After 16 years of high level gymnastics where I learned the discipline, hard work, commitments, sacrifices, base of motion, tricks and competitions routines; I’ve got the amazing opportunity to join Cirque du Soleil. I had to use the skills and break the habits of the rudeness of this beautiful but ungrateful sport. During the first 2 years of this adventure, I learned how to be and become a character, stages technique, professionalism, the show business, English and met incredible talented people from all over the world!
When I started to be confident and comfortable in this industry, this is when life gave me a lesson and put me on the direction where it’s meant to be. Breaking a leg for me was like “the world is falling apart”. I didn’t exist anymore and felt useless, I was nothing, nada, plus rien.
But everything happens for a reason.
During my rehabilitation and physiotherapy, I was depressed. Looking at my friends and colleagues having fun while they were flipping, twisting and all of those cool stuffs I used to do made me very frustrated. But one day, suddenly, my mind switched: “So if i can’t use my legs for a moment... then I’ll use my hands!”. Simple as that. It was in front of me and I didn’t see the evidence! With my gymnastics experience, it became much easier to put my mind, my body and my spirit into HANDSTAND.
Since then, I use handstand to help people achieving their goals. Not only about technic, abilities, muscles mechanic point of view but in a powerful mindset, spiritual way. A therapy to heal and progress but channeled through the handstand and balance.