ZUMBA

My latest addiction!

I started dance when I was 3 years old. I love music. I love reggaeton, latin, afro, cuban movement. I like shaking my hips. I like to salsa. I like merengue. I like to dance to the beat. I like to burn calories. I like to feel sexy while burning calories. I get bored easily...

I am not bored Zumba-ing! I absolutely love dance cardio and I have found a little studio down the street that offers Zumba.. almost everyday! I am in love! For those of you who know me, I can't stand the treadmill.. I can't stand running. I'm definitely a mover and shaker and this is why I naturally like Zumba :)

Not only has Zumba won my heart over, but my sister's as well. The Nimedez Girls are at it again... dancin' dancin' dancin'... one of our favorite things to do together now.. besides shopping that is. Siobhan even got Zumba certified!

Never fear, I'm next up and I can't wait to start teaching and inspiring! My Zumba training is the beginning of October and I am ready to spread the love!!

Do you live in LA? Come join me! Today @ 4:30pm. Your Neighborhood Studio, Culver City. Be there. Shake your booty. Sweat like hell. Join the Party.

ZUMBA!

Restriction: Corrective Lenses...

...No longer.

Sending out a BIG THANK YOU to Dr. Granberry and his staff at the Lasik Spa in West LA. After a few years of thinking about LASIK, I successfully and finally decided to go under the laser. Wow. I can't believe I waited this long... what a miracle this is. I am so grateful for Dr. Granberry. He was so generous to have sponsored my surgery, giving me the most unbelievable gift of perfect vision.

For over 10 years, I wore contact lenses. For the past 5 days, I've been able to skip the morning hassle of "inserting my eyes" if you will. I can't get over the fact that I have such clear vision. For those of you who wear contacts or glasses, you know what I mean. Lasik will change your life! Do it.. Do it now! If you have any concern or doubt, please don't hesitate to contact me.

To be honest, I was scared to death about getting this procedure done and postponed my appointments many times. Dr. Granberry and his staff made me feel so comfortable and kept reassuring me that everything was going to be just fine. I am so pleased and appreciative. I will never forget this experience and I encourage anyone who is thinking about it to go in and get it done! You won't regret it!

MY MUST HAVE WORKOUT ACCESSORY!!

As many of you know, I am a firm believer in functional training and I have found my match made in heaven! My absolute must have this summer is the TRX- Suspension training that will sculpt and tone your body like no machine!!

At LIFE, I have been training people one on one and have gotten nothing but positive feedback. I have been training myself on it for about a year and LOVE the results. I finally took the training course last month and I am pumped to share with you all the knowledge that I have learned!

So, if you haven't already, check it out and let me know what you think. It may look easy, but Total Body Resistance Exercise will challenge you like nothing else. The best part- it is sooo easy to travel with and set up in your home. You just anchor it on any door or hang it from a tree!!

I'm going to post some TRX workouts up on my website soon so check back to see MY favorite moves!

NYLA Photoshoot

Last week I shot with Michael Anthony for a NYLA shoe ad that will be up at the biggest shoe event in Las Vegas. Had a great time- it was a hot shoot- literally. Up in Eagle Rock, it must have been at least 15 degrees hotter then the coast. Phew! Hope you like the photo above, they really liked the pics in this little itty number.

After seeing the proofs of this shoot, I feel like I know what poses suit me best and which ones I should completely avoid! I had some really bad shots in the set! This was my first photoshoot in about 8 months. Luckily, all you need is ONE good shot out of the whole shoot... the money shot!!

I have a few more photoshoots coming up in the next few weeks. One will be for promotional photos for a webseries I'll be acting in and producing a bit. Another one.. yoga set. The other shoot will be with a male model. Getting my sexy on. Ha! Once I get all these photos, my photo section on my website will be updated with a lot more pictures- check back soon :)

Good day, all!

...

who knows if the moon's
a balloon,coming out of a keen city
in the sky--filled with pretty people?
(and if you and i should

get into it,if they
should take me and take you into their balloon,
why then
we'd go up higher with all the pretty people

than houses and steeples and clouds:
go sailing
away and away sailing into a keen
city which nobody's ever visited,where

always
it's
Spring)and everyone's
in love and flowers pick themselves

ee cummings

Gravity

This is my favorite dance piece of the SYTYCD season. Performed by Kayla and Kupono, choreographed by Mia Michaels. We all have some sort of addiction in life... this piece represents how powerful and intense it can be... the lines, the technique, the emotion. It makes me realize how much I love movement in general... the stories you create, the feeling you project...without saying a word.

For Sh*ts and Giggles!

For your entertainment ... a blast of the past.

I moved to LA back in 2007 and one of my first projects was a runway show/tv pilot for a fashion designer, ShaDang. Giggle number one, I am not a runway model... I am 5'3 mind you... giggle number two, the whole idea.

Even though it's a bit silly, this was one of THE HARDEST training I have ever been through in my entire life!!! I don't know how the other models survived quite honestly. In a nutshell, there were 20 models who spent 5 days, 4 nights up in Pacific Palisades at a ranch, training 10 hours a day in Martial Arts, taught by real Chinese Monks. Not a joke. I felt like I was back at Bela Karolyi's Texas Ranch. The training was pretty hard core... the show was incredibly fun. Here was the TV Pilot.. I'm in there probably a whole 3 seconds... try and find me :) good luck.