Simple Ballet Stretches to Ease Back and Hip Tension
Tight hips and a sore back are incredibly common. Long periods of sitting, stress, and everyday habits can all contribute to stiffness through the lower back and hips. Over time, this tension can affect how we move, how we stand, and even how energised we feel.
The good news is that small, consistent stretches can make a real difference. Ballet offers a gentle and effective way to release this tension. Its focus on length, control, and alignment helps the body open up gradually, without forcing anything.
Active Recovery with Ballet: How Gentle Movement Restores Energy
There is a common misconception that rest means complete stillness. In reality, the body often responds better to gentle movement. Active recovery - particularly through ballet-inspired stretching and mobility work - can restore energy, ease muscle tension, and support flexibility without placing additional strain on the body.
Ballet Fitness for Office Workers: Stretches & Strength Exercises
If you spend most of your day sitting at a desk, you’re not alone - and you’ve probably felt the effects: tight hips, rounded shoulders, and a stiff neck. Over time, poor posture can affect not only how you move but also how you feel.
Stretching Before Ballet: Do’s and Don’ts
Whether you're getting ready for a Ballet Fusion class or practising at home, how you warm up matters. Stretching may seem like the obvious way to begin, but doing the wrong type of stretching at the wrong time can actually increase your risk of injury rather than prevent it.
The Best Stretches to Relieve Tight Glutes
Doing glute stretches not only relieves tight and sore muscles but also has a helping hand in reducing muscle tightness in other areas too. Glute stretches can help reduce tightness and tension in your lower back and hips too. In fact they help to increase your flexibility and range and reduce the chance of injury.
10 Minute Full Body Stretch
Follow this 10-minute full-body stretching routine to target the major muscle groups, including hard-to-reach muscles.
10 Reasons Why Stretching is Good for You
We all know that we should stretch but are you aware of the many reasons why stretching is so good for you?
Here are 10 reasons why we should stretch regularly:
How to get better posture - with simple ballet fitness exercises
Good posture really comes from core strength. Not just the abs which we often think of as the 'core', but the core including back, hips and glutes as well as abdominal muscles.
Ballet fitness is amazing for improving posture because EVERY SINGLE ballet exercises uses the core. As well as working all our core muscles as we exercise, we also keep a focus on lengthening our posture the whole time - even when simply standing at the barre or in the centre.
Tips for Improving Turnout
Did you know that turnout mostly comes from the hips? Looking at a dancer, it can be easy to assume that the turnout is driven completely by the ankles but it’s actually the hips that drive turnout.
Try the exercises below to improve and strengthen your turnout.