How to Gain More Confidence in Your Dancing
There are a few things you can do to increase your confidence on the dance floor.
The first: learn some steps.
If your source of discomfort on the dance floor is that you literally don’t know what to do, I’m here to help. You can take my 6-week course to learn the basics of how to move each major body part and how to put body parts together (e.g. feet and arms, head and shoulders, etc) to create fluid movements in the body.
Check out this link: https://www.movewithemily.com/6-week-course
You can also check out my YouTube, where I’m putting up short tutorials for each different body part. Just practicing and practicing moving each major body part in the body will help you with your confidence. It’s okay if you feel silly at first. Remind yourself, you are making a new mind-muscle connection. You may be moving things you haven’t moved in years, or ways you’ve never moved before! Constantly remind yourself that you didn’t laugh and get self conscious when you were learning how to walk. In the same way, it will take time for these muscle connections to become stronger. JUST KEEP PRACTICING. It will get better.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk0EGpypS0CInbx38-aby1Q
If you feel like you’ve got your steps down but still feel stiff? Try IMAGINING that you are made out of honey, or water. How would a liquid move through the movement you’re doing? How does changing the imagery from water to honey change the way you move? What if you imagine your limbs are cement blocks? Just THINKING about the way you want your body to move, or feel, can easily change the way you actually move, and feel. Now what happens if you imagine there is a wave of water moving through your body? Write me in the comments to tell me if you noticed a difference!
The last thing I have to say is practice moving slowly, especially when you’re starting to move your body parts simultaneously. (E.g. moving your arms in one direction and your feet in the other) Anything can be done very slowly. The part that looks cool is when it’s sped up. If you take the time and the patience to move slowly, even if it seems simple, or like you ‘should’ be able to do it quickly already - ignore that voice, and just go over it slowly, slowly, and slowly again. Until you start to feel like you no longer have to think about moving the parts together. Slowly gain speed, and practice increasing your momentum until you’ve got yourself to speed. Trust me. You’ll wonder how your body didn’t know how to do it before ;D
See you on the next round!
Emily
