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Have a great weekend!

Hey, hope everyone out there has a great weekend. Whatever it is you plan on doing and whoever you plan on hanging out with, make sure that you have a great time. I know that time and place has a lot to do with our emotions and how we react to those things. I just want to say that no matter what is going on around you, you have the ability to take a breath and let that negative energy out, while letting the positive energy in. Its easier that it sounds, essentially you have the power within yourself to create happiness. Make sure to exercise that energy!. Be good to yourself and have a great weekend!

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Mindful Minutes With Musicians Ep 25 with Emilio Portal

Have you seen the latest episode of #MindfulMinutesWithMusicians? It’s out now and my guest Emilio Portal tells me stories of his youth and how thats shaped his current life. We spoke about his practice and how he gets sounds from nature and manipulates them into his sound art. Totally worth a watch. http://www.blackmoremedia.ca/mindfulminuteswithmusicians

While you’re there check out as many of the other episodes you havn’t seen yet. Also go to my YOUTUBE and follow me there as it would help me out a lot. Thank you I appreciate you.

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Monday motivation on Tuesday

So, I’m writing this a day late. Not on purpose, just because I want to start creating more content on here. I want to show that, yes, if you put your mind to something that you can eventually achieve it. This has been a journey for me, a long journey. My podcast Mindful Minutes With Musicians that you can get to with a few clicks on my site, has been going for over a year now. Im coming up to episode 25! Check it out this friday!! It has definitely not been an easy process. There have been a lot of hurdles that I could have used as an excuse to stop. I kept going. It hasn’t been the cleanest or most polished. But every episode gets better and the process has become more fun the more I do it. I appreciate you taking the time to read this. I hope you get a chance to click around and watch a few episodes. Cheers.

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A Mindful Minute

I wanted to touch base and see how everyone’s doing. I have been all over the place myself and can only imagine the things that people are dealing with now. All I can say is that there is a time to rest and be mindful of your space and time. There is also a time where we have to take the steps to move forward and make it through what we are dealing with. I think that these times are the Ying and Yang of our equilibrium, and we have to be open and willing to go through these moments with all the strength we have. I think you are good people, you have dreams and aspirations. I think that sometimes we lose sight of that and I want to remind you and myself that we were meant to do great things. This world is ever changing and we are constantly evolving through it. Lets be willing to be the branch that bends with the wind, so that we don’t break.

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Friday July 9th! Mindful Minutes With Musicians Ep 23 with Sandy Duperval!

www.blackmoremedia.ca/mindfulminuteswithmusicians

Tomorrow on Episode 23 of Mindful Minutes With Musicians with Sandy Duperval, an amazing vocalist, business manager and professional cook. We spoke candidly about how she’s been dealing with the pandemic and the strides that she’s been taking during these times. We remembered the past and she shared a story of how she started her process. You’ll want to watch the whole episode as they have a surprise at the end with a per-release personally sung rendition of their brand new unreleased track!! Please take the time to check out their social media and support them in all the ways.
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/sandydupervalofficial
Instagram – @sandyduperval
Youtube – Sandy Duperval
Spotify – Sandy Duperval
Google Play – Sandy Duperval

Also check out
https://www.sandyduperval.com/
To hear their latest tracks and information.

Don’t forget to comment, like, hit the bell and subscribe!! I really appreciate you all! Thank you so much for watching.

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It’s difficult to find inspiration sometimes…

I am here, not as a writer or as someone who claims to know anything about mindfulness. I seriously started all of this because I was reaching for strings to find out what to do during a pandemic when my entire industry was halted. That’s a daunting and shocking reality. It was one that hit hard and is still effecting me to this day. I have been lucky enough to have been able to come across some amazing people this year and I have also been able to see the journey of a lot of people. Not everyone is doing OK. Not everyone is living out the lives that they’re showing you on Instagram. Or whatever social media that they’ve chosen. I guess this leads to what I wanted to share, was that it is always going to be a process to find and cultivate those inspirations. And I could be campy and say that you just have to wait for those moments and harness them. But that’s not the truth, sometimes it’s really hard to find inspiration. Sometimes you have to go out there and grab it, or create it. Sometimes it’s best to take that time away to clear your thoughts and come back at it to find that inspiration. I’m not even going to say that I know how to find inspiration. That is a journey for everyone to go through. I know that the one thing that you can always count on and fall back on is your breath. Take a breath. That is the best place to start looking for inspiration and it can only lead you in the right direction.

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It was just 2 years ago…

The sound was deep, you could feel it inside youself as it had its clear range of melodies that made your body move and you could feel the energy it was producing. The lights were bright and exciting to watch as they cascaded around the sky and the buildings that surrounded the park. The video walls showing awesome visuals, the crowd dancing and waving to the cameras. It was the Green Space by the 519 and it was one of my favorite gigs. The energy was great, the people were great. I knew the property and the power requirements and all the equipment that was being used. I had run both of those stages by myself for a few years. I was really lucky to have gotten that chance to show my experience. To look back, I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

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Paypal.me

I imagine you’ve now had a look around my site and noticed. Nothing is charging me anything to be here or watch the MindfulMinutesWithMusicians episodes. There is FULL access to his music and royalty free tunes. However can I help out? Well. I have a paypal. @dblackmore808

Any and everything helps out and Im looking to get a new laptop. So this is as good a time as any. Cheers. Hope you’re well. And thanks for checking this out.

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Those thankful moments…

I know these days have been really hard for a lot of us, myself included. But I do believe that there are things that are going to come out of this in a positive light. I wanted to take a thankful moment that I was, with a safe distance and masked indoors, able to see a dear friend of mine and his young baby for the first time. I had seen the baby on the phones and through social media, but to see that smile in real life was heartwarming. I couldn’t be happier for my brother and everything he’s achieved. I am thankful I got to catch up, and see the newest addition to the world . We have to celebrate those wonderful moments.

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Celebrate failure

I know that this title may be a bit courageous or outlandish to some, but if you think about the multitude of stories of people who came into their ideas through failures. Mistakes happen and it’s being able to see the benefit of those mistakes and being able to accommodate and be flexible in the reworking of your idea. Everything we do is malleable and everything in our lives will inevitably change, it’s how we adapt and change along with life that makes us who we are as people. I honestly believe that we are all great and everyone in this world has an ultimate purpose. I believe that it is within us to do these great things as long as we’re able to be flexible and aware of our own errors in order to fail in a way that we come out on the other side successful. As some say there’s always a silver lining in a dark cloud, maybe we take time to look at how we are seeing and perceiving the cloud so we can see the silver lining. Don’t be down on yourself, Michael Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team, Fred Astaire was told on his first screen test, “Can’t act. Can’t sing. Slightly bald. Not handsome. Can dance a little.” Steven Speilberg was rejected from the USC’s School of Theatre, Film and Television three times, Van Gogh cut his ear off and was a literal starving artist, Opera Winfrey was fired from her first TV job as one of the 6pm news anchors for Baltimore’s WJZ-TV.

I say this because as we are going into a second year of a global pandemic and people are in exceptionally tough situations, we have to be mindful of ourselves and our metal states. Take care of yourself as you are the only one that can get you through anything. Of course it is always great to have people around you, but ultimately our lives are in our own hands. If you want to talk more about this or anything for that matter, please reach out. I am always interested in a continued conversation.

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3 years ago…OTF swag, during dance season

3 years ago this weekend would have been one of the fab OnTheFloor Ultimate Dance Competition. I do miss seeing this swag setup in the mornings as we started the day and all the fun that would happen there throughout the day. We have to remember and cherish these memories as we will be back there again one day soon.

If you are interested in any of the tech stories or want to reach out for any reason, I’m always around. Message me or email me. Follow on all those social media and pm me there as well. I’m looking forward to seeing all your lovely faces one day soon once this is past us.

Anything else, just have a look around the site. Cheers, just here Inspiring to Aspire.

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Blackout! 3 years ago today!

It was three years ago that we were at an On The Floor Ultimate Dance Competition when there was a storm that caused a power failure in the building we were using. I remember it well. Running around trying to figure it out the electrician tells me he has two backup circuits. My head rushes into problem solving mode and I put the sound system and equipment on the two circuits and grab all of the battery LED par lights to surround the stage. The dance competition continued through the power outage and it will be one of those great memories for a lot of us.

Definitely check out the https://onthefloor.ca/ Dance Competitions. Such an amazing group of indivisuals that run wonderful dance schools, private classes and Dance Competitions.