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Engaging your center of gravity brings power and grace to all your movements. Ballet teaches you how to engage and move from the deep abdominals–in fact, it\u2019s one of the main reasons ballet dancers look so graceful.<\/span><\/p>\n Many people think of the core as the general stomach region, both above and below the navel. In ballet, however, the concept of core is more specific and much deeper. Your ballet core refers to the deep abdominals below the navel. This region is the true center of gravity of the human body so it makes a lot of sense that ballet dancers learn to control their movements from this central place.<\/span><\/p>\n Learning to use your ballet core means so much more than flatter abs. It means accessing a powerful home base for good posture and form in all your movements, which translates into strength, tone, balance, agility, stamina, and grace.<\/span><\/p>\n But how do you get in touch with your lower abdominals? Here\u2019s what you can do to awaken your deep core to feel strong and poised everyday:<\/span><\/p>\n Come Home to Your Core Exercises:<\/b><\/p>\n Exercise 1<\/span><\/p>\n Exercise 2<\/span><\/p>\n Learning to access your ballet core awakens power and grace in all your movements, helping you to feel stable and confident starting from the very center of your body. So the next time you need a little pick-me-up <\/span>come home to your core<\/b>!<\/span><\/p>\n —Happy Dancing!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#cccccc” show_divider=”on” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”top” hide_on_mobile=”on”] [\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_signup admin_label=”Email Optin” provider=”mailchimp” mailchimp_list=”4e7755f0ae” aweber_list=”none” title=”Everyday Ballet In Your Inbox!” button_text=”Subscribe Today!” use_background_color=”on” background_color=”#f986a5″ background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” use_focus_border_color=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_button=”off” button_letter_spacing=”0″ button_use_icon=”default” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” button_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ body_font_size=”17″ saved_tabs=”all”]<\/p>\n Subscribe to the Everyday Ballet newsletter and get weekly free EDB workouts, tips, nutritional advice and style-counsel from Everyday Ballet.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_signup][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”post copy” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” text_font_size=”16″] Getting centered and strong is a great way to boost both physical and mental energy. And … <\/p>\n\n
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