mindfulness - Healing Figures

3 Mindset Shifts to Overcome Performance Anxiety

Ever feel those pre-performance jitters? Trust me, you are not alone! Performance anxiety is something most dancers face at some point. But instead of letting it take over, you can learn to work with it and even use it to your advantage.

burnout

5 Simple Ways to Prevent Burnout as a Dancer

When dancing is our passion, we pour our hearts, sweat and tears into it. But when you're pushing yourself so hard, it can be easy to fall into full-on burnout. And once the spiral begins, it can be hard to pull yoursellf out of it.

Change

Take A Break

Hello there! It's been a little while. After taking a long needed break from a lot of things, I'm finally back! There are going to be a few changes coming up to the blog, but for now I wanted to say hi and ask are you ok? I also wanted

Self Care

Maintain Your Self Care Routine in Three Simple Steps

I don't know about anyone else, but sometimes I find my self care routine slipping. It's easy to make excuses, or feel that we're not worthy, and then self care becomes low on our list of priorities. So how can you maintain your self

Self Care

3 Simple Ways to Clear Your Mind and Refocus

Sometimes in life our minds can get cluttered. I know from balancing a full time degree, voluntary work and being a single parent, that sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the week. My to-do list can get very long and overwhelming. So here are my three top

Self Care

Self Care Is Not Selfish: Learning To Take Care Of Yourself As Well As Others.

Why is it so difficult to look after ourselves? Often we can feel like looking after ourselves is putting our own needs first. We can feel incredibly guilty, putting ourselves before others. In reality, it is not putting our needs ahead of others, it is looking after ourselves as well