Tag: Gabriela Young

  • Don’t Have Enough Time? 10-10-14

    No 40 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 10, 2014 Don’t have enough time? Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.– H.…

  • Tip from Gaby 10-7-14 Progressive Classes

    Tip from Gaby 10-7-14 Progressive Classes Many of our students have a problem retaining dance patterns. Most of the time it’s due to the lack of practice.  But what if you could do the same steps every week? Every month here at the Arthur Murray Santa Monica Dance center we offer a progressive class, that…

  • Dreams 10-3-14

    No 39 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 3, 2014 Dreaming Some people say that dreaming gets you nowhere in life. But I say you can’t get anywhere in life without dreaming.– Rose Zadra Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations, says Wikipedia. I dream all day. I day…

  • Tip from Gaby 9-30-14 Moving Our Body!

    Tip From Gaby 9-30-14 I loved this article and thought I would share it with you. Poetry in Motion Moving Our Body by Madisyn Taylor Human bodies love flow and movement and respond in kind when used in this way Our bodies love movement. When we stretch or dance, our bodies adjust, realign and start…

  • Make Tomorrow Better Than Today! 9-26-14

      No 38 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 26, 2014 Make Tomorrow Better Than Today! You have to ask (what can you do that) will make tomorrow better than today?– Clothing Designer Yuki Katsuta   Every morning when I awaken, I take a moment before opening my eyes and visualize.…

  • Tips from Gaby 9-23-14

      Tip from Gaby Competitive dancing: People often ask me, what are you looking for when you are judging Gabriela? I used to tell them, he who stands up the most wins. Yes, we are always looking for people that have the best posture, however great posture is not the only ingredient of a champion.…

  • Recreating Yourself 9-19-14

    No 37 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 19, 2014 Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. — George Bernard Shaw How to create a new you? It can be through dancing and dancing can give you the courage to make the changes in your life that are…

  • Aloha 9-12-14!

    No 36 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 12, 2014 Aloha! No one’s going to do something for you, and I think that’s been the thing that’s gotten me through everything. I’ve never sat around and waited for anybody to do anything for me. If I wanted to do something, I…

  • Dear Gaby – What’s Next? 9-9-14

    9-9-14 Tip From Gaby Now that the 30 Day Dance Challenge has concluded you are probably thinking what’s next? Well, I found that with so much information on how to improve your dancing skills at so many different levels that if we don’t go through it over and over again, you will not retain it…

  • What we are capable of becoming 8-29-14

    No 35 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 29th, 2014 To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life. Robert Louis Stevenson There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond…