Shuffle Mamas

3 Things I think every new mama should hear 👇 1. Your body is incredible (hello new human!) It’s also okay to feel like you don’t recognize yourself right now. Make sure you’re nourishing your body and keeping healthy snacks within reach. Nap any chance you get. And don’t forget to hydrate!! 💦💦💦 2. Ask for help! Don’t try to carry all the baby care and cooking and keeping the family running all on your shoulders. Communicate what you need. Don’t be afraid to let non-essential things go during this season. 3. Hormones are REAL! PPD is common, and it is not shameful. Make sure you share what you’re feeling and going through with your partner or trusted friend. Even the darkest thoughts. Your doctor is there to help you through this as well, not just the healing of your stitches. Lastly, when you’re up in the night with your sweet babe, remember there are mamas all over the world keeping baby-care vigil with you. You’re never alone ♥️

3 Things I wish every woman over 35 knew… 1) Don’t stop learning and trying new things! Just because you didn’t do a certain activity as a kid doesn’t mean you can’t start now. As you step out, you’ll grow in confidence in a way that will affect so many areas of your life. Take the art class. Learn a new language. Pick up the instrument. Let’s stop limiting ourselves 🙌 2) Other women are not your competition: they are your allies. Another woman’s open door doesn’t close a door for you. Don’t be afraid to give another woman a boost however you can. And don’t be afraid to ask for help. Let’s celebrate one another’s wins freely, and unabashedly let ourselves be loved as well 🥹 3) It’s so important to keep moving your body. It’ll affect your health and livelihood for decades to come. But do it in a way you love! If you hate to move, you may be putting exercise in a box. Get creative, explore. Christina and I hate to run. I hate going to the gym. Shuffle dancing has made us fall in love with moving our bodies again. 👟 Lastly, aging is amazing! The best is yet to come ♥️ #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #shuffledance #womenempowerment

We do three Charleston variations in this vid! Can you spot them all? We are seriously in love with this move in all its forms! #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #shuffledance #learnhowtodance #dancefitness #dancecardio #shuffletutorials

Looking back over the last 9 months with nothing but gratitude for the gift of shuffling! Shuffling was the one thing that got me through 21 weeks of morning sickness, helped me fight body dysmorphia, alleviated the growing aches and pains that came week by week, and was the beautiful distraction in the last stretch of pregnancy and emotional turmoil of “get this baby out of me!” I’m SO thankful for Anna who happily modified moves along with me week by week so that we could still dance together until the end❤️ #shufflemamas #pregnancydance #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #familydance #dancefitness #dancecardio #learnhowtodance

I did it! 🫣😅 This is my first time to learn choreography alone. It felt vulnerable to make this vid on my own, but I have a personal life goal to never let fear win. I’m so thankful Christina encouraged me to do this! We all need that friend who sees us and is willing to push us to grow even if it nudges us out of our comfort zone. Maybe next time I’ll make my own choreo, too 😱😊 DC: the Shuffle Queen, @Elena Cruz #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #shuffledance #doitscared

PART TWO! After breaking this down, learning and re-learning, heres our final attempt at this choreo! 🔥🙌 We love having you guys aling the joirney with us!! DC: @pionerka_dina #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #shuffledance

PART ONE: Watch us learn this dance! This one was super challenging for us. Something about facing the challenge together, though… we are laughing and shrieking the whole time. Loved every second! We recorded this a couple years ago, learning the amazing choreo of @pionerka_dina 🔥🔥🔥 ##shufflemamas #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #shuffledance #learnhowtodance #dancefitness #dancecardio #shuffletutorials #familydance

We just had our first full dance session since baby Caleb was born and the shrieks of “this is so fun” were off the charts😂 5 1/2 weeks of not dancing together felt like way too long. Can you tell how much we missed this?? We obviously left on a high of endorphins and this one dance session gave us a ton of energy throughout the day…which if you’re a sleep deprived nursing mother of a newborn like me, this type of energy is GOLD! #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #dancebesties #dancebloopers

Feeling all the feels w this throwback to early 2024💕#shufflemamas #dancetherapy #dancebesties #momswhodance #shuffle

Our first shuffle back together after Christina had the babe! 🥹♥️ We had the best time together, all the feels. And we didn’t realize till the end that we had a surprise visitor in the background of this one ☺️ #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #shuffledance

Our first dance session since baby Caleb was born!! Christina is 5 weeks PP, is slowly easing her way back into dancing, and we’re keeping things super chill and low impact until she is 100% healed. Seriously though, we really missed dancing together - the nonstop laughs, silly banter, the shared endorphins…shuffling is really so much better TOGETHER🤩 #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #dancebesties #momswhodance

Shuffle dancing is the first workout in my entire life where I’m NOT counting down the minutes, staring at the clock thinking “when is it over??” The music lifts the heart, moving your body… I completely lose track of time. Anyone else find a way to get movement in that you absolutely love? 🔥 #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #shuffledance #learnhowtodance #dancefitness #dancecardio

Found this one in our camera roll! Proof you can even shuffle to country! 🙌😄 #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #shuffledance

We HATE running… why torture yourself when a killer workout can be so much fun?! Link to our Intro to Shuffling course in bio! Come dance with us! #shufflemamas #dancetherapy #momswhodance #shuffle #shuffledance #learnhowtodance #dancefitness #dancecardio #shuffletutorials