IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, I'M DANCING!" Spoken like a true dancer. These are the words of Ryan Ramirez, a contestant on Fox's hit show So You Think You Can Dance in Season 8 after she was cleared by medics to dance at the Las Vegas callback. Ramirez suffered a bruised tailbone, which is extremely painful, but fortunately not too serious.

The professional dancer sacrifices his or her physical well being for something he or she perceives as much bigger and grander than him or herself. Is this self-sacrifice or self-sabotage? Is it simply asmita (ego), the second klesha, taking over the greater consciousness or is it the relinquishing of asmita? Perhaps it's a little bit of both. Maybe it's necessary to offer a part of yourself in order to accomplish something greater (pardon the utilitarian in me). You decide...I would love to hear what you think.