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Doing crunches or half sit-ups won't teach a dancer how to stand and use their abdominal muscles effectively. Doing a modified leg lowering exercise will help teach dancers and non-dancers how to improve your alignment as well as strengthen your abdominal muscles.For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

Stretching the iliopsoas muscle can be done easily and frequently if you modify the lunge stretch. See a variety of ways that you can stretch this major hip flexor sitting on a chair, standing up, or on the floor. For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

The iliopsoas muscle is often involved in swaybacks, and lower back pain. This clip shows you were the iliopsoas is (deep in the lower back area) and how it influences your alignment and posture. For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

Have trouble with landing softly from a jump or leap? Your soleus may be weak. Watch a simple soleus strengthener that will improve your push off and landing from jumps in the dance class. For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

Dancers need to have core strength to support the standing leg when moving across the floor or at the barre. Deborah Vogel talks through a simple and powerful exercise at the barre that focuses on keeping the pelvis properly placed over the legs.

You don't need to go to the gym to improve your flexibility! Learn an easy stretch to release tightness around the hip. You can do this stretch anywhere you have room to sit and no one will even know you are stretching! For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

You don't need to go to the gym to improve your flexibility! Learn an easy stretch to release tightness around the hip. You can do this stretch anywhere you have room to sit and no one will even know you are stretching! For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

Weight loss is more than just watching what you eat. If you truly want to lose weight permanently you have to include shifting your thoughts and emotions around food. The Inner Dance of Success weight loss program was designed for active people (focused towards dancers) who want to feel better about themselves and healthier too! For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

This clip is looking at the anatomy of the knee. It is from Essential Anatomy: A Multimedia Course for Dancers. See the parts of the knee illustrated as you listen to Deborah Vogel talking about the knee. For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

If you have external tibial torsion it means your shin bone rotates out from the knee down. This can be useful for a dancer because it will look as if they have more turnout in first position, but it does mean that the knees and the feet will not be lined up. Look at this great example of tibial torsion on a young dancer. For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

If you have external tibial torsion it means your shin bone rotates out from the knee down. This can be useful for a dancer because it will look as if they have more turnout in first position, but it does mean that the knees and the feet will not be lined up. Look at this great example of tibial torsion on a young dancer. For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

If you have external tibial torsion it means your shin bone rotates out from the knee down. This can be useful for a dancer because it will look as if they have more turnout in first position, but it does mean that the knees and the feet will not be lined up. Look at this great example of tibial torsion on a young dancer. For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

Effective stretching means you need to look at more than just the muscle you are stretching. Sometimes the fascia, or connective tissue, can be influencing your flexibility. This clip briefly describes how tight fascia at the bottom of your foot or at the base of your head may influence your hamstrings. Bottom line, if you are consistently stretching and getting no where, you might have fascial tightness that is holding you back from achieving the flexibility you want! For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/

Effective stretching means you need to look at more than just the muscle you are stretching. Sometimes the fascia, or connective tissue, can be influencing your flexibility. This clip briefly describes how tight fascia at the bottom of your foot or at the base of your head may influence your hamstrings. Bottom line, if you are consistently stretching and getting no where, you might have fascial tightness that is holding you back from achieving the flexibility you want! For more information please visit our website: http://www.thebodyseries.com/