Flamenco grip can be a tricky position to get comfortable with. And for good reason! It’s putting the shoulder, elbow, and wrist in positions that may be challenging for you because of strength and mobility restrictions, or because of previous injuries. And even if you don’t have any physical limitations, I find that it’s often …
I’ve never been shy or uncomfortable about dancing or moving my body. I always loved to dance as a kid, I took belly dance classes with my sister when I was 13. I was a teen in the 90s and went to raves and danced with glow sticks. Any time I was in a situation …
I think that if you asked most of my contemporaries in the aerial and pole world “What’s the thing that you wished you’d learned when you first started training?” they’d all respond with some variation on the same theme: “I wish I’d been taught more about HOW to use my body instead of just learning …
Those that know me in person or who follow me on IG may know that I have recently, at age 43, learned how to drive and gotten my first driver’s license. Yes, I really have spent most of my life not knowing how to drive a car. And what better way to celebrate my recently …
June 23rd Charlotte, NC Private lessons at Bloom Movement Artistry Email: bloommovementartistry@gmail.com June 24th Asheville, NC Workshops at Empyrean Arts 2:45-4:15pm Hanging and Pulling: stop talking about scapula As aerialists, hanging and pulling is at the core of what we do. While we’ve hopefully all learned that “back and down” is less than helpful, what …
Low back pain. Have you had it? I have, and it’s a bitch! I was just reading a statistic that said that 60-80% of adults will experience low back pain at some point in their lives. And that 85% of low back pain is classified as non specific, which means there is no structural cause, …
