Aloha Allure

Today I met a wonderful woman that works helping sexually abused girls & women. When I told her that I teach Hula & Tahitian she said "that's great - let me have your business card, I often recommend Polynesian dance as a therapy to help heal the physical and psychological wounds these women have to overcome from being sexually abused." She went on to say that "many girls & women become very stiff and ridged with the lower half of their body and she recommends hula dance so that they may become whole agin. Polynesian dance helps them to reconnect with their bodies and see themselves as beautiful." Needless to say I was very happy and proud that I would be able to help through my knowledge and love of  Tahitian and Hawaiian dance! Dance therapy is founded on the premise that the body and mind are an interrelated continuum, that the state of the body may affect mental and emotional wellbeing in manifold ways. Reconnection to their Bodies In a...

Plantar fasciitis (PLAN-tur fas-e-I-tis) involves pain and inflammation of a thick band of tissue, called the plantar fascia, that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes. Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of heel pain.The pain is usually caused by collagen degeneration (which is sometimes misnamed “chronic inflammation”) at the origin of the plantar fascia at the medial tubercle of the calcaneus.    Plantar fasciitis commonly causes stabbing pain that usually occurs with your very first steps in the morning.  In most cases, the pain associated with plantar fasciitis: Develops gradually Affects just one foot, although it can occur in both feet at the same time Is triggered by — and is worst with — the first few steps after awakening, although it can also be triggered by long periods of standing or getting up from a seated position Patients often notice pain at the beginning of activity that lessens or r...