We can all dream of owning a membership to an exclusive gym, hiring a hot personal trainer to motivate us and being able to afford a wardrobe of workout outfits that will make us actually want to wear sports clothes. We can also convince ourselves that if we could afford all this we would be…
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Week 06 of Beginner’s Ballet at City Academy
I didn’t realise how much I missed my weekly ballet lessons until I returned to week 06 after a one week hiatus. Seriously, I was grinning from ear to ear. Unless I was concentrating, then all facial awareness went out the window. I missed Adrian’s quirkiness, I missed being amazed at my terrible posture, I…
Week 04 of Beginners Ballet at City Academy
Your core is improving. Adrian looked expectantly at me. Inwardly I puffed up gleefully but outwardly, I did that annoying self-deprecating thing that so many of us do ‘Ha, really?! I didn’t feel any different.’ It was our fourth week of Beginner’s Ballet at City Academy. So far, things felt like they were beginning to…
4 Steps for Summer
When festivals start springing up like pop-up tents, you know summer has truly arrived. It brings that delightful festival feel that is accompanied by too many jugs of sickly Pimms, fruity cider, balmy evenings standing outside London pubs, flowers in your hair, picnics and BBQs. Get into the vibe with my 4 steps for summer:…
Week 03 of Beginners Ballet at City Academy
I’m not sure what happened during week 03 of Beginners Ballet at City Academy but not only did everyone seem to have been zapped of all energy but we’d grown two left feet overnight. Not something that’s useful for the delicate art of ballet. This session, Adrian was back in charge. We started at the…
Week 02 of Beginner’s Ballet at City Academy
I was a little concerned before I turned up to my second week of Beginners Ballet at City Academy; not only was Adrian off sick but I’d gotten rained on and a flat tyre on my bike. I was also late. However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom because not only had the ache in…