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He is a celebrity fitness trainer or Dame minister, 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:18.519 former ballet dancer, Weldness expert motivational speaker, founder, owner of 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.920 Braced Life Studios, and founder of the Twenty Day Challenge 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:25.919 wellness program. He's known in the fitness community as the Mind, Body, 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:29.200 Soul Connector. He has been seen on Good Morning America, 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:33.480 The View, The Food Network, Shape Magazine, Self Magazine, New 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:37.760 York Daily News, Bloomberg Business Week, and b ET dot Com. 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.480 Please welcome to Money Making Conversation for the very first time, 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:45.919 Mr Robert brace Hey. Thank you for having me and 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:47.760 to lay out there. Man. Yeah, a lot that's going 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:49.720 on in your life, man, for credits are all about 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:56.120 huh yeah, yeah, but it's still good show. Okay, gotta 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:59.600 gotta give us the background on the accent. Okay. On 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:04.280 originally from London, England, and I moved to New York 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:09.440 in my twenties to be a professional ballet and modern dancer. 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:13.600 So that's where that's where the accents comes from. Now, 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:18.200 I was reading your by always a soloist ballet dancer. Yes, 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:21.440 I was a soloist at the Metropolitan Opera ballet Um. 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:24.520 That was one of the things I did during my career. 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:28.600 I actually paying in scholarship to the Albany School just 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.720 for the summer, I'm supposed to go back to England 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.640 and I just never made it back. I've been her 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:37.560 under since so um so yeah, well you know, I 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:39.760 really I brought that up solo wids. You know that 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:42.480 you have that by yourself. That means that you know, slouch, 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.280 you have to have your skill game together, oh for sure. 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:50.280 Well yeah, coming to New York, New York, New York 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.360 as a beast and uh, you know, to to compete 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:55.840 here and especially to come from an other country, you 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.960 got to be serious affective game. Um so yeah, it was. 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:00.800 It was good. I had a good trying perform in 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:02.960 New York. Well great New York is one of my 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.360 favorite cities. It was the funny story I would share 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.720 with you. I was in New York yesterday being interviewed 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.600 by London Rio my man Brian Rose. He was in 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.920 town and uh, he was doing an interview on one 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:20.560 one oh two Mulberry Street, and I realized that, I say, 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:22.800 you know, I do all my my research, and I 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:25.120 looked up and I went, I think Robert Robert prices 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.479 on the street at one thirty two. So I rolled 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.839 down to one thirty two, you right above Birt Toe's clamhouse. 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.440 Uh tweet two E walked up the stairs at one level, 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.520 knocked the ring wrong, the bell a couple of times. 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:41.000 You know, they want to be banging, banging, banking, banging, 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:43.680 And I said, okay, I was surprised if with a 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.320 good story that I oh, you know, that's how I am, man. 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:48.800 I I try to really relate to the people who 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.320 come on my show of half time to go by 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.480 and shake their hands and say Hi, that's what all 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:59.760 I was doing yesterday. Awesome. Next, that would have been great. Well, 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:01.880 you said it was impromptu because of the fact that 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:04.479 my original interview was at one and then it was 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:07.359 that big parade that was going on in that area 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.000 yesterday and they pushed it down to three o'clock so 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.599 they can avoid the noise. And that allowed me to 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.120 really sit down and research where I was at. And 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:17.320 I just noticed your address and I went, I got 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.279 at least I got at least tell him I came by. 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:23.279 At least even I don't see him. Now, Now, why 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.240 did you choose your studio location at one thirty two 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:32.960 Mallberry Street, Unit to eat? You said, yes, uh number two, 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:37.000 You said, why did I choose that location? Sir, uh. Well, 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.479 we originally were in Soho and I had two partners 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:45.000 and great people, but the business was more parlates and 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.880 it wasn't really really aligned with what we were doing, 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.280 and we came to the end of our least. Now, 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:55.040 one of the things that's unique about our business, which 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:59.080 were very proud of, we train all everybody's welcome, were inclusive, 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:04.760 but we have a very strong African American high performing 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:10.400 female clientele UM and we you know, we'll get into 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:12.280 it in a bit. I imagine that we're about the mind, 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:16.760 body and soul. With my career as a dancer and 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:21.400 then I was also a minister in home for six 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.440 years where my wife I wanted a space where we 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:28.320 could explore how to connect mind, body and soul in 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:33.000 the place that especially black women, women of color could 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:37.360 feel safe. And you know, the Leader is a great location. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:41.160 People can get to it and anywhere our specific location 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.520 and you know, and more practically, it was one of 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:48.159 the only spaces in New York that already had the 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:53.479 soundproofing UM already built in. So I saved quite a 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:55.960 bit of money doing that, but but that was it. 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:58.880 That was it. Now you're you're saying something interesting. You say, 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:04.359 we're women of can feel safe. What does that mean? Well, listen, 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:11.840 UM a few things. One I'll tell us storry deborately, 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.960 who's you know, pharmacy of the t She invited me 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:18.920 to do a wellness workshop. She has this accomplished call 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:21.520 leading women to fined. It's a hundred and fifty of 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:25.800 the highest profile women in business and entertainment and the anthropy. 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.960 So UM, we went out there and I did a 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:33.560 workshop which was fitness, but there was also a meditation, 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:37.400 There was also affirmations. UM, there was those spiritual as well. 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:42.240 And in that um, in that worldshop, we had I 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:46.000 had people coming up to me, UM, crying and saying, 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.200 thank you so much for seeing us, thank you so 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.960 much for thinking about us. And then when I go 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.440 to events, we had different corporate partners. We had partners 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.240 with the Athletic Store and done stuff with rebook then 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:02.480 and and then in women coming up and saying, you know, 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:06.680 we don't have a place that weekly go that celebrates us, 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:11.920 that celebrates connects who we are, where our bodies. We 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:15.520 don't have to steel like we are other and and 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:19.680 so for me it's um, it's just a badge of 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:23.880 honor to be able to support uh black women. And 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:27.200 we have an incredible clientele, like I said, Double Lee Angela, 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:32.640 Ry June Ambrose, Um, we have all of these fantastic women, 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:37.280 Lisa Price, Carol's daughter, and so if don't forget my 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:41.199 girl w BLS Days of Dasa, who has been with 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.560 us from day on when we had no gym we had, 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.440 we were just in, you know, renting out spaces Desil 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:51.080 who's awesome, UM, so shout out to her and she's 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:56.120 doing awesome things as well. But but yeah, we um, 0:08:56.240 --> 0:09:00.480 they felt like they wanted a community that selled related them, 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.640 and we even created a book called The Magic, which 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:08.720 celebrates the rollers journeys of Black women and and so yeah, 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.640 that's that's a badge of honor for us. Look, I'm 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.800 married to a beautiful Black women and the two beautiful 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.000 black daughters, and my life is also an entrepreneur um 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:22.320 and so I see daily the struggle that she goes 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.960 with in terms of uh doing doing what she needs 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.240 to do out there with her business, but also managing 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:31.480 her stress levels and all that. So I'm surrounded by it. 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:35.439 So it's just you know, something I'm very touching about. Well, 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:37.360 you should stay that where I have six sisters, so 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:41.000 I feel and it it can relate to being able to 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.600 UH their pain that their pain is women and pain 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.719 is African American or black women. Is a different experience 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.480 and it should be understood as a different experience. It should, 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:53.200 but in the study needs to be communicated differently, handled differently, 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:57.120 and realize that their challenges should be recognized and also 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:01.480 appreciated their efforts to overcome those challenges. Then that's part 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:04.080 of the whole mind body and soul connector you know 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.400 that you have that, that's your monica known in the 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:11.880 Finnish community, is the mind body soul connector talk about that? Yes? Well, 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.959 I think when it comes to mind body and soul 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.080 it can almost seem ethereal. Like you, you can't put 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.960 your finial on exactly what it is. And so I 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:25.720 think it's really important to clearly define it for people 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.559 and make the connection. And so what do I mean 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:30.960 in the most basic form is this? You know, like 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.720 I said, I have a church background, and when you 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:38.199 think of any kind of faith based organization or doesn't 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.920 have to be an organization, any spiritual part right, what 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:46.400 people are typically looking for is UH spiritual qualities like joy, 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:50.160 like peace, a sense of control over their life, a 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:53.640 sense of control over their mind, and clear thinking. And 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:57.800 so we go to these built on the spiritual part 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:01.400 in search of these qualities. What I found when I 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.640 was dancing and when I started to move is that 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.360 I would I would be feeling these things that I 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.520 just thought it was because I was enjoying my dance 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:12.480 career and living my life. But once you really connect 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.480 with movement, you start to understand that when you move, 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:19.439 your body produces serotonin. Sarah Toonin is known as the 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:23.079 joy hormone because it produces joy. So if you've ever 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.440 had a workout and you come out feeling great about yourself, 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.720 that's the Sarah tolingly what and dolphins are also produced 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:30.960 when you work out, and in dolphins are known to 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.320 give you a sense of calm and peace and actually 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:37.200 relieve the symptoms of depression and anxiety as much as 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.840 prescription meditation. So you move your body, you you work out, 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:46.160 you get joy, you get peace. Exercise gives your gives 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.440 increases the prioritizing function of your brain. So if you 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:53.160 are prone to eating too much, shocking, too much, whatever, 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.480 too much and you need a sense of control over 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.640 your life and your decisions. Exercise does that for you. 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.120 It gives you and also more options to the brain 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.200 so you can think more clearly. I could go on, 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:07.080 but those qualities of joy, a peace, sense of control, 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:12.599 thinking can all be accessed through the temple of your body. 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.760 And what we try to do in our workouts is 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:21.360 everything from when you walk in, the energy producing drinks 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.160 that you're given, the workout that you're given, where you're 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:28.040 connecting with other people, increasing that sense of joy, love 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.840 and connection. We meditate at the end of every single workout. 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.839 Um the inducers we give at the end to give 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:39.440 you that sense of control over your appetite and a 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.679 sense of calm over your well being. So even at 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:47.160 the end of each session we meditate. We give our plants, cooling, 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:51.880 agil masks, our calm the spirit they get chills. I 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:55.000 like the fact that can I just tell you this, uh, Robert, 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:57.880 that whole meditating thing I think is important because I'm 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.199 a guy. I'm just talking about right now out and 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.440 I know you're dealing with women of color, but you know, 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.840 I'm so hyper in the system. I gotta go. I'm 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:08.840 tied to time I woke up at the same time 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:12.880 every day. That to me really calms you. You know, 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:16.080 I think that's the de stressor in your whole process, 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.600 is telling you, hey, don't run out the door. Let's 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.960 let's relax, let's let's let's bring all that down and 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:24.400 let's think about Well you're that's the that's the soul 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:28.679 connecting part of it, is it? Well, absolutely absolutely, and 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.640 and what you just said is absolutely correct. Is helping 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.559 people understand it's okay to slow down for five to 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:39.680 ten minutes, to meditate, get your breathing right, focus your 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:43.280 mind because you know people maybe something well I don't 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.360 know how to meditate. I can't do it. And what 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.680 we have is more of a guided meditation, so it 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:52.120 helps you through um. But yeah, it's so important to stop, 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:57.520 take a moment and be present. And yeah, that's what 0:13:57.640 --> 0:13:59.480 we try to give our clients because you know, it's 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.000 important at all. You know, we all want to be successful, 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.679 we all want to drive and and New York is 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.880 already everybody stays it's in high stress. It's a high 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.520 stress city. You know, people push you around, its crowded, 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.720 you have traffic. You know, you can eat on the 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:14.920 streets you can eat. You know, there's so many different 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:18.000 layers of movements, so many ethnic groups just just keeps crossing. 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.720 As you cross the street, you can be amongst five 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:24.240 or six different ethnic groups. And so when you when 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:27.560 you speaking different languages as well, and so when you're 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:30.440 dealing with that level of stress, you know, I get 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:33.880 up in morning, like four o'clock, and I think about 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.400 incorporate what you're talking about more so because I do that, 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.360 I kind of go downstairs and my my room, I 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:42.000 stretch and and but I turn on the TV. I 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:44.320 think I'm ana turn off the TV and then just 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.800 start talking to myself more and just just getting myself 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.840 more and more focused for the day. Because that's good 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.800 advice that you're giving to everybody, and and it's relatable 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:57.600 with everybody. Slow it down, think about what your day is, 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:00.680 think about what you just accomplishing, Like appreciate who you are, 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.480 Appreciate your surroundings, connect with your body, and feel good 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:07.400 about the opportunities that this day is giving you that 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:09.760 you're being blessed with. That's the that's the that's the 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.880 minister side of you that comes in and and moves 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:16.720 us forward, which is awesome. Absolutely, absolutely. I think the 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:18.560 first hour of your day and the lost hour of 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:24.960 your day are very important. I'm loving this interview, my friend. 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:30.000 I'm talking to Robert Brace, my man. He's the money, mind, body, 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.680 soul connector. 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People always talk about I got a resolution. 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:26.640 I want to change my life, whether it's weight or gain, 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.720 or dating or habits they feel they need to break. 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.119 And it's always good to capture people when they have 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:35.600 that mindset that they want to create change. Isn't that correct, 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:39.280 Robert Oh, that is absolutely correct. You know, this is 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.000 the time of the year when everybody's thinking about that 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:46.360 change and excited about it and so I think if 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:48.960 we can just harness that feeling so it doesn't it 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:50.840 doesn't feed her out by the end of the month, 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:54.480 and then we can do some good things. We'll talk 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:56.800 to talk about this twenty eight days of workouts for 0:18:56.960 --> 0:19:00.960 my twenty eight day Challenge program that you created. Okay, So, 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:05.600 first of all, the original twenty eight day Challenge was created. 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:08.399 I had a friend of mine who was as a 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:11.520 comedic filmmaker. He wanted to make saw all of these 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.440 magazine articles where they said you can get six pack 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:17.120 ads in thirty days. Right, it comes to me, it says, 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:20.440 I want to do a video where and I want 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:23.040 to see if this connectually happened. So we went at it. 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.680 I took on the challenge and instead of thirty days, 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:29.199 we totally transformed his body in twenty eight days. And 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.640 so that was in two thousand and eleven, and at 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:34.800 the time, we got postal a million views on that video, 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:37.919 and so people started to seek me out and my 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:41.080 team or to do the twenty eight day challenge. So 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:43.000 we've been doing that for years. And then as I 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:47.639 transitioned more into mind, body and soul um that twenty 0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:53.240 eight day Challenge now includes the meditations, the affirmations and 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:57.800 also UM Mindset, Mindset and make Over points, which are 0:19:58.240 --> 0:20:02.240 little motivational stories from my training experience, from my life 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:05.280 that help you kind of see fitness in a different way. 0:20:05.520 --> 0:20:08.040 And so what we're doing at the beginning of the 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:11.520 year is if anybody goes to my Instagram which is 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:16.080 at Robert brace be our a CD, and you hit 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:17.959 the link in a buyer, you will get twenty eight 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:21.080 days of workouts from my twenty challenge program, twenty eight 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:25.200 days of guided meditations with affirmations that relieve stress, fining 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:28.239 peace and set your intentions for the year, as well 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:31.199 as twenty eight days of the wellness motivation chips and 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:34.040 insight from our personal life right. And we're also doing 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.960 in studio events which we live stream with some of 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:40.479 your favorite influences. We're just in one with Nourish Cross, 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:43.920 who is the first plus size model winner on projects 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:47.119 we're on wing UM and so it's a lot of 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:51.360 complimentary free content that you yet it's just to give 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:55.080 you everything you need for a complete mind, body and 0:20:55.200 --> 0:20:58.840 soul transformation UM, including everything that we do in our 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:03.760 twenty eight challenge, so that before you added exactly because 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:08.480 you know this is what exactly is that? What what 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:10.720 did you do? What were you did you change the 0:21:10.800 --> 0:21:14.159 food eating habits or was it specifically as she worked 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:17.320 on in the day period. Are you still use the 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:19.760 same technique or I know you've said you added the 0:21:19.760 --> 0:21:22.960 the the the meditation and the condition and all that. 0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:28.640 What was that original challenge about? Well, the original challenge, Yes, 0:21:28.680 --> 0:21:33.040 it's food and it's exercise. The background to that story 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:35.600 as when I was dancing. I started to dance late 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:38.639 my dance career. I started at fifty and I was 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:40.840 lost enough to get into a program because I was 0:21:40.840 --> 0:21:44.240 still athletic and I had some flexibility. But part of 0:21:44.320 --> 0:21:47.400 that is I was on an accelerated program and um, 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:49.840 it was great, but some of it they didn't really 0:21:49.920 --> 0:21:54.840 teach me profit technique, so I ended up I was 0:21:54.880 --> 0:21:56.920 always getting injured, and then I was one day I 0:21:57.040 --> 0:22:00.520 was in a nun's class where they're doing the big tricks. Um, 0:22:00.760 --> 0:22:03.480 and you're doing all these giants and turning in and 0:22:03.560 --> 0:22:05.800 I came down from a jump and I heard a 0:22:05.840 --> 0:22:10.080 crack in my back and yeah, in my back, and 0:22:10.359 --> 0:22:13.359 I developed a terrible back injury. I couldn't walk, I 0:22:13.400 --> 0:22:15.720 can't move my net foward or back in the school 0:22:15.720 --> 0:22:17.760 at that time, because I was on spolarship, so that 0:22:17.880 --> 0:22:21.280 if you didn't, if you don't heal um, you're gonna 0:22:21.320 --> 0:22:24.040 lose your scholarship. And all I wanted to do at 0:22:24.080 --> 0:22:28.320 that time was dance, and so I dedicated that summer 0:22:29.119 --> 0:22:33.000 um six weeks to coming into the studio, and my 0:22:33.119 --> 0:22:37.000 job was to hear my body, deconstruct movement, strengthening it, 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:39.480 make it more flexible so that I can be exactly 0:22:39.520 --> 0:22:42.480 what I needed to be to gain my sponsorships that 0:22:42.560 --> 0:22:44.280 but also to be the best dance for I could be. 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:47.520 Got a sad effect of that was I transfer. I 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:49.680 mean I came out and I was my absolute rich 0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:52.600 and my body was rich, and that the core right 0:22:52.760 --> 0:22:55.640 got that core right, huh, that care was I mean, 0:22:55.680 --> 0:22:59.680