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" 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

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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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers

" Generally, I snack on lots of fresh fruit and raw nuts, such as almonds. "

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

" Ballet is an incredible art, but it can be a bit elitist, which is a really big turn off to me. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" An all-white space has a purity that is refreshing and serene. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" Working out should be empowering! It should make you look and feel strong, elegant, healthy - the best possible version of you. "

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

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

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers

" I'm very sensitive to salt. I always see and feel a big difference in my body when I eat it, so I try to consume salt in moderation. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

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

" When you work out a lot, it's so important to eat the right foods. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" If you don't have the time or money to get to the gym, work out at home. It saves tons of time and makes life more efficient. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" I became completely obsessed with body oils while pregnant. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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

" 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

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" Before founding Ballet Beautiful, I was a ballerina with the New York City Ballet. "

Mary Helen Bowers

" 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. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers

" When you dance, you engage your abs in every step. "

Mary Helen Bowers

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

Mary Helen Bowers