Shawn Achor’s easy 5 steps to be more happy and successful (Exercise is of course one of them!)

I recently watched an episode of ‘Super Soul Sunday’ on Oprah’s network OWN and thought the interview with Shawn Achor to be very enlightening. He basically stated many things many of us intuitively already know but he backs it up with studies.  He has done research on the connection between happiness and success. A professor at Harvard, he taught the post popular class at Harvard on positive psychology. He says, as the ancient Greeks said, “Happiness is the joy you feel striving for your potential”.  Happiness is not about pleasure. Pleasure comes and goes. Nothing wrong with pleasure, but it...

Express yourself through dance!

In Zumba class, I often point out the simple truth that there is only one of you in the whole world. I encourage people to find their own expression, their own style, to do it their own way. I believe this with my heart to be vital not just on the dance floor but in life. Life is so much more joyful when we allow our own light to shine and to simple BE our TRUE selves. Here is what Martha Graham, renowned dancer has to say: “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through...

Your wedding dance – a few first dance song suggestions

Here are a few song suggestions for your first dance for your wedding, some of which my students have used. Most are ballads which YES you can use for your wedding dance and even have a fully choreographed routine to. Of course you can also do a traditional ballroom dance like a waltz or foxtrot, even a latin dance like a rumba.  I think you can combine dance styles too. Your wedding dance choreographer will be able to give you choreography to any song you choose and will ensure you look and feel fantastic. It is your special day and I believe...