10/05/2022
Keep going, you never know who you are inspiring!
This is especially true for every single person in the AKA'UKA TIME family. My little Lani Love has grown her confidence tenfold thanks to each one of these queens. While I took a break to film for aunty Kura (don't worry, my legs were assassinated at 12pm Johnsons 😅) Melelani grabbed my phone to do her own filming. If you listen closely, she is talking to everyone as she goes past, having giggles and in another video she was even putting herself into frame to pose with her many aunties. All of this after she was on stage dancing with our Maidens. She knows, this is a safe space.
When we first started Aka'uka, she would be up on my shoulders for most, if not all of the class because she was overwhelmed. Slowly but surely, she spent less and less time on my shoulders. She watched each of these ladies, some she went to dance with and now, she still jumps on my shoulders but only when she wants to dance without actually dancing aka water break lol 🤣 She does the hand actions and I do the swing work. Seems fair 😅 She runs up on stage without being asked, she'll walk around and talk to people, she isn't stuck to my hip (or shoulders) and she's just thriving in this safe space.
So whatever journey you are currently on, keep striving ♥️ You are inspiring someone to grow and I think that's pretty amazing. YOU are pretty amazing.
