Aloha Allure

The Goal : to move your hips in an even circular motion Posture : Pilates Stance = stand with your feet apart about 2-3 inches (right underneath your hip joint)  Turn hour heels in until touching – (you may even move one heel up to the arch of the other)  Keeping your tailbone tucked in, feel the inner thigh lifting, belly lifting and the ribs pulled in. Feet remain flat on the ground while doing the ami. (you should be able to wiggle your toes while making the ami (circle) with your hips Upper Body remains still and level (no wiggling) To increase intensity - the lower you bend, the bigger the ami (circle) and the more intense your workout is. Breathe :  Always breathe from your belly and not solely from your chest.  Belly breathing increases the blood circulation in the blood vessels that nourish your internal organs.    inhale with one slow ami, exhaling with the second...increasing speed you can also change your breathing to 4 short inhales through the nose follo

The Bossa Nova’s basic rhythm of steps are – Quick, Quick Slow. So in a 4 count (1+2+3+4+) it would be like this: Quick Quick   S l o w           Quick Quick   S l o w      1          +             2   +               3           +          4    +   Left – Right – Left-hold     Right - Left   - Right-hold Keeping that in mind, your hips will be doing a “Ka’o”   and “Varu” (figure 8) throughout the entire dance. - mostly the Varu. Very smooth, sexy & lot's of fun! I personally don’t have videos demonstrating these hip movements – but I did find these video’s to help demonstrate both the Ka’o & Varu. The GOAL is to apply these hip movements to this line dance: Enjoy! Top Bossa Nova songs of all time: #10 Ela é Carioca  ... #9  Wave  ...   #8 Meu Esquema   ,,,  #7 Day by Day   ...  #6 Desafinado   ...  #5 Samba da Benção   ...  #4 Corcovado   ...  #3 Chega de Saudade   ... #2  Jussara   ... ...   #1 The Girl From Ipanema

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Your hamstrings play a very important part in protecting the health and wellbeing of your knees. For those of you that have had knee injuries or surgery - this exercise not only works your core but it really helps strengthen you hamstrings - which is vital in stabilizing the knee &  improving your knee's mobility Pilates Shoulder Bridge Prep Level 1 is an effective butt toning and strengthening exercise. It focuses on your lower back, glutes, and hamstrings and is an excellent home workout exercise for shaping and firming your backside. Add this to a Pilates leg routine or any bodyweight home workout routine to strengthen and tone glutes and hamstrings. Once this version of the exercise becomes easy, move onto the next levels.      1 Lie face up on a mat with your feet hip width apart and as close to your butt as is comfortable. Place your arms by your sides, palms down on the mat. 2 Inhale deeply as you contract your core. Exhale as you press through your feet

Parkin’ your Symptoms at the Door Parkinson’s has hit close to home – with 2 family members being afflicted with this disease, it is very difficult to give into the fact that medication will make it better or easier to deal with. The truth is the meds help only somewhat. The progressive neurological disorder of Parkinson’s disease causes tremors, rigidity, a slowing of movement, and difficulty with balance. The best way to fight it, doctors say, is to keep moving. What Aloha Allure has discovered is that through movement of the body, i.e. dance & fitness, the Parkinson’s symptoms seems to ease up and almost disappear for that moment while dancing. Case in point: “Ice skating temporarily blocks my symptoms of Parkinson’s” says Michael J Fox . Seeing Michael skate was like listening to a stutterer who can sing, Dr. Oz says. "It's amazing." Dr. Oz explains that fluid motions, like skating, come more easily to people with Parkinson's, than walking, which