Le Gym Yenze Umdwebo Wowesifazane Oneminyaka Engama-90 Obuka Ukuzivocavoca Kwabo kusuka ewindini lakhe
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Ngenkathi ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 luphoqa uTessa Sollom Williams oneminyaka engu-90 ubudala ukuba angene efulethini lakhe elisitezi sesishiyagalombili eWashington, D.C., owayengumdlali we-ballerina waqala ukuqaphela amakilasi okuzivocavoca angaphandle ayenzeka ophahleni lwe-Balance Gym eseduze. Nsuku zonke, uhlala eduze kwefasitela lakhe, abuke abagibeli bezokuvivinya umzimba ekusebenzeni kwabo okuqhelelene nomphakathi kusukela ngabo-7 ekuseni kuye ku-7 ntambama, kwesinye isikhathi bephethe inkomishi yetiye ngesandla.
Ukubuka izikhathi zokujuluka zansuku zonke, eziholwa ngumqeqeshi wejimu kanye no-CEO uDevin Maier, kuyinto entsha kaSollom Williams. Watshela u Washington Post ukuthi akakaze aphuthelwe ukusebenzisa kwabo. "Ngiyababona bezivocavoca kanzima kanjena. Ubuhle bami mina!" esho, enezela ukuthi ngezikhathi ezithile uzama nezinye izinyathelo ngokwakhe. (Okuhlobene: Lo Mshisekeli Wokuqina Weminyaka Engama-74 Udelela Okulindelwe Kuwo Wonke Amazinga)
Ngenkathi indodakazi kaSollom Williams, uTanya Wetenhall, ebona ukuthi umama wakhe wayekuthanda kangakanani ukubuka lokhu kuzivocavoca, uWetenhall wathumela nge-imeyili iBalance Gym ukubabonga "ngokugqugquzela" uSollom Williams ngaphambi kwalo lonke lolu bhubhane.
"Ukubona wonke umuntu ophahleni, ukuzivocavoca umzimba, nokuhambisana nezinto ezenziwayo kumnikeze ithemba. Njengomdansi wangaphambili, usebenzise umzimba cishe zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe futhi uma ekwazi, angazama ukujoyina amalungu, athembele Mina, kodwa uneminyaka engama-90 futhi uyadiyazela, "kubhala uWetenhall ngomama wakhe, owake wadansa ngokomsebenzi ne-International Ballet, okuyinkampani ye-ballet yaseBrithani. "Uhlala ephawula ezincingweni zethu ngendlela amalungu asebenze kanzima ngayo futhi uqinisekile ukuthi wonke umuntu kufanele alungiselele ama-Olympics noma uhlobo oluthile lomsebenzi."
"Ngiyethemba ningabelana namalungu enu ukuthi anikeze isalukazi injabulo enkulu ngokubabona bamukela impilo nempilo. Ngiyabonga kakhulu!" kuqhubeka iWetenhall. (Okuhlobene: Buka Lo wesifazane oneminyaka engama-72 ubudala Ukufeza Umgomo Wakhe Wokwenza Ukudonsa)
Abasebenzi bokuzivocavoca bathinteke kakhulu nge-imeyili - ikakhulukazi phakathi kobunzima ababhekane nabo ngenxa yalolu bhubhane - ukuthi bahloniphe uSollom Williams (kanye nanoma ibaphi abanye abalindi bamawindi) ngendlela eyingqayizivele: ngokudweba udonga olungaphandle esakhiweni sabo efundeka "Qhubeka Uhamba."
"Incwadi kaTanya ngomama wakhe isithandile impela," kusho uMaier Umumo. "Besilokhu sizama kanzima ukuhlala sivulekile kulezi zinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule futhi sikhuthaze amalungu ethu ngokunikela ngezinketho ezingaphandle nezingaphandle. Kodwa asikaze sicabange ukuthi singaba nomlandeli omkhulu nomsekeli ongena efasiteleni labo lokulala nsuku zonke."
Umdwebo, owenziwe iqembu lamavolontiya eliholwa ngumdwebi wendawo wezithombe uMadelyne Adams, usengumsebenzi oqhubekayo. Kepha akungabazeki ukuthi kuyakhuthaza kubo bonke ababandakanyekayo - kufaka phakathi amalungu okuzivocavoca kanye nababukele abaseduze. "Ngezinye izikhathi asiboni ukuthi singakhuthaza abanye ngokuziqeqesha nokwenza esikwenzayo nsuku zonke," kusho uMaier etshela iphephandaba. Washington Post. "Uma singenza abantu babambeke ngaphakathi behamba ezindlini zabo zokulala, noma nje kancane, ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kukhethekile kakhulu."
“Ibhilidi lethu lidala, futhi liyi-ratty,” kwengeza uMaier. "Kodwa i-imeyili isenze sacabanga: Ukube besilunguza ngefasitela nsuku zonke, yini ebesingayibeka lapho ukuze sinikeze abantu isizathu sokugqugquzeleka futhi bagqugquzeleke ukuthi baqhubeke nokunyakaza?" (I-Pssst, lezi zingcaphuno ezikhuthazayo zokuzivocavoca zizokugcina ukhuthazeka, futhi.)
Manje, amalungu e-Balance Gym enza iphuzu lokuqhweba ku-Sollom Williams ekupheleni kwekilasi ngalinye lokujima ophahleni, uhlanganyela no-Maier. "Isimo sakhe sengqondo nomoya wakhe kuyasikhuthaza kakhulu kithi," etshela Umumo. "Ngingasho ngiqinisile ukuthi ngiye ngabona amalungu amaningi efika ezololonga ophahleni kuleli sonto eledlule futhi azulazula eTessa."
U-Renu Singh, ofundisa i-yoga e-Balance Gym, uthi indaba ka-Sollom Williams inikeza umuzwa womphakathi odingeka kakhulu njengamanje. “Kuningi okwenzeka ezimpilweni zethu zonke, futhi kunzima kakhulu ukuthi sihlale sixhumene nomphakathi wethu,” usho kanje. Umumo. "Besilokhu sakha izinto ezintsha futhi sizivumelanisa nezimo ukusiza amalungu ethu ukuthi ahlale ekhuthele futhi asebenzele ukufinyelela ezinhlosweni zabo zokuqina, nokuzwa ukuthi omunye womakhelwane bethu uthola kanjani ugqozi olungaka ngokusibuka nje senza lokho esikwenzayo, bekujabulisa kakhulu." (Okuhlobene: Umqeqeshi Wokufaneleka Uhola "Ukudansa Okude Komphakathi" Emgwaqweni Wakhe Nsuku Zonke)
“Lezi izikhathi ezinzima kakhulu, futhi ngagqugquzelwa ukuthi ngiqhubeke nokufundisa amakilasi ami aqhelelene nabantu, amakilasi e-yoga asophahleni futhi mhlawumbe ngiphakamise isandla ngibhekise kuTessa uma simbona efasiteleni lakhe,” kwengeza uSingh.
Lapho nje udonga seluqediwe, kusho uMaier Umumo ukuthi uSollom Williams nendodakazi yakhe bazojoyina elinye lamakilasi we-Balance Gym ophahleni lomdanso we-aerobic "ukubungaza ukuqedwa nokwazana."
“Sizizwa sengathi usengumngane nelungu okwamanje,” usho kanje.