WELLNESS PRACTICE FOR DANCERS

BREATHING TECHNIQUES

Good breathing is essential for our life and our well being. When we breathe properly our organs are well oxygenated, we experience more mental clarity and our body and nervous system can easier deal with stress and emotions. 

Unfortunately studies show that nearly 70% of population doesn’t breathe properly and very often without even realizing it. 

In this section of the program I will explain and teach you how to improve your breathing pattern. You will learn breathing exercises, we will do a breathwork meditation which is one of the most powerful types of meditations I have ever done. 

Benefits of proper breathing : 

• Boosts your energy and stamina.
• Relieves tension in your body and enhances your ability to deal with pressure and stress.
• Increases your powers of concentration and clear thinking.
• More endorphins are released which improves feelings of natural wellbeing
• Heart rate and blood pressure decrease
• Helps to  control your emotions and fears
• Boosts your immunity and releases chemicals that promote healing.
• You will experience clearer and sharper mind
• Brings calmness and mastery of your emotions

"Focusing on the act of breathing clears the mind of all daily distractions and clears our energy enabling us to better connect with the Spirit within."

MOVEMENT MEDITATION

Movement Meditation will help you deepen the connection to your body. Through simple but conscious movements lead by your breath you will be able to experience more mind-body coherence, release stress and access the state of harmony and peace.

In this part of the program you will learn a simple movement sequence. I will guide you through the movements with my voice and then later you will be able to practice the mediation on your own with background music and sound of breathing.

Benefits of Movement Meditation

• Deepen connection to your body
• Develop better control and coordination in your movements
• Become more conscious and aware of your balance
• Become more present in 
• Become more present and improve your mind-body connection 

"All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.”

GUIDED VISUALIZATION

Guided visualization uses the power of our own imaginations to foster healing of the mind, body, and spirit and enhance our functioning and performance.

Guided visualization is very powerful because our bodies do not discern whether an image is real or imagined. When we bring an image to mind, the same parts of the brain light up as if the actual event was happening. So, if we imagine a relaxing image, our bodies relax. Moreover, in a state of relaxed focus (which guided visualization promotes), we are more sensitive to imagery, which makes us capable of more intense healing, growth, learning, and change.

Benefits of Guided Visualization

• It increases your ability to focus and feel connected to your mind,

• Decrease stress and anxiety,

• It makes you more creative,

• Enhances sleep,

• It lowers heart rate, blood pressure, and helps treat many other physical conditions,

• It helps to make change in your behavior and let go of negative habits

   

“You can’t do anything that you can’t picture yourself doing. Once you make the picturing process conscious and deliberate, you begin to create the self you want to be.”

SOUND BATH 

Sound bath is an ancient wellness practice. It is a relaxation technique and meditative experience where you immerse yourself in powerful and healing frequencies of sound to restore mind, body and spirit back to a state of balance and harmony.

The sound of crystal and Tibetan bowls and tuned in to a specific frequency to resonate and recalibrate the frequency of the body to it’s optimal state. 

Benefits of Sound Bath

• Opening and balancing your chakras 
• Developing deeper connection to sound and music
• Deep healing of wounds and grief
• Greater self-love and feeling of gratitude 
• Feeling more centered and balanced
• Deep profound relaxation and clarity
• Release of toxins from the cells of your body
• An enhanced sense of wellness
• Improved sleep
• Relief from anxiety and stress
• Deep inner peace
• Release of blocked emotions and traumas 

"Sound healing is one of the oldest and most natural forms of healing known to man. It uses the power of sound to restore one’s mind, body and spirit back to a state of balance. The harmonic vibrations from the instruments have a deep penetrating effect on the receiver, promoting healing and well-being."