about
D&A
Welcome to Dare&Achieve!
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After working as a professional modern and contemporary dancer, in 2018, I decided to become a Barre instructor. My main predisposition was teaching children, and - although I was already very familiar with teaching adult dancers - teaching barre to "not athletic" adults has been an eye-opener at that time. What was absolutely "normal" to me could be a struggle for someone else. If lifting my arm and making it fully rotate backwards was obvious, it may not be so for someone used to moving their arm only over the length of reaching the keyboard in front of them. If I knew that closing my eyes, getting on the mat and breathing deeply was all that I sometimes needed before a big decision or after a challenging day, maybe someone wasn't even aware of the benefits of that simple magic act. And so on.
At that moment, in my classes, I started to get interested in seeing how fast and thoroughly an adult body can change if only the mind is set for it. And the mind is ALWAYS set for it once we clear it from fears and self-doubts. It's our human nature; we die when we stop growing. And our mind doesn't want to die.
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Following this new passion, I realised how much joy I felt every single time one of my students reached a new movement they thought "impossible"; I started to understand better the bodies and their differences and played with my innate capacity to foresee what each student's body could achieve, even before they could realise it. Every success of my students was my success and joy.
And so, in 2019, I decided to expand my career, I became a Yoga teacher and - later - an Aerial Yoga teacher.
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Sourcing from my dance background, I utilise Yoga, Barre and Aerial Yoga as my tools to connect with the people and guide them towards their fullest wellness.
Our fullest wellness: certainly what everyone must dare to achieve."
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Deana
Director, Dare&Achieve
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Already Founder and Director of another thriving company in London, Dance&Arts Ltd, addressed to the wellness and health of children in schools, in 2021 Deana started up Dare&Achieve. Here she targets a different group of people, the adult part of the population, those working in the offices, schools, and community centres, those who work for us daily behind the scenes. The ones that we have to thank for allowing many of the daily conveniences we benefit as a society. The ones, however, that - too often - forget about taking proper care of themselves.
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With an incredible team of highly qualified instructors and experts, D&A aims to knock at the door of your office, school or corporate and become the reference point for any organisation that wants to ensure their employees' physical and mental well-being is in safe hands.
Positive energy, that's our core. Positive energy is what we aim to leave our students with after each class, even more than any physical achievement.
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From sessions of Yoga, Pilates, Cardio/Dance, Wellness Workshops, and Massages, D&A aims to make well-being an easily reachable goal for everyone, no matter how many hours a day we're sitting behind our desktops. And we said "easily", yes. Because the incredible thing is that there's nothing easier than taking care of ourselves, it will come naturally; we only need to make the first step by loving our body, and above all, by nurturing our mind.
We firmly believe - and experience first-hand - that a healthy lifestyle can make all the difference in our daily life, our relationships with others, our longevity and - last but not least - our productivity.
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Your employees will feel lucky to work for your company; your employees will thank you later! ​
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My strength? I never want to lose my focus on people.
Deana