Whew...well, I quit teaching a year and a half ago, so I could stay at home with my daughter and pursue Thirty-One as a full time job. Both of those things, I love. I love teaching my daughter, and I love being able to share the awesomeness of Thirty-One with other women. But I have been feeling lately that I am missing something. I need something else in my life, something that I can do that would truly benefit other people.
Ever since I graduated college, I have been interested in fitness. (Sometimes, looking at me, you'd have no idea that was true.) But I LOVE running, I LOVE exercising. I really have never done an exercise that I do not like. While I am not at the physical peak of my fitness, I feel like I have a lot to offer other people. Encouragement, understanding, knowledge. So, I have decided to pursue fitness in the capacity of instruction. I looked at countless sites about personal training, where to work, which tests to take, which certifications are best, and it really looked exhausting. I started thinking about the different types of exercise I really love, and the main two were running and Zumba. I couldn't really figure out how to teach people how to run. I guess I could start a running group, and we could all meet at 4am with headlight headbands and go run in the snow together. Let me see your hands, who is in? I also thought about the fact that running has always been me time. I don't think I can share that with anyone.
That left me with Zumba. Oh man, when I think about leading a Zumba class. HA! that seems like the biggest joke. I am completely uncoordinated, and I am definitely not the size or fitness level of the girls you see shaking their hips on the videos. But after talking to some dear friends, and really thinking about it, I have decided to give it a go! I'm signing up tonight to do the ALL DAY training on the 25th. Yes, ALL DAY. I'm sure some of it will be logistics, paperwork, but from what I have heard from another Zumba instructor is the training is about 6 hours of actually dancing and learning the routines. Say what? Okay, okay, I'm going to do it. Luckily, I have Zumba on the Wii, my back is starting to feel a little better, and I will definitely be practicing over the next 20 days! (Pray for me!)
I'm so excited to be taking this next step in my life!!! Nervous, scared, but so excited!
That's awesome, Michelle! You will be a fantastic zumba instructor. I haven't read your blog in a while, but I can totally relate with you. I've thought about doing some kind of fitness instructing, but I just don't feel like I'm at a place in life where I can really focus on that. But I think you are so brave to step out of your comfort zone and pursue this. And let me just say, you are going to be an amazing zumba instructor! I will definitely sign up for the first class you teach (:
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I'm really excited to learn and do :)
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