Flexibility & Mobility

FLEXIBILITY | PART 4: Active Mobility

Active mobility refers to exercises that increase your range of motion through controlled movements. This type of movement is impactful for

FLEXIBILITY | PART 3: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Faciliation (PNF) is a stretching technique that has shown to have a positive impact on improving active and pa

FLEXIBILITY | PART 2: Nerve Gliding

FLEXIBILITY | PART 2: Nerve Gliding Nerve gliding or nerve flossing is a type of stretching that helps to mobilize the nerves. This type...

FLEXIBILITY | PART 1: Mobility vs Flexibility, Dynamic and Static Stretching

Active mobility, neurosensory modulation, nerve glides, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (autogenic inhibition and reciprocal inhib

Four Step Warm-Up for Irish Dance

When you imagine an Irish dance warmup, you may picture a half-hearted jog around a dance studio (or competition venue) followed by some...

Secret to Unlocking your Irish Dance Flexibility

It’s the end of dance class and you're mindlessly going through a series of stretches. Bending down into a lunge and holding it for a...

Irish Dance Mobility PART 2

Read Irish Dance Mobility Part 1: Unlock your Movement Potential Many Irish dancers have been told throughout their dance career, “you...

Irish Dance Mobility: Unlock Your Movement Potential

As Irish dancers, we focus so much on flexibility to get our clicks and swings high. While flexibility exercises will lengthen the soft...

Foam Rolling for Irish Dance - PART 2/2

Foam rolling is a form of self-myofasical release (SMR) that frees up your fascia through applied pressure. The goal is to stretch and...

Foam Rolling for Irish Dance - PART 1/2

What is foam rolling? Foam rolling is a form of self-myofasical release (SMR) that frees up your fascia through applied pressure. The...

Stretching for Irish Dancers: Dynamic vs Static Stretching

Flexibility is a critical component to an Irish dancer’s performance. However, In order to maximize your flexibility potentiall, it is...