by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 8, 2021 | Dancer's Body
Body isolation is usually presented as the first step towards learning body movement in Salsa dance. Yet how many of us have watched even seasoned social dancers struggle and get increasingly frustrated when they just can’t make that body part behave and move...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 2, 2021 | Dance Yourself Happy, Salsa Dance Injury
Mental health is a real buzzword just lately, with reports that so many of us are tangibly suffering from prolonged disruption of our usual patterns of behaviour, our social gatherings, and increased uncertainty over finances and future plans. It seems that there is...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 24, 2021 | Beginner's Salsa, Salsa Mindset
I can remember the days when I was just starting out. I don’t think I ever thought learning Salsa was going to be easy, but I had been teaching fitness and aerobics classes for some years, and considered myself more coordinated than the average person. So on one...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 20, 2021 | Beginner's Salsa
Do you feel like you have put your life on hold because of the Covid crisis? That you have to wait until things “get back to normal” before you start really living your life to the full again? You’re not alone! For the Salsa dancing community this has meant...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Sep 24, 2020 | Beginner's Salsa, Salsa Mindset
Here is the first episode of my new podcast where I aim to dig deeper into topics which cause people to struggle with bringing their dancing hopes and dreams to full fruition. Ironically these issues don’t always limit themselves to dancing, and they often throw...