I'm Magna Gopal and I am an entrepreneur, mindset coach, speaker, teacher, and dancer.
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Everybody should be free to say no to a dance, it's your right. I am saying this as a man who has been rejected quite often when I started dancing and I had to learn: 1) Do not hold a grudge 2) Do not let the rejection affect your self confidence 3) Sometimes it's better to not dance with someone who doesn't want to. If you pay attention you can feel it in their movements and in the dance. As my friend Stephen says, "A rejection is just redirection". All said, you should be trying to have fun whatever your level and you also want a dance partner to share that with.
It's normal for people to understand things wrong until new pioneers succeed in pointing out better ways. Like when you'll understand collaboration and connection best if you drop the lead&follow concept entirely
Timestamp 🔽🔽🔽 1:13 Greetings 3:20 How to Provide your Feedback + Contribute with the Channel 4:33 The Purpose of this Live Chat 6:53 Intro to the Main Topic - How to Make it Worth it 15:45 Challenges and Solutions 21:57 Connecting is two way street 28:00 Toastmasters Community Experience 35:50 You’re the Type of Person needed in the Community 39:27 You can connect with People that doesn’t share your paths 46:27 Romantic Relationships - How to make it worth it 54:14 Open to people with different communication styles to completes project 58:28 recognizing what incentivizes people 1:01:10 Never use force to connect, putting everything into context 1:05:15 Social Skills are developed through practice 1:08:10 The Power to Make choices Towards Happiness 1:14:34 Summarizing Solutions - What can you take away from each experience? 1:15:55 What can you bring? 1:16:30 How can you enhance the experience? 1:19:07 Combating the boredom mindset 1:21:29 Identify what Plateaus and challenges are. Taking Action 1:24:04 Live Comment - What Connections is more Important, Partner or Music? 1:28:30 Magna’s experience dancing with someone offbeat 1:30:38 Personal growth happens because of you 1:31:21 Our Value depends on us 1:34:11 You’re not fully in control of someone else fun 1:37:38 Connect to the Person, Music comes second 1:40:27 Connection offers endless possibilities 1:46:00 Gratitude Messages - Support the Channel + Provide Your Feedback
Timestamps 🔽🔽🔽 0:54 Greetings 2:30 purposes of the live chat 3:26 The importance of definition 6:36 How to Provide your Feedback 8:05 Intro to the Main Topic - The Art of Connection 10:09 the improvement of dance connection in dance 17:35 Addressing dancing off time connection 25:07 Magna’s approach on protecting from getting injured in dance 31:25 What is a true nature of a rough lead 38:58 Judgment prevent you to connect 44:43 The Connection with the Music 53:35 invitation creates trust 1:03:23 Appreciates the different stages of a dancer 1:08:17 The capacity of Understanding 1:16:04 The Multilayer of Connection 1:17:25 Support The Change, Provide your Feedback
Interesting topic. I think it comes down to I don’t invite the follower to dance with me and then dictate. I think a good lead wants to really “see” the follower they are constantly inviting to dance with them throughout the entire song while being soft, clear, respectful, and playful. To accomplish that with respect to my the connection to my partner as well as the music and the room, I continue to work very hard figuring out how to over-signal instead of to over lead. Part of that is getting super clear about position, timing weight transfer, where to build and release tension, where to be sharp and where to be smooth, etc. I suspect I’ll be working on this until my dying day. If we can basically agree on that, my question goes to is there a way for the follower to signal (dare I say over signal) that they are declining the invitation to follow something the lead is signaling? Maybe the point is that the follower is kind of in the role of the one being seen, and the leader is in the role of the one seeing the follower so maybe the leads just have to be paying that much attention that no signaling is required? I don’t know. I can say I don’t have any good idea about how to train that other than to do a million social dances and know to soften your lead completely the moment the follower starts doing anything else. Maybe that should be more formally practiced?! But, in terms of safety, there are times you just need to protect your partner and you can see that it’s not safe for the follower to go off in the exact moment. Is there a better way to signal that than the big eyes I give them as my body starts to hijack their stepping away from danger? (Like when you see they are about to get crashed into)?
We'll all be working on clarity of messaging and adapting to our environments until our dying days. 😉 Higher levels of connection and two-way creativity require higher levels of attention, openness, and technique.
I really don't know ANYONE who covers these deep issues in the Dance world & of course reflecting socially in actual life~ Socializing with love & respect! Always admired you for so many years~ Best Salsera!! I told you before: you have "ears" on your feet! (PS: I miss watching you perform Solos! I watch your older shows & as a mostly solo performer as well I enjoy them SO much to "steal" from you!! LOL!) Please offer us when you're ready another masterpiece of your beautiful musical interpretation AND like NO other smoothness of connected movements~~~~~~~~ xxx Like in Musical terms your "legato" is flawless!
Timestamp 🔽🔽🔽 1:00 Greetings 3:09 Intro to the main topic - Are you Special or Steadfast 7:18 Success is in the type of work and effort required for your goals 15:40 The keys for achieving your goals 21:58 Idolizing mentally prevents you from doing the work to achieve something 27:18 Learning from people’s resilience 29:38 Steps to pursue success and progress 44:22 The real characteristics of a gifted person 50:00 don’t focus on me as special, evaluate the work I put in 52:23 How to provide feedback + support the channel and subscribe 53:06 the work ethic + natural talent, are they special? 1:00:00 Understanding the social aspect of social dancing 1:03:38 Closing messages
Magna you were always one of the nicest and most fun of the advanced dancers. Asking one of the instructors/performers to dance can be scary the first couple of times but you were always cool about it. BTW this type of song was always my top conformable tempo.
Watching this to find inspiration on where to take my dancing next. Feel lost on what to train next. Feels refreshing to see these two dance seemingly flawlessly, then a flaw arrives, and it does not seem to bother them.
Great video! As both a student and a teacher of dance I totally agree. I always hate it when the teacher doesn’t set up the room for success, because it means that I have to endure distractions during a lesson I paid money to attend. The students so appreciate it when the teacher demands respect in the way you have described.
There have been times when I danced when a bit tired and was imprecise and sloppy with my movements. "Accidents" happened. Most took it in stride with understanding...others?...not so much!
After a dance, how do you deal with people who want to be funny, but do something inappropriate or something that makes you a bit uncomfortable? I saw you kinda thought about it and then played it off- I’m thinking you maybe knew him enough to realize it mal-intentioned.
❤ Eres la mejor Magna...no quiero mirar a nadie más! Habrás pasado tu vida a ser tanto la mejor como la más humilde, nadie te supera! No hace falta decirte que sigas así porque es obvio que nunca cambiarás! Gracias por inspirarnos! ❤
Timestamp ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 1:00 Greetings 2:30 Announcements - Subscribe to the mpowered podcast & courses 4:05 Intro to the main topic - Is your way the ONLY way? 12:27 Ways that negative comments can impact the community 20:36 The aspect of dance as a language 24:22 the aspect of dance affected by the location 33:28 Be mindful before speaking to criticize 37:06 Being competent when communicating 41:50 There’s not standard on self- enjoyment 44:27 the destiny of the Close minded individuals 49:51 Ways of dealing with haters 52:01 Open minded individuals 57:04 Your responsibility to communicate well 58:34 Support the channel & provide your feedback
Timestamp ⬇️⬇️ 1:27 Greetings 2:34 Purposes of the live chat 4:46 Transference Mindset 8:29 The Beauty in life of finding patterns in life 17:20 transference mindset - Magna’s approach on learning a new skill 21:38 Find the parallel between two skills 26:06 Weeding out what’s not transferable 32:20 Take advantage of time 35:50 Use your dominant side to assist your non-dominant side 38:12 Ways to not hinder your own growth 44:05 the challenge of not transferring skills 48:27 Questions #1 - What causes us to add force and pressure during the process of getting into something new and solving problems? 57:41 Dissect your system to add efficiency when trying something new 1:00:40 Don’t have to leave your comfort zone, extend it 1:04:40 Questions #2 - what are some essential skills and practices a kid can obtain that are transferable to adult 1:07:50 Ways to Support the Channel
