Not only did my ballet lessons get me ready for performances, but they also equipped me for life and my yoga journey. Here's what ballet taught me about life.
When I was a kid, I took ballet lessons.
I danced through dozens of ballet shoes and costumes and performed in numerous on-stage performances.
The beauty of ballet spoke to me, and I was grateful to be introduced to it early on in life. I stopped taking ballet classes right before transitioning to pointe. That’s when I enrolled in basketball and softball and eventually went on to become a fast-pitch softball pitcher. But my roots in ballet have been instrumental at every point and turn in my life.
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Here are 5 key things ballet taught me about life:
Grace
Practice
Discipline and diligence
Confidence (stand up tall, look up, heart up)
Flexibility
My experience with ballet was really the door to what would eventually become the beginning of my yoga path a decade later. Learn how practicing yoga changed my life. Today, I step on my mat to practice grace, discipline, confidence and patience thanks to my ballet background. From first position to fifth position, I am grateful ballet is part of my foundation.
Practice It: Try a Ballet or Barre Class
Attend an in-person or virtual ballet or barre class or follow along with a video. Encourage a friend or partner to take a class with you.
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