Dancing is an excellent exercise during pregnancy! Not only do you get to move your body to music you love, but it will keep you flexible while toning your muscles. You can get a cardiovascular workout from any fast-paced dance, or stretch and maintain muscle...
Hunger serves an obvious purpose: it tells us that we need to eat to keep our bodies fueled. But when we experience this "alarm clock", how do we react? For a variety of reasons, we may be developing the custom to ignore our hunger pangs...
Regardless of our fitness goals, we are always looking for ways to burn more fat and increase our metabolism. There is an endless list of options on the market that sell you the idea of a miracle, but come with it a list of unhealthy...
Ballet is more than just art, it's a full athletic experience that can quickly drain your physical and even mental energies. Understanding that and recognizing that intense rehearsals can create tension in your body, take advantage of any downtime you have between them so you...
If you have visited your favorite organic or health food store, you may have come across a menstrual cup as you perused the options of natural beauty and feminine care products. Menstrual cups might seem like a revolutionary new invention for the more health-conscious generation...
If you’ve just given birth, or you’re nearly there, you’ve probably heard from a medical professional or two that exercising your pelvic floor is going to be an essential element of your postpartum recovery plan. But you might be under the assumption that your only...
Scoliosis, an either mild or severe misalignment for the spine, is thought to solely be treated by spinal braces or surgery. Scoliosis causes the spine to curve to the left, the right or both. Up to 2 to 3% of Americans—that’s 6 to 9 million people—have...
When you think of ballet, your first thought might be of a little girl in a pink tutu pirouetting for her parents in her elementary school’s production of Swan Lake, or a young woman in New York or Paris in a much grander production of...
In an article some years ago a researcher spoke on the subject of a dancer being a performing athlete and stated, “The physical demands placed on dancers from current choreography and performance schedules make their physiology and fitness just as important as skill development.” Your...
Most people are not concerned about losing their equilibrium as they go about day to day activities. Yet, as advanced age approaches, many able-bodied people grapple with a new set of challenges, including trying to keep their balance – almost as if having to learn...