A Day in the Life of the Sugar Plum Fairy in San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker

While different dancers all have their own methods of meditation and cross-training, for Jennifer Stahl, yoga is her alternative exercise and form of self-care.

"I love yoga," she said. "On a non-performance day I'll go to a yoga class before ballet class, but on a performance day I'll just do a few things to kind of get me going, like sun salutations, and get the breath going, and the blood flowing and the core centered." Stahl is even a certified yoga teacher herself.