I first discovered Pilates when I was training to be a primary school teacher 👩🏫
I loved teaching but my mind was endlessly whirring with things I had to do, resources I had to make and ideas for lessons.
I would wake up in the night with my mind racing and ended up keeping a notebook by my bed so I could write ✍️ everything down.
I was tired, overwhelmed and stuck in an endless hamster wheel.
After school one day my mum suggested going to Pilates with her.
I had marking to do, resources to get ready for the next day and really didn’t have time to go to a class.
But she persuaded me.
Initially I was quite resentful and kept thinking of everything I had to do when I got home.
But pretty soon I realised that I couldn’t think about lesson plans or I’d fall over!
The focus on breath, how my body was moving and where the movement was coming from meant that I had to fully concentrate and for the first time in a long time I started to switch off and relax.
At the end of the session I felt taller, calmer, relaxed and that my posture had improved.
After that first class I started going once a week, then twice a week before becoming a teacher myself and teaching Pilates alongside full time teaching. I would never have thought I could have fitted that in before!
Pilates gave me more time, as by taking time out to focus on me I was able to go back into my daily life feeling more grounded and so was more productive.
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