HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: Part 6 - Connect To Yourself — And Others — Through Dance

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🗓️ 11 May 2024

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Part 6: Connect To Yourself — And Others — Through Dance

We're back with another episode in our How Not To Be Lonely in L.A. series.

Brian is out but, today, How To LA producer Megan Botel takes over the mic and explores these questions: What does it mean to connect to yourself, and why is it important for warding off feelings of loneliness? How do you do it? And in a group setting?

One way is to do the things you loved as a kid and connect with that "inner child." For Megan, that was ballet, so we are checking out Studio A, a funky little dance studio tucked behind the Hyperion Arts Building in Silver Lake.

Guests: Cati Jean, dance instructor and choreographer at Studio A; Cat Moore, director of belonging at USC, dance student.

For more on the importance of moving in sync with others while connecting to oneself, read her LAist article here: https://laist.com/news/how-to-la/in-a-social-funk-pickleball-dance-and-other-physical-group-activities-could-be-a-solution

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0:30.4	What does it mean to you to feel connected to yourself?
0:34.0	That's a really great question.
0:37.0	This is a passion. We love it.
0:40.0	We forget about the outside world.
0:42.0	So this time passed here together is a sharing of that passion.
0:47.0	From L.A. studios, this is How to L.A. I'm producer Megan Boteau.
0:54.0	If we can just find that peace, find that joy within a community,
0:58.0	and we feel the space that is empty, that is lonely, then we're full again.
1:05.1	So I've been reporting this series on how not to be lonely in LA
1:09.0	for a few months now.
1:11.2	You might recall a few weeks ago we looked at how group movement like sports leagues and
1:16.6	dance classes is a great way to find community. That was episode 256 in case you missed it and want to go back.
1:24.0	We talked about how from a psychology perspective moving in sync with others helps promote bonding
1:31.0	and breeds an overall sense of belonging and closeness.
1:35.0	Basically, it's just a really good way to feel less lonely and make some like-minded friends.
1:40.0	There's so many interesting artists and creators and just they're all incredibly
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