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Conversations with My Feet: Happy Feet!

Dance Without Limits Posted on November 16, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaNovember 16, 2016

Feet! I can’t remember being so excited about my feet, and they definitely started sending happy messages to me, too. I discovered something horrible that I’ve been doing that’s been hurting my feet. All this trying to dance, all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Applied Alexander®, Dana's Dance Diary, General | Tagged Alexander Technique, ballroom dance, Dance, dance education, Foot injury, Mind-body, tension

Coordinating Your Head and Neck in Movement – Freedom and Control

Dance Without Limits Posted on November 14, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaNovember 14, 2016

Hello my friends! Thanks so much for stopping by today. Pull up a chair and grab a cup of coffee. I’ll spill the beans on what’s been going on in the 4-week series. Come find out… The four-week series is … Continue reading →

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Doing Posture the Easy Way

Dance Without Limits Posted on October 24, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaOctober 24, 2016

What does good posture mean to you? What does it look like and what do you do? Is it more work or less? Can you do that all day? We can pull ourselves up, or push shoulders down. But how … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Alexander®, Dana's Dance Diary, General | Tagged Alexander Technique, body awareness, Dance, dance education, Movement, poise, posture, tension

No Fear! And Move. Freeing the Hips and Using the Head Weight in Dance.

Dance Without Limits Posted on October 6, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaOctober 6, 2016

Someone asked me the other day – assumed, really – that I teach dance. I don’t teach dance, I teach movement that helps people dance better. I teach coordination and body knowledge. I connect the dots for people between seeing … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Applied Alexander®, Dana's Dance Diary, General | Tagged Alexander Technique, ballroom dance, body awareness, Dance, dance education, Movement

Your Head Weight and Muscular Tension in Dance

Dance Without Limits Posted on October 6, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaOctober 6, 2016

Hello my friends! I was out dancing socially and talking with a friend about things each of us is learning, and how we use the body in dance. Dancers talking about dance… I was trying to describe why the head … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Applied Alexander®, Dana's Dance Diary, General | Tagged Alexander Technique, ballroom dance, body awareness, Dance, dance education, posture, tension

Dancing in Water

Dance Without Limits Posted on September 22, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaSeptember 22, 2016

Doing my homework today. Like it, or not, doing it. Walking in the water, standing up to my neck in water and walking and it’s cold. I’m forcing myself into that pool every day now, or nearly so. Sometimes I … Continue reading →

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Your Head is Too Slow

Dance Without Limits Posted on August 28, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaAugust 28, 2016

“Your head is too slow” Sound familiar? In a lesson with my partner, we were working on Reverse Turns in Slow Foxtrot. His teacher told me, “Your head is too slow.” My immediate thought, of course, was to turn it … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Alexander®, Dana's Dance Diary, General, Life Stories | Tagged ballroom dance, body awareness, consciousness, Dance, dance education

Living from the Heart

Dance Without Limits Posted on August 7, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaAugust 7, 2016

Hello my friends, Living from the Heart – Have you ever done this? Are you living this way now? The other day I realized that only now, only at this point in my life, am I really putting my whole … Continue reading →

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One Good Letting Go Leads to Another – in Life, and in Dance.

Dance Without Limits Posted on July 23, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaJuly 23, 2016

Hello my friends, Have you ever noticed how one change cascades into another? It’s like walking into a dark room and turning on the light. The light goes everywhere… Life changes are like lighting a flame. I only moved five … Continue reading →

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When Less is More…

Dance Without Limits Posted on July 19, 2016 by Dana Ben-YehudaJuly 19, 2016

Hello my friends, Thanks for stopping by. Pull up a chair and have a cup of coffee with me :). I sat out on my patio this morning for the first time in quite a while. I took my coffee … Continue reading →

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