Walking for Wellness
The Clues are in the Shoes By Allegra Romita and Nancy Romita The Story: Allegra and the Cobbler I live in Brooklyn, New York. In the city, it is common for people to take more than 10,000 steps per day! … Continue reading →
Alexander Technique: A Definition of FM Alexander’s Principle of Inhibition
Nancy Romita, MAmSAT, MFA, RYT, RSMT is the author of Functional Awareness Anatomy in Action for Dancers and Functional Awareness and Yoga: An anatomical Guide to the Body in Reflective Practice, published by Oxford University Press. Habitual muscular tension can be … Continue reading →
Tips and Principles of an Effective Warm up
An effective warm-up is a group of exercises performed immediately before an activity that provides the body with a transition from rest to exercise. It provides the body with an adequate adjustment period in order to move effectively without over … Continue reading →
Creativity: Happenstance or Habit?
Is it a skill or an innate trait? Can one train to be creative? Is the creative process more successful if it is chaotic and random or if it has a rigorous systematic approach? Neither? Both? As a dancer, choreographer, … Continue reading →
Cross Training for Dancers: Constructing an Individualized Program for Balancing Exertion and Recuperation, Exercise/Fitness and Restoration Practices
In professional sports, athletes may spend as much time in cross training models as they do on the practice fields. Dancers are artists, yet the rigor of physical training also requires training as an athlete. Cross training in sports and … Continue reading →
Honoring Individual Differences in Human Anatomy when Training in the Studio, at the Gym, or on the Mat
Each human is different, we have different personality traits, some are reserved and shy while other people are exuberantly outgoing. Each trait can provide assets and challenges as we navigate through our environment of work, home life, recreation and rest. … Continue reading →
Is sitting the New Smoking?
Considerations for Sitting in a Chair and Computer use By Nancy Romita & Allegra Romita This article provides documentation that sitting for long periods of time can be detrimental to one’s health. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/sit-less-live-longer/?_r=0 Tools for developing a functional awareness for balanced … Continue reading →
starting conversations on Functional Awareness
I am hoping this blog will be a place where you can check an have a daily thought about how the body/mind functions, and provide sources to consider mindfulness in daily actions. At Towson University’s Sci Bi class we are … Continue reading →