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Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional

Southern, California
As a dance educator I am interested in all aspects of health for dancers and athletes, and... Full Bio
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Learn Ballet Positions Faster, 3 Essential Tips by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance When you, especially if you are an adult beginner, learn ballet, there is a lot of information to absorb about basic positions. You might be dreaming about doing split leaps a ... Read on »
The Immortality Gene and You by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Dr. Al Sears has been talking about telomeres and health for years. Modern science is beginning to catch on. What are your telomeres? They’re protective tips that cap t ... Read on »
Exclusive Chance To Win Tickets To See the English National Ballet's Nutcracker by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Win two tickets for English National Ballet's production of The Nutcracker! And there is lots more interesting Ballet News at Elise' blog. Read on »
Exercises For Pointe in Adult Ballet Classes - Warm Up and Awareness by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Most ballet exercises cover a lot of muscle groups, while exercises to prepare for pointe work, or foot work in general focus on the feet/ankles. Here is a simple exercise you ... Read on »
How Adult Beginners In Ballet Can Progress To Pointe Work by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Most adult ballet beginners I talk to are motivated to add home practice to their dance class schedule. If you want to progress to pointe work, you can save time and money by ... Read on »
Understanding Myofascial Release and Ballet Training by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Releasing tension in the fascia, the covering of our soft tissues (to put it in my rustic terms) is different from just releasing tension in the muscle centers. For an example ... Read on »
Still Trying To Lift Your Leg "From Underneath?" by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Well, give it up - it's not going to work. Trying to get the legs up by pure force and effort is quite frustrating. Believe me, I understand! Nichelle at Dance Advantage wrot ... Read on »
Learn Basic Ballet Positions - Can You Learn On Line? by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance For the curious adult beginner, or younger student wanting to learn ballet, there are many offers to learn ballet on line. Is this really possible? There are many articles and ... Read on »
Exercises For Pointe - Basic Ballet Positions Matter! by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Exercises for pointe work are not going to result in grace and ease when you dance ballet in pointe shoes, unless your basic ballet positions are correct. Spinal posture, well ... Read on »
Exercises to Prepare For Pointe by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Every young ballet dancer wants to get into pointe shoes. And every ballet exercise, done properly, will prepsre you to dance ballet in pointe shoes. Yet, there are special ex ... Read on »
The Trey McIntyre Project - I LOVED It! by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance I can't believe it's Thursday - I've been so busy. Wanted to get to this earlier... Last Saturday evening some fellow dance fans and myself drove down to the Orange County Pe ... Read on »
Do NOT Let Your Child Get Flu Vaccine -- 9 Reasons Why by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I had read this report at lewrockwell.com, but since that is a less visited site, I'm happy to see that Dr. Mercola posted it, in his ongoing reports on the flu vaccines. &quo ... Read on »
Improve Your Ballet By Learning How To Train Your Brain Waves For Creativity by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Ballet dancers and all creative artists who have more Alpha brain waves suffer less tension and anxiety. The artistic lifestyle of competition and daily pressures produces str ... Read on »
Power Training Video For Men In Ballet by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Here's an excellent power training/weights/kettlebell video taken at The National Ballet of Canada, with trainer Josh Hewitt. Josh introduces an overview of the basics of tra ... Read on »
Stretching at the Ballet Barre to Improve Basic Positions by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Stretching at the barre is necessary even when you are first learning ballet. Opportunities to stretch come in between exercises while your ballet teacher describes the next e ... Read on »
Fitting Ballet Pointe Shoes - Some Extra Tips by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance It is exciting when your dance teacher tells you that it's time to start dancing ballet in pointe shoes. New, shiny, pink satin pointe shoes are beautiful. Every student has t ... Read on »
How to Eat Right For Early Ballet Training, Ballet For Adults, and Cheer Leading by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Serious music students buy the best instrument they can afford, and learn to take the utmost care of what they select. However, ballet, recreational dance and cheer leading st ... Read on »
Ballet For Adults and Barre Exercises by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Basic ballet positions, technique and movements are taught through barre exercises. To discover and increase your turnout, and improve your natural dancing abilities, you need ... Read on »
How To Improve Your Ballet Technique, Avoid Ballet Injuries and Eventual Arthritis by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance The traditional ballet conservatory training usually combines a syllabus training (Cecchetti, Royal Academy of Dancing, Vaganova) with the talent of world class retired baller ... Read on »
Use the Ballet Barre to Improve Your Balance and Strengthen Your Ballet Technique by Dianne B. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance Be in pointe shoes as much as you can. Once you've gone beyond beginning pointe work, wearing the shoes for barre work is a good habit. The sole of the foot, and ankle, have t ... Read on »