Dancers can seem like quite extroverted people, immune from the insecurities and doubts of mere mortals. Yet like most artists, the doubt is just as present in our everyday practice as our need for self-expression. We put ourselves out there for all to admire or judge and in the same breath we are wondering if anyone can notice that we are trembling on…
Category: Soul Point(e)
Resetting the balance + a list of small things
I started The Balance Point(e) to talk about the little things and the bigger things that helped me balance out my days and share my passion for nutrition and holistic health. I wanted to write about riding the wave of this often tempestuous career as well as living with the literal ups and downs, flares and crashes of an autoimmune…
Finding my balance as a mum
The whole preface of this blog is about finding balance in life which seems pretty obvious given the title of the blog. Entering motherhood, the entire world flipped on its head in a way like never before. People tell you it’s a whole new world and they’re right – it’s a whole new world where you feel like a baby…
My last day of pregnancy + becoming a mum
Written September 22nd It’s 4.11am, the rain is falling outside, the world is dark and quiet and I am sitting here at my kitchen table thinking of what is about to come. How can one truly ever be ready for this moment in life? How can one truly anticipate how life will be different in an instant? How can I…
Ballet meets Motherhood – an Intimate Pas de Deux
As I enter the 3rd trimester of my pregnancy, it seemed a nice time to share a few reflections from pregnancy so far here on The Balance Point(e). Considering my life is going to tip completely on its head and I will be slowly negotiating what balance means to me in a whole new paradigm, I thought it a nice time to…
Healthy eating – has it gone too far?
Healthy eating and nutrition can seem like a really bad green smoothie – bitter to taste and hard to swallow. Too many ingredients all chopped up until you don’t know what’s what anymore. The resulting indigestion and fullness but wanting for something else to actually chew. There’s sharp bits that scratch your throat on the way down but you swallow…
A teeny tiny Balance Point(e) announcement
The Balance Point(e) has been very quiet in recent times. I wrote about this recently here. What started as a break over summer holidays to really just relax and enjoy some family time turned into a not entirely unexpected sojourn from writing here on the blog. But it was also a huge departure from my everyday life until this point. You see…
It has been a while + some life changing things
It has been a while. In fact a very little while. A life changing little while. Somehow I don’t think you can even call it a while anymore. Perhaps it is more appropriate to say it’s been a season or two?! What started as a summer sojourn from The Balance Point(e) blog has quite rapidly turned into more…
A Balance Point(e) 12 Days of Christmas
As the Sydney season draws to a close with The Australian Ballet, it also signals the year winding down of a huge 2014 for everyone, including the dancers. We are performing our last shows of The Nutcracker at The Opera House while other dancers across the world are treating audiences to their Nutcracker performances too. Young dancers are treating their…
Actually, I CAN…
I CAN. Two of the most powerful words in our own personal universe. How would it be different if we used our ‘I CAN’ muscle more often than the ‘I CAN’T’ one? How would that feel? Would it feel like possibility, potential or adventure? Would it be a relief or a chore? Would it feel like freedom or fear?…