09/13/2021
This week marks my 20th year in the fitness industry. I can’t believe how fast time goes and how much I’ve learned, and continue to learn.
I’m often asked how long I’ve been teaching yoga, and how I started. I decided I’ll give the history here, today, and how I got to where I am... for those who don’t know.
I was actually an Art major in college. My undergrad degree is Art Studio, where I focused on a mix of painting and art history. I was always active since I was a kid. I played tennis and soccer, took years of dance, and started taking fitness classes, like Step and high-impact aerobics, which I loved, in high school.
After college, I explored various jobs in art galleries, and retail (I had at one point majored in fashion marketing), but nothing was really clicking. I had worked with a personal trainer occasionally, and was always obsessed with the gym, and that’s where the light bulb went off in my head, and I decided to get my personal training certification. I was hired by 24 Hour Fitness, did my first cert through them, and soon after got certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). I absolutely loved working in a gym and training clients. I had finally found what lit me up inside.
After a couple of years in personal training, I completed my Masters in Education, with the idea of becoming an elementary school teacher, but during my program, I had missed working full-time in the gym so much, that I stayed with it. I realized it’s what I’m meant to do. Soon after, I started teaching group fitness classes (cycling, body sculpt, Pilates), and then got into Barre.
For several years I primarily taught Pure Barre and even opened a studio, which I then sold. During this time I was taking a lot of heated power yoga at CorePower, which I fell in love with. That was naturally my next step...
.. and now here I am! 20 years in fitness, and nearly 10 years teaching yoga, always learning and growing. I’m so grateful to get to do what I absolutely love everyday and to help others feel their best. It never feels like work, and even after teaching at least 5000+ classes, I still get so excited with each and every one.
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