Please help me find my kids' face masks
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Our Project Manager Janine’s face masks are disappearing faster than single socks in a clothes dryer and she needs your advice. Read our latest blog post for what she’s tried already and share your strategies for family face mask storage, while she looks under the kids’ beds…again!
Team Halloween Costume Favorites
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Halloween is such a favorite time at Destira that it’s a whole season, not just a single day. From initial brainstorming in Spring and Summer, to launching the Costume Shop in early fall, we really love creating Halloween Leotards and wearing costumes of our own.
Guest Post: Overcoming the Odds
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Kaelyn is a ten-year-old level 4 gymnast in the JO program at Virginia Elite Gymnastics Academy. She loves gymnastics even though she has some atypical challenges in building strength and skills. We love your positive attitude and determined spirit, Kaeyln!
Introducing Destira's New Never Stop Dreaming Gymnastics Leotard Collection
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The best gymnastics leotards now available in three new, whimsical styles to put a smile on your face. The Never Stop Dreaming collection features sparkling unicorns, friendly robots, tropical-toned dinosaurs, leaping kitties, and tripe-stacked ice cream cones to make your gymnast smile.
gymSAFE Healthy Gymnast Symposium Recap
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Do you know about gymSAFE yet? Read on about all of the incredible speakers at their 4th annual Healthy Gymnast Symposium, and then get to know the organization better by visiting their website and social media. gymSAFE’s mission is to provide gymnastics professionals and athletes with the tools and knowledge to prevent gymnastics-related injuries, increasing safety in the sport of gymnastics.
Donating Masks to Youth Empowerment Organizations
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Your face mask purchase makes a difference. For every 3-pack of masks purchased, we donate one mask to an organization working to empower and uplift youth. Our first two donation partners are Project Avary in CA and Cool Girls in GA. Who should we donate to next?
Guest Post: Back to Gym after 83 Days Away
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Guest post by Kyleigh Giraldo, a ten-year-old competitive gymnast living in Virginia. Kyleigh shares about her experience participating in weekly video workouts with her teammates and coaches, and working through a mental block when in-person practice resumed. Thank you, Kyleigh!
Caring for Your Reusable Cloth Face Mask
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When and how should you take your face mask off? How should reusable cloth face masks be washed? How many face masks should you own? Following advice from Johns Hopkins Medicine, here are our recommendations about the wear and care of your reusable face masks.
At-Home Challenges for Gymnasts
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Whether or not you’re back to the gym this summer, there are plenty of hours in a day to keep building strength and stamina while having fun. Try these activities with a sibling, parent, or friend. Create a leader board and track your progress over time for some friendly competition!
Why We Wear Face Masks for Coronavirus
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A properly-fitted cotton mask will, when worn correctly, contain most of those potentially-infectious droplets, so that we can say it, but not spray it. Here's some science about that, and what makes Destira face masks so great.
We Want YOU to Write for Destira!
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We're adding new voices to our blog! Do you want to be a featured contributor? Destira is especially interested in submissions including underrepresented perspectives in gymnastics. Read on to learn more and get in touch.
Ideas for Time Capsules and Journals
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You’re living through history right now, and whether you want to document your experience for posterity or add another tool to your kit to think things through, creating a time capsule or a journal can do both! Download our time capsule printables and find lots of tips on creating all kinds of journals.
Adapting Through These Unique Times
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Since we have the pleasure to work with clients and customers nationwide, we wanted to be sure to provide needed products and services to our all customers, in whichever phase of staying home or reopening they are in.
We are here. We are working to do better. We are listening and learning.
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There are no words we can write to make this better, but we are dedicated to being stronger advocates for change. We know we can only grow from the discomfort of hard conversations, learning, and understanding.
Destira is a Proud Beam Queen Boot Camp Partner
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Have you seen the 2020 BQBC leo yet?! With our shared missions of empowerment and love for the sport of gymnastics, Beam Queen Boot Camp and Destira make strong partners in designing and producing bold and modern BQBC custom leotards for four years and counting!
United 2020 Fundraising Leotard
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The major events of 2020 haven’t gone as we expected, but we’re still here to stand strong with our gym partners, athletes, and the national gymnastics community. Clubs across the country are showing their community spirit by customizing our iconic Defy Gravity leotard.
Introducing Our Sun Rising Collection with a BOGO 50% Sale!
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Our Sun Rising collection is about optimism, calm, and strength. These perfect-fitting gymnastics leotards celebrate new beginnings and your confidence in facing them.
Mother's Day, 2020
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We’re all really earning that Mother of The Year Award this year, aren’t we? Fellow Mothers, we see you, we appreciate you, we salute you. For adapting to whatever your “new normal” looks like today. We're so grateful to be on your team.
Creative Coloring Calisthenics
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Download and print these free coloring pages and leotard design templates and enjoy an easy crafternoon with Destira!
Fresh Air Workout for Gymnasts
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Take your strength-building, cardio-pumping, balance-refining awesome-gymnast moves out of doors with yoga in the grass, hill sprints, and jump ropes!
Visualization for Gymnasts
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Effective visualization can help gymnasts learn, gain confidence, and even improve your coordination. We'll walk you through it. Plus, an invitation to join Valorie Kondos Field and Jill Hicks at their Success Summit for Gymnasts and Parents. Register here!
Stay Connected, Share Your Wins
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Our 500th custom leotard design, new Digital Pro Shop Program, and some beautiful bread. We're celebrating our wins online—how do you stay connected and share your good news?
Celebrate Being a Gymnast, Celebrate Being YOU
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Destira's core value BE YOU invites us to bring our whole selves to work every day, and to celebrate all of the great and unique things about all of our team members and customers. Celebrate being a gymnast, and all of the other wonderful things about YOU!
How To Design Your Dream Gymnastics Leotard
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You don’t have to be a professional designer to come up with awesome ideas for a leotard. Use our templates to design your dream gymnastics leotard!
Choosing the Right Leotard for Your Gymnast
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Whether your gymnast wants all the sparkle, super cute animal patterns, or a sporty workout tank, you’ll find a wealth of fun, inspiring leotards in our shop. Before you buy, here are some tips to make sure she’s wearing a leotard that is sized and fits correctly!
Share the Love, with Braylee
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Sharing the Love is about collaboration and and engagement with our community, and our Account Manager Braylee Osterhaus lives this value every day working closely with our gym clients.
Our Favorite Self-Care Activities
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Today we’re sharing our most-loved self-care practices to encourage you to take the time to do the things that make you feel like YOU!
Staying Active Outside of Gym Practice | Tips for Gymnasts
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Is this a time to let roller skates in the house? We’ll let you make that call for yourself, but here are our suggestions to help spark your creativity for offering a variety of activities to raise your gymnast’s heart rate. Dance party, anyone?
Gymnastics is Fun and so is Destira
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While we’re doing our serious businessperson work, we like to keep the mood light. Surrounded by smiling sloths, space cats, glittery rhinestones, and delightful customers and coworkers, it’s usually easy to keep fun at the forefront — and we know that our work is better for it.
5 Ways to Practice Gymnastics at Home
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Looking for ways to practice gymnastics at home? Explore these 5 effective tips to build strength, enhance flexibility, and refine your skills—all from the comfort of your home without specialized equipment. Read more!
Shaken to Our Core Values
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Like so many of you, we at Destira have been reflecting on our core values to help us remain grounded as we navigate some big changes in business and in our daily routines. This week we focus on Family First and the origins of the company. What does Family First mean to you?
Destira Salutes Champions Everywhere!
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Introducing our Dream Big 2020 Collection. It’s an exciting tribute to Champions everywhere. Bring the thrill to your next workout!
Gift Guides: Sparkle, Classic, Trendy, or Sporty
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You know your gymnast and we know leotards! We've put together gymnastics outfits as complete gif...
November Customer Spotlight: Laura Battle
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We'll be showcasing our top customers on our blog with the most orders and product reviews to show our appreciation. This month's all star is Laura Battle and her daughter Khloe.
Here's is their story and what Laura shared with us...
Gift Guides: For the Llama Lover
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Next to gymnastics, your gymnasts other love is for llamas! We've got her and her furry friend covered. Leotards and llamas go hand in hand! We even have llama themed gym accessories to show you. Llamas, llamas everywhere!
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale!
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Enjoy 30% Off all your favorite gymnastics leotards, shorts, leggings, grip bags, and doll leotards. Everything on Destira.com is 30% OFF for the biggest gymnastics apparel sale of the year...