The 4 Things that are stopping you from becoming a Pilates or Yoga Teacher
Over the years I’ve spoken to many people that have wanted to do their Pilates or Yoga teacher training and all for various reasons from doing it for their own knowledge or they want to teach classes.
Whatever the reason, there are a few things that have always cropped up in the conversation and I have put them into 4 categories.
1️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉
Unless your background is a ballet dancer or gymnast, most teachers I know have thought this in the beginning. 🤸♂️
As my mum would say “you’ll never know unless you try!” 😍
Although yes, there’s a bit more to it I agree!
I’ve had people do their training with me even though they have never done a pilates class before and I’ve had someone that’s done online classes for 20 years.
👉 𝑁𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟.
Yes it’s helpful when you have got experience, but sometimes people pick up “bad habits” and it’s harder for us to correct them (𝑜𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚) than it is to work with someone who has no preconceived notions ….. It’s a blank canvas and that has it’s benefits.
Our courses are designed to build your confidence with each and every exercise we do over the course of the training and we have fun doing it. We create a safe environment where it’s okay to mess up, 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒕 ❣️ The sooner you get used to making oopsies the sooner you relax and enjoy the experience of teaching!
2️⃣ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔
If you’ve been in our world for a while, you might have heard to me talk about Glen Mills?
Do you know who he is?
He is only the coach of the fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt. 😲
And do you want to know another interesting fact about 𝐺𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 ❓
𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔.
Seriously ❓
Yes Seriously ❣️
So you think you can’t become a pilates or yoga teacher just because you can’t stand on your head ❓
Think again my friend ❣️
Not convinced ❓
How about Richard Williams ❓
Father and coach to the Tennis Queens of the World – Serena & Venus Williams.
And guess what ❓
Although he had some tennis lessons, he never played professionally AND has 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 won any grand slam tournaments. 😲
There you have it ❣️
𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒’𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇𝐸𝐴𝐶𝐻𝐸𝑅𝑆, 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 ❣️
3️⃣ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕
Time for a bit of a pep talk!
If you really want to do something 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝑫𝑶 𝑰𝑻 ❣️
🤜 “I don’t have time” is an excuse. 🥴
It could be you’re not serious about doing your teacher training or it could be self doubt and your own limiting beliefs using the time thing as a reason not to do the course.
𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝐼𝐹 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 11 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑠, 𝐼 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡. 💸
Now don’t get me wrong, there is 𝑁𝑂 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 from me about whether or not you think you have “time” to do the course. ❤️
Even when I did my own course, I had to take annual leave to fit the course in as I was working full time in the police working shifts and my training was 4 hours away from me, so I also had to stay over night.
👉 I’ve often travelled to other parts of the country or even abroad to attend seminars and events because it’s something 𝑰 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝑾𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑫 to do! 🕺
Our course is approximately 360hours of blended learning, which is stuff you do in your own time and then there are 11 practical days with us, held over the weekends.
𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑂𝑈 𝐶𝐴𝑁 𝐷𝑂 𝐼𝑇.
The best part is that although we aim to get you through the practical days over a 3 month period, you do actually have 2 years to complete all the elements of the course – 𝑠𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒 ❣️
4️⃣ 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “You get what you pay for” and it’s no different when it comes to choosing who you want to do your training with.
And I get it, it’s a big decision to make.
Not only is it the cost of the course itself, but it’s the travel expenses too.
BUT…..
Imagine you chose to do your training which was only 3 or 4 days and by the end of it you still had no experience with teaching real people or having an opportunity to read people’s bodies or if you finished and still didn’t feel confident enough to start classes, then was the money worth spending ❓
Don’t you want to qualify feeling super knowledgable and feeling so confident that you couldn’t wait to get your classes starting knowing that you’re prepared for anything that comes your way and even if something odd does cropp up, knowing you still have access to your training provider to get support ❓
Our course is 11 days because we run a successful studio and we know what you’re gong to come across in your classes AND we’ve added additional content so you have a deeper understanding of various medical conditions AND whole bunch of other exercises to use with your clients to ensure your classes are accessible to most people and 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑀𝐶𝐴 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑚.
👉 BUT it’s what we feel you need in order to be a GOOD teacher!
✅ 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 ❣️
So there you have it – the 4 biggest things that stop people from doing their teacher training.
I hope that if you experience one of these things that what I’ve shared here with you will help you overcome these barriers and motivate you to take the leap!
If you want more information about our courses get in touch and we’ll send you a prospectus and you’ll be able to see exactly what you get with the course and how much value and additional training resources we have for you to make your experience with us with every penny!
Lots of love
Tanja x
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