3 Essential Reasons To Release and Strengthen Your Pelvis!

In this video we are going to continue last week’s theme of “owning” your movement through breath - and applying it to dance.

Learn breathing skills to maximise our potential and build true “core strength” from the ground up.

Super-important information about bone health and how this relates to resistance and weight-bearing training.

CW: Menstrual Cycle

In this post I wanted to bring up a slightly different subject than usual. I would love to hear from you as it’s something I’ve been thinking about only in the past year or so and I’m trying to unpack myself.

Harness the principle of contraction and release for bigger, juicier hip work for dance. Plus a great tip to relieve low back tension when you shimmy!

Including a short sequence to release and strengthen your body at the end of your dance practice.

My 3 top tips to release “tight” hip flexors, particularly if you love to dance Raqs Sharqi, Belly Dance, Fusion or FCBD Style.

Today I wanted to address something that is super-common within our dance styles, whether you practice Raqs Sharqi, Fusion or FCBD Style - “tight hip flexors”!

I want to share with you something I have been working on with my dance partners in Brighton… We’ve been studying and listening and trying to figure out a way forward that feels ethical, authentic and aligned with what we’ve been learning and how our views have changed and continue to evolve.

In this post I’m sharing a couple of variations which really help to get the core musculature firing!

In this post I'm sharing an amazing principle of biomechanics to help you release tight muscles.

If you’ve been following me for a while you know I love a good plank. However, I now never assign Planks to clients in their bespoke weekly practice. Why?

I was overwhelming myself with the mammoth task of trying to study so many of the potential influences of MENAHT and African Diaspora Transcultural Fusion.
It lead to me getting quite stuck and feeling pretty demotivated to dance.

What is Transcultural Fusion

I’m excited to share with you some of my favourite ways to warm up for hip work and shimmies in dance.

…and what to do if you don’t want to!

This technique takes a little practice but is a game-changer for developing effortless liquidity!

Along with the new strength. flexibility and confidence they feel, clients tell me they now have KNOWLEDGE and understanding of their bodies to know what it needs before and after dance, to compliment other activities and to address issues in the body as they arise.

In this video I’m sharing my favourite tip to help dancers develop amazing arm undulations.