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We're taking a short pause while Ballet With Isabella steps into something new. Same world-class training. A bigger mission behind it. This next chapter is about more than ballet. It's about how you train, and how you show up – in and out of the studio.
We'll be back soon. In the meantime... keep it moving
- 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
The psoas is one of those muscles that gets mentioned a lot… but rarely understood. Sitting deep in the pelvis and linking the spine to the legs, it’s responsible for everything from hip flexion to spinal stability and freedom of movement, and it can also be the root of tension, tightness or poor alignment when it’s not functioning properly.
In this course, we’ll help you locate and visualise your psoas, then lengthen and strengthen it through a series of targeted exercises. You’ll learn to work with it, not against it. And feel more grounded, more connected and more in control with every movement. You’ve got a powerhouse waiting inside you. Let’s find it.
- How to locate and visualise the psoas for greater awareness and control
- Exercises to lengthen the muscle without losing connection
- How to strengthen your psoas in a functional way for dance
- Tools to reduce tension, tight hips and posture-related discomfort
- What the psoas is (and isn’t) doing in common dance movements
Lesson Breakdown
Psoas Course – Lesson 1
Psoas Course – Lesson 2
Psoas Course – Lesson 3
Is this course for me? Yes if..
- You’re unsure what or where your psoas actually is
- You’re feeling tight, compressed or tense in the hips and lower back
- You’re struggling with posture, turnout or pelvic alignment
- You’re a dancer looking to refine technique from the inside out
Look for another course if...
- You’re looking for a high-energy workout or fast-paced strength training
- You already have a clear, confident relationship with your psoas