Gooood morning!

When I remembered to drink my tea this morning, it was the perfect temperature and had just the right amount of honey. It tasted like happiness.

I hope today brings you your own tiny delights, ballet friend. It's the little things that make the biggest difference:

• the perfect cup of tea

• mini movement breaks that kept my brain feeling fresh while I trudged through my taxes last month (they’re healthy, too)¹!

• the attention to detail that makes ballet magical — leading with fingertips, then elbows, then shoulders in beginner ballet port de bras

• a ballet barre that's just the right height...

I've been missing my high-backed chair/makeshift barre that didn't make the cut when I moved to my current apartment. I make do with my countertop, but it's a little on the low side. A couple of us in beginner ballet might try McGyver-ing a few extra inches of barre height with pool noodles this summer. I'll keep you posted 😉

If you've DIY'd a barre or dance floor — or found a great ready made one available for purchase, please, please, please send me the deets!

I'd love to put together a crowd sourced list of what works really well for dancing at home.

Hit reply to let me me know your home studio secrets (or DIY disasters I can go ahead and skip).

May your beverage always be the perfect temperature,

Natasha

1. Micro-exercise breaks every hour: a feasible strategy to improve metabolic health in sedentary office workers https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41629846/