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2012: apparently the year of joyous fatness
If this year's internet New Year propaganda bears fruit, it may be the greatest year of fatness, ever.
No one I know has been talking up their diet plans on Facebook. ReVolutions not Resolutions is all happy and inspiring. PDA Nation is video-mad about it.
Some people will be FATTING IT UP ALL OVERAaaaand fattivists have hopped on the blogger ( Read more... ) -
er, hi there.
Hi, lj. It's been awhile. A while I've spent periodically complaining to people that the slow dissolve of lj and like communities has turned the internet into an entirely public space that isn't near as much fun. And wants to sell me shit. Or tell me how to sell shit ( Read more... ) -
be three!
I like the little kid illustration in this article about Alexander Technique being three years old at least once a day. Kids are pretty great at balancing without a lot of extra attention, letting the rest of themselves sorta flow along with their heads, getting physically into the middle of an activity and just flopping on the floor when flopping ( Read more... ) -
posture! huh! what is it good for?
Posture! When we see that word, a lot of us spring to attention: lift our chests, through our shoulder blades back, our shoulders up, tighten our necks, suck in our bellies and raise our heads while attempting to “straighten our spines”. Proper posture, we think, is not-slouching; it’s also, apparently, waiting for a punch in the gut.
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video reviews
As mentioned! I acquired some dance videos to work with this week. They got here Saturday, so I haven’t been through every hour of each of them (though shockingly close - my project not starting as planned this week means I have tons of time for practice). For dancers who might want practice videos, I’ll talk about what I picked, why & how they’re ( Read more... ) -
too much in one day!
Not too much to do. Too much to reflect on. I’ll try.
Today: my third foray into Balla Guerra and first look at the combos that make up the vocabulary. I may have forgotten everything we did, but it’ll be in writing this week. It’s cool coming to these workshops with a fairly small group; no one seems set on being a Balla Guerra dancer exclusively ( Read more... ) -
feedback
Where do you go for feedback as a dancer or athlete? I don’t feel like I get enough meaningful feedback on my movement right now.
This came up in conversation with another dancer (who was doing an awesome job of coloring my hair at the time) yesterday. Bellydancers tend to be very generous with compliments, and will tell you that performance was ( Read more... ) -
watching as training
I’ve been rather quiet on this topic for the last several days. Not that I haven’t been working - just, it gets a little boring to report on my fairly routine training day after day. “Did same thing. Improved.” or “Did slightly different thing. Not feeling well.” kinds of updates don’t yield much insight for me. Getting stronger and better prepared ( Read more... ) -
resting and riding bicycles
Yesterday my main physical activity was getting a massage [I currently see Gracie Hardy at ArtWorks, though I'd recommend everyone I've ever seen.] I rarely leave a massage feeling “yay, melty goodness, zzzzz” - more balanced and ready - but it’s still nice to not do a lot physically after. Drink a gallon of water.
Today! Die came over to practice ( Read more... ) -
relearning
Why, hello, 5am. I did not expect to be meeting you here in the kitchen.
I remember (maybe wrongly) reading that perceived hunger is enough of a learned behavior that when you start or stop training your body has to relearn to be hungry for whatever you need. I vote we roll with this “science” no matter how bollocksy it is, since it explains why I ( Read more... )