Made it to Bergen and Oslo Norway safely. I arrived (stressed) after a long journey of cancelled and delayed flights. I really am astonished that I made it to Bergen, Norway, where I attended the 8th Annual Bergen Tango Marathon, with about 200 other people! I guess that the Tango Goddesses were on my side, […]
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The temperature outside is a lovely 24 C / 76 F, fantastic weather for a walk! As I am now back in Austin, Texas visiting my parents this walk is different than wandering big cities aimlessly for hours! They have a really nice walking/ biking trail behind their home that is part of a grassy
“Sacroiliac pain comes from unbalanced muscular force between the glutes and the pelvic floor, and the resulting pelvic floor hypertension on the sacrum.” – Katy Bowman, Alignment Matters (page 144) Sacroiliac pain can be so painful and often debilitating. You can’t walk for any length of time and standing too can be painful. There might be
I absolutely cannot get enough of all the foot information I am absorbing from my Science of Healthy Feet course to become a certified Healthy Foot practitioner. Besides Katy Bowman’s book, Every Woman’s Guide to Foot Pain Relief: The New Science of Healthy Feet this article Why Shoes Make Normal Gait Impossible by Dr. William Rossi
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During my years at ASU I was really really blessed with so many creative and talented students. I’ve read poems written about tango, short stories, photographs taken inspired by tango, paintings made, illustrations, buildings designed for tango, boardgames for tango, songs written and played, you name it! All these things were presented as part of
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I recently wrote a post for my tango site, accesstango.com about hip dropping in tango and why it is not a great idea. Well, it’s not a great idea to drop our hips in walking or standing regardless of tango dancing or not. So better than hip dropping let us look at Pelvic Listing. Pelvic Listing is
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Dropping your hips? A student came to me recently and shared with me that another teacher had told her that to find her balance (which had been a problem for her), all she had to do was “drop her hip”. And well, as you can imagine, I have some issues with this. Now, this isn’t
We often hear about pelvic problems for women and it’s not very mainstream to hear about men’s disorders, except for maybe their prostrate. This podcast comes from colleagues, Susan McLaughlin at Align for Health interviewing Restorative Exercise colleague, David McCoid of Freedom From Pelvic Pain talking about David’s journey to becoming pelvic-pain FREE! As I always say,
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From one of my new favorite Facebook Friends, Stop Chasing Pain by Dr. Perry Nickelston. He is right on with so many of his ideas. And so many of them I learned in my dance trainings through the years! Funny how now some of the exercises or movement suggestions are gaining popularity when they were part
I was really intrigued by this NPR podcast and article: Lost Posture: Why Indigenous Cultures Don’t Have Back Pain. The article discusses the possible reasons why back pain is so prevalent in our culture and Ms. Gokhale, an acupuncturist in CA, began looking at cultures that apparently don’t have back pain. There were a few things
I never thought it would be possible. Ever since I can remember, I have been bow-legged, and over the course of 2 years I have managed to transform that. I grew up wearing orthotics. I was told I had no arches even though when I wasn’t bearing any weight i saw arches on my feet. At one
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As I am here in Berlin also waiting for invitations and making proposals, I thought of leading. Invitations, Proposals, Esperar y Seguir are they all the makings of a great leader? I thought about how the role of the leader has had so many explanations on how it is supposed to be or how it is supposed
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It’s that time of year again and I couldn’t resist peaking on Facebook to see how the US Tango Competition went this year. And to see how some students of mine had faired. It is an interesting place to be after participating four years in a row, to be a voyeur so far away! Also
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Hello everyone from rainy, wet, windy Wuppertal! I’m here to report that my stay in Austin has come to an end and I am now in Germany. I am so grateful for the time I had in Austin. I met some wonderful people, visited with others who have been a part of my tango life, taught some
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Does the title give it away? Do you know what I’m talking about? When are yours eyes open in tango and when are they shut? Has your tango teacher told you, as a follower, to close your eyes? Close your eyes so you can feel more? so you can be more receptive? If so, I’m commenting
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