Torso Rotation: Strength, Mobility and the Spinal Twist
Tips and Drills to find a fluid twist
LIVE! Thursday October 8th at 10am PDT (UTC-7)
Does your Torso Rotation ever feel like you are pushing to get all the way around, and your low back is the one paying for it?
In this class we look at how a spinal twist actually works. Where rotation naturally lives in the spine, how little of it the low back is designed to give, and how the ribs, the obliques and the breath all take part. Once you know what is available to you, the whole movement changes shape.
Then we put it to work with tips and drills. We will build the strength that carries the rotation and the mobility that lets it happen, so the movement comes from support rather than from forcing or bending into the low back. Slow, felt, repeatable.
The goal is not a bigger twist. It is a twist you can feel, one that comes from the right places and still looks calm and unhurried from the outside.
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DeAnna has studied and taught FatChanceBellyDance® Style, or FCBD® Style (formerly known as American Tribal Style or ATS®) belly dance and yoga for over 17 years. She has a passion for the artistic qualities as well as the scientific and structural elements of movement and believes in the power of these practices to align the mind and the body. She has spent years exploring how these relate to holistic and artist components of dance and yoga.
Her dance journey began when she met Megha, Director of Devyani Dance Company in 2004 and fell in love with FCBD®Style. Since then, DeAnna has dedicated her dance career to receiving the highest level of training and establishing herself as a leading professional in the FCBD®Style community. She was in the very first to receive Sister Studio and Teacher Certification outside of FatChance BellyDance®, is one of the few FatChance Continuing Education instructors in the world, was part of the inaugural FCBD®Style Advanced Teaching Training group, and had the pleasure of teaching and performing throughout the United States as well as in India. Her love of dance, movement and anatomy also led her to immerse herself in yoga study, becoming a registered Yoga Alliance Teacher (200hr and then 500hr RYT) and gaining a number of specialty certifications.
DeAnna’s classes empower her students to align their mind and body through dance and yoga. Through gaining an awareness of the scientific and structural elements of movement, together with an appreciation for the holistic and artist components, students unlock the hidden potential that is already within themselves. She prides herself on a relaxed and professional teaching style that allows students to elevate their skills in a safe, positive and fun learning environment
She is currently offering belly dance and yoga classes in the Portland Area, Facebook live courses, online private sessions and a range of specialty workshops.