There’s something about a Sunday that invites reflection. Whether it’s the stillness of the morning or the gentle close of a week, it often gives us the space to pause and ask ourselves deeper questions, questions that we sometimes move too fast to hear during the rest of the week. One of the most important questions we can ask as Pilates teachers is: Why did I start doing this in the first place?
For many of us, the journey into teaching Pilates didn’t begin as a business decision or a career plan. It started with a feeling. A connection. Perhaps it was the first time we felt our body move in a way that created space. Maybe it was a moment of personal transformation, a realisation that movement could heal, strengthen, and empower in a way that nothing else could.
I know for me, the 'why' was always tied to that feeling of coming home to the body. The method wasn’t just a sequence of exercises, it was a system that made sense of the chaos, that asked us to be present, to breathe, to align more than just the spine. It was about finding clarity in the movement and, through that, clarity in life.
But as the years pass, and we move from session to session, client to client, workshop to workshop, it’s easy to lose touch with that original spark. We begin to teach on autopilot. We give cues we've said a hundred times. We correct alignment but forget to see the person. And that's when burnout creeps in. Not because we don’t care, but because we’ve drifted from the why.
So this Sunday, I invite you to take a breath and revisit your reason. Write it down if you need to. Was it to help people feel better in their bodies? To build a career that allowed freedom and creativity? To honour a teacher who inspired you? To share something that changed your life?
Reconnecting with your 'why' doesn’t mean changing your whole path. Sometimes, it’s just a shift in awareness. Walking into your next class not thinking what shall I teach today? but rather why am I teaching this?
When we teach from that place, from purpose we don’t just lead movement. We lead with heart. Clients feel the difference. And more importantly, so do we.
Let this Sunday be a quiet reminder that your 'why' still matters. In fact, it might be the most important thing you carry with you into the studio.
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