๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’†๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡-๐’…๐’๐’–๐’ƒ๐’• ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’”?

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Iโ€™ve struggled with self-doubt my whole life, but I didnโ€™t let that stop me from becoming a Pilates Teacher and a Pilates Teacher Training Centre.

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The first time I really remember it is when I was 13 and for years I so badly wanted to become a drum majorette. โ€‹ When I went to high school and had a chance to try out, ๐ต๐‘ˆ๐‘‡ ๐‘Š๐ด๐‘† ๐ผ ๐บ๐‘‚๐‘‚๐ท ๐ธ๐‘๐‘‚๐‘ˆ๐บ๐ป? โ€‹

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I would spend hours outside in the garden practicing, even to the point where there was actually a dead patch of grass!

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I was this young lanky girl with arms and legs longer than she could handle, and I looked like a drowned rat in my uniform!

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So did I do it? โ€‹ โ€‹ โ€‹

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YES I DID IT. โ€‹ I GOT IN. โ€‹ โ€‹ AND I loved every minute of itโ€ฆ.. ๐Ÿ˜

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Another time when I had to work through my own self-doubt is when I joined the police force. โ€‹ It took me 3 attempts to get it. โ€‹ It was all I ever wanted to be growing up. โ€‹ โ€‹ I โ€‹ refused to give up on my dream and I worked hard to develop the skills I needed to get through the assessments and I spent 8 years as a Police officer in Devon and Cornwall Constabulary and eventually left because of PTSD (thatโ€™s another story!).

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When I look back at those experiences, I can recall ALL the self-doubt I felt and the fear and all that negative talk going on in my head, but I didnโ€™t let those thoughts stop me from going for what I wanted EVEN though I SO SCARED!! โ€‹ โ€‹ ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

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The next place my passion drew me to was getting my Pilates Teaching qualification and then my Yoga. โ€‹ I loved how Pilates and Yoga made me feel and I wanted to share that. โ€‹ โ€‹ And YES, I went through that whole self-doubt again, but knowing I succeeded all those other times helped me to pursue my teaching career, even though I was absolutely petrified of standing up in front of people! โ€‹

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I am so grateful that at these key stages I learned how to move through the self-doubt because I am so passionate about what I do because I love teaching and helping people to have better quality lives and I get to teach other people how to teacher Pilates and Yoga too so they can go out and help others and itโ€™s the ripple effect that I can have on others that brings me so much joy and satisfactionโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ’˜

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๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐. โ€‹ โ€‹ ๐Ÿคฏ

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๐Ÿ‘‰ โ€‹ โ€‹ You really have no idea how this journey can progress or change your life (and everyone you help through your teachings).

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โœ… โ€‹ I believe the secret in these events in my life was PASSION. โ€‹ I REALLY REALLY wanted to become a sub-leader, police officer and teacher and I wasnโ€™t prepared to take no for an answer or make up any excuses as to why I couldnโ€™t do it. โ€‹ โ€‹ โœ…

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Was it easyโ“ โ€‹ โ€‹ ABSOLUTELY not! โ€‹ I worked my arse off, but when you really want something youโ€™ll do WHATEVER it takes! โ€‹ (I remember my Pilates assessment was 2pm on a Sunday and I had to work the night shift โ€“ so I got home at 7:30am, went to bed for a couple of hours and Paul drove us to South Hampton for my assessment!). โ€‹

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If your passion is calling you to become a Pilates or Yoga teacher, itโ€™s okay to have self-doubt, in fact itโ€™s normal, BUT what you must not do is let it stop you fulfilling your dreams!!

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Get in touch with me and letโ€™s go through the self doubts that are holding you backโ€ฆ when we face these gremlins head on it becomes really easy to see that they are just self doubts and the truth is theyโ€™re in your head and not a reality.

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๐‘ช๐’‰๐’๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡ ๐’…๐’๐’–๐’ƒ๐’•

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Lots of love

tanja

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