• $ 1.7
  • € 2.0035
  • ₽ 0.021707
  • ₺ 0.0427
  • £ 2.336

Heavily-pregnant ballerina still dancing at 39 weeks - PHOTO+VIDEO

Heavily-pregnant ballerina still dancing at 39 weeks - PHOTO+VIDEO
19.12.2013 10:30
An expectant ballet instructor has been photographed while dancing at 39 weeks pregnant.Mary Helen Bowers, 34, from New York City, says that her routines have enhanced her pregnancy, and has even inspired her to create a ballet-based pre-natal workout.The creator of the Ballet Beautiful workout told Elle.com: ‘By continuing to work out and dance while pregnant, I feel a double reward from maintaining my normal routine, but all the while knowing that baby is sharing in my day.’Ms Bowers is best known for training the Victoria’s Secret Angels and getting Natalie Portman ready for her role in Black Swan. Prior to starting Ballet Beautiful, she danced with the New York City Ballet for over a decade.She says that dance has helped her maintain body strength, which has alleviated some of pregnancy’s notoriously unpleasant side effects.‘I’ve avoided back pain and swelling by keeping my core strong and body moving. I feel terrific and plan to work and workout until the end,’ she wrote.Ms Bowers says that she is physically cautious for the sake of her child, and that her doctor is completely on board with her exercise plan.Ms Bowers’s pregnancy has even inspired her to create a pre-natal specific Ballet Beautiful workout.‘[My doctor] is incredibly supportive of me not only continuing with my workout, but also with maintaining my regular routine: running my business, creating a new pre-natal series for BB, the works! Pregnancy can be a really exciting and creative time!’ she said.In studio portraits and photos posted to her Instagram account, Ms Bowers appears toned, graceful, and at ease with her figure in a series of tight leotards.Ms Bowers’s biggest piece of advice to active, expecting mothers is not to fight the changes happening in their bodies.‘My approach has been to embrace the bump and my ever-changing physique,’ she wrote. ‘Rather than fighting the changes in my body, I’m celebrating them and I love seeing other women do the same.’(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az
Similar news
Similar news
Shavkat Mirziyoyev to inaugurate ‘Uzbekistan’ park in Baku
Political News 16:00
Shavkat Mirziyoyev to inaugurate ‘Uzbekistan’ park in Baku
Peskov: Russian and Azerbaijani prosecutors in talks over Yekaterinburg incident
Political News 14:35
Peskov: Russian and Azerbaijani prosecutors in talks over Yekaterinburg incident
Rights group slams FSB for ‘humiliating’ and ‘politically driven’ detention of Azerbaijani community leader
Political News 14:30
Rights group slams FSB for ‘humiliating’ and ‘politically driven’ detention of Azerbaijani community leader
Sobchak condemns killing of Safarov brothers
Political News 12:32
Sobchak condemns killing of Safarov brothers
Azerbaijan targeted during Iran–Israel war, parliament committee says
Political News 11:30
Azerbaijan targeted during Iran–Israel war, parliament committee says
UN aware of tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia
Political News 10:30
UN aware of tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia
Azerbaijan court orders 4-month detention for Sputnik employees
Political News 18:11
Azerbaijan court orders 4-month detention for Sputnik employees
Baku rejects Russian envoy's criticism over cancellation of cultural events
Political News 17:14
Baku rejects Russian envoy's criticism over cancellation of cultural events
Russian court extends detention of Azerbaijani national Bakir Safarov
Political News 17:00
Russian court extends detention of Azerbaijani national Bakir Safarov
Anews TV

Our official Youtube channel

Subscribe