1.   Do knee bends for ankles, thighs and lower back. Stand with your feet together and hands lightly on your hips. Rise on your toes and do a deep knee bend very slowly. Straighten up, bend again slowly, then lower your heels. Repeat 20 times. Do each section of the exercise to a beat of [...]

Dance is a wonderful form of self-expression and because it makes demands on the body of both strength and mobility, it is also a great kind of exercise. Tap or ballet, dancing-plus-exercise-techniques or folk, any kind of dancing is a life-enhancer and body beautifier. Socially, of course, modern dancing is rigorous and demanding, too, and [...]