Fun Friday Shake Up

Fun Friday Shake Up

Today I am going to suggest something radical.  Stand in a different place at the barre at least one day every week.  Now, I know this is revolutionary.  Dancers have their personal “spots” at the barre, and if one attends class at an unfamiliar studio, it is customary to ask if one is standing in someone else’s spot.  I get it.  I had my spot, too.

However, research has shown (seriously) that changing things in one’s routine actually boosts brain power.  So for dancers, standing in a different place will stimulate the brain.  So will taking a different route to work, or even rearranging furniture.   Anything that alters the usual routine.

So try it.  Stand in a new place at barre, or in the center, or both.  Shake up the routine. The results might be surprising.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Secret #7ff:  

“Stand in a different place at the barre.”

                Link of the Day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78HFCpOb6IE

Quote of the Day:

“It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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