27/05/2026
Most workouts sound like punishment with better branding: Burn. Shred. Crush. Push. No excuses.
Lovely. Very prison yard chic.
What if workouts could feel less like a sentence and more like an escape?
For one hour, Iโm bringing you to Tahiti.
No passport. No airport queue.
No need to sell a kidney for a resort package.
Just music, rhythm, movement, culture, and the glorious realisation that your hips may have been underemployed all this time.
Tahitian dance is a full-system workout disguised as joy:
๐ง Cognitive
The best thing I do for my brain doesn't happen at a desk. It happens barefoot, to the beat of Tahitian drums.
You're not just learning choreography, you're learning a new language. Every movement has a Tahitian name: fa'arapu, tumami, tฤmau, varu.
Your brain is simultaneously acquiring vocabulary, encoding rhythmic sequences, and coordinating spatial patterns. That's multilayer neuroplasticityโthe kind a spin class or treadmill will never give you.
๐ช Physical
Beneath the flowing grace is deep core activation, cardiovascular demand, and proprioceptive challenge. It looks effortless. Your heart rate says otherwise.
๐ค Psychosocial
Shared rhythmic movement synchronises nervous systems.
Lower cortisol. Higher oxytocin.
The kind of belonging that lingers long after the drums stop.
This isn't theory for me. I teach 'Ori Tahiti.
Most people pay for Duolingo. I get my students to learn Tahitian, and burn 400 calories at the same time.
And this Saturday (and next), I'm opening the floor to absolute beginners:
๐ Singapore Polo Club
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6 & 13 June ยท 5:30 PM
๐๏ธ All levels ยท Ages 16+
If you've ever been curious, consider this is your invitation. DM for details and registration link.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ, ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ข ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐.
Come for the experien
