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 | 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 | May 25, 2017 | Dance Yourself Happy
The Salsa VIP Day – Case Study Last weekend I spent 5 hours with a special lady. Jo is a really keen social dancer, does regular classes and is eager to improve. She lives a fair distance away from me, and has lots of other things going on in her life, so coming...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Sep 12, 2016 | Dance Yourself Happy, Ladies Salsa, Salsa Styling
Social dancing confidence for ladies is an inner game… And so is styling. Sure you can fix the external stuff…lose weight, wear more makeup, have work done, hide behind your clothes etc. But if that doesn’t change how you feel...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Aug 7, 2016 | Beginner's Salsa, Dance Yourself Happy
Your body is rarely the chief limiting factor in your Salsa dance potential… Nor is your time, money or circumstances. Nor the country you were born, or your culture. Or that you don’t have a partner to practice with. It’s...
by Shulagh Jacobs | Jul 31, 2016 | Dance Yourself Happy
Was anyone born a natural car driver? Or a natural golfer? Or a natural cardiac surgeon? I think not… So the idea that someone is born with the ability to dance already present within them isn’t something I buy into. What I do...