Resolution Number 3: Enhance Your Dance
The essence of ballet exists on all levels: physical, mental, and spiritual. Which is why all three need to be attended to for optimum performance. Rehearsals, classes and workouts address the first, and sometimes the second. Author Elise Marie Collins looks to reincorporate energetic healing as a natural practice for our spiritual side as well. In Chakra Tonics: Essential Elixirs for the Mind, Body, and Spirit (Red Wheel, $9.95), she explains the importance of the acid/alkaline balance; the functions of the body's seven major energy centers, the chakras; and the effect of the dozens of teas and tisanes, shakes and smoothie recipes designed to reactivate and heal those energy centers. From the High-Esteem Kiwi Quencher for your heart to the Peek-A-Boo Juice for your eyesight, you'll be nourished inside and out, especially if you follow some of the yoga and mediation practices she adds to enhance the recipes. At bookstores nationwide, and their online counterparts.