Everyone has a teacher that they cherish and whom was a great influence.\u00a0 For me, that person is my childhood ballet teacher.\u00a0 She is still a huge influence on my life, dancing and teaching.\u00a0 Every time I return \u201chome\u201d for a visit, I try to take a ballet class or two with that teacher who is still one of the most amazing teachers (and women) I\u2019ve ever known. \u00a0I really enjoy being back in the environment and rhythm that made me fall in love with ballet to begin with and have been fortunate to feel well enough to have made it back into the studio multiple times this visit.<\/p>\n
The first class, belly baby and I ventured into the studio amongst chipper little high schoolers.\u00a0 I took \u201cmy\u201d place at the barre (after checking that I wasn\u2019t taking someone else\u2019s usual place\u2026dancers are fickle about where they like to stand in the room).\u00a0 Amazingly, my body felt good and I was actually very well balanced.\u00a0 But this weird phenomenon still occurs:\u00a0 every time my teacher walks by I get a little nervous and make sure I\u2019m doing everything the best I can.\u00a0 Even though I know she\u2019s probably not going to give me a lot of corrections right now seeing as everything is a little out of whack, I still get that tiny bit of panic in my entire body.<\/p>\n
The second class I intended to take I actually ended up teaching for her instead.\u00a0 I subbed for the same teacher once when I was pregnant with Honeybun\u00a0and this time was so much easier.\u00a0 Last time I remember being terribly sore and out of shape.\u00a0 Having taken class as often as I could throughout this pregnancy has definitely helped.<\/p>\n
The last class I took, this weird thing happened:\u00a0 I did my first port de bras forward at the barre (bending forward at the waist) and my belly hit my legs before I get a stretch.\u00a0 Weird.\u00a0 I had noticed the day before that my coat that easily buttoned when we arrived in the cold would no longer button around my belly but I didn\u2019t think about how the bump growth would affect dancing.\u00a0 I guess I\u2019ll just have to accept that until the baby is here, each time I dance I\u2019ll be capable of a little bit less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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