The Irish Dancing Manual Book 3: Thinking our way to the top: For the emotional wellbeing of Dancers, Parents and Teachers.

Stress is part of everyone life experience who lives their life to the full. Competitive Irish dancing brings with it a raft of emotions both good and bad, these feelings can lift us up but it can also leave us exhausted and down in the dumps. Live performances can be an intense experience for many as a large number of onlookers are involved and at the final hurdle there are results to be processed and dealt with too. The emotional patch-work of expectations, self-doubt, disappointment and jubilation all have their role to play in the competitive landscape experienced by most. Here this publication will shed some light on these turbulences and help readers keep an even keel in the hurly-burley of active competition. So often people may loose the cool as both dancers, parents and teachers forget to see the wood from the trees and the intensity of the competitive moment takes over leaving many totally stressed out. This book makes a number of gentle suggestions to the dancing community on best tackle these high stress moments and reframe them in a pro-active way. By so doing it is endeavoured it will empower each reader with skills to improve their dancing experience and thus life in general; indeed, to enjoy an improved wellbeing overall. Read more