This is what Delilah taught in Hollywood last August. This is excellent
for computer junkies as well as dancers.
Do this for at least 10 minutes each day. Your upper back and neck
will feel alot better.
Take your Arms, and raise them up over your head. Stretch and extend
all the way from the base of your shoulder blades,
to the very ends of your finger tips. Delilah says to reach up and
stretch all the way, as if you are ready to pull the moon down
from the sky. (She looks up as if she is pulling down the moon.)
Hold this this pose for as long as you can, but really
concentrate on feeling the full range of the stretch-- from your shoulder
blades all the way to your fingers - EXTEND.
This will open up your entire chest cavity. Remember to breathe.
Delilah, extends the stretch so much that her muscles
actually have started to release energy - her arms and hands actually twitch
as if they were alive on their own. Try to stretch
yourself to see how far you have to extend before your muscles are actually
almost jumping out of you and reaching for the sky.
This takes practice. It is TRULY a full range stretch! Try
to imagine that the inner parts of your upper arms are in
line with your ears.
Now repeat this process with your arms extended out to the side, instead
of up to the sky. Feel a full range of stretch out to
the sides as if someone is pulling both of your arms.
After this, try to go for a walk. Walk as if your feet are grounded
with the earth, feeling the gravitational pull in your lege
with each step. Middle Eastern dance is an earth dance -- if you
can walk and feel the heaviness of each step in each leg all the
way up to your hips, you are already halfway to better, cleaner hip movements,
or just plain old better balance and posture.