Restorative for Balance Recovery
A 50 minute practice to help the muscles we use for balance.
A 50 minute practice to help the muscles we use for balance.
About this class: Give your body the rest it has earned. This gentle, fully supported practice helps you recover from balance and core work like eagle pose and Turkish shimmies. Using pillows, blankets, towels and blocks, you’ll settle into long, easy holds. These release the inner thighs, hamstrings, chest and back muscles we rely on in our FCBD® Style dance. Each pose is set up so the props do the work and you can simply breathe and let go.
Along the way, you’ll calm your nervous system and build body awareness through the breath. You’ll also practice shifting more quickly from activity into true rest. Releasing through the chest and upper back helps keep those muscles supple for body waves, Arabic steps and graceful posture. It’s a quiet reminder that support isn’t a weakness. It’s how we go deeper and grow stronger.
You’ll need: A couple of pillows, two towels and two blocks if you have them.
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DeAnna has studied and taught FCBD®Style belly dance (formerly American Tribal Style, or ATS®) and yoga for over 20 years. She owns and runs FatChanceBellyDance®University, the official learning source for FCBD®Style, where she oversees certification and continuing education and mentors teachers around the world.
Her dance journey began in 2004, when she met Megha, Director of Devyani Dance Company, and fell in love with FCBD®Style. She was among the very first to receive Sister Studio and Teacher Certification outside of FatChanceBellyDance®, is one of only a handful of FCBD®Style Continuing Education Instructors in the world, and was part of the inaugural FCBD®Style Advanced Teacher Training group. She has taught and performed on stages and in studios worldwide.
DeAnna is also a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, and a Therapeutic Yoga Specialist through Yoga Medicine®. Her classes draw on both the scientific, structural and functional elements of movement and its holistic and artistic side, in a relaxed, professional environment where students can elevate their skills safely and have fun doing it.