Your core is stronger than you think! It supports you all day long - not just walking, standing or sitting but for every single activity you are doing.

Personally, there was a point in my life where I didn’t really like getting up and down from the floor. It was an effort and certainly for dance it wasn’t an option. I was terrified of hurting my knees with level changes.

In my opinion, one of the hardest things about starting and maintaining an exercise routine or movement practice is just getting started!

A couple of small studies have shown that isometric exercises can provide pain relief… when it hurts to move a body part, isometrics can be a great entry point to movement and getting back to doing the things you love.

In this post I wanted to suggest 3 reasons why you might be in pain and what you can do about it - whether that’s your lower back, hips, knees or shoulders!

Dance Conversation with Samantha Emanuel

A simple idea to help you in your journey with your regular movement practice and with any other habit that you want to incorporate into your life.

Dance Conversation with Betty Harsma - Dance, Movement, Mindfulness and instructor on Violet Kind’s online Fly Fusion studio. We talk about finding balance in your practice, persistence, longevity in dance and life - all the good stuff!

I love sharing with you some of the cool and awesome experiences my clients tell me about… Today’s story includes some tips for sparking creativity when you are stuck in a creative block.

Last week I had the pleasure of an online live “Dance Conversation” with the amazing Sureya. I started taking classes with her as I wanted to learn more about the Turkish style of Raqs Sharqi and was overjoyed to discover that she includes a strong conditioning sequence at the start of each class too!

One way I am starting to make changes to my clients’ exercises (and my own!) is by starting to take a more playful approach to the way I build movement practices.

My knees didn’t hurt anymore, but I still felt this “tightness…”

…holding a position during an exercise is another great way of increasing challenge and getting more strength benefit from an exercise without increasing the number of reps and keeping your movement practice effective whilst in a manageable time.

10 years ago I started to find I was getting pain in my knees when I walked up the stairs….

Have you been doing an exercise routine or movement practice for a while and feel like you have plateaued? But you just don't have the time to do more sets and reps?

I had an interesting conversation with a client before Christmas that really illustrated why it’s so important to have a solid foundation of strength in our bodies in order to dance safely and injury-free.

When I talk about “Happy Hips” it's a catchy way of talking about the pelvic alignment. The pelvis is centrally located in the body and when it moves, other areas have to adjust to accommodate it.

Developing a personal movement practice is no mean feat! We think it should be something easy to do - because it’s something we want.

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.