There is good in everyone, but greatness is not in all. These children will grow up to be a great people, living on a path of love and unity. There is no separation, when you embrace all before you. These children will have the best guardian and big brother anyone can ask for. This bond is so touching and incredible, it is deemed real. I do recall, two years ago when I was just starting to practice with them and I was mocked with hatred comments. The children were perhaps 6 to 14 years old. As shocking as I didn’t expect such behaviour, I had learned then that to have a heart of gold, it isn’t easy. These children are diamonds in my eyes. Thank you young ones. If you enjoy seeing the progress of my work in communities of Uganda 🇺🇬 then it's time to make it bigger by giving that small donation of a coffee ☕ so that we can make our dreams and goals come alive. Below is the gofundme link to donate in. https://gofund.me/d3aba5d0 Also check out in my bio for the link to donate. Being a yoga, acroyoga, meditation and Lindyhop, swing dance instructor makes me feel happy to share with my community that love of togetherness. @maputoafroswing is our target this March to attend it with some of the students, you support will count us closer to the goal. @naomishandsomedevils @ty_robert_johnson @cocoswingmarseille @yoga @lululemon @lululemonsg @lululemoneurope @lululemonmy @lululemontw @aloyoga @yolohayoga @littlebigswingcamp @blacklindyhf @pacificswingdance @sunnysideswingstudio @leelapetronio @gustavandlaia @roottorize #yoga #yogamats #yogateacher #Roottorise #yogaheals #yogapose #yogainschools #yogaaddict #yogainprisons #communityyoga #communityswing #childrenmentalhealth #slumyoga #kidsyoga #lindyhopperslife #lindy #LindyHop #solojazz #swingout #swingdancelife #SwingDanceUganda #healthylifestyle #heartofdanceafricanrhythm #instructorokurutgeorge https://www.instagram.com/p/Co1XA9coBXG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Life z like a MOVIE. If u r afraid-DRAMA,If u r afraid-SUSPENSE,If u r angry-ACTION,When u luk at the mirror-HORROR,Now u r smilling-that's COMEDY. Travel, dance, love, learn and teach is the mission of 2023. Finally, tomorrow I will share with you all about the trip to Mozambique to attend @maputoafroswing 2023 and how you can contribute but February ends as we need to get flight tickets earlier before they become more expensive. #Lindyhop #swingdance #solojazz to the map of Africa now. #lindyhopperslife #lindy #lindyhopper #lindyhopping #swingout #swingdancelife #Swing #swingdancer #SoloJazz #solojazzpower #solocharleston #solojazzdance #solotravel #yoga #acroyoga #instructorokurutgeorge #acroyogapose #acroyogaflow #acroyogajam #yogamats #yogateacher #yogaflowwithokurut #SwingDanceUganda (at Jinja, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnC1mSZrF59/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Never Surrender On What You Truly Want. Find a way, not an excuse. Find a reason to do it, not to give up on it. Create a path where there is none, because you will only regret it otherwise! There is always a reason not to do it and always a way to fail, but there is also always a way to succeed and a reason to do it. This was the place, where the magic of #LindyHop and #Swingdance started from and am happy to be back to give it out to more dancers, who are willing to take it like the way I did it. From all other districts that I went through only #Kitgum district as tried the best to engage girls into the dance and am so happy for the improvement that. I love it the way each of them was feeling the music and dance even though it's their first time to give it a try. I believe with time, we shall more dancers from Kitgum who are like me to travel the world as they share with others. #blacklindyhoppersfund #blhfoundation #lindyhopperslife #LindyHop #lindyhopper #lindyhopping #lindyfocus #heartofdanceafricarhythm #herrangdancecamp #pacificswingdancefoundation #frannkiemanning #SoloJazz #solojazzdance #solocharleston #solojazzmoves #1920sjazz #1930sjazz #yoga #acroyoga #instructorokurutgeorge #Ugandaswingkids #SwingDanceUganda (at Kitgum Youth Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl8IEe1raGo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Finally, we are in our final destination on introduction of Lindyhop and Swing Dance in Northern Uganda. We have arrived today in Kitgum safely and ready to start the workshops with dancers here. We moved with some of our dancers from Heart of Dance African Rhymes who have been dancing it for more than two years to inspire, encourage and motivate more dancers here to pick up interest on the dance. To all #Lindyhop and #Swingdance communities, we are calling for your help has we have to finish up 15 days with these dancers here and the funds are not really well. Anybody who is willing to come in and support us to finish up this project that will be our great achievement of 2022 as it's ending now. Kitgum dancers, let's do this together and showcase the dance at #Beyond The Beat event happening on 14th and 15th December. #blacklindyhoppersfund #bluemarble #BLHF #lindyhopperslife #lindyhop #swingdance #swing #swingdancelife #swingdancelessons #swingdance #ugandaswingkids #SwingDanceUganda #instructorokurutgeorge #yoga #acroyoga #okurutgeorge (at Kitgum Municipality) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1GsvDoGNL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
"I never taught people where to step on '2', because when I learned how to dance there was no '2'. We just danced to the music." ~ Frankie Manning Why am relating it to the Frankie Manning quotes about is that one of my students from Lira asked me some questions like, "I should tell them about the music of swing dance." "What is Swing and Lindyhop?" So now am requesting people are well informed with these knowledge of Swing music 🎶 so that we can have a zoom class with my students. We are so happy that now, the dancers in Lira District are so much interested in #Lindyhop and #Swingdance. But we have questions here and I need some help with them. Among these communities, girls are really few represented and now what should be done to encourage more girls to start coping up with dancing like Lindyhop in Uganda 🇺🇬 because now during my classes I do have 17 students but only three are girls and the rest are boys. Much appreciations to @blacklindyhf for standing up with me to spread #Lindyhop and #swingdance to rural areas of Uganda now. @frankiemanningfoundation @pacificswingdance @frankie_manning_radio_show_ @bad_ass_jazz_festival @sunnysideswingstudio @collectivevoicesforchange @ysbdnyc @roserswing @lindyhopchamps @lindyhopdubai @lindyhopsaarbruecken @lindyhoprevolution @herrangdancecamp @kaninikiiru @tenaarmstrong @swinginwithsammy @sing_lim @ryan_francois_jazz #lindyhopperslife #lindyhop #lindy #lindyhopping #Lindyhop #lindyfocus #lindyhopdance #swing #swingdance #swingdancelife #swingdancefestival #swingaroundtheworld #1920s #1930s #solojazzmoves #SoloJazz #solocharleston #solotraveler #solojazzpower #lira #liracommunity #liradance #SwingDanceUganda #Ugandaswingkids #instructorokurutgeorge #yoga #acroyoga #OkurutGeorge (at Lira, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cljpe0irtkA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Second day of the workshop in Lira. Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era". Hundreds of styles of swing dancing were developed; those that have survived beyond that era include Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, and Charleston. Today, the best-known of these dances is the Lindy Hop, which originated in Harlem in the early 1930s. While the majority of swing dances began in African American communities as vernacular African American dances, some influenced swing-era dances, like Balboa, developed outside of these communities. "Copied from wikipedia" We are really so excited to introduce Lindyhop and Swing dance to dancers of Lira District. As we keep the love and legacy of @frankiemanningfoundation to spread it throughout the world. Thanks so much @blacklindyhf for supporting this project so that more African dancers can be inspired and encouraged into the dance. We are still calling for sponsors to come in because we still have more districts to reach out to dancers, who are so much interested as we need keep the legacy of #Frankie Manning and other dancers who kept these dance alive. I will be sharing more videos of these dancers on how they are so much interested in dance and how passionate, they are to keep the love of Lindyhop and Swing dance in Northern Uganda 🇺🇬 . @blacklindyhf @frankiemanningfoundation @shotovercanyonswing @lindsayellyn @lindyhopchamps Happy swing lindy-hop and festival. Swingdance UK @thisisswing #lindyhop #lindyhoplife #lindyhopperslife #lindyhopdance #swinging #swingout #swingdance #BLHF #swingdancelessons #swingdanceuganda #blhfoundation #swingdancelessons #lira #liradance #liracommunity #frankie #okurutgeorge (at Lira, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClhWU8yKRqQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I Kept Pushing - I could have stopped at thousands of points before this and life would have been so much easier. I could have done what everyone told me to do, getting only the bare minimum done and spent my entire life wasting it away. But that wouldn’t have made me happy. Although it was tough and although I wanted to give up thousands of times before, I didn’t. I kept going. This is why I am here today. As am planning to share my knowledge of #yoga and #swingdance to dancers in Northern Uganda and I will be starting with Lira district. I still need more people to support me on this projects so that we have more young generations benefiting from it. If you like to be one of the sponsors for the workshops of #lindyhop, #swingdance and #yoga, which am going to do in Lira, Kitgum and Gulu just DM. @lululemon @yolohayoga @yogaalliance @yogajournal @laswingdanceposse @swingrevolutiontrojmiasto @lindyhopchamps @lindyhopjkpg @lindyholidaydancecamp #lindyhopperslife #lindyhopper #yogaeverywhere #yogaboy #yogamats #lindyhop #swingdancers #swingdancing #solojazz #yoga #acroyoga #instructorokurutgeorge #inspiremeafricainitiative #SwingDanceUganda #Ugandaswingkids #communityyoga #communityswing #heartofdanceafricanrhythm #peaceofmind #meditation #peaceofmind #okurutgeorge (at Kampala, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClUZabPrDF8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Today! We have decided to call out for teachers and dancers who would love to come to Uganda. Join me to spread the knowledge of #lindyhop and #swingdance at @beyondthebeatfilm in Kitgum district, Northern Uganda this coming December. So now if you are interested in joining up, just DM me or Swing Dance Uganda. You should be able to hold workshops or give the history of Lindyhop and Swing Dance to young generation of Uganda. We know that it's really so short notice but let's go with it like that, has #BeyondTheBeat will take place on 16th December 2022. Call for Lindyhop and Swing Dance teachers to come to Uganda 🇺🇬 to share out their knowledge and experience towards the love of the dance to keep it moving generation to generation. @blacklindyhf @bluemarbleday @womankingmovie @littlebigswingcamp @pacificswingdance @frankiemanningfoundation @collectivevoicesforchange @swingin.in.the.rennes @charlestonlin @marieswingjazzdance @bad_ass_jazz_festival @gnirre @sunnysideswingstudio @leelapetronio @gustavandlaia #lindyhopperslife #lindyhopper #swingdancelife #swingdancers #swingdancer #swingdancelessons #solojazz #solojazzpower #solojazzdance #solotraveler #lindy #frannkiemanning #BLHF #dancelife #SwingDanceUganda (at Kampala, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckxsacar5x5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I would find my resolve always in the same way, by saying, I'm not gonna quit. I'm going home. You have to understand that going home didn't mean returning to my family's house. For me, going home meant returning to the work of dancing because dancing was my home.Because I loved dancing more than I hated failing at dancing, which is to say that i loved dancing more than I loved my own ego, which is ultimately to say, that I loved dancing more than I loved myself. Which is how I pushed through...Your home is whatever in this world you love more than yourself... My home is that thing to which I can dedicate my energies with such singular devotion that the ultimate results become inconsequential. Now, am back to the roots of my ancestors traditional dances which I have to put them in me and be part of me. @uncc_ug @sitesweden @swedishswingsociety @sca_manitoba @usa.culture @herrangdancecamp @sunnysideswingstudio @swingoutmaastricht @savoycup_official @lindyhopchamps @littlebigswingcamp @camphollywood #dance #culture #yoga #acroyoga #healthylifestyle #instructorokurutgeorge #dancelife #dancing #dancers #traditional #Uganda #happiness #peaceofmind #swingdancelife #lindyhopperslife #solojazz #solocharleston #SwingDanceUganda #yogaflowwithokurutgeorge (at Kampala, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckb1EMSrBE0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Challenge yourself harder! Being uncomfortable doesn’t just mean “Oh… well this is a new experience.” When you get uncomfortable you should feel an incredible amount of resistance, you should be incredibly nervous and think that this is something you cannot see yourself doing. Go out into the middle of town and start yelling at people everything that is in your mind, all the awesome advice you want to share and what you think is wrong with the world. Talk to a person you believe is so far out of your league that they will not even look at you, and do not stop talking to them until they give you their number. Help a homeless person by standing near them all day and asking people for just $100. “Hey… could you spare a hundred dollars?” Call into live podcasts or TV shows and talk to the host like they are your best friend. Ask your friend to set you up on a blind-date with a potential romantic or business interest. These are just a few things you can do that will really make you uncomfortable. If you want to challenge yourself then do something that you do not want to do. That is what it means to go outside your comfort zone. Everything else is you just diddle-dawdling around, running away from actually ever doing it. November is my birthday month and I would love to celebrate it with the children and am asking for anyone willing to support me to make it more colorful with children so that we can have a big lunch then cake cutting with them. If you love my videos and words of inspiration then just reach me out on how to make that day more enjoyable to my community. #yoga #acroyoga #instructorokurutgeorge #yogaflowwithokurutgeorge #happybirthday #month #happinessisachoice #community #swingdancelife #lindyhopperslife #solocharleston #solojazz #solojazzmoves #healthylifestyle #peaceofmind #SwingDanceUganda (at Kampala, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkaaOflr7Ly/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I’m not sure if it’s just a “first world problem” it’s just more apparent in the “first world” I believe depression comes from from different sources for different people in different ways. Some people are born with a sad soul, some are in a way “groomed” to develop a depressive personality disorder and with others we may never understand how it came to be. I know for myself and others I’ve encountered and talked with we fit under what I refer to as “grooming. Spending our whole lives hearing negative messages of how we will never measure up in anything, always wrong,worthless easily manipulated this can lead to believing it and open to developing depressive mindsets. It’s real and it’s everywhere not just in the “first world” just more apperent and possibly more widespread than other countries. But I’ve been told that I’m wrong more than once about how I see/feel things so what do I really know about it to offer my take on the subject? Support young generation. By donating to PayPal account, eronzehavi@gmail.com #yoga #instructorokurutgeorge #swingmusic #acroyoga #lindyhopperslife #solojazz #lindy #lindyhoppers #swingdanceuganda #frankie (at Kampala, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj7VPMlrxHR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Big smiles always Uganda 🇺🇬 meets USA 🇺🇸 family. I can't forget that day, I met my brother @jazzjune.we at Herräng Dance Camp in 2019 and now we need to do collaboration with #Swing Dance Uganda. It's our duties has young generation to keep #lindyhop and #swingdance alive as we portray the legacy of #Frankie Manning. #swingdanceuganda #instructorokurutgeorge #lindy #lindyhopperslife #lindyhoppers #yoga #acroyoga #smile #solo #solojazz #charleston #dance #swingmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj6JjF9r64H/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Do the seemingly little things you love to do that make you happy. In reality, these are the big things. - Observe the leaves moving in the wind, a cloud passing by, breathing in the fresh air, walking along a beautiful place, having a good conversation, enjoying the feeling of a warm hug, having a cup of tea, the flight of a bird, the warm water of a bath or a hot shower. Find your happy moments and create them daily through awareness. What made you happy as a child? Start there. People don’t change at their core. #chilling #boy #lindyhopperslife #swingdancelife #Charleston #SoloJazz #yoga #yogalifestyle #traveling #solotraveler #happiness #peaceofmind #meditation #peaceful #retreat (at Kampala, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjbQxSzrmwR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
We are born to serve with love no matter what we shall make it. Has Okurut landed in Uganda, today 03/10/2022 he was invited by Mareesa and Pastor Binaisa Emmanuel at Righteous of God International Ministries to open up the talent show which had brought a lot young generations to showcase their talents through music, dance and drama. Okurut did one minute Lindyhop performance with Mareesa and very one was really wondering, about the dance because it's their first time to watch performance of Lindyhop. It was of our privilege to share Lindyhop and Swing Dance to different parts of Uganda, so now it's time to move to all different communities in our country. Hope to see more dancers from this ministries joining Lindyhop world. 📸📸 @reaganlumala Thanks so much #Marisa for the invite to showcase Lindyhop at Righteous of God International Ministries. #lindyhopperslife #Lindyhop #solocharleston #SoloJazz #solojazzpower #swingdancing #swingdance #swingdancelife #swingdancelessons #1920sjazz #1930sjazz #charleston #ugandaswingkids #SwingDanceUganda (at Mukono) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjQG71mofmo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. But how do you think of yourself less without thinking less of yourself? How do you diminish yourself without demeaning yourself? How do you hush your Ego down without putting a gag in its mouth? The human ego cannot be destroyed by force, but it can be transcended in an encounter with Wonder. We dissolve ego without fighting it. Wonder pulls us out of ourselves, but we feel all the more ecstatic for it. We lose ourselves but feel we have found ourselves. Because we have found our true selves. We don’t think less of ourselves – we think of ourselves less. In fact, we don’t think about ourselves at all. Our Ego dies, but it’s a sweet death. When nothing threatens our Self, it lets go of its Ego part and finds Itself. Sometimes our Ego needs to be crushed, shattered, diminished, but only until we are ready to let go of our false perceptions of who we are. Important as this shattering is, it is not yet the end of Ego. It dies a sweet death only when we open our eyes and see Wonder all around us. If we are caught up by Wonder, we hear the Music of the Spheres – whether we are playing our favorite sport, painting a picture, enjoying a scenic view, or looking into the eyes of another human being. The call of Beauty is too strong for Ego to survive. We go out of ourselves and find who we are, which is a true ecstasy. The Greek word for “ecstasy” (ekstasis) literally means “to stand outside of or transcend oneself.” #believeinyourself #happiness #beyourself #behappy #yogaboy #yogaeverywhere #yogateacher #lindyhopperslife #lindyhopper #swingdancing #swingdancers #SoloJazz #solocharleston #charlestonlife #SwingDanceUganda (at Maastricht, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiLto1AoYuC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Kindness Be kind to yourself! - Have patience, love, and understanding for the human experience. Heal your inner child. This is where all profound change starts. Then let it ripple through entire systems and societies. It is a mighty force. So now if you are around Darmstadt, Deutschland, Germany. I will be there from 23rd - 25th September so that we can share the kindness of Ugandan traditional dances with afro swing mixture. @sunnysideswingstudio thanks so much for making this happen. #swingdancers #lindyhopperslife #lindyhopper #lindy #traditional #uganda🇺🇬 #Germany #healthylifestyle #dancelife #Dancer #traveldancer (at Maastricht, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiJDIIzoazh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Become aware of all necessary levels in life to create an advancement in all relevant areas. If you are serious about this, it is a lifetime journey encompassing: health and taking care of it, your body mindset emotional development and relationships value- and belief system legacy and how you give back being a part of the whole - from the family unit to literally the universe mind your own business getting a grip on your finances, learning about how to make, keep, invest and grow, protect and pass on money There is much to do and even more to learn. You will find teachers, mentors, coaches, trainers in person, through books, courses, seminars etc that will guide you along the way. When the student is ready, the teacher appears. Or you can take a substantial short cut and work with a mentor who has been there, done it and will open you the doors in your understanding, connecting all the dots, and saving you loads of time, money, and energy in how to do all this and get there in a much shorter period of time. Best wishes #lifelessons #lifecoaching #lifeofadventure #dancelife #traveldancer #traveling #yogateacher #lindyhopperslife #swingdancer #OkurutGeorge (at Maastricht, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDN90vIy5K/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=