Dancing With ED - Connecting Dance & Recovery

BODY TALK WORKSHOP is happening this Fall!!! You don't want to miss out!

This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to teach the fundamentals of body image, self-talk, and identity to dancers through group discussions, personal sharing time and journal activities.

DON'T MISS OUT!! 

ANNOUNCING our Body Talk Workshop this fall! This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to teach the fundamentals of body image, self-talk, and identity to dancers through group discussions, personal sharing time and journal activities. 

Thank you Laura Scarbeck for donating these beautiful shoes in support of the Pointing to Recovery Project! It is so inspiring to see how many dancers support eating disorder awareness and want to share the message of hope "you don't have to dance through this alone." 

This Saturday Amy Waddle will be LIVE on Instagram! She will be speaking on dance and eating disorders, as well as discussing mental health for dancers. You don't want to miss this!

As dancers, we are trained not to quit when things get tough - to push through; which strengthens our physical, mental and emotional endurance. How do dancers survive, even thrive, with this kind of pressure? It is in the moments of self-care: walks, journaling, swimming, snuggling, singing, soaking, basking in silence we connect with balance - space we must often visit to survive.

I’m very excited to be in the San Jose and Mill Valley, Ca. area’s sharing my vision and misson of Dancing With ED.

 If you’re a dance community member, don’t miss my meet and greet April 11, 2017 where I’ll be sharing my personal journey through dance, an eating disorder, and how Dancing With ED the nonprofit was formed. 

There will also be an opportunity to get involved in the nonprofit mission…

The Biggest Lie Of All

Many people believe eating disorders are concerned with body shape, size and weight. It is all a mirage…. it’s after something much more valuable. ED wants us to think it’s about being thin.  You’d think it would save the best for last, store up the best lie of all, but it’s in the first kiss we are captivated. When the weight starts to come off, when the clothes no longer fit and when the pills…

Two Voices, One Recovery

I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov do 11 pirouettes. “I thought that was impossible.” Dancers are unstoppable, determined to do what they love regardless of if it’s hard or never been done. Dancers aren’t afraid to push the limit’s. They are some of the strongest people on the planet. I admire them, look up to them, and I’m one of them :) I…

One Simple Way For Dancers To Relieve Stress

Stress is a major factor in all our lives. Doesn’t matter if you dance for a living or part-time, or for recreation. It’s tough to leave off the dance floor. Tough to get off our minds– the things that are stressing us out.  Stress can get into our bones, at times making our sanity seem brittle.

Sometimes we don’t even know it’s coming, like a rogue wave. Slam! That’s how pent-up stress, and…

I had an amazing time speaking to the students and hearing from them their thoughts on food, dieting, learning together. ​

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Learning To Say I Am Enough

We’re always striving for something, and those who’re struggling with body image, and self-worth may feel like this is a never-ending, up-hill battle. It’s like the song we used to sing as kids. “This is the song that never ends, and it goes on and on my friends.”

But it’s the truth. Day after day fighting to feel comfortable in your own skin is exhausting! Striving is not a bad thing, working to…

SO much has changed…….

I start conversations with this phrase more often than I realize. Whether it be a friend I haven’t spoken to in a few months, or even a Doctor I see once a year for a check-up. Change is part of life; even when we don’t want it to be.

Growth occurs in life when we open ourselves to new possibilities, idea’s, opportunities. Most of those moments do not have a guarantee…