Incredible. What a wonderful holiday.

Kramer and I ate dinner at a delicious French resturant, celebrated with champagne and turned in to bed early. We arose at 5am to get ready to go to Supper Club, where he was djing.

I was awed by the costumes. There were so many people there in spectacular garb, I found myself fantastizing about going home and creating wearable art! Many there wore these gothic victorian creations ... which I visualized re-creating in whites and golds... very elegant, regal, big bustles, wonderful hair adornments of feathers and more... Also, another person was wearing a tank top that had been completely studded with rhinestones which twinkled in the light... what a fun project!

Then there were dancers. The floor cleared as a cluster of 3 took turns doing percussive pop-and-lock jams. One woman in particular was so amazing! She did the linear pop and lock moves but was also able to combine them in ways which were circular and spiral in nature, giving her a real dance flow .. different from the other super rigid robotic movers. Inspiring!

Later the floor cleared again for some breakdancers. They were flying around spinning on their heads, leaping up and doing continuous handsprings, whirling around with their legs splayed in the air, contorting and twisting so fast it was a blur.

After Supper Club we went to breakfast of Champions at Whisper. While I had danced for a while at Supper Club, I hadn't been super inspired. At Whisper, I went straight into the back dancefoor and sucked into a pulsating, jam packed vortex of happy dancers grooving and moving to house, electro and funky breaks.

WOW! I danced there non-stop for about 4 hours. I got into a movement meditation --every time one foot touched the ground I would mentally say, "thank" and when the other foot touched the floor, I would say, "you". So the whole time I was letting my feet say thank you and all I could think about was all the amazing things I felt grateful for! I felt grateful for my body, my life, my husband, my friends, my family ... and so much more!

I saw SO many friends I had not seen in a long time and it was wonderful to have small moments of connection and then to just get lost again in the dance. It was really the first time I felt so connected in a long time. I had left conscious thought behind and was just taken by the music. My body was moving in fast articulate ways but it was almost as if I was just a marionette channeling something much more basic -- the essence of rhythm. Delicious. And rejuevinating.

Even better was that I didn't have, nor did I want my hoop! I feel like I need super juiced up connection to the music imprinted on my dna to really connect with my own dance which I can bring to the hoop when it is time. So it was a truely wonderful opportunity to drink in the wellspring of at-one-ment. So much more energy to give to the hoop later...

Of the many resolutions I have for the New Year, I want to share one in particular...

Did you know that children laugh over 300 times per day, while the average adult only laughs 15 times? It is amazing -- especially since laughter is so linked to healing and wellbeing. This is because children laugh unconditionally and adults laugh only if there is a cause. Since 70% of illnesses are linked to stress and laughter is the number one stress reliever... why not laugh your way to health?

I calculated that if I awake most days at 7am and go to bed around 11, that means that I am awake 15 hours -- to laugh as much as a child does I would need to laugh 20 times an hour! So here we go! This is one of my new year's resolutions. I don't know if I can manage that many times per hour, but in general I plan on laughing more. I'll keep you updated.

On this note, I also downloaded internet movie recommendations which list of the top comedy movies. I figure whenever I need to choose a genre of a movie to watch from now on, I'll reach for comedies which could make me laugh and avoid the violent ones and anything else which doesn't make me feel good.

I am so grateful for life. Thank you to everyone who has helped me in so many wonderful ways and thank you Creator to reminding me what is most important in life ... connection, happiness and love.