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Old 04-22-2008, 07:46 PM   #33
NandaDncer
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Re: Review of Hadia’s Teacher Training Levels I & II: Feb/Mar 2008, Montreal, QC

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Originally Posted by Adishakti View Post
As for posture, I hate to post an example, particularly since this girl is so adorable, but it's important. Here she talks about protecting the lower back, but this is a very popular posture in belly dance that is detrimental to your body. (The tuck harms, not helps).
It's interesting that while she verbalizes the tucked posture once she lifts through her rib cage her knees straighten out and her pelvis sits more neutral rather than tucked...

I thought the emphasis on over tucking was easing off? no?
I need to "tuck" quite bit to get my pelvis into neutral because of my lordosis but as a teacher I need to be aware that my students will have different postural peculiarities and require individual instruction on how to achieve safe dance posture.

Much of Hadia's course sounds like our 'safe dance' programs over here... though of course she has all the extra ME focussed goodies...
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