I believe back in days most of us were taught to focus only on the actual dancing part when learning. There are ocean of skills in itself to gain good understanding of each of the Bharatnatyam aspect. So always dived into actual practice after basic warm up. If one is looking to be the perfect dancer, the approach you are introducing here is best. Requires to have conscious awareness of self and patience. It is going to give one life long physical and mental benefits (if able to be discipline enough) but speaking of body shape, it will bring one in better physical shape than the shape started with. That sounds rewarding 🙂
