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" Ballet can be hard on your joints, and when you're on a movie set doing take after take, it can become really repetitive. "
Mary Helen Bowers
Your
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" For a ballerina, the center of balance is everything - creating a strong center of balance begins with building strong abdominal muscles. "
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" The image of a pregnant woman embracing her figure and really putting it out there can be scary to some people, but I don't let that stand in my way, and I don't think other women should either. "
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" The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy. "
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" For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form. "
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" I became completely obsessed with body oils while pregnant. "
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" Posture has such a big impact on the way people perceive you. "
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" I love nuts and popcorn with olive oil and sea salt. "
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" A lot of fitness is about contractions - you're doing squats, or you're on a bike and your knees are bending but never stretching all the way, so your muscles get strengthened but look short and thick. "
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" All of the vintage photos of Ballets Russes are so inspiring. "
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" Ballet targets smaller muscles that you don't often use - instead of working your quads, it works the inside and the back of your leg. "
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" The muscles that are used in Ballet Beautiful are similar to those used in classic ballet. They're also muscles that don't get used very often, which is why it burns so much. "
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" 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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" Pregnancy is magical, I've never felt more connected to my body. "
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" 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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" I don't believe in depriving myself; it's an unhealthy state of mind. "
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" Audrey Hepburn was always so chic, simple, and beautiful. "
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" When you're wearing pointe shoes, honestly, they hurt - a lot - every day. "
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" My company, Ballet Beautiful, is built around celebrating the strength and femininity of the female body - for me, pregnancy has just been an extension of that. "
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" 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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People
" I don't let my wardrobe dictate my diet. "
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