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" A simple scoop-neck leotard highlights a ballerina's swanlike neck and elegant posture, both rooted in a powerful core. "
Mary Helen Bowers
Elegant
Simple
Powerful
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" A calming place, where you can go to escape it all and just focus on your body, is so wonderful to have. "
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" I adore the tapestries at the Musee de Cluny in Paris! "
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" Because I dieted so much in the past, I just can't diet again. It's something I don't want to do and I don't even know if I am capable of. I think it's a much healthier and happier way to live. "
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" The key to building long muscle as you swim is stretching arms far ahead of you in the water, sort of like a swan. "
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" I think being in the right mindset is a huge challenge for women, who often take an all-or-nothing approach to working out or eating well. "
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" Designing and creating dance clothes has taken my love for dancewear to a whole other level, melding the creative process with my daily fashion and allowing me to bring my most dreamed-about ballet styles to life. "
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Life
" Ballet is an incredible art, but it can be a bit elitist, which is a really big turn off to me. "
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Me
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" Mid-afternoon, I snack on Greek yogurt with nuts or a green juice from Juice Press. "
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Green
Press
" Sometimes people feel really trapped by the body that they have. Women are told, 'You have this body shape; you're a pear or string bean, and you can't change the way you look.' That's just not true. "
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Look
People
" I've been so fortunate to have had such a healthy, easy pregnancy and have been incredibly active the entire way through. My favorite part is feeling the baby move - but the entire process is such a miracle. "
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Baby
Healthy
Feeling
" The changes that your body goes through during pregnancy are so radical, I've really tried to embrace and celebrate my new body, and hopefully I can encourage other women to do the same. "
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" Any exercise is better than nothing, even if it's only five minutes. "
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Only
Nothing
" On weekends, I do brunch at home: whole grain bagels, lox, avocado, eggs, and organic bacon. "
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Eggs
Bacon
Grain
" I think most people don't need as much cardio as they think they do. "
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Much
Think
People
" Making fitness a priority will energize you, make you look and feel better, and help diffuse stress. "
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Stress
You
Fitness
" Ballet Beautiful has made my pregnancy a joy. I've avoided back pain and swelling by keeping my core strong and body moving. "
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Pain
Joy
Beautiful
" My approach in general is to take really great care of my skin, but I try not to overdo it and not use too many crazy products. "
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Crazy
Great
Try
" Ballet can be hard on your joints, and when you're on a movie set doing take after take, it can become really repetitive. "
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Your
Doing
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" One of the big things, especially if you're eating out frequently, is either splitting an entree with someone or ordering a protein-heavy appetizer for an entree, like a salmon or steak tartar. If I'm dying for a burger, I'll get the burger but have it with salad instead of fries and a glass of red wine instead of a beer. "
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Eating
Red
Burger
" In yoga, you hold the positions, whereas in dance, you're constantly moving, extending, reaching through the legs and arms, which helps build long, lean muscles as opposed to shorter, tighter ones. "
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You
Build
Long
" When you dance, you engage your abs in every step. "
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Every Step
Engage
Dance
" Have something that you enjoy, that satisfies you. For me, that is dark chocolate, red wine, and cheese. But make room in your life for vegetables and whole grains to nourish your body. "
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Chocolate
Me
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" Generally speaking, I love a workout that includes stretching and toning exercises for legs and core on the mat paired with ballet-inspired cardio and Barre exercises to get the heart rate up and take the results to the next level. "
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" I've learned that there are many people out there who want to feel powerful and strong on their own terms, who want to tune out the noise and the punishing nature of grueling workouts. With 'Ballet Beautiful,' we have peeled back the mystery of ballet and allowed people to do these workouts anywhere and in their own time. "
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Nature
" The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy. "
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Own
" It's not realistic to say never eat sugar, but I try to limit my sugar as much as I can to buckwheat honey and dark chocolate, which I love. "
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" It's empowering to find a workout that builds strength and grace. "
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" Could you physically lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks? Maybe. But there's no way you could do that in a healthy way or that you could maintain it. "
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You
Way
Maybe
" By continuing to work out and dance while pregnant, I feel a double reward from maintaining my normal routine but all the while knowing that baby is sharing in my day. "
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Routine
Dance
Baby
" All of the vintage photos of Ballets Russes are so inspiring. "
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