Unlock Your Optimal Back Bends : Series #1

Step-by Step progressions to deepen your backbends safely, & strong!

SPRING INTO FLEXIBILITY: APRIL BACK BENDS SERIES with Deb Rubin

New this month: We're taking our previous "3-week Zoom Series Quarantine format".... and extending you class access for 30 full days!

* Brand new class format for April:

30 days on demand access to the classes, so that you can train on your own terms, on your own schedule, when it's convenient for you, as many times as you'd like!

OPTIONAL: Take our 30-day #SpringintoFlex challenge to get the most benefit out of these practices, and REALLY see longer term results in your body. (Happens inside private class FB group.)

Let this #SpringintoFlexi30-day practice challenge be a fun way to give you the accountability and motivation you need to build your backbend habit, and unlock your optimal body flexibility and freedom.... right along side other motivated dancers. *Winner of the 30 day practice challenge wins a free spot in my next Live Zoom Flexibility series.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE IN THIS SERIES:

  • Get a taste of my signature Dance Therapeutics spiral unwinding meets Active Flex approach to get you deeper into your flexible body, in a safe and strong way.
  • An on demand 3-class series progression, to guide you through a step-by-step carefully crafted progression designed to unlock tension in your back, neck, shoulders, hips, and spine, and strengthen necessary support around the spine, to get you deeper into your backbends, both on the mat and in your belly dance.
  • *Come learn my signature Dance Therapeutics methods for getting you MORE out of your flexibility training, drawn from my 20 years experience in the fields of neuroscience, fascia unwinding, bodywork, Yoga, and mind-body movement therapies.... layered over my experience and training in gymnastics, contortion, & belly dance. Unique geared to the belly dancer body needs, and reversing the negative effects of computer/desk sitting lifestyle.
  • Props, blocks, straps, modifications offered for all levels
  • From beginner to contortion trained, you'll find the tools and techniques YOU need for your specific body and progress, meeting you where you are at, to build your back bends safely and strong.
  • 30-days on demand access to my specialty training methods! Take class as many times as you want, to help you build consistent practice habits.


Your Instructor


Deb Rubin Dance, MA, CMT, RYT
Deb Rubin Dance, MA, CMT, RYT

Deb Rubin, MA, CMT, RYT, is an internationally-acclaimed teacher and performer of tribal fusion belly dance; a yoga teacher; holistic health counselor; and transformational coach specializing in women's empowerment and lifestyle design. Coined “The Queen of Slink” for her captivating performance style, and named "The best kept secret in Tribal" from Fuse Magazine, she is honored to have shared the stage as a guest artist with the musical inspirations of: Balkan Beat Box, EOTO, David Starfire, Brass Menazeri, Zilla, Vibesquad, Lynx&Janoever, Clozee, Emancipator, as well as her solo works and collaborations. Founder of SattyaBody Health, SF Mecca Immersion retreat into the heart & soul of San Francisco Tribal, Project Merkaba Dance Co., and her signature Dance Therapeutics multi-leveled certification training for dancers, yogis, and movement practitioners, Deb teaches retreats & workshops around the globe, fusing yoga, world-class tribal fusion belly dance technique, performance artistry, and therapeutics.

Deb has been a dancer since age 3. Her love of ballet, modern, jazz, musical theater, and 10 yrs in competitive gymnastics as a child planted the seeds for her deep dive into Yoga and Tribal Fusion Belly Dance as a young adult. Deb is a proud product of the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area Belly Dance scene--the mecca of where it all began. Her strong foundation of Tribal Fusion Belly Dance was rooted through study with her first teacher, Jill Parker, and 4+years in UltraGypsy Belly Dance Theater under the direction of Jill Parker. Her technique and stylization is most influenced by inspiration from her long-time teacher, Rachel Brice, whom she had the honor to assist at Tribal Massive, 2008, and has much gratitude for her guidance on this path, both in and out of the studio. A product of the SF dance community, during the boom and global expansion of tribal fusion, Deb is honored to have studied intensively, over a 10 year time span, with many of the masters and innovators of this genre. She draws from all of her long term intensive studies with: Mardi Love, Zoe Jakes, Mira Betz, Kami Liddle, Carolena Nerricio & Fat Chance Belly Dance, Amy Sigil, and Suhaila and Jamila Salimpour, as well as modern, ballet, jazz, West African, and contact improvization. She currently enjoys taking class from various colleagues such as Sherri Wheatly, and Sadie, and studies contemporary dance, and Yoga in Los Angeles, CA.
A health/wellness coach, yoga teacher, and integrative bodyworker for over 15 yrs, Deb specializes in helping people get out of pain, unlock trauma and tension in their body/mind, lose weight, feel healthy, vibrant, & motivating in their life, and injury rehab for dancers. She is most influenced by her Yoga studies with IYT, Shiva Rea, Gary Kraftsow, AcroYoga, Darshana Weil, and Rachel Brice, her Thai-Yoga Massage studies in the hilltribes of Northern Thailand under the lineage of Asokananda, and her vision quest experiences in the Northern California desert. With a B.A in psychology and pre-med from Princeton University, an MA in holistic health education from JFK University, with a focus in somatic psychology, her professional experience as a neurology research assistant at Northwestern University in Chicago, a massage therapist in integrative medicine settings, as well as private practice, and 20+ years study and deep dive into integrative health 7 trauma unwinding from both Western & Eastern perspectives, her workshops showcase her integrative approach of the ancient wisdom of yoga and modern, leading edge somatics, fascia, and movement research, as the core basis to unlock & align your body, and from which to build your dancing.
Deb is published in Yoga Journal Magazine, and FUSE magazine.

You will find Deb's cross-discipline, body/mind focused training approach sprinkled throughout all course in this online school--weaving technique, artistry, & therapeutics into an integrated and holistic method to developing your craft. Our goal is to help you reach your maximum potential in your dance, fitness, and lifestyle goals, and feel empowered, motivated, and positive while you do. Thanks so much for joining us!

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