury tonight, I decided to try and spend a…
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I sometimes doubt decisions I make. I sometimes question what I’m doing. I sometimes lack conviction. But there’s one decision I made 1.5 years ago that I know, deep down in my bones, is the right decision for me: reorganizing my life to maximize time spent with my (6 year old) daughter. What sparked this…
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I’ve been told throughout my life that I have a tendency to rush. I struggle with boredom, which according to Brené Brown can be defined as “uncomfortable state of wanting to engage in a satisfying activity, but being unable to do it.” People throughout my life would often (with good intention) kindly suggest that I…
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With my eyes still slightly shut, I slowly rose to consciousness this morning when suddenly, through the not so sound proof windows connecting my bedroom to the front garden, I heard the muffled sound of the dumpster truck slowing makes it way down the street. Based on decibal level of the metal claw wrapping its…