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  • 32 calf rises each leg! – keep it slow and controlled
  • 30 glute bridges – lengthen through the floor
  • 1 minute plank - embrace the shakes!
  • 4 x 30 second balances in retiré each side – if you fall, we start from the top!
  • Practice your pirouettes from 5th and 4th each side. Try each turn until you feel 1 percent progress
  • An arabesque each side – master it, and make it clean
  • 1 minute butterfly stretch – breathe, don’t force, keep your back long and actively push the knees out
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Beginner

Everything You Need Beginner Guide

Isabella McGuire Mayes
Your beginner ballet blueprint for strength, technique, turnout and confidence.
Everything You Need Beginner Plan | Plan | Online Studio | Isabella
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About this Guide

New to ballet or getting back into movement? The Everything You Need Beginner Guide is your go-to guide for building strength, flexibility and confidence, without the overwhelm.

Whether you’re starting from scratch or returning after a break, this guide helps you stay consistent with a mix of mobility work, turnout tools, barre technique and mindset resets.

Each week brings simple, structured sessions designed to support your progress while keeping things light, achievable and genuinely enjoyable. You’ll finish feeling more connected to your body, stronger in your movement and clearer about where to go next.

Ready to get moving again, gently and powerfully? This guide’s for you.

Teacher
Isabella McGuire Mayes
Class Length
4 Weeks
Tags
Ballet
Feet
Stretch
Workout
What you’ll learn
  • Build strength, flexibility and turnout from the foundations
  • Improve posture, joint stability and alignment
  • Develop consistent movement habits without overwhelm
  • Boost confidence and body awareness
  • Discover how mindset and movement work together
  • Reconnect to your body with calm, structured routines

Guide Breakdown

28 Classes
28 Classes
Lesson 1

Everything You Need Beginner Guide: Floor Barre on the wall

Lesson 2

Everything You Need Beginner Guide: Hip Mobility and Stretches

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Lesson 3

Everything You Need Beginner Guide Week 1: Rest Day 1

Lesson 4

Everything You Need Beginner Guide: Foot & Ankle Injury Prevention

Lesson 5

Everything You Need Beginner Guide: Yoga for Dancers – Core & Arms

Lesson 6

Everything You Need Beginner Guide: Spine Mobility Exercises

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Lesson 7

Everything You Need Beginner Guide Week 1: Rest Day 2