How to Contra Dance - The Basics Ch 5 - No More Dizziness When Contra Dancing!

How to Contra Dance - The Basics Ch 5 - No More Dizziness When Contra Dancing!
Contra Dancing can make you dizzy.
How to prevent dizziness.
More info at: www.ContraDance...
How to Contra Dance
Featuring techniques to eliminate dizziness while contra dancing and the dancers dance on at Chattahoochee Country Dancers.
Music by Tim & Friends. Voice overs by CCD callers Susan Davis and Scott Russell.
Contra Dance Basics
Videography by Jim Crawford. More at / 43jimcr

[@gold7181]

I find Ginger Root capsules (available at health-food, vitamin stores, and many pharmacies in the supplements section) taken an hour or two before the dance are great for minimizing dizziness. Unlike medications like Dramamine, Ginger Root doesn't cause drowsiness and has no evil side effects.
Hint: this also works well for Motion Sickness on planes or cars.

[@43jimcr]

Thanks and I have read of similar effectiveness in reducing dizziness with ginger.

[@BillDeWitt]

One or two rotations in the opposite direction like the example at 0:33 can stop dizziness immediately.

[@lisamarielunt]

Another important thing to do to keep yourself from getting dizzy while Contra dancing is to drink a lot of water!