Officially past the 25 hr mark.
Things I've learnt thus far:
• I actually can improve my resting posture through ballet
• Oh, tendus are supposed to look like that (i.e. drag over floor and only point toes at the final stop, so to speak)
• I slowly melt at classes during this heatwave even when an AC is mildly on in the background
• Everyone is better than me (as in they are actually better at everything than me) and that's fine
• I keep forgetting that my grand total of classroom hours isn't even at 30 yet and look how far we've got already
• Pirouettes are sometimes scary, sometimes not
• Everything remotely approaching fifth position and doing things that require any type of balance in the centre make me feel insanely frustrated
• I have no real balance to speak of and do not understand what to do with my lower back
• Apparently strength training was way more important than stretching
• Apparently strength training was way more important for turnout than stretching
• My mood swings contain a lot of "I'm ready to quit this shit" and "this is literally the most engaging thing I've ever learnt"
See you all next week when we will have made it past the 30 hr mark and I'm ready to split hairs at the next bout of frustration!
In all seriousness though, I am actually improving very rapidly, to the point where I can clearly tell it's happening, even though I also get confused about what I'm doing half the time. I've added some mild glute-strengthening exercises to my lazy stretching routine (and should probably stop forgetting the core also exists) so I can build it up a bit so that I can avoid feeling temporarily disabled after more intense workout sessions.
