“Movement is Life. Life is a process. Improve the quality of the process and you improve the quality of life itself. ”
- Moshe Feldenkrais
Neuroplasticity barefoot seated fitness class engages your brain's plasticity to improve how you coordinate movement and improve wellness. The role of neuroplasticity is widely recognized in healthy development, learning, memory, cognitive ability and recovery from brain damage. When your goals are improving posture, pain reduction, or simply feeling better, Dance In Joy® will provide a unique solution.
Neuroplasticity Fitness ( AWARENESS & DANCE IN JOY ) program developed for senior students that delivers a dramatic change after attending 8 or 12 classes. Students are encouraged to join a class twice weekly to enhance maximum fitness & wellness benefits.
Benefits
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PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL
Lifestyle changes improve dramatically when (senior) students develop movement routines that provide safety. Family and friends are more social and less worried. Students no longer feel; depressed, anxious or lonely. Seated Awareness or Dance in Joy
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THE BRAIN IS PLASTIC
The brain is able to change base on experiences. Repetition and practice strengthen these pathways forming new movement habits. Even in OLD AGE, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!
This class offers music to support organic playful moves while seated. The seated Awareness Through Movement class does not.
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MINDFULNESS
Feldenkrais ~ "Awareness Through Movement" enhances mindfulness ~ becoming consciously aware of our thoughts and decision. Observing our inner experiences as if they were happening to someone else. Seated class for seniors.
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FELDENKRAIS ~ FITNESS
This extensive Fitness ( twice weekly ) class focus on the principles of inquiry, observation and practical application; develops a functional understanding of movement and learning adding in playful seated dance. Different movement techniques enhance the skills, intelligence, and creativity of each students behavior in movement.
(Seniors ~ Seated ATM & Dance in Joy)
ABOUT
Leondra's mission over the years' essential focus is in helping to improve the human condition in movement. Leondra exhibits her passion by educating each person on how to achieve their greatest potential: learning how to move more intelligently with an emphasis on wellness - Founding Lady Day Wellness Inc.
Leondra was compelled to shift her focus (after an auto injury ) from the luxury of massage towards the field of Somatic Wellness Therapies: - Neuroplasticity Therapy; Functional Integration®, Awareness Through Movement®, Somatic Dance Therapy, Dance In Joy®
& Femme!®. Click on the links to learn more.
Leondras' combined 14 years of educational awareness derives from several sensations based hands-on therapies and the 4-year Intensive Feldenkrais Training Program - an internal understanding of the neuromuscular skeletal system. Leondras' internal movement expertise and unique blend of therapies and training initiate an innovative approach at - Tranquil Touch Therapy® propelling her (Leondra) to become a highly requested Massage Therapist.
In her practice in the field of Rehab and Fitness, she (Leondra) is fascinated with Neuroplasticity
and applies Dynamics System Theory ( Motor Learning ) in her work. In her Teaching, Educating and Coaching practice, she encourages students to investigate their well-being with the ideas of Nature vs Nurture- to this their internal understanding is deepened with awareness quoted by Moshe Feldenkrais - "Movement is life".
Leondra continues to enjoy her relationships in the Gerontology community teaching her wellness and fitness classes. Seniors rapidly improve upon attending her ongoing group exercise classes. Improvement in balance, strength, and flexibility supports their goals - security in movement. Her mission statement is giving back to this community what is lost; the freedom of movement without fear.
Leondra tells her students:
" If You Don't Take Care of Your Body! Where Will You Live??".
MY SERVICES
DANCE CLASSES
Offered in the early morning hours
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
CALL 302-669-9497
SERVICE HOURS
Tues & Thurs: 7 am - 12 pm ~ DANCE
Monday: FI ~ ONLY