Holistic approach to dance training

Let's talk about the holistic approach to growing as a dancer📷. I believe in the importance of body-mind-soul alignment. It might seem like too much but is it really? From my ballroom background, I know from my own experience how all the little details and pieces influence the whole picture. Of course, we are all in different seasons of life, health, money, and life situations. We all might have different goals, but I believe that dancing (especially WCS) is a road of self-discovery, reflection, and opportunity to grow as humans. The more serious you go into dance, the more you notice it. But if you already spend so much time and money on dance, why not look at it seriously and take all the benefits?

My intention for my Friday classes recently is to expose you to different disciplines and activities for your body, mind, and soul. You can make an assessment and see honestly how things are going and take an opportunity to increase your mobility, flexibility, stamina, creativity, etc.

It all matters and makes a huge difference- how much and what we drink, how we nourish our body, how we move, how we sleep. Your body is your temple. Do you take care of it with love? There is almost a 100% chance that if we don't care about our own body and soul, it will make us treat people around us poorly. The outside is a reflection of the inside.

Life moves us through many experiences, so sometimes we are not even in our body; we don't notice what we put in it, and we don't feel and listen to the body. We act and live automatically. Sometimes we are just in survival mode. But when we listen to the body as a wise friend, we will benefit greatly from that.

We have so many of our own talents and wise teachers in DFW who can help and share knowledge and guide you. I want to bring your awareness that you can feel better by using that knowledge.

Often, when we like someone's dancing, we don't even think about how much extra work aside from WCS ( or other style ) they might be doing - working out, stretching, trying other styles, etc etc etc.

And, of course, internal work might be even more important than bodywork. Whatever is on your mind and heart is gonna be expressed in your movement and dancing. Dance is a reflection of life. So, working on mindsets, healing your traumas, and finding affordable, quick resources to bring your nervous system into calm, relaxed, creative mode will help your dancing more than learning new patterns. Life can be crazy and can keep us in "fight or flight" mode, which drains and exhausts us. Are we even aware that we are in "fight or flight"? Does it become our norm?

My intention is to help you guys through dance lessons. But my intention is way more than just dancing. For example, flexibility for me is not that I want you to get this split in 2 weeks. I want to show you that it can help you sleep better and live better. And no question you will feel your body in a new way that will allow your dance and personality to grow.

I will keep teaching Fridays by myself and will keep bringing those people who share with you about healthy nutrition, mobility, flexibility, pilates, and life coaches; we will talk about performance, creativity, how to be an artist, etc.

I absolutely love doing it. My dream/goal for my Friday classes this year is to create a special, safe place for all of us to grow as a dancers and as humans and I believe it will make your daily life a little more calm, peaceful and joyful.

Much love, 📷 Maria