Remember me?
Where have I been? Why did I stop writing? I know youāre probably wondering these questions. As most of you know, Iāve always been honest with my opinions, and I do tend to wear my heart on my sleeve. So I feel its only right that I be honest with my readers.
Thereās really not just one reason why I stopped writing, thereās a few. Itās NOT because I donāt love writing, or that Iām not passionate about dance anymore, this is not the case at all. The first reason is, at the time when I stopped being active on my blog, I was going through a lot personally. As you all know I formerly resided in Toronto. At the time I was a bit frustrated with myself because I hadnāt achieved some personal goals (career, financial, etc.) like I had wanted to. So I decided to take a step back and re-evaluate my life. Initially this is what stopped me from writing, because I needed to take some time to focus on myself. After doing so, I decided that the best decision for me, at the time, was to move back home to Ottawa, save some money, recheck goals, and then to return to Toronto. So yes, I now live in Ottawa. So I guess this means I should change my name to OttawaSalsera? NOPE, not happening! Iām a Toronto (or should I say TorOUNO) girl through and through. I have now been living in Ottawa for a year, as of March 1st.
Initially my plan was to continue with my blog here in Ottawa, as well as including posts about Montreal (because Montreal has an amazing salsa scene as well). Unfortunately, three weeks into living in Ottawa I suffered a bad accident. Ok ready for this? Because itās pretty cringe worthy⦠I partially tore my ACL and sustained a tear in my meniscus. What does this mean? To break it down, everything I was used to doing in my life (dancing 3-4 days a week, working out daily) I could no longer do, at all. When the doctor told me about my injury my first question was, āwill I be able to compete?ā I had been planning to compete at the World Latin Dance Cup that year. The doctor said āNo, you canāt train seriously for at least a year, because dance is pivotal movement which could cause further injury.ā I was crushed. To be honest I was in denial. About a month after the injury I went social dancing (I know pretty stupid) and realized, of course, I couldnāt dance. This was the first time it really hit me. I was in disbelief. I cried many times. I really went through a sort of depression. I think most of my readers will know by now that dance WAS my life. I danced on a couple teams, I performed, I practiced 3-4 days a week, I went to socials. Dance wasnāt just a hobby. It was my passion yes, but it was also my social life. I danced when I was happy, sad, frustrated, mad. Dancing was my way of expressing myself and releasing energy that I couldnāt have in any other way. My best friends, still to this day, Iāve met through dance related functions.
I am now happy to say I finally see some light at the end of the tunnel. It has been a year since the accident and I am healing wonderfully. I have been working out consistently which has built the strength in surrounding muscles of the injury. I now am able to social dance. I am not 100% at socials, I would say Iām 80% myself, and I still do have to be very careful. Recently I went to a social and danced pretty hard for 4 hours straight. I felt fine. I was staying at my friendās house in Toronto, and in the middle of the night I woke up in extreme pain from my previous injury. I then couldnāt walk properly for two days. So yes, I am nowhere near 100%, but I am so happy with how Iām healing. At this point Iām just happy I can social dance! Slowly, little by little Iāll get back to where I was, but right now Iām just truly grateful. Grateful I can walk, so I can dance! Appreciate your body my salseras and salseros, after all it is our instrument, take care of it.
But here is the happy ending to my long story⦠IāM BACK! Iām back at full force, and ready to write, interview, and share videos of the Ottawa salsa scene and some of my Montreal salsa adventures. Another aspect Iām going to be adding to my blog, and that people have been asking me for sometime now, is reviews. Now please donāt think that these reviews are going to be negative. For those who are regular readers, you know I always aim to be positive and create positive posts. I donāt believe in negative comments or energy. My reviews will aim to review the overall atmosphere of socials, events, and congresses. Iāll do this by taking all things into consideration, like the type of Latin music thatās being played, the level of dancing, the venue. Some events cater towards beginners, for example, and thatās fantastic! But then there are events that cater towards a more advanced crowd that might intimidate beginners. My blog is and has always been about providing information. I want the Latin dance community to continuously grow, and as you grow you develop, and learn and change. I want our community to be constantly growing and evolving for the better.
In saying this, I also have some awesome new interviews to put up. I even have a special interview from an internationally recognized Bachata instructor. Hmm who could it be? Well my salseras and salseros, I guess youāll just have to keep one eye open on my blog and see ;)
xo Confessions Of A Salsera













