Dance | Bharatanatyam | 2nd trimester of pregnancy | Jyothsna
This artform has been my companion and carried me through all phases of my life.
As someone who used to hear people constantly say getting pregnant means no dancing, end of performing, etc- a huge revelation through my pregnancy how that doesn't have to be true at all!
I would like to thank my husband for supporting me during this phase.
Physically dancing through pregnancy depends on a lot of medical factors falling into place, but I was lucky enough to be able to continue engaging with dance, even if it meant doing just one adavu, teaching my students, abhinaya or thinking about choreography and thalam throughout my pregnancy . And that's the beautiful thing about dance - There are hundred other ways of engaging and growing with the artform.
I didn't physically dance everyday but I felt so happy on the days I did. I am happy that I was able to continue dancing throughout this beautiful phase of my life.