27/02/2026
There are moments that mean more than they look. And last week Nicola from MisFits World generously invited me up on stage to take a track. And Manuela Raetzsch snapped the moment. Just one song. A few minutes. But for me… it was everything.
Nicola, thank you for sharing your stage. That generosity is what this community is about. 💗💃
After 12 years of teaching dance fitness I’ve lived the highs and the humbling lows. As many of us have. For me it’s been Hip surgery. Shoulder injuries. Post-partum recovery. Grief and loss...
But nothing prepared me for the brain injury I sustained in 2022 and the long road to recovery that followed…
An inivisble injury that left me unable to dance, sometimes couldn’t speak properly, unable to balance, unable to think, unable to remember, unable to socialise or to control my body.
There were weeks when I couldn’t even step outside while my brain slowly rebuilt the abilities we all take for granted, cognition and structure.
Through it all, returning to dance was the goal for me. The lighthouse that guided my resilience to heal my brain.
Music and dance is what I love, what lifts me up and what energises me. So as I slowly worked my way back to my students and my classes, the welcome and judgement free space to come together for the joy and relearn together was everything for me.
Since moving to the Sunshine Coast I’ve been welcomed into the most generous, high-energy, heart-led community of instructors who create joy week after week. Women who show up, hold space, bring fire, and build belonging.
Mari Sunshine from DanceFit Sunshine Coast with Mari Sunshine
Ayesha Hope Dellit,
Katia and Fleur from Cinco Dance Fit and
Nicola from World.
All have welcomed me, shared their stages with me and all of it has felt like coming home. 🫶🏼
So I wanted to publicly say thank you to each and everyone of them❣️
Sending grace and deep gratitude to all the beautiful women here in the Sunny Coast creating these spaces for us all to move, to sing loud, to heal, to belong and feel alive.
How lucky are we? See you on a dance floor somewhere soon! 💃