In High School, I was a cheerleader for a few months. \u00a0I auditioned for, and was accepted onto, the team. \u00a0At the time, I\u00a0was just beginning to gain recognition as a classical piano prodigy, but I loved dancing, and was trying to find a way to pursue both. \u00a0I was flexible, strong, energetic and enjoyed the choreography. However, eventually, I had to make a choice about my artistic passions, and the piano won that battle. \u00a0But I never stopped loving dance.<\/p>\n
Overtime, I made decent\u00a0efforts to maintain my physical flexibility, but of course, it has diminished with age. \u00a0I recently started a new workout regimen which includes sustained, focused effort on stretching, and today I\u00a0recognized some progress. \u00a0Of course, I’m not as flexible as I was at 14 years old, but I’m\u00a0pretty good for someone who spends about 15 minutes\u00a0each day dancing and stretching.<\/p>\n
I mention this because my flexibility breakthrough\u00a0made me think about flexibility in life in general. \u00a0As a musician, I’ve honed my skill set for maximum flexibility. \u00a0I have created a career for myself that allows me to be hired for a wide variety of musical\u00a0styles, whether reading or playing by ear. \u00a0I have created a teaching practice that can cater to students of all ages and all levels, complete beginner to professional. \u00a0I continue to\u00a0develop my other musical interests (singing, guitar, percussion, composing, arranging), all of which inform and enhance my piano skills. \u00a0I continue to practice yoga, and dance whenever possible. \u00a0I firmly believe that\u00a0having a flexible mindset allows me to thrive, and that by continuing to keep my body as flexible as possible reinforces the mindset. \u00a0It’s all\u00a0connected.<\/p>\n
Flexibility simply means\u00a0“the quality of bending easily without breaking”. \u00a0The opposite of flexible? \u00a0Rigor Mortis.\u00a0 Just sayin’!<\/span><\/p>\n How will you enhance your flexibility – physically, mentally, emotionally – today?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In High School, I was a cheerleader for a few months. \u00a0I auditioned for, and was accepted onto, the team. \u00a0At the time, I\u00a0was just beginning to gain recognition as a classical piano prodigy, but I loved dancing, and was trying to find a way to pursue both. \u00a0I was flexible, strong, energetic and enjoyed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1272,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions\/1272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}