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Bay Area PSI Seminars Graduate Dances Her Way Around the World

Posted by Scott - 08/26/11 at 01:08:13 pm

Our PSI Seminars San Francisco team recently received this testimonial from one of their grads:

I hope you will pass this on to anyone interested in the results I have created in my life since taking the Basic, PSI7, WLS and PLD.

Celebrate-2010postcardSince moving to New York 3 years ago I was invited to dance in a contemporary dance company here called the Steps Repertory Ensemble.  I had the opportunity to work with choreographers that I have been wanting to work with for my entire dance career.  Donald Byrd being one of them (the job I almost booked during PLD).  I had original works created on me as well as classic works of art set on myself and the other company members. This was truly a dream job.

It only got better when I was one of only 2 company members asked to travel to South Africa to be a part of a cultural exchange program with Cape Town’s Ikapa Dance Theatre.  In Cape Town we created a collaborative work with the company as well as teaching in the townships of Nianga, Kilicha and Guguletu, working with children who had far less than those we worked with at Camp Choice.

4dc2817cd32c56It was truly an eye opening and rewarding project.  The entire company returned to Cape Town that year to perform with Ikapa Dance Theatre in a collaborative dance concert called Fuse.  Shortly after, Kyle and I (the other company member asked to teach on the first trip) launched an outreach program in New York City teaching dance 2 days a week to 3 and 4 year-old under-served youth at a center called The Hudson Guild.  Together, 8 company members from Steps taught 8 classes a week.  The program will continue into next year.

In December of last year I signed with the best dance agent in New York, McDonald Selsnick Associates (MSA), and have been working through them on more commercial, theatrical and television dance projects. (Where the money is!) Including a TV special with Liza Minelli!

Zorro_the_musicalAbout a month ago I booked an International tour of Zorro The Musical.  I’ve been rehearsing in Tel Aviv, Israel for 2 weeks and will stay here to finish rehearsals and previews until mid October.  We then travel to Shanghai, China for tech rehearsals and a grand opening of this revamped production of the West End musical.  We will then tour throughout China for the next year.

Booking Zorro was really the reason I felt like I should write. I’m so grateful for the education I have received through PSI Seminars.  I can’t begin to say how valuable it is in my everyday life.  I continue to grow professionally and personally.  I really feel like I have the ability to be honest with myself about who it is I want to be, what I want and what is keeping me from getting there.  My accomplishments have come with plenty of downfalls, but from each I have learned something about myself and the process.  I still set goals almost every 90 days.

On a personal note, I have the most amazing, loving and supportive boyfriend in the world.  He is coming to visit me in Tel Aviv next month and in China next year. Hope everything is well in SF.  I wanted to express my gratitude for the support and leadership you have shown in the past few years.  Thank you for everything Bay Area Team!

Lots of Love,

Sara H. – Bay Area Graduate

Congratulations, Sara! We look forward to many more great things from you.

PSI Seminars Review of “Poke the Box”

Posted by PSI Seminars - 06/15/11 at 04:06:55 pm

This month we are changing things up a bit by providing you with a review of a recently published book, Poke the Box by Seth Godin. The book has an overall theme of Taking Initiative. It is all about taking action now! Do not wait to be chosen. Choose yourself and start moving. Seth points out the (dying) manufacturing mindset in the US has led many to wait for approval, wait to be chosen, wait for someone else to initiate and then dive in. There is less risk associated with letting someone else jump in first. This way the responsibility lies with others. In this book you will find Three Easy Steps to Get Started: 1. Don’t think about it 2. Just Start and 3. Keep Starting.

This book is a quick read and has several insights into what stops people from taking action. We would recommend it to anyone who wants to get out of their comfort zone and is ready to have their goals and dreams!

There is a free workbook companion available for those risk takers who want to get started ~ Click on the Book & Get Started NOW!

Don’t Get Too Comfortable!

Posted by Dori - 06/15/11 at 03:06:34 pm

As human beings, it is in our nature to risk.  The challenge is that we have been conditioned by our environment to play it safe.  While the internal part of us needs to test ourselves and grow, our belief systems attempt to offset this desire to take chances, resulting in inaction.  The more conditioned we are by people and things around us the bigger challenge we face to break away.

Your comfort zone is the lifestyle that you have become accustomed to.  It is where you feel safe and “comfortable.”  Anyone who has studied physics knows that it takes much more energy to get an object moving than it does to keep it moving.  Once we fall into our personal comfort zone, we cease moving.  We get used to our surroundings and actively choose not to leave.  We reason that it’s better to play it safe rather than step out into the great unknown.  We worry about what other people will think about it if we risk and fail.

The Law of Polarity states that there are always two sides to the same thing; there wouldn’t be a top if there wasn’t a bottom.  There wouldn’t be an inside to something if there weren’t an outside, and there wouldn’t be something good if there wasn’t something bad with it.  If you come across an opportunity that is in harmony with your purpose, look for what’s positive and what’s good with it, and you will find it.

Don’t worry so much about what other people think.  As a matter of fact, it doesn’t matter what other people think.  Most of the time they don’t really think at all, and in many cases they are just regurgitating their preconceived ideas and training they have received throughout their lives.  Most people are just reflecting where they currently are in their lives and it has nothing to do with you or where you want to go.

Once we understand that risk is natural, and to risk intelligently is what we are supposed to do to have a fulfilling life, we can be more consciously aware of, and ignore, the external forces that will hinder us.  It takes a shift in our thought process to create enough desire to move beyond the safety of what we have known.

If you search for reasons why a particular endeavor is not wise, you will certainly find plenty of them.  Conversely, if you search and focus on the rewards, your mind will find plenty of benefits.  You must focus on the rewards.  The more you hold the images of the reward in your mind, the more you silence that inner cynic called fear.

You can have fear without risk, but you cannot have risk without fear.  With this understanding, know that fear is natural and even healthy, as long as it does not paralyze.

Utilize fear as your ally.  Use it in such a manner that it compels you to do your due diligence.  However, also realize that the stars will never line up perfectly.  If you are waiting for this, you will be saying, “If only I would have” many years from now.  After you have done your homework, you must trust your intuition and take decisive action.

Therefore, if we truly seek rich rewards in all areas of our lives, we cannot follow the crowd.  We must be uncommon in our philosophy and approach.  The uncommon understand that nothing is impossible, if backed by a definite desire and on purpose with what you want for your life.  Risk is not an issue.  As our desire and passion increases, what may appear as “risk” to an outsider is not risk at all.  It is moving forward with confidence and decisive action, as we visualize the rewards that await us.  This will allow you to keep moving, taking risks, and to stay far away from that comfort zone.

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