WorldDance Formula for Agelessness

Aruna and Dhyanis, ages 53 and 62 respectively, have cultivated an ageless healthy and sensual lifestyle. Meet them at WorldDance Fitness in San Anselmo.

Dance Everyday: When Aruna Karen Andes isn't dancing she's adding the playfulness of dance to lifting weights or other workouts. The author of A Woman's Book of Strength and Cher's former trainer says, "If you don't love your workout or love how it makes you feel, you need a different workout!"

Career-bellydancer Dhyanis says, "Among all the fitness flavors out there (Pilates, yoga, jogging, the gym), bellydance combines them all, leaving no body part un-toned. It worked for me as a post-partum exercise as well as a post-menopausal maintenance program. If I'd known how it regulates hormones, I would have started in puberty, too."

Take Calculated Risks: Whoever said "do something that scares you everyday," was probably talking to middle aged folks with self-limiting beliefs. We call this "hardening of the attitude." Confronting fear in mid life awakens dormant potential, boosts self-esteem and carves new neural pathways in the brain—making us smarter and more resilient.

Aruna celebrated her 50th birthday by learning how to pole dance! "I thought it was just going to be fun and easy. But advanced pole dancing kicks your butt. By the time you hang upside down by one knee and an armpit dressed in booty shorts and platform boots, you've had to overcome a lot of fear just to get there."

Don't smoke your joints & other health tips: Both Dhyanis and Aruna know that low impact exercise is the way to go for an ageless body. Bellydance is the ultimate form of low impact dance—you can break a sweat without moving your feet! Feeling fat? Keep dancing because fat is leaving your body with every combusted exhale.

Prime-time Diet: Eat as many fresh seasonal veggies as you want. Cutting out bread, corn derivatives and other empty carbs helps define your newly dance-toned body. Read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma for the real skinny on the industrial food chain.

Enjoy Life: Dhyanis & Aruna know it's especially true as you get older to dance as if no one's watching, love like you've never been hurt and laugh deeply from your belly. WorldDance Fitness is a community that supports fun and agelessness! Come join us!

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