Move With Ease: An Artist and Pilates Teacher on Creative Self-Care, Motherhood, and the Yes No Manifesto

Elana Jacobs is the artistic director of a performance company, a Pilates studio owner, and someone who has spent her whole life figuring out how to keep creativity alive through every season of life, including the ones that make it feel nearly impossible. This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt like the version of themselves that made art, moved freely, or had time to think is still in there somewhere, just waiting for an opening.

Elana talks about her practice of moving with ease, not doing less, but finding the route with the most flow and how that principle guides everything from her creative work to how she shows up as a parent. She shares the concept of the invisible basket, a way of collecting ideas and inspiration throughout daily life even when a formal creative practice isn't possible, and why having a project on the horizon -- even a distant one -- keeps her grounded. She also reads aloud the Yes No Manifesto, a reframing of perfection, planning, and control that honestly applies as much to parenting and self-care as it does to making art.

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