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Back from Africa.....

09/07/2012 01:27:00

Hello world!
I am SO excited to write to you right now!

It has been a few weeks since I have returned from our successful Kenyan launch of our first project of the Global GROOVE Foundation http://globalgroovefoundation.com/. Check out our official blog: http://globalgroovefoundation.com/blog/

I am still in awe of what happened in the short time that we were there! SO many people have asked me how it was and what stuck out and my only response is that is was AMAZING, and that the things that really stuck out were all of the little moments, the small things, that made a HUGE difference!

Yes the women LOVED the GROOVE course (www.thegroovemethod.com), as many of them came every day to dance and reconnect to their bodies and have ridiculous fun with us. The Nutritional workshops and gardening project with Organics for Orphans was INCREDIBLE as they are SO in alignment with our mandates ideas and openness that we have with our organisation, the Global GROOVE Foundation.
I am in complete gratitude for the amazing team that we had who was so beyond anything that I could have ever imagined, or manifested.... another confirmation to me that this trip was divinely planned.

The women at Living Positive were as beautiful, open hearted and as strong as I had remembered, and I fell even more in love with Mum than ever as she shone and I saw her in a new way. Here is a brief outline of the people and things that made this trip one that will go down in history....

I will start with MY TEAM who was committed to being present on this trip. One of the best things you can do on a trip like this, and in your every day life. They soaked in, danced, loved on, cryed with and created some of the strongest bonds with each other and the women that I had ever seen in such a short time (and I have gone on MANY of these trips before).
They blew me away in every way and it just confirmed to me as to how amazing GROOVERS really are. The amount of patience, go with the flow attitude and acceptance that they emitted DAILY was astonishing and I really learned a lot from each of them.

Here is a video that one of our volunteers, Tyler Boyle made about his experience in Kenya.. .this will give you a great picture of what we experienced!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3rVsj0EekM&feature=share

THE WOMEN in Kenya, which you just saw pictures of in the last video, were absolutely amazing. These women have been through things that we cannot even imagine, and yet their spirits are so strong and they have come through wiser, more open and loving. This community is an incredibly special community that has come together to celebrate and support one another in a place where their illness, HIV/Aids, is heavily understood, and where they are oppressed and castrated from society. They are strong, beautiful and they LOVE to dance. Their energy brought many people from all around to dance with us and by the end of the day we would have 100 people dancing, connecting and meditating. It was AWESOME and gave me goosebumps and filled my heart with love and joy EVERY DAY!

MUM, who runs this organisation and has brought everyone together, is an ANGEL. She touches EVERYONE she meets and has the most loving, pure spirit that I have EVER experienced in my life. She loved on, saved and saw these women for who they could be and who they truly are and has nutured, guided and created a beautiful program, the WEEP program, and organisation, Living Positive, where these women could create a new life. She is a warrior for women. She has sacrificed and given her life for this cause and for these women. She blows my mind and I feel honoured to have the privaledge of calling her MUM and getting to spend weeks with her.
Here mum is with one of the women! She is the one on the right! Guess how old she is!?

I will be sending newsletters and updating this blog regularly about our ongoing support with this community, how we are sponsoring children, keeping them stocked with school supplies for the daycare, supporting the farming project, and the GROOVE facilitators. We will be launching a sponsor a facilitator program as well as we are paying these women for every class they teach so they can earn an income!
I cannot wait to share more but I feel that is good for now! Keep looking out for more stories, and events and keep updated on my facebook: Brooke Jillian Yantzi

if you want to be up to minute!
I look forward to dancing with you soon! Here are some upcoming events to stay inspired and stay connected!

~Your playing small does not serve the world~

I am reminded that when I am dancing, I cannot play small! So I keep dancing!

September Events!

1) YogaGROOVE- Friday Sept 7
2) Monday Evening GROOVE classes- FREE LAUNCH CLASS SEPTEMBER 10!
3) GROOVE Courses Kitchener-September 14/15 and Toronto in September and November
4) Australia GROOVE Events- Trainings, RETREAT, Enrichments

1)Yoga GROOVE

Friday Sept 7, 2012

8pm-10pm

Tula South

47 Fraser St

Toronto, Ont

Studio A

Investment: $25 advance, $30 at door

Email Brooke to Register: brookejillianyantzi@gmail.com

2) Monday GROOVE classes! Sept 10 is FREE!
I am so excited to launch our Monday Evening GROOVE classes on September 10th with amazing Master Trainers, Dani Nobrega and Daniela Goode.We are collaborating as we all travel teaching internationally and will be rotating the class!

Where: High Park Baptist Church

9 Hewitt Ave (Dundas and Roncensvalles)

5 minute walk from Dundas West Station

Time: 7-8pm

Sept 10 FREE

Cost after:

Drop in: $15

5 Class pass: $60

10 Class Pass: $100

Email Brooke to register: brookejillianyantzi@gmail.com

3)GROOVE Instructor Trainings:

Kitchener: Sept 15/16 with Nicky and Brooke http://www.thegroovemethod.com/content/kitchener-groove-instructor-training-september-15-16th

Toronto: September 29/30 with Dani and Daniela http://www.thegroovemethod.com/content/toronto-groove-instructor-training-september-29-30th

Mississauga: November 17/18 with Brooke and Dani http://www.thegroovemethod.com/content/mississauga-groove-instructor-training-november-17-18th

4) Australia GROOVE Tour!
I am SO excited about this tour as I will be going into schools, doing Master Classes, Enrichments and a Training!

Melbourne:

October 8, 9 Master classes

Oct 10- Enrichment: Groove Truths

Oct 11- Enrichment: Educating for Health

Oct 13/14: Live your Bliss Retreat!

Going to be an amazing weekend of soul satisfying, inspiring workshops with Melanie and I!

Adelaide

October 15-19

Workshops, enrichments, Master Classes

Oct 20/21 GROOVE Instructor Course
Email me for more details! brookejillianyantzi@gmail.com
Check here for more details on all these events to be posted soon!

http://www.thegroovemethod.com/groove-certifications

See you on the Dancefloor!

The Reason I am Alive

04/21/2012 13:51:00

Late one night I was getting a lot of work done as I usually do. I was at my computer and saw an add for a poetry contest, with the winner getting chosen by Alicia Keys to be put in a song. This gave me shivers as I was working on our charity, the Global GROOVE Foundation (GGF), which we are launching in Kenya in August and every time I talk about our initiative, Alicia Keys somehow presents, whether it is on the radio or in some other way.

I have been strongly drawn to her since I was a teen struggling with depression, anxiety and an eating disorder. Listening to her music was extremely healing for me.

When I was in Morocco a few years later I attended a drumming circle where my friend and I were the only women since women rarely socialise with men outside of the homes.
The men BEGGED me to sing (something which I had not done in 10 years) and asked if I knew Alicia Keys songs (which I obviously did) and I started singing, for hours. I had never heard my voice so beautiful and they were in awe.
This is one of many stories of how she has affected me and come into my life, and after writing our website and our vision for GGF we went to her charities website and we were floored with the similarities.

So when I saw this poetry contest I KNEW I had to enter, even though I cannot remember the last time I had written poetry. But it was presenting and if there is one thing that I live by it is doing what presents and this presented.

Of course my mind got in the way telling me to wait until the next day or that I don't know how to write poetry, but I knew that if I was to connect with her I need to say yes to every opportunity that presents and TRUST that creator will flow through me perfectly. So I wrote, and pressed SEND. I did not save the poem or send it to anyone else. I actually forgot about it.

A week or so ago my mom called me asking, "Did you write a poem for a contest because there is mail here for you" (since I travel alot I tend to send things to my parents house) saying that you are a FINALIST in a poetry contest. MY WHOLE BODY lit up as I remembered that 3am poem I wrote weeks earlier.

My mom then told me that she had opened it and read the poem and asked if I wrote it saying it was one of the most beautiful things she has read. As she read it to me I was in awe that I had written it.... here it is! I am still waiting to hear back about the final details for the contest.

Here is the poem entitled: The reason I am Alive
There are so many people

Who never learn to see

They walk around blindly

Without knowing true ability

I am here not to fit in

I allow myself to dance

To dream to laugh to play to sing

To have the deepest love romance

The pain that this blindness has caused the world

Is so deep people’s souls are destroyed

And yet we continue on like nothing’s wrong

As if our dreams are employed.

As I sit with the women in Kenya

My sisters, my friends, soul family

I realize that I am them and they are me

And now realize I can see

My purpose , the reason I came to earth

To LIVE to LOVE to inspire

To connect two worlds which have been torn apart

By inhumans who conspire

This is a picture of me with Tabi in the middle, who is one of the most VIBRANT women I have met and of my FAV GROOVERS, at her home with her daughter Staffie and Mum, who is the creator of the Living Positive Program (http://livingpositivekenya.wordpress.com/)

I LOVE feedback!

Hugs
Brooke

How do YOU want to be remembered at your funeral?

02/19/2012 00:53:00

I find myself reflecting on life everytime someone leaves this planet as I have experienced a lot of death in my life. Death is a powerful part of the cycle of life and yet we view it as something that is so sad. I think, if we even had a 0.0001% of a notion of the miraculous amazingness of what people experience when the die, we would never be said for them, we would celebrate for them. I love how so many funerals are now becoming celebrations of life. Because that's what it is. We are all going to leave this earth at some point.

When someone who has had a profound affect on the world passes, it feels as though the whole world is calm, mourns, celebrates and unites together. Is it just me or is there a certain peace of remembering the angel which left us. Watch this amazing video of one of my favourite musicians, Alicia Keys, singing for the beautiful Whitney Houston. CLICK HERE.

The other thing I have observed from others is when someone close to them passes away, their loved ones and people affected by them go through a transition, they start to view the world through different eyes. They start to love more and be open to more things. They realise the importance of those around them and that life is too short to be angry or resentful. People go through many different things but I believe it all boils down to one thing: people start to wake up. Wake up to who they are, what this life is really all about, and possibly to lies they have been telling themselves. I have a question: what will people say at your funeral? I encourage you to write it out. It is powerful. What would you like them to say about you? Do you think that people would say things like " She/he had amazing abs, or lots of money, or always kept her nails so clean, or drove an amazing car etc etc". Would you want them to say that about you? What are you focusing on throughout your day? IS it the things that don't really matter in the end? So many people go throughout their day wishing they would lose weight, or have more money, or a better job, or a better relationship, or that you were always the best dressed.

What would they say? What would you like them to say? I encourage... Write YOUR eulogy and then start LIVING IT! Live from your HEART, your SOUL!

Help others remember and SEE who you are so you can leave the impact that you would like to leave!

The women in the picture to the left have inspired me GREATLY as they LOVE to GROOVE. They are from the Ngong Slum in Kenya and even though they have been through more than what most North Americans could not even dream of, they are always smiling, dancing and singing.

Updates coming about the GLOBAL GROOVE FOUNDATION (stemming from the vision of Just Say Yes) that is miraculously and beautifully underway to help us take the GROOVE Method to places that need it the most launching in Kenya in August 0f 2012

"It is our Light, NOT our darkness that most frightens us... When we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others. " Marianne Williamson

FALL IN LOVE with yourself and LET GO of fear!!

I am going to leave you with one of my favourite Whitney Houston songs that I used to listen to multiple times a day when my father was sick with Cancer and I was struggling with Depression and anxiety as a teenager. Music has the power to touch our souls. I hope you enjoy as much as I have. I hope to connect, GROOVE, create and play with you soon!

More updates coming!

Thank you for being a part of this journey with me!

BIG HUGS

BROOKE

Upcoming Excitement!
1) GROOVE ENRICHMENTS

Date: March 3, 2012

Time: 12pm-6pm.

Location: Toronto TBD

http://www.thegroovemethod.com/groove-certifications

Open to anyone who has taken the GROOVE facilitator/ teacher trainer course.

2) Boston: Michelle Obama's Lets MOVE in Schools InitiativeOur Fit2dance/ GROOVE team is heading to Boston for a large conference to present our amazing Fit2dance GROOVE with Kids Program as one of 8 presenters (also the ONLY Canadian program chosen)

We are OVER THE MOON about it!
Click here for a news story on it.

3) TORONTO GROOVE Certification

Date: March 16-18

Location: Light up the Floor

http://www.partywithzumba.com/
A few spots open!

To register: http://www.thegroovemethod.com/content/toronto-groove-facilitator-training-course

4) Thursday GROOVE Classes Now on WEDNESDAYS!!

Time: 7-8pm

Location: Swansea Legion

72 Durie St

TTC: Runnymede station

Come GROOVE every WEDNESDAY now instead of Thursdays!

New time and location!

Email: brookejillianyantzi@gmail.com to register!

$12 drop in!

Class cards available!
I LOOK FORWARD To GROOVING with you!
If you want more information about ANYTHING please email me at brookejillianyantzi@gmail.com.

Become that person who does what could be and LIVES what CAN be!

01/16/2012 02:11:00

I just want to thank you all for your constant love and support throughout my last few years! It has been a POWERFUL journey and the last few months have been even more expansive than I could have imagined!

We have an amazing GROOVER in Sydney, Australia named Nathan Short who was so inspired after the GROOVE Method certification course that he wrote an INCREDIBLE song that I cannot stop listening to. It is called Within You... Click here to listen to a snippet.

Download it! You won't regret it!

The lines that I want to share with you are:

Become the you

Become one of the people

That does what could be

That says what CAN be

Who only see's

A person who thinks not of limits

A person who knows only of strength

Who knows nothing of faults

Who knows what you can become

Become more of you

Become that one person

Who does what could be

Who LIVES what can be

A person for the whole FRIKKEN world to see.

I want to share with you what is happening with me and the GROOVE Method Internationally so that you can understand the full extent of what it is that we do. All over the world GROOVE classes are reaching thousands of people a day, helping people to LOVE their bodies, be more confident, comfortable and fluid, connect as a community, allowing UNIQUENESS and to create a life from HAPPINESS instead of obligation or routine. We have been DREAMING BIG and living life BIGGER!

I cannot even being to describe the powerful amounts of things that have been happening lately, but I do know that this Method is meant to reach the MASSES On a large scale. It is already starting to happen and I would LOVE for YOU to be a part of the beauty and expansion of it all!

A few things that are coming up that I am SO proud to be a part of are:

1) 1 of 7 programs chosen by Michelle Obama for her Let's Move in Schools Initiative! Our Fit2Dance, GROOVE with Kids team is presenting in Boston in March!!

2)daCi- Dance and the Child International- Taiwan!Melanie Guertin and I will be presenting

at this MASSIVE international conference about our Aboriginal YouthGROOVES project!

3) Just Say Yes- our project in Kenya is coming along beautifully! If you would like to help us fundraise to donate or be a part of the cause in any way please email me!www.justsayyesto.org

And SO MANY MORE that I will share with you soon!
BIG HUGS!
Keep dancing!

Brooke Yantzi
Be Unique, Dance, Live Happy
(trademark of the GROOVE Method)

Upcoming Events:

2012 Events
1) iFRIKKEN Love to Dance TORONTO

THIS WEEK!!

A few AMAZING events with Melanie Guertin on Monday and Wednesday! She is only in Toronto THIS WEEK before she takes off for another 4 months so don't miss out!

Here are the links for more info...

I will be at all of the events!

Mondays Link: UrbanGROOVES at BDX at 7:30pm

Wednesday's Link: International Master Trainer GROOVES at Swansea at 7pm

2) GROOVE CERTIFICATION TORONTO

Jan 28, 29, 2012

Want to be a part of an amazing movement and help us fill the demand to Be Unique, Dance and Live Happy!

http://www.thegroovemethod.com/content/groove-facilitator-training-course-toronto

3) GROOVE Enrichments

TorontoJan 21, 2012

For CURRENT GROOVE Facilitators wanting to enhance their instructing

Click here for more information!

4) My Thursday GROOVE classes!

Time: 6-7pm

Location: Eastminster United Church

310 Danforth AveDrop in: $12 or $50 for 5 classes!

www.brookejillian.com/classes.html
Bring your friends and lets have a RIDICULOUS time!

Big hugs everyone!
Cannot wait to GROOVE with you!
Brookewww.brookejillian.com

www.brookejillian.com

Do Epic S#*t

01/04/2012 01:56:00

Welcome to 2012!!!

What an amazing beginning it has been for me as I danced on the beach in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, lost in the music of a top international DJ, only to be ignited by the piercing sunrise to which thousands of people along the miles of white sand took notice and stopped and stared. Being entranced by the outrageous beauty and magnificance of mother nature reminding us that we are one small ant on this beautiful, giant, powerful land mass we call earth.

Image: Me in front of first 2012 sunrise in awe of its beauty after dancing the night away, literally.

I love being in nature and taking in the wonders of it all as it totally reconnects me to me and reminds me of how even though I think I know a lot, I truly have NO idea and have no control over anything. My only job is to dream as big as I can, and then take the action steps which present. The more fluid, easy and synchronistic , the better. I truly believe that the days where we have to struggle are over, if we choose.
What are you choosing for 2012?

This is my intention for 2012 (warning, I do not have any of your answers of what feels good to you, you will need to figure that out.... you can use some of these ideas if you want though)

1) Do EPIC S#*t

To me, this life is about making it MINE, about doing everything big as I do not serve from being small, nor does it resonate. The opportunities coming in and the magnitude of what we are bringing to the world is so massive, if you can dream it, know that there is something even bigger out there for you to step into, if you are willing.

2) DREAM BIG

and when something seems so out of reach how can it possibly even be a possibility, it is even bigger.(do you see a theme with 2012?)

3) Face a FEAR everyday

our fears are just there to remind us of our greatest strengths. When we have fears and anxieties come up it is only for us to take a look at them. How can we be what we TRULY came here to be if we are still afraid of so many things?
As we grow and expand into more and more the ego gets scared and starts freaking out as it is used to keeping you safe and having to control things. We do not need this anymore and in order for it to stop doing this we need to retrain it as it has been keeping us safe for thousands of years! The more you face these fears the easier it gets. This has been one of my hardest, biggest and most profound lessons this year!

4) Choose HAPPINESS

In every moment as happiness is our natural barometer for excelerating our life and living our bliss. Being in Mexico right now didn't make sense in so many ways; responsibility wise, financially, everything, and yet every single cell of my body knew I needed to be here and I am SO happy.
So many opportunities are presenting, relationships are forming and energy is being moved both here, at home and internationally, that being at home could not have changed or made speed up.

5) TRUST

Trust your happiness, the flow, that you are taken care of and that you have a larger purpose than what you are living right now. Trust that miracles are taking place in every moment and that the right people will come to YOU at the right time.

We are ALWAYS taken care of and things are CONSTANTLY presented to us, the only difference is that most people are so caught up figuring out HOW its going to happen and trying to control everything when everything is already taken care of all we need to do is have a BLAST and DANCE with everyone and everything that comes along!

As always, this is only my opinion. Make this year YOURS! Make it EPIC!
BIG LOVE
Brooke Yantzi

Creator of Dancing with Life

GROOVE Method Master Trainer and International Presenter

Fit2Dance Inc Regional Director

www.brookejillian.com

Vacation Inspiration

12/12/2011 15:13:00

As I sit here looking out my window at Toronto’s Lake Ontario I am filled with a sense of peace and happiness. As we are coming to the end of 2011 many visions of the year have been passing through my awareness.

The first day of January this year (1/1/11) I realized how powerful this year was going to be. The year of alignment. Realising how many things have happened this year so that I could realign with who I am and what I came here to do. How many fears I faced and things that had to be let go, cleaned out, and dissolved. How many times I had to say yes even though it was too big and scary for me to do but I KNEW it was part of what I came here to do and that is why it scared me so much.

It is quite fascinating how when I was in the thick of things it felt brutal, filled with anxiety, and dense and yet looking back it seems that it was exactly I we needed to expand into greater possibilities, more fulfillment and alignment, more freedom and WAY more fun!

2012 is going to be powerful. What do you choose for 2012? I can feel the expansiveness of it like a slingshot catapulting us in the directions that we are choosing. Listen to your thoughts. What are you focusing on in your life?

Everything that we are focusing on will amplify so be aware of what you are thinking/ doing and choose happiness, choose life, choose LOVE if that is what you want in your life! Stop being afraid, stop waiting. Life is just not that serious so PLAY with it!

The last few weeks have been an incredible adventure, an amazing way to end 2011. Starting with 3 weeks in Australia, a week in Eastern Canada and then a week in Tulum, Mexico. Quite the whirlwind of excitement, GROOVING, and being fully present. I have realized how powerful traveling is for me. Travelling and doing what I love and what I feel I can offer the world the most of who I am and what I came here to do. I am beginning to understand that when we are taken out of our everyday lives, we are allowed to breath, to let go of certain responsibilities that may be weighing us down and really just experience the miraculousness of the here and now. I have seen so many people on vacation be completely in bliss, stress free for a week and then come back to their lives and put back on all of the burdens they have been carrying.

(Image to the left, GROOVE Master class in Melbourne, Australia)

Food for thought: what if we lived each day like we were on vacation? What would happen if everyday you work up and asked, what makes me HAPPY? and then DID IT? What if you allowed yourself to dream? What if we actually took the time to TASTE our coffee, slow down to have conversations with our coworkers, friends, random strangers? What if we went out dancing at night because we wanted to instead of doing all of the house chores and telling yourself you need 8 hours of sleep to be rejuvenated for the day. What if our rejuvenation comes from our everyday actions of being fully present, fully alive and having a ridiculously fun time. When we are in that state our bodies don’t need as much sleep, as much food, or as much rejuvenation as we are constantly rejuvenated!

Just a thought as I sip my coffee and get up to dance to the music playing in my pad.

My journey:

Another thing I realize as I am dancing is that a bit over a year ago I was not doing what I loved for a living. I was starting to, but my journey was not easy and not a quick process. When I graduated university I had no idea what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a naturopath but did not want to do another 4 years of intense schooling, I loved volunteering internationally but all of the jobs for non profits that I looked at did not resonate with my skills or how I really wanted to assist. I knew that I wanted to travel, I wanted to help people heal, and I wanted to be of my most brilliance and using the skills that I am good at and that I like to do. There was no job description for that so I knew that I had to create my own “job”, my own life path. This is/ was a scary thought as most people around me were working in 9-5 or “regular” jobs that they may or may not enjoy, and most were not in jobs that were utilizing their full potential, creating a tonne of passion, or having them wake up everyday excited for their day. So I took a waitressing job and started exploring. I explored different healing methods, different dance techniques and methods and different non profits.

Finally 3 years later I have combined everything I love. 2011 was the year that did that. In 2011 I started regularly teaching dance (The GROOVE Method) to children in schools, I stepped into my role as a master trainer for the method and taught certs, I went to Kenya because it called to me and realized I needed to start a non profit to help the women and children there, I got the opportunity to work with Right to Play teaching YouthGROOVES for their Aboriginal Youth, became an international presenter for the GROOVE Method, started a business with Arbonne and became an Area Manager, traveled to Australia and had a full schedule teaching GROOVE to kids in schools, to adults in packed master classes, and doing certifications, and to end it all I got to travel to one of the most beautiful places in the world, Tulum, Mexico, and dance on the beach for a week, swimming in the ocean, diving with the fish of the reef and in underground caves and doing a Temescal ceremony with a Shaman.

Please don’t take any of this as bragging, I just want to share this to inspire others as I had to face many fears this year, start things I had no idea how, dream and really just jump right in and when I did that I was rewarded big time. It was not easy, but I had a lot of fun with it and didn’t focus on the fears but instead the expansiveness of the fact that everytime I say YES to life I can assist humanity more and align with what I came here to do. Powerful as I look at my life and realize that I am doing everything that I have ever wanted and I have the freedom to make my own schedule and say yes or no to things. I feel blessed and I hope you do to. Whatever you are CHOOSING for your life know that it is a choice and you do not HAVE to do any job, or live anywhere, you are CHOOSING to be where you are and you have a CHOICE to change it!

I CHOOSE happiness for MY life, MY way and it is the most freeing, joyful, childlike feeling that I have ever felt.

Sending you BIG love to play, create, love, dance and do what YOU want, when YOU want to and not be held back!

Keep Dancing :)
Brooke Yantzi

Creator of Dancing with Life

TheGROOVEMethod.com Master Trainer

Regional Director for Fit2DanceInc.com

Founder of JustSayYesto.org

Choosing Happiness

10/26/2011 15:17:00

I am so ridiculously excited about all of the epic events happening in the next few days before I leave for Australia!

I want to share my journey of going to Australia because I think it is pretty powerful.
As I am stepping into being a Master Trainer and International Presenter for the GROOVE Method Inc TM I am presenting with many amazing opportunities which I am constantly in awe about. One was to go to Australia and teach in schools as well as a to do a certification and Master classes in November.

Now rationally for me to go this does not make sense. Our school programs, through www.Fit2DanceInc.com run by Michelle Hillier, are expanding quickly in Ontario and November is going to be our busiest month, I lose about a week in the month for travel alone and won't have as many bookings so my fears around money, working hard and being responsible definately came up. I felt the need at this point to call my father and talk to him from a RATIONAL entrepreneurial perspective as he is a successful one as well was his father and his 5 brothers.

I gave him the pros and cons and he asked me, "when are you going to have the opportunity to go to Australia again" and I said :"I have no idea" to which he asked me if it was going to make me happy and I told him yes. He then replied in his soft loving way "Credit and money will always be there, you are given amazing opportunities to travel and it would be ridiculous for you NOT to go". My rational father telling me to live my life over saving and paying off my credit and debt, this shocked me and overwhelmed me with a great sense of gratitude and understanding that I am a child of the world and I came her to travel and connect with people internationally, to unite our families and countries together.

For my father to see this even though he has rarely travelled and grew up in a town of 2000 people and has lived there all his life was astonishing and heart warming.
So I booked my flight right away and within minutes of posting on facebook I had someone who was going to pick me up from the airport and a place to stay. The response has been almost overwhelming as I have someone everyday connecting me to someone in Melbourne.. It is amazing to think I was thinking of not going.

I am not booked in a few schools in Melbourne and I have a master class booked every night that I am there as well. The magic is unbelievable and the speed of this all happening is over the course of a few weeks.

It astonishes me how things always work out when I follow my heart over what logically makes sense. This really helps me to understand that the Universe has my back ALWAYS, and it is up to me to choose happiness over anything else.
What are you choosing TODAY that makes you happy?;
Take a look at your choices, why are you doing the things you are doing and making the decisions you are making?

I feel so blessed to be surrounded by inspiring, innovative people who have amazing ideas but they also ACT on them.
One thing I have really seen in my own journey, especially over the last few years, is how the only way to achieve anything is to DO it. Many people have big hopes and some people even dare to dream, but when you actually act on your ideas and thoughts that is when the real magic happens!

FIRE, AIM, READY is my motto as well as from the people I create with and I think it is very powerful. Many people are waiting until they are ready, until they are out of debt, lose a few pounds, find a better job, fall in love, until next month, next year, or in 5 years when they have been promoted to live the life that they want to and ultimately to be happy. I know that way, and it is SO exhausting! Let it go!

My dear friend and a co creator of the GROOVE Method, Melanie is an inspiring example of CHOOSING happiness NOW. She has co created the GROOVE Method into what it is today by acting on her ideas. I have seen her time and again not give into excuses and above all else choose what makes her RIDICULOUSLY happy over anything else.
DANCE, PLAY and CREATE!

Choose happiness and let everything else take care of you!
Love and Hugs

Brooke Yantzi

www.brookejillian.com

The GROOVE Method Master Trainer

International Presenter

www.thegroovemethod.com

Regional Director for Fit2Dance Inc

www.fit2danceinc.com

What are you saying YES to this FALL?

08/28/2011 18:05:00

Hello Friends!

After spending the summer travelling, working with Right To Play on a contract with a Native Youth Program (videos to come :)) doing a few GROOVE certificaitons and spending lots of time with the co creators of the GROOVE Method Misty and Mel, I am feeling rejuvenated, refreshed and inspired to share with you what I have learned from people who are living their dreams and following their bliss.

I have also been spending a lot of time reflecting on my journey over the last year as I realised I have accomplished so many of my dreams and goals in such a short period of time! I am so grateful for all of the support and guidance I have been given by the amazing people around me. The opportunities have been endless and everything I have ever wanted to do has being coming to the forefront of my life.... and we can ALL have this!!! What I HAVE realised that sets me apart is that I am a BIG yes to it all. I say YES to EVERYTHING that calls to me and I am willing to put in the TIME and COMMITTMENT to it! I do not make excuses. I dont' have time for them. I have realised though that many people are driven by excuses, but this is a very ineffective way to be if you are wanting to live your greatest life!

Here are 5 tips that I think are essential when following your passion and purpose!

1) Get to know yourself well and be your BIGGEST fan and BELIEVER!

There are going to be a lot of dream stealers and people around you who will bring you down, some on purpose and some not. Do NOT listen to them unless it picks you up and leaves you feeling better than when you started it! If it doesn't feel good, it is not part of the truth of who you are!

2) There will ALWAYS be stumbling blocks and confusion along the way. DO NOT USE THEM AS EXCUSES!! Use them to propel you forward and as a time for self reflection but do NOT let them slow you down!

People do not become successful in life if they let fear stop them. The successful people rise abover fear. This leads to my next tip.

3) Develop a strong, unwavering VISION for what you are creating and stepping into and connect to that ALWAYS! Develop your reason WHY for creating this amaizng life and make it SO strong and SO deep that no one can deny it or take it away. Do not use this WHY as an excuse!

4) Be KIND and GENTLE with yourself. We are our own worst critics and are the hardest on ourselves. We take things SO seriously and beat ourselves up. STOP IT!!!!!!! You only have one life. Do not waste it on fretting about the small stuff.

5) HAVE FUN, JUST DANCE, It is NOT that serious! No matter what in life, it is not that serious! Again I remind you that we take things so seriously and in the grand scheme of things they are not that serious!!!! If you have fun with life's situations and DANCE with them any adversity dissolves a LOT quicker!

Thank you for your constant support! Keep following your dreams!

Hugs

Brooke

http://www.brookejillian.com

FREE GROOVE LAUNCH CLASS!

Thursday, Sept 15, 2011

To launch the 6 week series:

Starting Thurs, Sept 22- Oct. 27.

From:6-7pm

At: 310 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON

(Eastminster United Church in the Hurndale room).

Investment in Self:

Before Sept 10: $55 for 6 weeks

After: $60 for 6 weeks!

Class cards available:

$50 for 5 classes or $90 for 10!

brookejillianyantzi@gmail.com.

And tell Lots of FRIENDS

as its WAY more fun to dance with others than by yourself!

Something I realised when I was dancing the other evening on a whim with Misty and Mel:

"Most People have not tapped into the TRUE power of dance. It is still a choreographed routine, just like mass consciousness. Most people go through life dancing a pre choreographed routine. When we really dance we are tapped into who we truly are and came here to be"

Brooke Yantzi :)

Are you ready to REALLY DANCE!?

http://www.brookejillian.com

Come be a part of an amazing flashmob!

06/22/2011 23:12:00

Hello Groovy people!

I wanted to forward this message to you from one of the co creators of the Groove Method as we are looking for more people to be a part of our ridiculously fun Groove flashmob and dance party in the middle of Pride next Saturday at 5pm!!! Prime time, hundreds of thousands of people, this is going to be EPIC!

Here is the letter from Melanie!

Please email me if you have any questions!

Hi!!

I just talked to PRIDE Toronto and they are giving us a stage/arranging a whole section at the main intersection of Church Street!

What's going on?

Saturday July 2nd, late afternoon - Born This Way Flash Mob at PRIDE TORONTO

Why?

to dance for the FUN of it and promote the GROOVE GALA and the free GROOVE classes that we're teaching at the 519 Green Space this summer!

This email is for YOU!

Consider this a personal invitation to join me on stage/be part of the planning/leading team that teaches the moves and help with getting the word out to make it happen!

Estimated number of people gathered at that intersection during our time slot is 250,000

so we'll need lots of help to create a fabulous scene with our crew of dancers! My goal is to have between 100-150 in the dance mob- all ages, shapes, abilities!

How you can get involved/support

1) ACCEPT FACEBOOK EVENT (even if you can't attend)

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178615635530586

2) INVITE FRIENDS in TORONTO or who will be coming to TORONTO for the long weekend/PRIDE so we can get the word out about the mob

3) ATTEND REHEARSAL on WED JUNE 29th OR ATTEND REHEARSAL on SAT JULY 2nd OR WATCH VIDEOS ONLINE to learn the moves

4) COME DANCE WITH US as part of the mob on July 2nd, late afternoon

5) STAY for 10 minutes after the dance mob to distribute FLYERS about the FREE GROOVE CLASSES at the 519 Community Centre GREEN SPACE

*any of the above activities will help us make this a massive success! Do what you can and have fun with it!*

If you can get more involved and dedicate 3-4 hours over the next week to help on a more formal planning level, let me know!

Rehearsals are Wednesday June 29th from 8-9PM (after Michelle's GROOVE class at Swansea Legion- ppl can attend the GROOVE class from 7-8 for only $5 if they want to come early!) If you cant make the rehearsal on Wednesday there will be another one on the day-of (Saturday July 2nd 3pm) at a location near Church (tbd)

Please share the attached flyer to your network of friends and family and people that are interested in simply having a good time being part of a ridiculously fun activity!

Wishing you a really happy day!

~MelanieG

Other Groove Events!

There are tons of exciting GROOVE events coming this summer! We are inviting Groovers from around the world to come DANCE for the HEALTH of it with The GROOVE Method Team!

1) Monday Night Groove Classes with Brooke Yantzi

2) Toronto Groove Certification, July 23-24

3) CHILLAX reTREAT, Collingwood Ont Aug 12-19th

Indulge in a week of Relaxation, GROOVING and Pampering

4)EveryBODY Dance Conference, Toronto Aug. 20-21st

Why not take a vacation and join us this August in Toronto for the biggest GROOVE Event of the year!!!

Find all the details below.

In addition to our regular GROOVE Certification Courses, we are pleased to introduced 2 new GROOVE Courses.

GROOVE With KIDS! and GROOVE For School Teachers

Hope to see you this summer!!

Hugs

Brooke Yantzi

Creator of Dancing with Life

Groove Method Master Trainer

http://www.brookejillian.com

Flashmob!!

04/28/2011 15:16:00

Have you ever been in a flashmob?

Have you ever started just dancing randomly in public and watched as so many people around you light up!?

Are you feeling stressed and want to step outside your comfort zone?

I am SO excited for our flashmob that is coming up next Saturday May 7, 2011 at 12:30 pm. Yes this is not a flashmob that we are keeping secret.

This is a HUGE flashmob that we want to tell EVERYONE about! So tell your friends, tell your family, tell your dog (oh wait, no dogs allowed! sorry) and watch this youtube video!

You need Flash Player in order to view this.

Celebrate Your Life Flash Mob Dance Moves

Flash Mob dance moves - May 7 in Toronto at the International Centre. For more information: www.cindyashtonentertainer.com/flashmob

Wait: Can we practice in person?

YES! This Monday, May 2 from 6-7pm we are going to run it once (maybe twice) during my Groove Class that takes place every Monday at 310 Danforth Avenue (right beside the Big Carrot off the Chester subway or DVP if you drive). Bring your friends! It is going to be so much fun!

Wait:What is a flashmob you ask?

A flashmob is a "randomly" prearranged dance routine that seems to start out of the blue in a selected busy public place. Many have been done at malls, subway stations, train stations, schools etc etc. This one is going to be a little different as we are doing it with 1200 people (I believe it is Canada's largest) at a conference. The theme is that everyone will be wearing blasers and suit jackets. It is all about celebrating your freedom and we want people to whip off their jackets when they jump in to start dancing. Many people feel trapped in their lives. Trapped in the day to day 9-5 and we want to let people know that it is their choice if they want to free themselves! So we are going to just DANCE! It is also to raise awareness for Cindy Ashton's tour which is launching on April 27!

How this is different and how you can be involved!

This is a flashmob that everyBODY CAN DO! (seriously, I wouldn't lie about this). This is more of a Groove Method inspired flashmob. SO instead of complicated choreography that only 5 people out of 100 can actually do, we have 5 simple moves that everyone can do and then we are going to GROOVE them. By that I mean that we move around the space and invite everyone to do them in their own way. It has never been done before and since there is going to be around 1200 people a part of this we figured we have to keep it as simple as possible so that it can be RIDICULOUSLY fun !!

Here is the link! Please email me if you would like to be a part of it. We need to have an accurate count of people!

If you cannot click on the link above copy and paste this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l13yos2dpE8

And remember: Just Dance, It's Not that SERIOUS!!

Hugs
Brooke Yantzi

http://www.brookejillian.com