Cirque du Soleil

There have been a lot of videos, blogs, and articles on Cirque Du Soleil performers on the site and I am most excited about that! Like Ms. Ozzie Jacobs, I too have a similar background of being a gymnast, dancer, and yogi. I absolutely admire and get inspired by the athletes in Cirque. The amount of time they put into their practice, the dedication, the mental preparation, the discipline... it is a work of art. For these performers, they are dependent on their bodies to function correctly.

As a gymnast, I personally experienced a lot of SI joint pain before putting alignment as a top priority. Having several clients who are dancers, gymnasts, and yogis, there have been similarities in symptoms with them all. Sometimes, if you are hyper mobile or too flexible, there may be too much lax in the joint area. If you do not have the stability in the joint, you may be setting yourself up for injury.

An avid lover of the grace, strength and beauty of martial arts, dance and gymnastics I have always wanted to go to a Cirque Du Soleil show. This weekend I finally made the decision to do it. The show I opted to see was KA, the story of young twins separated only to find their way back together in a quest that involved extravagant fighting scenes, spectacular stage effects, and two love stories so warm they made my heart smile.

As a personal trainer and former fitness competitor that has dabbled in martial arts, dance, and gymnastics I truly appreciated the skill and dedication of these performers. The acrobatics precisely timed to music, the rhythmic gymnastics, and the pure endurance required to manipulate a stage that was rotated from flat to perpendicular (and all of the angles in between). The stunts must have required a tremendous amount of cardiovascular endurance, body control, and strength. Although most of the performers were only slightly taller than me (I’m only about 5’ 2”) they were small packages of tremendous power and sculpted physiques were rampant, I was truly in awe.