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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.
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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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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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The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy.
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Making fitness a priority will energize you, make you look and feel better, and help diffuse stress.
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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.
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Ballet Beautiful is a workout that transforms the body without overtaxing the system or joints.
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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.
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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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I've found the entire process of being pregnant to be such a miraculous, beautiful time.
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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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Generally, I snack on lots of fresh fruit and raw nuts, such as almonds.
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I had the opportunity to train with Natalie Portman for 'Black Swan,' and the program we created was intense and involved a lot of travel.
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Mid-afternoon, I snack on Greek yogurt with nuts or a green juice from Juice Press.
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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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Working out should be empowering! It should make you look and feel strong, elegant, healthy - the best possible version of you.
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For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form.
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On weekends, I do brunch at home: whole grain bagels, lox, avocado, eggs, and organic bacon.
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I train a lot of celebrities, including a lot of women who work for Victoria's Secret as Angels.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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Rather than thinking about what not to eat, I like to focus on what I can eat to look and feel my best.
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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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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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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.
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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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I'll buy a special occasion dress even if I don't know when or where I'll wear it.
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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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When you're wearing pointe shoes, honestly, they hurt - a lot - every day.
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Carrying a baby is such hard work, I've found that the stronger I am, the better I feel.
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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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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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