Allowing oppositional forces in the body, can help us reduce tension and execute dance moves more fluidly when dancing on your own or with a partner.
Alexander Technique for Salsa Dancers, Online Workshop Coming in June 2021
Building on the success of a workshop that Heather Dennee and I facilitated in June 2019, we are designing a virtual workshop to support dancers to increase freedom of movement and deepen their lead/follow connection.
More information coming soon!
Learn more about what the Alexander Technique has meant to my salsa dancing here.
"Stand Up Straight" or Get to Know Your Spine More Intimately: An Exploration
Alexander Technique for Salsa Dancers, Free Workshop, June 30, 2019
Reaching Your Goals while Taking Care of Yourself with Omnidirectional Release
We can all find a powerful mind-body release with the Alexander Technique. This release is omnidirectional or in all directions into our natural alignment. The impact of this release is an improvement in the functioning of our mind and body that helps us achieve any, and all, of our goals. It can help your willpower, reduce anxiety, relieve pain, improve confidence and so much more.
Looking Up: 3 Steps to Avoid Neck Compression
There are many situations in which you might look up such as in a yoga pose, kissing (if your partner is taller than you), before walking up stairs, or when admiring a beautiful tree, a skyscaper, a plane or the stars. Whatever the situation, I sometimes find myself thinking: “Yikes, careful not to compress the back of your neck. This brings the weight of your heavy head back and down onto your body.”
