Win for me is seeing my dancing improve overall! I felt more confident and had more stamina in all my classes. ☺️

The Barbell Ballerina on nothing specific but overall and more stability in particular!

Btw, I just wanted to share here that my ballet teacher said he’s seen so much improvement from me!

Hello! I’m Vani. It’s so great to be here among all of you in such a supportive community.

I’ve been in performing arts for a long time though I ended up taking a hiatus from dancing for a lengthy period. Also, in the past few years, I had a lot of challenges. In addition to stress and personal losses, I struggled with a back injury relating to my discs in the lower lumbar region and have also had sciatica. The pain it caused me was extremely traumatic. I had to learn how to sit, stand, and walk all over again. But I did recover, so now I’m extra focused on proper form.

My goals are: to build up my flexibility, strength, stamina, and have a strong core. I feel like I lost 90% of flexibility from everything over the past few years. So, I definitely want to stay injury free. I’ve been lifting consistently since fall and winter of 2022 and am hooked, but I’m curious to learn more for improving in dance specifically. I recently came back to ballet last year and am hoping to do well there. Ballet is 🩰special to me. I’m on a dance team at a different studio, and we do many eclectic styles. I want to improve overall and be a better performing artist. I sing and dance and the stamina required to do that simultaneously is something else!