~ DVD REVIEW ~
Building Better Balance DVD Series
by Vanessa “Samra” Kettler
By Ma*Shuqa Mira Murjan
Photo by Owen Shirwo
As a dance professional and teacher – you’ve probably
experienced many of those days and nights where you
have booked too many shows and classes – and you feel
the burn from your muscles and stress on joints. And
you may have thought as I have, “If only, I could take a
private class that would help me relieve muscle pain and
help me with chronic inflammation and pain and make my
life better.” This instructional DVD series is the solution
because you get private instruction in gentle pain-relieving
movements and exercises, along with positive coaching by
a professional dancer that will change your life. Although
this instructional series was created, developed and
designed for elder people – I can attest to the fact that
these gentle but thorough workouts will improve your life.
Nothing better than to have your own personal exercise
coach available whenever you need her.
As dancers and dance teachers, how many of us feel the
pain in our joints, or knees? Or, developed chronic pain
from stress in our lower back, shoulder, or neck from
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chronically inflamed areas that can happen as a result
of “teaching through the pain – from teaching while
injured or ill”. Do you have stiff joints in the morning?
Do your knees hurt so much that it begins to impact your
performance or teaching? Does your lower back ache after
taking dance classes? If the answer is yes to any of these
common stressors, I know you will appreciate these DVDs.
Most DVDs focus on creating strength and give you power
exercises for your body. This is the first instructional series
that promotes gentle exercise that actually makes your life
better – by improving posture and providing gentle guided
movement to increase fitness and core strength; while
reducing pain from chronic inflammation.
Vanessa is an experienced teacher of elder exercise as well as
being a professional belly dancer at age 76 who loves to do
splits and high kicks. As a professional dancer she brings a
unique perspective to teaching balance and has a thorough
understanding of how to get stronger and more agile safely
and effectively. Her Building Better Balance instructional