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Oh how our mind likes to play tricks with us and offer unsolicited advice! ๐Ÿคฏ

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๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›โ€ฆ..

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You get these thoughts

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โŒ โ€‹ Iโ€™m too old

โŒ โ€‹ Iโ€™m too young

โŒ Iโ€™m too overweight

โŒ โ€‹ I canโ€™t do all the exercises

โŒ โ€‹ I donโ€™t have enough time

โŒ โ€‹ I donโ€™t have enough money

โŒ โ€‹ Iโ€™m not flexible enough

โŒ โ€‹ I donโ€™t have enough experience

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And Iโ€™m sure we could probably think of about 100 more things to add to the listโ€ฆโ€ฆ๐Ÿ™ˆ

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If youโ€™ve followed me for a while you know I love the analogy of Usain Bolt. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

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The fastest man on earth.

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Well if we were to believe in what we were thinkingโ€ฆ

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He would actually be the second fastest man on earth and his COACH would be the first.

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Get what Iโ€™m saying โ“

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Do you even know what his coachโ€™s name is? โ€‹ ๐‘ฐ ๐’…๐’๐’โ€™๐’•!

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BUT do you think he did a pretty good job at training Usain? โ€‹ HELL YEAH!

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So when it comes to deciding whether or not you want to do your teacher training based on your flexibility (or lack thereof),

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๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’. โ€‹

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During our Level 3 Pilates & Yoga Practitioner courses we take you through a variety of teaching skills training where you are purposely not allowed to demonstrate exercises so that you actually learn how to teach through verbal instruction.

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What happens if you break a leg or have a cold and you canโ€™t demonstrate. โ€‹ ๐€ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ. โ€‹ They teach by watching and facilitating.

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Not being able to do some of the exercises or not being able to touch your toes often crops up when I speak to people about doing their Pilates or Yoga Teacher Training and what I always say is this:

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Thanks to medical science, people are living longer.

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A LOT LONGER. โ€‹

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Just because people age it doesnโ€™t mean they want to stop moving, but they also donโ€™t want to harm their bodies and they know they canโ€™t do the things they used to do.

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Thereโ€™s not much in the way of pilates or yoga classes for over 70โ€™s (as an example). โ€‹ There isnโ€™t much offered in homes for patients to do some movement and stay as strong as they possibly can. โ€‹

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The secret is this:

๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰. โ€‹ โ€‹

So it really doesnโ€™t matter whether or not you can touch your toes, stand on your head or if youโ€™re 70 years old. โ€‹ โ€‹

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๐Ÿ’œ We like our teachers to be like us.

๐Ÿ’œ We like our teachers with all their flaws (especially if we have the same flaws!).

๐Ÿ’œ We like our teachers to understand what weโ€™re going through.

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THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE JUST LIKE YOU, who would LOVE to come to your class, because they know YOU GET THEM. โ€‹ You UNDERSTAND how they feel and if โ€œyou can do itโ€ that also means โ€œthey can do itโ€.

On our Level 3 Pilates & Yoga Practitioner Courses, we teach you how to create classes that will help the youngest and the oldest to get the most out of their class! โ€‹ (in my picture – the youngest person was a 35 year old lady and the oldest was a 75 year old man!)

๐‘บ๐’โ€ฆ..๐’…๐’๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†, ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’”๐’Š๐’›๐’†, ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‡๐’๐’†๐’™๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’“ _____________ (๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Œ) ๐’‘๐’–๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’‡๐’‡ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚ ๐‘ท๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’“ ๐’€๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚ ๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’“!

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There are so many people out there waiting for someone like you to take the leap of faith!

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Lots of love

Tanja xxx

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