We love working with committed aspiring teachers who want to give it their all to be the best they can be AND who love having some fun along the way! ​
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So if you’ve been considering doing your teacher training because you’re really passionate about pilates and you want to teach it and you want to be READY as soon as you’re qualified, then this is the course for you and we’d love to hear from you!
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Just get in touch either via email (info@elitepilatesteachertraining.co.uk) or pm and I’ll take you through how the course is run and answer any questions you may have 🙂
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Lots of love,

Tanja

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Meet Leanne!
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When Leanne was thinking about doing her teacher training she called me up and we had a chat, followed by a visit to the studio so I could show her around and show her all the course materials.
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Now most people have some sort of doubts, whether that’s skill or talent or whatever, but for Leanne, it was whether or not she’d get through a course with her disability. ​ ​ Not that she even considers it a disability.
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Leanne suffers from Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, which in all honesty I had never even heard of until I met Leanne! ​ A quick google search enlightened me!
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So if you don’t know then EDS is an extreme dislocation of joints and the connective tissues of the body are very supple, to explain it very briefly. ​ ​ ​ An example of this might be if Leanne was writing with a pen for too long it could cause her thumb to dislocate. ​ This can happen in any joint in the body – knees, hips, shoulders so I”m sure you can appreciate the impact this can have on anyone’s life!
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After meeting Leanne and talking about her condition I knew she’d definitely be able to qualify and be a great teacher, as we were able to support her in a way she needed. ​

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Since we’re a small and bespoke teacher training studio, we don’t have strict timetables and schedules. ​ ​
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We can be more flexible and we strive to accommodate our teachers and the barriers that they face, as we know life does throw curve balls and we don’t want that to stop you from becoming a Pilates or Yoga teacher!
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After Leanne and I met and we discussed how we could work around her needs like having extra breaks or even just giving her some space to sit some of the exercises out – she felt supported enough to register for her teacher training, so much so that her mum joined us too! ​ ​
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Anyway, to cut a long story short Leanne completed her training to a high standard and this is where the fun starts.
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2 years on, today Leanne has left her job to work full time in her own business. ​ Not only is she enjoying teaching. ​ Her business has grown so much that she has actually hired another teacher to start teaching more classes for her.

Leanne markets her business to people just like her. ​ People with medical conditions that can’t find “normal classes” to suit them and guess what…
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Most of Leanne’s classes are online! ​ (people always think no one wants online, but there are people out there that love online classes!) ❣️
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The reason I wanted you to meet Leanne is because apart from all the normal self doubts people have when they’re thinking about becoming a Pilates or Yoga teacher, she also had to consider her own condition and whether or not she would be able to get through each day. ​
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Although our training is intense, you’re never forced to do anything and everything and you go at your pace. ​ If the practical elements are getting too much then you can modify them or just watch. ​ ​ ​ We all have off days physically and mentally. ​ Some days you might feel great and other days you haven’t got an ounce of energy. ​ You will not be judged when there’s something you feel isn’t right for you. ​ ​
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AFTER all that is what we are trying to teach you as teachers. ​ ​ Not everything is right for your clients to do and it’s a big learning curve to allow people to make those decisions for themselves.
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I love sharing Leanne’s story as she has overcome so much to get to where she is and so can you. ​ ​
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If being a teacher and helping others is something you really want to do then there is no reason why you can’t do it and the only person that is stopping you is YOU.
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If you have this burning desire inside of you to do your teacher training, but maybe have lots of gremlins talking dirty in your head, then get in touch and we’ll go through your concerns and help you to take the next step forward! ​
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We have a Pilates Course starting in soon and it’s the perfect time to join us!
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Petra joined us for Pilates Teacher Training and I wanted to share her story with you, as I know that many of you have similar feelings and doubts, as Petra!

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𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒:

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“When I started this course I really wasn’t sure I’d be able to teach Pilates at all. There was so much to learn and remember and then having to stand up in front of everyone and actually teach was very daunting.

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Even as I was going to my third weekend of the course I still didn’t feel confident that I would be able to.

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But that third weekend was a game-changer for me. Lots of different exercises like ‘defend your position’ where we had to confidently explain why we did something a certain way or cueing an exercise and my fellow course mates did it all ‘wrong’ so I had to correct them. These were so useful and when Tanja asked me on the last day to describe how I felt with one word I said 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑭𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑻 😊

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Both Tanja and Paul are excellent teachers and they make you feel so good about becoming a teacher yourself and I would recommend their teaching course to anyone who wants to become a GOOD Pilates teacher”

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𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝑨𝑩𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑬 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 ❣️❣️❣️

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Watching our new teachers on their first weekend and they’re nervous (as you would expect) and they develop their skills over the following weekends …..

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You can literally see everything slot into place and that’s when our learners BECOME TEACHERS!

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And this is what my 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠! ​

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We’ve spent years designing our courses so you can get the most experience, knowledge and confidence as you can, within the time that we have you and it works, just like it worked for Petra and all the other teachers that have completed their training with us 🙂

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AND you know what – THAT IS LIFE.
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Problems will never go away.
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It doesn’t’ matter how successful you become THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE PROBLEMS.
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However, as you grow and you can afford to take on a manager – your manager will take some of those responsibilities off your shoulders.
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I’ve got staff that deals with customers for two reasons. One because I don’t want to be dealing with emails all day and having someone else deal with it keeps the negativity away from me BUT also – it stops me having to have any confrontation with a client so that our relationship is preserved, which is really important since I am the face of my business.
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The good thing is ……
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As your business grows – your problems will change!
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So when you start to notice different challenges arising guess what?
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It’s time to celebrate!
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Your business is moving to the next level!
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And I will be honest the more successful you become the easier the problems are to deal with – in my opinion.
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Or maybe it’s not that they are easier it’s that I have learned how to deal with the challenges better and to be more responsive rather than reactive!
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I’ve also learned to delegate more to my team so that I don’t have to carry everything on my shoulders…..
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👉Being a business owner is not easy.
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When you start seeing the fruits of your labour and you see that amazing life that you are creating for you and your family AND how your business is helping other people to have a better life …..
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THEN all that other stuff just disappears.
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Sometimes I sit back and reflect on my journey (which is very important to do by the way)…..
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And I’m amazed at how I got here.
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I’m amazed and how I got through all the challenges we’ve faced.
And I look at our beautiful studio that has had our blood, sweat and tears poured into it and it’s all been absolutely worth it and I love what we have.
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Start to think of problems as challenges and lessons from the Universe.
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Maybe you’ve had clients asking for refunds because your Terms and Conditions need to be made clearer or your instructors are trying to steal your clients because you haven’t got a contract in place…. (and they will still try! – that’s for another post!)….
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When you start to look at it from a place of “What is the lesson here”, you’ll be able to deal with the challenges from a different state of mind and made better decisions.
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I’ll give you an example!
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I have an assistant who answers all my emails and deals with all my client enquiries.
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I have sent emails on various occasions reminding people to email Danah with their requests or queries.
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BUT at least once every two weeks one person, in particular, will FB Message me at anytime between 4am and 6am!!!
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This is just one example.
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I have in a roundabout way – told this person that she needs to email Danah.
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NOW I refuse to answer that message until after 10am on purpose because I know they’re in the morning class.
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After the class, I’ll message them back and say – oh in future if you message Danah she’ll assist you first thing in the morning, as I don’t check my FB until after the classes.
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This is just one instance.
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And it is challenging because I do really love all my clients – but seriously that time of the morning is NOT APPROPRIATE for anyone!
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So you too need to set your boundaries.
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Perhaps you don’t want people contacting you on the weekends or you will only answer emails at a certain time.
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If you’re doing 1-2-1’s the maybe there are specific days off that you don’t want to work or maybe you only want to do mornings.
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Sometimes people may be trying to get extra sessions off you or want to come to classes with a package they bought 2 years ago (yes that’s happened to me as well!)
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STICK TO YOUR GUNS!!!
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This actually goes for life as well.
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Unfortunately, there are those that “DON’T GET IT” and there are also people that will try and push your limit, that sadly is human nature!
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If you’ve got children you might remember that phase they went through where they’d keep asking 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦? Or perhaps you remember being that child!

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As humans our brains pretty much stay the same, but because our parents would get so annoyed at us for asking “𝑊𝐻𝑌?”

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𝑊𝐻𝑌 is important when it comes to choosing the exercises / poses you plan on using in your lesson plans.

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𝑊𝐻𝑌 was important when you’re decided whether or not to do your teacher training.

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𝑊𝐻𝑌 is important when you decide there’s something you want to achieve for example run a marathon or have a successful business.

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One of the first things I ask people that want to do their teacher training is ​

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If their ​​𝑊𝐻𝑌 is not strong enough then I always suggest they wait a bit.

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I have found from experience that people that go on to do their teacher training when they weren’t sure in the first place, either end up not using their qualification or not being a very good teacher – 𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐴𝑈𝑆𝐸 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑅𝐸’𝑆 𝑁𝑂 𝑃𝐴𝑆𝑆𝐼𝑂𝑁!

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Ever been on a course where you could tell someone just LOVED their subject and how their eyes lit up when they were teaching compared to someone who was just doing it because it was part of their job description.

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Getting your qualification isn’t easy. It does take work and effort and doing some things that will make you feel really uncomfortable.

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BUT….. when you think of 𝑊𝐻𝑌 you want to do it, it’s your 𝑊𝐻𝑌 to keep moving forward.

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Same as running a marathon. If you’re training for a charity or it’s on your bucket list, you’re more likely to stick with the training and doing your miles because there’s passion in your heart to keep going. You’re doing it FOR something or someone else.

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𝑊𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝐻𝑌. They are passionate about pilates or yoga and some of them really want to help other people.

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𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.

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Yes our businesses are successful and bla blab la, BUT I have been in tears some nights, I’ve been up until all hours of the morning making a website and then losing it!

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When I first started teaching, I was still part-time in the police and sometimes I’d finish at 7am after a night shift and then teach at 09:30 and another class afterward.

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Tanja

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So here are the key steps to closing the sale…

1. LEARN THEIR NAMES!!!! (you will be surprised how much impact this has!)

2. Give your new client attention during the class for example if they said they want to try pilates because of a bad back then make sure during the class you say “this is great for your back” etc

3. After the class don’t leave them alone – we all know what it’s like being the new kid on the block!

4. Tell them what your packages are AND GIVE THEM A FORM with the information, I actually share examples of my forms with my private mentoring clients.

5. Offer them an incentive to register, but have a deadline on it

6. MAKE IT EASY!

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I was actually trained by one company to try and get people to sign up on the dot right there and then – and to be honest – this did NOT feel good to me.

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You may have a different opinion or sales training and you have to go with what feels right for you!

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If you do NOT offer your services or give them information – they are less likely to join!

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𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. ​ 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝐸𝐴𝑆𝑌 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑢𝑝!

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If you make it too hard to complicated people will just leave it. ​ So make it easy and straight forward. ​

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Let me know how it goes!

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Lots of love

Tanja x

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There isn’t a person in the world that hasn’t had some point been stopped dead in their tracks because of fear or that chattering monkey in their head. 🤯

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Here’s 4 of the bigges barriers and see if you recognise any of them❓

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1️⃣ 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒆

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Everyone, including myself, has at some point felt like a fraud or a fake. ​ ​ Maybe it was at a new job or perhaps you had to do a presentation and you experienced “What if they find out?” thoughts going through your mind.

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Even movie stars have these feelings.

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When these show up in my life, I’ll grab a piece of paper and write down as much as I can to 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄 the theory. ​ ​ ​ I’ll consider all my training, all the coaching and business mentors I’ve had and I’ll even reflect back from when I started and how far I’ve come.

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I know some people even feel this when they qualify and head out to teach their own classes and this is something I discuss with our teachers. ​ ​ ​ 𝑰 𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑾 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑰𝑹 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑰𝑺 𝑬𝑿𝑪𝑬𝑷𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳 and by the time our teacher qualify they are chomping at the bits to get started – they are 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 ready! 🤸‍♂️ 🕺

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2️⃣ 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝑱𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕

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This can be a biggy for some people. ​ That inner critic that’s always telling you how rubbish you are or that you’re not good enough to become a teacher, sound familiar?

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Now, whether or not you can do the splits or stand on your head is completely irrelevant when it comes to being a good teacher. ​ ​ ​ ​ 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝑯𝑶𝑾 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 ❣️

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❤️ ​ It’s one of my favourite weekends because it’s the weekend that the learner 𝐵𝐸𝐶𝑂𝑀𝐸𝑆 the 𝑇𝐸𝐴𝐶𝐻𝐸𝑅. ​ ​ It’s when you 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄 that you are a teacher and it happens every time we run a course! ​ ​ ❤️

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3️⃣ 𝑱𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔

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There will always be judgement from others. ​ ​ BUT often it’s not the judgement we think it is. ​ People in general are actually REALLY supportive. ​

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Yes, there will always be a troll out there, some keyboard warrior expressing their opinion. ​ BUT guess what. ​ That is exactly what it is. ​ An opinion. ​ ​ And the bonus of social media is that you can block the person. ​ ​ ​

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You cannot please everyone all the time and it’s taken me a while to learn this and to be comfortable with it.

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Often when people express some sort of disatisfaction, it’s a reflection of THEM not you.

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I won’t lie, getting yourself to the point where things like this don’t bother you does take time and it takes a lot of work on yourself.

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In fact two things have happened in the past couple of weeks that have given me the opportunity to see how far I’ve come. ​ ​

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5 years ago I would have tried to bend myself into a pretzel to “fix things” and to make these people happy, even though it actually showed that they weren’t the right clients for us – note you do need a sense of humour to work with us! 🤪

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BUT ​ the current version of me didn’t care two hoots! ​ ​ ​ I didn’t even respond and deleted these people from our database. ​ ​ It’s a wonderful place to be when 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘿𝙀𝘾𝙄𝘿𝙀 𝙒𝙃𝙊 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙏𝙊 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙆 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 rather than working with every Tom, Dick and Harry and then regretting it! ​ ( I have done that too!) 😖

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4️⃣ ​ 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝑫𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒕

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Self Doubt can come from a few places. ​ ​

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Lack of Confidence of your own knowledge and skill. ​

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It can be that you don’t believe in yourself.

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Or it could even be your ego is too shit scared to try something as it knows it’s going to be something that scares you.

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For example, doing your Pilates or Yoga Teacher Training. ​ ​ ​ 𝐼 𝐾𝑁𝑂𝑊 𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐴𝑈𝑆𝐸 𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑆 𝑊𝐴𝑆 𝑀𝐸!

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There was no way I could stand up in front of a group of people and teach and even to this day I have no idea how I actually ended up doing the course because I was so terrified 🥴 but I did it!

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So self doubt will creep in to keep you safe.

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I have to approach these things logically.

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I’ll think to myself what is the benefit to staying small and letting self doubt win VS what if I suck it up and do it, even if i’m terrified, what would the benefit be ❓

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I won’t lie, there have been times when self-doubt has won BUT there has also been times when I’ve smashed it. ​ ​

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When I originally did my teacher training my intention was to teach private clients because there was no way I could teach a class full of people!

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BUT NOW…..

I absolutely love teaching classes and running teacher training courses! ​ ​ And if ever I get a query for a 1-2-1 clients, I send them straight to Paul as he teaches all the 1-2-1’s.

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Things can change and the possibiliteis are endless IF you don’t allow self doubt to get in the way. ​ ​

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We all have them, but we don’t all allow them to rule our life and stop us from having all sorts of experiences in this thing called life.

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Now that you know about these barriers, do they look familiar or perhaps you have your own limiting beliefs that are stopping you from becoming a Pilates or Yoga Teacher. ​ ​

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What is the FIRST step you can take to overcome them and move forward. ​ ​ ​ Perhaps its doing an internet search of training providers in your area or even speaking to some of the training schools to get a feel for what might be a good option for you.

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One small step every day will keep you moving closer to your goal and before you know it you’ll be fully qualified!

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𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 🥳

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Lots of love

Tanja xx

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If you’ve answered hobby then you don’t need to worry about reading the rest of this.

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However, if you’re considering becoming a teacher and leaving your current job or perhaps your children are now in school and you have some time to start doing something for yourself then a BUSINESS is what you’re after.

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The two are very different.

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Once I started treating my business like a business, my clients also started treating me like a business.

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The mindset is very different to when you’re running classes for the fun of it and you’re not relying on the income. ​ Neither are right or wrong – it’s just the intention behind it is very different.

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Think of all your untiliies and house hold bills or perhaps a gym membership. ​ THEY ALL CHARGE monthly.

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𝑆𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢? ​

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When you offer pay as you go that is not what serious business owners do.

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Yes maybe your local leisure centre offers drop in rates, however they’re a big organisation with disposable income behind them. ​ ​

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You on the other hand are a small business and you’re providing the capital so if your business doesn’t make the income, you’ll be running at a loss and it will be YOUR loss.

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Here are the advantages of offering monthly packages:

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👉 You get paid every month

👉 you can PAY YOURSELF every month

👉 You can see what is coming in every month and project your income so now you know how long it will take to reach your financial goals

👉 You know how much to invest back into the business to reach those goals

👉 you will attract COMMITTED clients who want to come regularly, and therefore THEY will get better results

👉 less admin time running after clients trying to get paid

👉 you will know how mny people are coming (I’ve turned up for classes inteh past and no one came so I still had to pay for the hall and that means it was coming out of my pocket)

👉 You won’t lose out when someone doesn’t show up or cancels late – you’ll still get paid

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I’m sure if I can think of many more but I think you get the point.

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Making this change to my business was one of the best decisions and it make the biggest impact in terms of a regular income.

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𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 “𝒋𝒐𝒃” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆!

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What more could you ask for ❣️

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Lots of love

Tanja x

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Have you ever read the book “Think & Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill? 📕

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Well, if you haven’t, it’s probably one of the most popular money mindset books in the self-development industry.

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𝐻𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦.

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And whether your goal is to lose weight, buy a fancy car, live in a big house, or own every studio in the world there are things that you might be doing that are stopping you from achieving them.

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𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚.

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This takes a lot of self-awareness of the conversations going on inside of your head AND the words coming out of your mouth.

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👉Let’s see if you can spot it.

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Here’s an example:

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⏩“I’m fat”

⏩“I don’t have money”

⏩“I hate my house”

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These are just examples, but maybe you can see what I’m talking about?

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If not….

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🤜𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡.

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​𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨’𝗟𝗟 𝗚𝗘𝗧.

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If you’re constantly focusing on :

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“I don’t have money”, “this is expensive”, “I can’t afford that”, “I never have enough” etc

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You will attract more of that into your life. 😢

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And there are different ways you can do that.

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You can manifest it or another way is

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𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑆𝐸𝐸 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡.

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Close your eyes. 👀

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When last did you see a yellow car? 🚕

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Probably not (unless you own one!).

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Over the next week, I want you to count how many yellow cars you can see.

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What will happen is your brain will now go on the search for yellows, EVEN if I say go and look for all the colours EXCEPT yellow…

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𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑. 😲

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You’ve just programmed your brain to look for yellow cars, even when I’ve told you NOT to look for the yellow ones…

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It’s the same with your goals….

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👉 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒!

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The first step to changing this thought pattern is that we get to be THANKFUL for everything that we DO have in our lives. 🙏

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Gratitude. 💜​Every single day I write in my gratitude journal. ​ ​

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For example, keeping with the money story: ​

💘 I am so thankful and grateful for all the money I have in my account. ​ There is always enough to support me.

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💘I am so thankful and grateful for all my amazing clients who continue to love and value what I do.

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💘I am so thankful and grateful for my home and the food I have every day.

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𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑛 (𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔) 𝑀𝑈𝑆𝑇 𝐵𝐸 𝐴 𝑃𝐸𝑁 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝐴𝑃𝐸𝑅, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐿 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. ​ ​ 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛.

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Coming from South Africa I have seen what POOR is. ​ People with no food, no clothes, no home and there isn’t help for them. ​ They literally have NOTHING.

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I am RICH compared to them, and that’s what you have to focus on. ​ ​ 💰

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✅I am so grateful that I have heating. ​ (has your heating or hot water ever broken down in the middle of winter?? Sure does make you appreciate it!!).

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✅I am so grateful I have food every single day to eat.

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✅I am so grateful that I have warm clothes to shelter my body when I go outside!

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We do have so much to be grateful for, even when times are challenging.

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THE MORE YOU FOCUS ON WHAT YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR, THE MORE OF THAT YOU WILL HAVE!!!

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Focus on the money you do have. ​ Even if it’s £5 in your account. ​ Remember that a homeless person would kill for the £5.

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This really is one of the biggest steps you can take to attract more things into your life.

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Think of it this way.

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The Universe sees us as children.

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𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑???

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Did you want to take it back?? 🤬

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𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙? 😍

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Did you want to give them more???

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𝑌𝐸𝑆, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚.

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OUR LIVES ARE THE SAME!!!

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Go buy yourself a nice journal do this at least once a day. ​ It only needs to take a few minutes.

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I do this every morning and every evening. ​ ​ I write down 5 things. ​

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It doesn’t need to be an essay.

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The important part is that you’re taking the time to sit and connect with the Universe and say thank you.

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𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛!

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𝑊𝐻𝐴𝑇 𝐴𝑅𝐸 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐸𝐹𝑈𝐿 𝐹𝑂𝑅 𝑇𝑂𝐷𝐴𝑌???

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Lots of love ,

Tanja

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