Low to Mid Impact 20 Minute Strength Session

Strength exercises can be challenging on the body but there are different ways to approach your practice. I am going back home to some fundamentals that I think you might find helpful as well. I have been training pre-pro and professionally in dance over the last twenty years. One of my strength practices in that training period was Ballet.

I was doing my movement practice the other day and I shared with my Spouse Miller that I was feeling really called to come back to some of my traditional practices for more information. So here I am.

My first day back at the barre I felt a bit intimidated, I have to be honest. So many thoughts came back to me - like- Is there even a space for me, this body, all of me to be here at the barre. I’d been told so many times that “while I was a good dancer, I didn’t fit the mold”.

Our relationship to movement can be one riddled with emotional intensity and pain. So what do we do when movement is a necessary part of our aliveness and also the onslaught of unhelpful thoughts/memories starts to attack just as we want to try something new.

The best way to begin any practice is start slow, gather information on how to care for your body and make a small commitment. I’m making a commitment to come to my barre four times a week for strength work (20 minute sessions). I’m going to document my journey so you can see my process. Make sure to check back soon for more updates.

Let’s go ahead and jump into today’s strength practice.

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See you on the dance floor,

Rashida