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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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" I love berries, greens, and salmon. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" Most of the time, even if I'm at home in my sweatpants, I probably have a pair of slippers on. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" Rather than thinking about what not to eat, I like to focus on what I can eat to look and feel my best. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" When you're not experiencing your food, that's when it's harder to pay attention to when you're full, and that's what being satisfied really means. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" I live in my Ballet Beautiful street shoes. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" Pregnancy is magical, I've never felt more connected to my body. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" I find that healthy eating makes me feel happier, stronger, and more confident. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" My body needs a lot of protein because I exercise so much. I eat dairy, meat, and gluten, but I stay away from white flour, sugar, and processed foods. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" One of the things I found as a dancer is that you're trying to perfect your body but also protect it and keep it injury-free. When you work against your own weight, you're still building lean muscle and bone density, but you're in a safer zone. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers

" A lot of fitness has that very masculine energy and drive, and that never worked for me. I want to be challenged. I don't want to be told that I'm terrible and that I suck and that I'm not good enough - that's not motivating. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" Nail polish is like the icing on the beauty cake. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" It's not about having a perfectly sculpted figure; it's about feeling healthy, fit, and confident. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers

" The key to building long muscle as you swim is stretching arms far ahead of you in the water, sort of like a swan. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" Ballet Beautiful is a workout that transforms the body without overtaxing the system or joints. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" I'm from North Carolina, so I am really picky about my fried chicken. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" It definitely wasn't cool in junior high, when everyone else is trying out for cheerleading, to have a life consumed by ballet. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" Mid-afternoon, I snack on Greek yogurt with nuts or a green juice from Juice Press. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" You won't find me in a sports bra and low-slung leggings. "

Mary Helen Bowers