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🗓️ 28 March 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Deja Riley’s energy is so infectious that you truly won’t be able to hold back a smile with this week’s episode. As a fitness ambassador, creator, trainer, and businesswoman, Deja finds small ways to protect her peace and to make working out a celebratory experience for all. Tune in as we discuss her past career as a backup dancer for Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, her mental health journey, opinion on DE&I within the fitness industry, and so much more. Enjoy!
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0:00.0 | Hello, hello, it's Brooke DeVard and you're listening to the naked beauty podcast. |
0:08.9 | Welcome back to another episode. |
0:11.0 | Today I'm speaking with Deja Riley, who was a dancer and now it is fitness. |
0:16.0 | And I actually love people that have dance backgrounds. |
0:19.3 | You know, there's that thing like where you can walk into a room or at least in New York |
0:22.1 | City, you can walk into several rooms and like you can spot people that are professional |
0:26.2 | dancers. |
0:27.4 | I'm sure it's the same everywhere. |
0:29.0 | If you know dance people or hang out with dance people, they just have a certain posture, |
0:32.7 | a certain way of carrying themselves and God forbid you spend like a night out with someone |
0:38.2 | who's a dancer that nothing will make you feel worse about your dance moves. |
0:41.9 | It's like going to karaoke with friends that are really good singers and you're like, |
0:46.2 | okay, like I'm singing and it's really bad. |
0:48.6 | And that's what makes it funny because we're all drinking and I'm way off key. |
0:53.8 | But here you are, a really good singer who knows what they're doing, also participating |
0:59.0 | in the karaoke. |
1:00.0 | Like no, we can't have that. |
1:01.2 | We can't have that. |
1:02.8 | But you know what, I even use this opportunity to ask Deja like, so why am I on the dance |
1:06.8 | floor? |
1:07.8 | Like what moves should I do? |
1:09.3 | Now she did dance with Beyonce, I mean that is the peak and pinnacle of I'm sure any |
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