This tip is all about posture .
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Now , uh when it comes to posture , what we're really trying to do is achieve , achieve a neutral spine , a stable spine .
Now , some signs that your spine is not very stable when you are partnering with somebody , if somebody tends to have really stiff arms , imagine if I'm going to turn Scarlett and she's one of those girls that hangs on for dear life and is pushing like crazy even though she's , even though she's it bitty , she doesn't feel like it .
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So using the guns and using the arms , that is a sign that your spine is not stable .
My lovely , beautiful grandmother who's going to be 96 years old , her back is not quite like it used to be .
Her spine is not so stable .
She used to be about 57 .
Now she's maybe 47 .
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So when she's going to pick up a bag of groceries , this is how she'll do it .
Oh , she uses those arms and she's working really hard with those arms instead of somebody with a stable spine , the arms are really secondary , right ?
They'll bend down , they'll stand up and the arms are relaxed .
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Stable spines .
Now , here's , here's a couple of , of little cues that you can do and we do with our students all the time .
We say stand up next to the wall .
Sorry , I was gonna do it .
I didn't mean to , but please go ahead .
So , what we're looking for is your backside , your shoulder blades and your head to be against the wall .
Now , you're gonna find that a lot of people will have a really difficult time doing this .
I recommend see a kist or a chiropractor , some professional in this field to help you achieve a neutral spine and brace it .
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So her backside , her shoulder blades and her head are against the wall , making those things all stacked over top of one another .
Now , if she steps away that a new woman now , but when you're doing that , the shoulder blades are gonna use you as a model shoulder blades slightly in towards the spine .
Yeah , there you go .
Bad girl .
Now , slightly in and then down towards the hip , but don't change that neutral spine .
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Slightly in and down to the hip .
What happens when you start doing that is you fire muscles that brace act acts as a buttressing system for your spine .
So it supports that spine .
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Now , imagine if I'm dancing with Scarlett and her shoulder blades are nowhere near in place and then the shoulders tend to fall forward and then I go .
I'm going to be the bad girl .
Patricia .
Go ahead and pull me , Scarlett .
Whoa , I'm not connected to my spine .
So I'm gonna have to process what my partner wants .
I think she wants me to go that way and then I respond .
We don't have time to process and try to decipher leads .
So instead she's gonna have frame by just simply connecting to her own spine , making it stable and go for it slightly in and down to the hip .
Now , when I pull her , her arms are relaxed , she doesn't have to process what I'm asking her to do .
She just goes , she doesn't have to use her eyes .
Doesn't have to think just like this table .
It has frame , it has structure .
I pull it goes , I push , it goes ok , stable spines , shoulder blades slightly in down to the hip , whether it be walking to the water cooler or work saying oh yeah , slightly in and down to the hip or whether it be at every red light .
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Cue my posture , little things in your daily life that will help .
That's one little tip .
It will definitely help not only your , your dance ability but your presence and poise .
When it comes to dance and the rest of your life , you're really only as old as your spine .
So take care of that spine .
Good luck makes you look and feel better .
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