This is part one of a series of 13(!) posts about my experiences in working with the Dance! Flexibility Makeover Power Pack online course series by the fantastic Stacey Nemour. A brand new series of posts about Stacey’s Beginner’s Ultimate Flexibility Makeover Guide can be found here. Check out this post for a great seat… Read More Stacey Nemour’s Dance! Flexibility Makeover Power Pack – Part 1

Our feet – incredibly important, ingenious, complex and beautiful movement makers. They contain 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than a hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments each. Naturally, taking care of them well benefits us in many ways, including increased strength and flexibility throughout the body. I love using a foot roller – my favourite is… Read More Happy Feet

My flexibility goals (to aim at! :)) for the year 2019 are: to finally get into all 3 splits (left front, right font, and middle – I managed right front in 2018!) being able to grab my extended leg with both hands while standing – and keeping good balance at that! I will be working… Read More Flexibility Goals

Those of you who know me, know (ooh, I like how that sentence came out) that I am an advocate for variability, in movement and in life(!). I see it as the surest way to build resilience, and to find balance in every sense. When working on flexibility, I like to employ a holistic approach,… Read More Roll with It

In the spirit of this week’s theme of incorporating the senses more deeply into all aspects of life, here’s a look of how it connects with flexibility. First of all, I’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to my flexibility mentor Stacey Nemour for very generously sending me a newer version of her stretching straps… Read More Stretching the Senses

For this week’s Flexibility Friday, check out the links below for a series of free(!) follow-along stretching videos by the fantastic Stacey Nemour.  These videos are great to work with throughout the day. Note: Use code ‘D4C’ on checkout for 10% off all Stacey’s paid online flexibility courses, course packages and stretching/posture support props/straps Lower… Read More Free Flexibility Videos

Water, or as Mr. E and I call it, Mountain Juice(tm), is one of the most precious elements on earth. Without it, life as we know it would not exist. We need it to live. Incidentally, being sufficiently hydrated is one of the most simple  (and often overlooked!) way to enhance/support our (mental as well… Read More Drink Water, My Friend

I’ve always considered myself extremely lucky in the teacher department. To each of the teachers in my life I owe parts of my current Self. They have contributed to my growth, happiness, knowledge, skill set, inspiration, love of learning, love of movement, love of music, love of language, and love of life. Their teachings as… Read More Free to Move

Stacey Nemour, my favourite flexibility teacher, has just launched a wealth of online courses and streaming DVDs on flexibilitymakeover.com I’m very excited to be trying out her Dance! Flexibility Makeover Power Pack (starting today – eek!), as her previous online course series was already amazing. It got me safely(!) down into front splits for the first… Read More Flexibility Friday