Yes! "Lift the leg from underneath!" Nope.

I hear “stronger arms” a lot, but don’t understand how that would look or feel without tensing my arms up. Thank you so much for this video!

Mine was the comment about lifting out of your legs and this explanation made so much sense to me because I have that classic combination of hyperextended knees with lumbar lordosis, tight hip flexors and overdeveloped quads! I think when I receive that instruction mid-exercise, my instinct is to try to rectify it by tightening my whole body to try to physically lift myself up but it makes much more sense to remind myself to lengthen through alignment.

OMG I have heard the lifting from the back of your leg thing countless times, and it's literally the only way my teacher knew how to explain extensions. It confused me to no end because in my PE class at school, we learned about abduction and adduction, flexion and extension.

What corrections have you heard from your ballet teachers that make you feel more confused than helped? Share in the comments, I want to know! I used to hear "turn out comes from the hips" all the time, but I wasn't sure how to actually apply that or what the end goal of saying this phrase was!

Your channel is a life saver you deserve as much attention than any KZfaqr if not more!

Perfect explained. Thank you so much!

Wonderful tips. You are a gifted teacher

Loved this video! And btw your bun is so pretty!

I like the “expand and contract” advice.

The primary hip flexor is the iliopsoas. Only the rectus femoris even has the biomechanical ability to flex the hip, along with the sartorius when the hip os externally rotated. Vastus laterales, medialis, and intermedius do not attach to the hip and thus can only extend the knee joint.

Could you please do a video on tips to strengthen and stretch you feet to get winged feet to get nicer lines? Thank you so much for this video!❤️

Loved this video! As a teacher, I have definitely heard myself say "Lift from the back of the leg", all the time knowing it doesn't truly work like that. I guess teachers are just suggesting the sweeping motion of the battlement and elongation needed from the back of the leg. When I was a student (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) my teacher would say "Move your arms from your back." I didn't understand this concept at all! Haha. So it isn't one I use with my own students. Do you have suggestions on explaining this concept to students?

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Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the struggles in this world, God is full of justice, mercy and love. Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom. If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us back into that previously perfect image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. He will help us through the struggle, the stress, and anything we experience in the world. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him through His power (not ourselves, we need Him to help us as it's impossible without depending on His power and instruction). He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if you had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place. He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it. He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way. Christ says in John 16:33: I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.] - (AMPLIFIED version) NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER. Regardless of what you've done or what you're going through you CAN make it through Jesus. If you have any questions let me know xx xxx

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