-
Step 1
Begin your stretching by sitting on the ground with your legs in front of you. Bend at your waist and reach over your legs, pointing and flexing your feet as you bend. Open your legs into a V and stretch again, focusing on warming up your muscles and stretching out your hamstrings.
-
Step 2
Do a set of plies from all ballet positions. Begin with first position, bend at the knees, keeping your toes turned out. This stretch helps develop balance as well as warms up your body.
-
Step 3
Stretch the muscles in your feet and ankles by doing sets of tendus in each position. To do a tendu, stand in first position. Keep your supporting leg straight and glide your working leg out, foot across the floor, through the ball of your foot. Repeat with the opposing leg. Point your toes, slide back to first position and move to second position.
-
Step 4
Start in first position and releve. Lift your body up onto the balls of your feet, stretching your calves and arches. Relax your arms at your sides or pull them above your head as you repeat sets in all positions.
-
Step 5
Practice developpes to stretch back, leg and abdominal muscles. Lift your knee up and extend your leg, toes pointed, keeping your balance and warming your muscles. For an extra stretch and balance practice coming up to the ball of your supporting foot as you extend your leg. Do as many as it takes to feel the stretch and repeat on the other side.
