Dance Walk with JulieAnna
Sunday, March 23, 2025
4 PM
***RSVP via Facebook here***
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“Love is who I am.”
“Growing up, I was surround by hate and not love. Happy people used to annoy me. Now I love happiness.”
“I discovered a deeper state of joy I never knew existed.”
Often seen dancing and gesturing eagerly and encouragingly along roadsides sporting brightly colored athletic and costume attire, the expressive life-artist known as JulieAnna is becoming well-known around Fairhope for her musical walking adventures.
The author of “Finding My Light” can be glimpsed walking, jumping, skipping, pointing, twirling and motioning her way to a physically and mentally fun, fit, healthy lifestyle as she sends messages of confidence and affirmation to everyone she encounters.
JulieAnna sometimes prefers to be left alone when she’s dancing, though people often stop her, intrigued and encouraged by her positive energy.
On Sunday, March 23, she is welcoming others to join in her walk and experience the benefits of Dance Walk together.
Anyone with a desire to shun negative thinking and self-doubt is invited to join.
Find out more about JulieAnna (pronounced “Julie-Ahhna”) and her unique event focused on love, light and improved self-worth via this recent interview with Let’s Go! Fairhope:
“I look at it almost as a ride.”
A story of love and overcoming negativity
Love is who I am.
Growing up, I was surround by hate and not love. Happy people used to annoy me. Now I love happiness. After experiencing suffering within my mind, I discovered a deeper state of joy I never knew existed.
My whole perspective has changed.
I try to think about that depressed person. Back then, everything was dumb, stupid, and lame. I was a judgmental person.
I turned to drugs and alcohol because those voices would calm down with drinking, but it would wear off and those voices would get louder. Breaking free from that has been challenging.
I love expressing my soul. It’s obviously a God thing.
There’s nothing else I want to do.
I know I’ve changed because I am no longer jealous or envious, and that’s they coolest place to be. I’ve changed and it’s just very beautiful because change is so hard.
So many of us think we need perfect dance moves. Being silly and goofy is a reminder to myself that I don’t have to dance perfectly. You can be as silly, goofy, and playful as you want and still be loved.
“I try to be a student and a teacher at the same time.”
“Your opinion of me doesn’t matter.”
What is a Dance Walk?
I look at it almost as a ride.
I’ve considered a variety of titles including Soul Expression Activation, Soul Expression Dance, Soul Expression Safari.
We’ll bring a speaker so everyone can hear the music, there’s a beat that everyone is listening to, usually techno.
It’s all about lifting the spirits of the cars – our intention is on the people passing us.
We are intentional with each car that is passing.
It’s about
- Making full eye contact
- Becoming very present
- Expressing our hearts – expressing one car at a time
- Bringing smiles, joy, laughter and entertainment, sending love to the drivers of the cars passing by
- Trying to get people to get to feeling in the moment
“There are a lot of people who suppress their emotions. If I can teach them how to express rather than suppress, that’s positive.”
“I like to use the word joy more than happiness because I believe happiness is fleeting and joy is a state of being.”
What inspires you?
Free love is what inspired me.
A person that didn’t go to church, a person that modeled a love that had no condition, just the fact that I was a person – If it wasn’t for that person, I never could have broken free from that mindset of earned love.
I had to forgive the people I allowed to hurt me most, and that took a very long time.
I knew forgiveness was imperative to look at life from pure love.
I couldn’t discover my imagination until I truly wanted well for all people, humanity, and those I allowed to hurt me.
My ego had to die to do that.
I had to turn all of my emotions into the opposite of hate.
I like to use the word joy more than happiness because I believe happiness is fleeting and joy is a state of being.
“It’s all about thinking outside of the box.”
What’s the goal?
There are a lot of people who suppress their emotions. If I can teach them how to express rather than suppress, that’s positive.
People want love so badly. That’s what everyone is looking for. We have to give it to ourselves. I just focus on sending them the frequency of love in my mind.
I try to be a student and a teacher at the same time.
Sending an expression of love, people smile so big. So many teenagers get really excited.
I focus on peace, love, joy, forgiveness and gratitude. I eat, sleep and breathe those words all day every day.
Singing, dancing, and entertaining keeps me in the present moment. It’s all about imagination, exploring your soul expression. It’s about sharing your own hidden treasures from within, like a quest, safari.
I experience negative emotions but do not dwell in them like I used to.
What have you learned?
My perfection mindset prevented me from doing everything.
I would take 5,000 videos before posting my first one, but now I just trust the first one is what needs to be shared.
I have to learned to trust my own judgement, and be my own best friend.
I struggled with having a voice because I didn’t want to be rejected. The reason I wasn’t allowed to be my loud and proud self was because I didn’t want to be the center of attention. Now, I’m going to embrace that.
Still images above from JulieAnna’s “Let’s be the charm of life” video, linked below.
“The world needs the real you.”
What are the benefits / results of Dance Walk?
Never-ending, consistent joy.
Bringing joy to myself and others.
We are in the moment, so we’re drawn into the present.
I’ve struggled so much finding joy in life, and I’ve finally found it. I’m finally free of the fears, doubts, and anxiety.
I’m truly in touch with my soul.
What encouragement do you have for others?
The world needs the real you.
You don’t need validation from anyone else. Give validation to yourself.
You don’t ever need to explain yourself.
I have nothing I need to explain to anyone.
Your opinion of me doesn’t matter.
Let life unfold. Stop trying to be in control.
We don’t have to agree, but we can support and uplift each other, and not be jealous or envious.
Feel your body. Observe how you are feeling in the present.
Life is nothing but learning, so nothing ever has to be perfect.
“You don’t ever need to explain yourself.”
What about performing elsewhere?
I have no desire to be on stage. Everything that goes into putting on a production, waiting for everything to be set up is boring.
I like to be with the cars because they are passing one by one by one, and I don’t have to worry what they think of me.
I’m not trying to get anyone’s attention, I’m trying to stay in the present. I try to stay in the present moment as much as possible.
What will the future hold?
I don’t know what’s to come out of my Dance Walks.
It’s all about thinking outside of the box.
I cared for so long what people thought about me. I always used to be taken advantage of. I’m finally surrounded by people who love back. I lived in such a fearful state. Now, I live in the present.
If you’re ready to embrace joy and live in the present enjoying physical fitness and fun beats, Dance Walk is for you!
According to JulieAnna’s long-time friend Rhett Ellis, “Last time, eight to ten people joined in, and it was a really positive thing.”
RSVP for the FREE March 23, 2025 event via Facebook here.
Images above sourced from Facebook and YouTube with permission from JulieAnna Brown.
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