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" Carrying a baby is such hard work, I've found that the stronger I am, the better I feel. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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" Keep it simple. Layer your leotard with high waisted skinny jeans, legwarmers, and heels or high boots. "

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" Audrey Hepburn was always so chic, simple, and beautiful. "

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" For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form. "

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" I try and get as much sleep as I possibly can, although it's harder with a baby. "

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" I like to customize my tights by cutting them myself to create a stirrup or convert the look into a capri. "

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" A simple scoop-neck leotard highlights a ballerina's swanlike neck and elegant posture, both rooted in a powerful core. "

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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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" A simple ballet wrap sweater heats the back muscles but is easy to put on or take off without disturbing a dancer's makeup or hair before a performance or during a workout. "

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" I love nuts and popcorn with olive oil and sea salt. "

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" Stretching before and after every workout keeps muscles supple and helps elongate the lines of a ballerina's limbs. "

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" 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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" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" Ballet Beautiful is about finding balance and making fitness a part of your life in a happy, healthy, rewarding way where you get to feel pretty and look beautiful. It's not about beating yourself up in the gym and locking yourself in a dark room with blasting music. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" To look and feel your best, it's essential to work out, eat well, and make sure that you are also drinking plenty of water and getting enough sleep. "

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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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" I launched Ballet Beautiful not long after finishing at Columbia and met Natalie Portman shortly after. We began training and preparing her for her role in 'Black Swan.' From there, I continued to build and expand the method itself along with the business, always looking for ways to share the workout with others around the world. "

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" I don't let my wardrobe dictate my diet. "

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" A few times a week, I'll put on La Roche-Posay's Active C Facial Moisturizer. That's probably my favorite cream. It clears up my skin a bit and provides more of an anti-wrinkle element. "

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" Ballet opens up the chest and the arms and elongates the body, so you carry yourself straighter. That's so important for a model. But also every woman. "

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" I don't believe in depriving myself; it's an unhealthy state of mind. "

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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. "

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" I like to think that when you take care of yourself, when you do nice things for yourself, it has a nice ripple effect on the rest of the world. "

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" With ballet, you're really focused on the inner thigh and butt and just lifting and lengthening everything, including your arms. You're not using weights, but holding up the weight of your own arms is a challenge. "

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" Ballet was just something that I always wanted to do. "

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" 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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" On weekends, I do brunch at home: whole grain bagels, lox, avocado, eggs, and organic bacon. "

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