Two weeks off, a trip to Montreal to see U2 with the fam and now back to work and back to my work out schedule. I actually only missed one scheduled class during vacation as we didn't leave for Montreal until Thursday am and were home late Monday night. My summer classes are on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, so the rest of the week I mix it up with different DVD's and always wake up to Rodney Yee's AM Yoga (my favorite).
I saw an interesting fact this morning when I was printing the Active Living Daily articles to post in the crew room at work.
The article was called "11 Activities for your Heart" and guess what # 5 was..DANCE
#5 Dance Every Day
Whether it's country dancing or ballroom, dancing burns 480 calories an hour, uses your muscles in new ways - and puts joy in your heart. Some Cardiologists say their patients who dance are the healthiest of them all. Try to go twice a month.
This just keeps getting better and better. It cements my thoughts that Yoga Dance is the ultimate workout routine. It combines the beauty of yoga with the joy of dance and is good for your muscles and your mind. When I first contacted the Let Your Yoga Dance Leader, Megha Buttenheim and asked if you needed to be a Yoga Teacher or a Dance Teacher to take this training, she said that I didn't need to be either but it would probably be a good idea to try a dance class or two until I can get to the LYYD training next year. Earlier this year I started taking Belly Dancing Lessons with my sister-in-law and our teacher is so beautiful when she dances...well, she is just beautiful anyway, but when she dances, something just takes over and I could watch her all day. We struggled a little with the choreography, so we joined the Beginners class again for the summer and our 17 year old daughters joined with us so Wednesday nights are a really fun outing together and I think the girls are having fun. I also joined Tribal Dance, with the same instructor and I love this. This actually was what I wanted to take but the instructor suggested taking Bellydance first to get some of the basic moves. I am determined to master some of these moves and although I am not a natural, I am really enjoying it. Hopefully my teacher will continue to be patient with me. She has been an absolute doll so far. She also teaches yoga and there is a 5:30 class both Monday and Wednesday's before my 7 pm dance classes, so I am trying to get to a couple of these. It is a little tough to get into town for 5:30 as I work outside the city, cross a ferry to get home and it is another ferry ride to get to the city. I did manage to get there a couple of times when I was on vacation and really enjoyed her classes, so I am trying to convince my daughter to attend the Wednesday 5:30 class before our Belly Dance class. Tuesdays are Pilates @ 6 and Restorative Yoga @ 7:30 which works out great and they seem to compliment each other. I'm not sure how the schedules are going to match up come fall but it has worked out perfectly for the summer.
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