#35: Are You Really Dancing…or Protecting Yourself?

<p>What if dance is actually giving you access to a part of yourself that you haven’t felt safe expressing?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of the Fusion Dance Podcast, we sit down with Jackson Xia for a personal conversation about <strong>dance, emotional growth, intimacy, and the surprising ways movement can help us understand ourselves.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Jackson has explored everything from breaking, locking, and house to hustle, krump, pole, bachata, zouk, and Chinese classical dance. And along the way, he discovered:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Different dances can unlock different parts of who we are.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Some helped him find confidence. Others gave him access to joy, freedom, anger, sensuality, or human connection.</p><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Which dance he discovered that helped him express </strong>joy, freedom, sensuality, and anger that he couldn’t express in words</p><p><br></p></li><li><p><strong>Why is anger sometimes the emotion that gets permission to exist, especially for men</strong></p><p><br></p></li><li><p>Why he avoided romantic relationships for a decade and how following in <strong>partner dancing begin to change the way he understood intimacy and closeness</strong></p><p><br></p></li><li><p>Why <strong>joy is one of the most vulnerable emotions to feel </strong>and what happens when you&#39;ve learned that good things don&#39;t last</p><p><br></p></li><li><p>And what does it mean to have an <strong>honest dance with someone?</strong> </p><p><br></p></li></ul><p>————————————</p><p><strong>RESOURCES:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>• FU (Fusion University) is here!  To be the first to know about our classes, practicas, demos, assessments, social community events, and more, sign up for our email newsletter here at <a href="https://forms.gle/6GaYzigG1FjVU5vQ6"><u>https://forms.gle/6GaYzigG1FjVU5vQ6</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p>• 📌 <strong>FAQs:</strong> We’ve answered the same questions 50+ times about Fusion University (because we love you), but you can check out FAQ here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iHFXnIC8lxQcxDACRpjZQ2_-QkktxOgnbCt_1tKELDs/edit?tab=t.0"><u>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iHFXnIC8lxQcxDACRpjZQ2_-QkktxOgnbCt_1tKELDs/edit?tab=t.0</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>• Wondering on where to social dance in LA?  Stay up-to-date on all the upcoming events in the LA area here: <a href="https://bit.ly/Social-Dance-LA"><u>https://bit.ly/Social-Dance-LA</u></a> </p><