by Shulagh Jacobs | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
You put everything into planning the perfect wedding but left the most important thing to chance.Spent a fortune on creating an incredible day that would be remembered by everyone present for many years after the fact.Spent two years planning it…maybe...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Aug 1, 2025 | Couples Salsa
Why Learning Salsa Is the Most Powerful Mirror for Your Relationship It’s often said that relationships are a mirror because they reflect our own flaws and blind spots straight back at us. That what attracts us most in our partner what we feel we most lack in...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 9, 2025 | Couples Salsa
This a quote of unverified origin which probably emerged organically and was used widely as a marketing phrase for dance teachers and studios. I’ve used it myself on many occasions! And whilst I believe there is more than a grain of truth to it, I think it’s...
by Shulagh Jacobs | May 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
If confidence was actually real, there would be a way of measuring it. There would be a sure fire recipe for it – something which people could brew up for every difficult or scary situation they were facing. And you’d be able to buy it from the supermarket...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jun 24, 2022 | Dance Yourself Happy, Dancer's Body, Uncategorized
My first love in dance was ballet. And my first love in ballet was Swan Lake. I’ve loved it ever since I was a toddler and my grandmother – a ballet-lover – used to play the Tchaikovsky score when I went to sleep over at weekends and she watched me launch...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jan 29, 2020 | Beginner's Salsa
I lost my mojo towards the end of last year. I found myself getting frustrated with some of the students on my lower level courses. Students who didn’t listen or put into practice what I taught them. Who insisted on running before they could even walk. Who wanted to...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 11, 2017 | Salsa Styling
Every type of dance has its own identifiers… The music, the rhythm, the timing. Moves and combinations of moves. But the real essence of a dance is not steps or moves. It’s more than that. Steps can look generic and soulless....
by Shulagh Jacobs | May 16, 2017 | Men's Salsa
The main barrier to guys becoming proficient leads in Salsa is not what most people think. It’s the way Salsa is taught to guys that causes most of their problems. As you may have already discovered, leading is multi-tasking of the cruellest variety. Not...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Apr 19, 2017 | Beginner's Salsa, Dancer's Body
People often ask why I focus on the science behind dancing and learning to dance… To me it’s very simple and obvious. Salsa dancing, although both an art and a physical skill, requires complex interactions between brain, body and nervous system. Understand how...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Mar 7, 2016 | Dance Yourself Happy, Salsa Technique, Social Salsa Dancing
Why do we dance? For most of us, it’s because the feeling of connection we get when we dance with a partner is the most magical feeling on the planet. Once you’ve experienced that magic, nothing else comes close. If you’ve not been...
