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<title>BoogieBiz Basics Blog</title><link>http://www.candiceschutter.com/index.html</link><description>FREE Tips for Dance Professionals&#x21;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>Candice Schutter</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2012 Candice Schutter</dc:rights><dc:date>2012-08-16T18:47:01-07:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:05:27 -0700</lastBuildDate><item><title>3 Ways to Keep Your Students Happy</title><dc:creator>Candice Schutter</dc:creator><category>teaching</category><category>ASK CANDICE</category><dc:date>2012-08-16T18:47:01-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/keep-it-fresh.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/keep-it-fresh.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In other words, how do I keep it fresh and fun for the students who know all the moves?  


...After a decade of teaching, I have found that my students come back again and again not because of the moves or the techniques or because they want to be a badass booty shaker but because in my classes THEY FEEL SOMETHING.   Some part of them that they haven&rsquo;t connected to in awhile&hellip; it may be a physical sensation or it might be a joy they haven&rsquo;t known in years&hellip; either way, if I get them to be present for only a moment, it has the power to transform them. 


Your regular student, Jesse, has been super stressed out with her divorce, the move, and a career path that feels like it&rsquo;s working her.   She has been coming to class for months, and she is really wishing that you would teach her something new. 

...Make people feel like they are an essential part of what you are creating, and it won&rsquo;t matter what moves you teach them. 

...When you get really clear on what it is you are actually teaching people (apart from the format you happen to be certified in) in changes everything. 


...Your students may think they want more more more moves!!... but in reality, what they really want is more pleasure, more connection, and more fun. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Wake Up Call&#x21; Message to my Zumba Peeps</title><dc:creator>Candice Schutter</dc:creator><dc:subject>HOME</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-07-18T12:09:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/wakeupcall.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/wakeupcall.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And you can step down from your pedestals mind-body practitioners... even modalities that promise both (ie. yoga, Nia, hoopdance) can be overdone in spades due to our incessant desire to push it to further limits. 

...I know some of you will be disappointed at the changes, but I can promise that the space afforded will expand into into bigger projects that will inspire you on every level. 


...I have received a tremendous amount of love and support in that space, and I am a better woman for having known and danced with you all. 


...Don&rsquo;t get me wrong, ladies... feel free to like what you like, speak your mind when you don&rsquo;t get what you want... but please, let us remember not to alienate ourselves from connection by attaching ourselves to one way of doing something. ...  Please don&rsquo;t miss all that good stuff oozing forth right in front of you by wanting him or her to be someone else. 

...It took a tremendous amount of personal power and courage for me to step up in front of a room full of people who expected me to deliver at the highest standard possible; to stand in and hold a candle to the experts. 

...The point is, if you want to see ANY teacher at her best, flash her your most winning smile... cheer her on and mean it... take charge of your own joy... lift the energy in the room. 

...It is a wonderful feeling to be appreciated by you all... yet my most heartfelt desire (far beyond fame or accolades of any kind) is to inspire you to live and walk fully in your power. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bigger Dreams (BoogieBio - Part 4)</title><dc:creator>Candice Schutter</dc:creator><category>my BoogieBio</category><dc:date>2012-07-30T15:33:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/bigger-dreams.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/bigger-dreams.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Within a few months of birthing HoopShine, I attended a teacher training with Christabel Zamor of HoopGirl&trade; - another pioneer in the dance fitness industry. 

...Christabel was in the process of creating a teacher training program and was intrigued by the work I had done with Nia&rsquo;s curriculum development. 

...Working with Christabel taught me what was possible... how to not only teach and inspire through dance fitness, but how to create an empire that inspires people all over the world. ...  The two years spent working with HoopGirl opened my eyes to what is possible and positioned me as a teacher training expert. 


In 2008, it became clear to me that I was meant to create something more than a local hooping empire, and I needed to free up my energies once more. 

...All that time spent in the hoop had freed up my body big time &ndash; my core was strong and my hips already had a life of their own. ...  I knew what not to do... how to demand my value,,, and I had countless tools to lean into as I found my way with a new discipline. 


...In the past few years, I have discovered that teaching dance fitness is something that I do for me. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>When Biz Met Boogie (BoogieBio - Part 3)</title><dc:creator>Candice Schutter</dc:creator><category>my BoogieBio</category><dc:date>2012-07-30T15:33:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/biz-met-boogie.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/biz-met-boogie.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After about a year of teaching Nia&trade;, a colleague and I moved to Orange County to seed a brand new community of Nia students and teachers in an untouched market. ...  I stayed in California for a year, and in that time planted the seeds for a legacy of students and new/aspiring teachers that still exists to this day. 

...I was hired to work for Nia Technique, Inc. as the Studio Manager of the newly acquired studio and training space. ...  And, the opportunity to study with the best while learning the dance fitness biz from the inside out was too good an opportunity to pass up. 

...Once again, a slave to the paycheck, I worked my ass off learning how to manage and run a dance studio that serviced hundreds of students and employed over a dozen teachers. ...  I became a biz-savvy manager, found my voice as my own teaching powerhouse, and immersed myself in more advanced training in Nia. 

...As a result, they created a position that was mutually rewarding, and I immediately began working directly with the executive team to create marketing copy and educational materials. ...  Yet once again, after another couple of years with the company, it was crystal clear to us all that my insatiable creative hunger could not be satisfied in one position for long. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Late Bloomer Got Moves (BoogieBio - Part 2)</title><dc:creator>Candice Schutter</dc:creator><category>my BoogieBio</category><dc:date>2012-07-30T15:30:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/late-bloomer.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/late-bloomer.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[While the position fed my ego (GM at 23 years old!), my love of teaching (creative team trainings were my specialty) my passion for leadership (the staff knew I walked my talk and that my door was always open), the gig itself was simply not a good fit for me. 

...I longed to help people, but conventional therapeutic training totally sucked the life out of the intuitive approach that came so naturally to me.   Making money was definitely on my to-do list, but I still carried around a blue-collar mentality that kept me playing small and underestimating my worth.   At that time in my life, success meant selling out and I had learned that could never sacrifice my integrity for a paycheck. ...  A nomadic childhood had me pre-conditioned for change, so I packed up all of my belongings and moved to the picture-perfect and rugged training ground of Boulder, Colorado. 


...enough to know that I needed to do SOMETHING to get happy again before a new path would really open up for me. 

...I didn&rsquo;t need to nail the choreography, do a perfect headstand, or wear a leotard that made my eyes water... all I needed was to follow and flail about the best I could, feel the music, and get into my body. 

...But after shedding 20lbs of emotional weight, within one year I was healthier than I&rsquo;d ever been in my life, and on every level of my being. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Born a Dancer? (BoogieBio - Part 1)</title><dc:creator>Candice Schutter</dc:creator><category>my BoogieBio</category><dc:date>2012-07-30T15:29:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/not-born-a-dancer.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/not-born-a-dancer.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I recall having my first pangs of jealousy as I watched the other girls slip so easily into the splits... folding their bodies like pretzels when I couldn&rsquo;t even touch my toes. ...  Alas the joy was short-lived as we moved a month or so later (a stunt we pulled nearly every year of my childhood). 

...We would stalk the MTV music videos for glimpses of our idols: Madonna, Janet, & Paula serving up inspiration and delight to our eager hearts. 

...I was decidedly far too awkward and uncoordinated to even make the first cut for cheerleading/dance team auditions at my high school. 

...The obviousness of this soared right over my head as I was never really very interested in fitness, per se.   I was somewhat sporty here and there (I played softball and volleyball growing up), but I have always had a strong aversion to working out for the sake of itself. 


Thus, throughout college my ass shaking was quarantined to dance floors, I would overcome inhibition in rare moments, clouded by a cocktail haze entered into precisely for the purpose of cutting through the voices in my head. ...  Yet even in that moment, if you had told me that teaching people to dance and let it all go was in my destiny, I would&rsquo;ve seriously snorted vodka tonic out of my nose in hilarity. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Welcome to the BoogieBiz Blog</title><dc:creator>Candice Schutter</dc:creator><dc:subject>HOME</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-06-20T13:07:08-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/welcometobbb.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.candiceschutter.com/blogs/blog/files/welcometobbb.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My name is Candice Schutter, and I have been in the dance fitness industry for over a decade. ...  Thanks to the powerhouse marketing of companies like Zumba Fitness&trade;, Les Mills&trade;, Powder Blue&trade;, Nia Technique&trade;, HoopGirl&trade; and others, health clubs and dance studios feature jam-packed classes where college students, housewives, retirees, and busy professionals are sweating it out to the beat of the music. 

...BoogieBiz Basics is a beginning-stages labor of love, combining my passions for dance fitness, coaching and education into what will eventually become a reference manual for those of you out there who are (like me) turned on by changing people&rsquo;s lives through your love of dance.   Since my first DF certification in 2001, I have taught thousands of students all over the country, launched three successful dance fitness start-ups, and coached & trained clients on the art of dance fitness instruction in the US and abroad. 


...Your format trainers may teach you how to shake it&hellip; but I will take it one step further and teach you how to TEACH IT. 

...Dance fitness instruction requires its own skill set, and there are some key elements and teaching techniques that can be applied to any dance fitness certification. 


...Ask any instructor and they will tell you that teaching is not only a professional journey, it is a personal growth. 

...You are not alone in your journey, so participate in order to get the most out of this site!
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