Celebrations! Valentine's day and Lunar new Year 2013

PINK Ladies and a man :-) at our Valentine's day class

Dear Dancers!

It was a great week full of wonderful events.

Valentine's Class and New Year PARTY! 

As you know, the New Year's classes have already begun and I am excited about another beautiful year and semesters  together, especially after the excellent job that you all did in last years performances.

All become the close friend through a dance 

Fortunately, I have a lot of special back-stage photos that I would like to share with you all here.

I hope you enjoy them, our this 2013 year together and as you all continue to improve as we get ready for the next wonderful performances in Dec2013  for  volunteer for several  places!
From this new year  semester we will have different level classes all together because I want to help you all with some of the key fundamentals. Please don't feel bad about this,especially the older girls, as this will be very good for you.

However, for now I will also challenge some of you more while still in the same room, as helping others to get better by going a bit  slower too together. Good Luck 2013 and Lot of Happiness and Fun with us!

    

playful pose in a dress room

At New Year party 2013
"Cheers"

Lunar new year is actually our new year.
we had a nice new year party on Feb 16.
Thank you for coming my little place!
 celebrating with your smile
  

Beauty, exercise, health and dance, Love yourself!

Valentine's day has just arrived.Our Thursday class celebrated all things beauty and love with " Pink dress code" .I believe today is a day of affirmation and of love for your self ;-) Check your health, both internally and externally.

A few days ago, I spoke with my friend who is a nutrition specialist. We discussed Vitamins and how they affect our lives, specifically mental issues and sustaining energy for dance. 

Dance is harmonious combination of mind, sprit and body.  If any of these three are compromised, it will affect your ability to dance. It is hard to hide, if you are suffering with depression or fatigued, it will appear in the way you dance – you will see your less energy in your movements. 

If you want to be a great dancer, please check and take vitamins for a healthy dance life! 

I have been noticed that two specific vitamins can help improve your ability to dance -especially if you are under stress at home work, because of exams or relationship with parents and friends. They are vitamin B and D.

A Vitamin B complex is good if you are feeling fatigued, manic, experiencing a shortness of breath, negative feeling or having shoulder and neck stiffness. 

Here's a rundown of recent finding about the relationship between vitamin B-complex and depression:

Vitamin B1 (thiamine): The brain uses this vitamin to help convert glucose, or blood sugar, into fuel, and without it the brain rapidly runs out of energy. This can lead to fatigue, depression, irritability, anxiety, and even thoughts of suicide. Deficiencies can also cause memory problems, loss of appetite, insomnia, and gastrointestinal disorders. The consumption of refined carbohydrates, such as simple sugars, drains the body's B1 supply.

Vitamin B3 (niacin): Pellagra-which produces psychosis and dementia - among other symptoms - was eventually found to be caused by niacin deficiency. Many commercial food products now contain niacin, and pellagra has virtually disappeared. However, subclinical deficiencies of vitamin B3 can produce agitation and anxiety, as well as mental and physical slowness.

Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid): Symptoms of deficiency are fatigue, chronic stress, and depression. Vitamin B5 is needed for hormone formation and the uptake of amino acids and the brain chemical acetylcholine, which combine to prevent certain types of depression.

Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine): This vitamin aids in the processing of amino acids, which are the building blocks of all proteins and some hormones. It is needed in the manufacture of serotonin, melatonin and dopamine. Vitamin B6 deficiencies, although very rare, cause impaired immunity, skin lesions, and mental confusion. A marginal deficiency sometimes occurs in alcoholics, patients with kidney failure, and women using oral contraceptives. MAOIs, ironically, may also lead to a shortage of this vitamin. Many nutritionally oriented doctors believe that most diets do not provide optimal amounts of this vitamin.

Vitamin B12: Because vitamin B12 is important to red blood cell formation, deficiency leads to an oxygen-transport problem known as pernicious anemia. This disorder can cause mood swings, paranoia, irritability, confusion, dementia, hallucinations, or mania, eventually followed by appetite loss, dizziness, weakness, shortage of breath, heart palpitations, diarrhea, and tingling sensations in the extremities. Deficiencies take a long time to develop, since the body stores a three- to five-year supply in the liver. When shortages do occur, they are often due to a lack of intrinsic factor, an enzyme that allows vitamin B12 to be absorbed in the intestinal tract. Since intrinsic factor diminishes with age, older people are more prone to B12 deficiencies.

Folic acid: This B vitamin is needed for DNA synthesis. It is also necessary for the production of SAM (S-adenosyl methionine). Poor dietary habits contribute to folic acid deficiencies, as do illness, alcoholism, and various drugs, including aspirin, birth control pills, barbiturates, and anticonvulsants. It is usually administered along with vitamin B12, since a B12 deficiency can mask a folic acid deficiency. Pregnant women are often advised to take this vitamin to prevent neural tube defects in the developing fetus.

Vitamin D called  as whine vitamin: here is great article about Vitamin D cure depression! 

http://news.menshealth.com/vitamin-d-depression/2012/07/11/

I LOVE MY SELF,Be mine!