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Grier Cooper

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New York City!, The United States

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Grier began ballet lessons at age five and left home at fourteen to study at the School of American Ballet in New York. She has performed on three out of seven continents with companies such as San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet, totaling more than thirty years of experience as a dancer, teacher and performer.

Her work has been praised as “poignant and honest” with “emotional hooks that penetrate deeply.” She writes and blogs about dance in the San Francisco Bay Area and has interviewed and photographed a diverse collection dancers and performers including Clive Owen, Nicole Kidman, Glen Allen Sims and Jessica Sutta. She is the author of Build a Ballerina Body and The Daily Book of Photography. Grier’s work ...more

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My #1 Tool for Demolishing Your Demons

If I showed you my #1 tool for demolishing your demons would you be interested?

All is well. Even if it doesn’t feel like it is. Especially if it doesn’t feel like it is.

We get caught up in clinging to the idea that things should be a certain way, which build walls that obscure the blessings that are right in front of us.

We blind ourselves to the beauty and goodness around us. We cut off our connec

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Average rating: 3.84 · 125 ratings · 55 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Wish (Indigo Dreams #1) 3.94 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope (Indigo Ballet Series #2) 3.97 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daily Book of Photography: 365 readings that teach, inspire & entertain by Simon Alexander, Grier Cooper (Goodreads Author), Tom Hauk 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything You Wanted to Know About Ballet But Were Afraid to Ask 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quicklet on The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Build a Ballerina Body: The How-To Guide it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderdads Marin: The Best Dad & Child Activities in Marin by Grier Cooper (Goodreads Author), Grier Cooper (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderdads Marin - The Best Dad/Child Activities, Restaurants, Sporting Events & Unique Adventures for Marin Dads 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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