We're warming up
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
Hello Everyone,
Welcome to Day 4 of The Dancer Reset Series. Hopefully we are feeling good! Let’s dive in to episode 4
Day 4: Why You Overthink Under Pressure
The combination starts and your brain won’t stop. Check your arms. Is your core on? What comes next? Why does everyone else look so relaxed? You’re thinking so hard about every single thing that there is no space left to actually dance, and the harder you try to switch it off, the louder it gets.
Overthinking under pressure is one of the most common and least talked about struggles in dance. And in this episode we get into exactly why it happens.
We cover what is going on in your nervous system when pressure triggers the overthinking spiral, why trying harder to stop thinking actually makes it worse, and the specific mental tools that help you get out of your head and back into your body, where the dancing actually lives. Because you already know how to do this. Your body just needs your mind to get out of the way.
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