Tag: Balance

Wake Up! Yoga for Energy & Enthusiasm

Post author By Blythe Stephens
Post date 6. September 2021
Categories In Creative Living, Mindful Movement
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What fosters energy and youthful enthusiasm in your life? What rituals help you wake up and maintain mindful presence? I’m Blythe Stephens, and that’s what I’m exploring today and in episode 59 of the A Blythe Coach Podcast.

Go Bananas for the Splits, Leap like Yoga Mythology’s Monkey God Hanuman (and a review of the basics of stretching technique)

Post author By Blythe Stephens
Post date 27. February 2021
Categories In Dance, Mindful Movement
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This article explores the classic splitting shape of Hanumanasana in yoga or “The Splits,” which becomes leaps like Grand Jete in Ballet dancing technique and others, in mythology, proper stretching practices, and performance.

Art & Architecture of Arabesque

Post author By Blythe Stephens
Post date 5. February 2021
Categories In Dance

“These are very charming poses, which doubtless owe their inspiration to antique painting and sculpture. The name arabesque applied to the flowing ornament of Moorish invention is exactly suited to express those graceful lines which are their counterpart in the art of dancing.” – Cyril W. Beaumont and Stanislas Idzikowski in The Cecchetti Method of […]

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