Ms. Namita Nayyar: Who has been your inspiration and motivation in choosing ballet dancing as your profession?
Ms. Sara Mearns: My mom put me in ballet at age 3. It became my life from a very early age. I want to say life choose this life for me. That’s corny but true. Not everyone is cut out for this type of profession. You have to see and feel beyond yourself. Everyone and everything I have encountered along the way has had a hand in my motivation and inspiration to become the ballerina I am today. That includes all the good and the bad. I did not choose this life, life choose it for me. I am the luckiest girl in the world.
Ms. Namita Nayyar: You suffered a back injury and were forced to take eight months off from dancing. How you were able to overcome such a physical injury/setback and what advice you can give to fellow ballet dancers in a similar situation?
Ms. Sara Mearns: The topic of injuries is a bitter sweet and very emotional. My last back injury was the most heart wrenching, painful, most beautiful thing that could have happened to me. It actually saved me personally and physically from a very bad downward spiral. It took away my livelihood but gave me confidence, maturity, and the Sara Mearns I want to be. I will never forget the moment I stepped on stage in my performance back with tears in my eyes, thanking my body for what it has given me and what it will give me for years to come. Your body is smarter than you are, and it doesn’t lie to you.
You also have to find the right person to take care of it when it is down. Your instinct will tell you, and your body will react or it won’t. You will have a new profound respect for life, you, and your artform when you return. When something so valuable is taken away with no real proof of what the future will bring you, you then learn how special and delicate life really is, so take care of it.
Ms. Namita Nayyar: What you wish to say about the website Womenfitness.net and message for its visitors?
Ms. Sara Mearns: Thank you to Women Fitness for allowing to pour my heart out and hopefully help others who need guiding. I am constantly learning everyday about my fitness and health and it’s great to have a platform such as this to get answers and find inspiration to move forward.
To know more about Sara Mearns check out at: http://www.nycballet.com/Dancers/Dancers-Bios/Sara-Mearns.aspx
To know latest about Sara Mearns check out on her social networks:
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- http://instagram.com/saramearns
Women Fitness Team thanks Sara Mearns for giving her valuable time for this interview and quenching the thirst of her fans to know more about her and made this interview happen.
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