Dreams coming true!~

This time last year I was planning to go ahead and get my teaching certification...to teach elementary ed.  Something in me said to follow my dreams instead and to do what I was passionate about, what I went to college for, what I have always studied even when it wasn't necessary! This certification I received today is such an emotional piece of paper for me!!  Its just one little step in the right direction.

That's me in the white!

 I joined about 40 other women a few weeks ago in Orlando at Breakin' Sweat Fitness Studio to get certified by Beachbody Master Trainer Alli Upham to teach PiYo because when I discovered it over the summer I fell in love! I got up early Saturday morning and drove myself the 2 hours to Orlando. The sun was rising and there was a low fog in all of the fields. It was beautiful. When I arrived I found that I wasn't the only one to travel for this class. There were girls from all over the state of Florida, one woman flew down from Virginia, one flew in from Barbados and get this....one woman flew in from LONDON just to get her PiYo and Turbo Certifications. Seriously, a special day!

We began the day with introductions and quick review of our manual, which I had already studied front to back multiple times! Then we got into the full workout! You could see the smiles on (most) of our faces as we realized just WHERE we were at that very moment! For a lot of us, this wasn't just another certification or just to get Continuing Education hours. This was a life changing day. This was an inconceivable moment for some of us back in early July when we began our first PiYo home workouts and heard that you could get certified to teach it live. The emotions of how powerful this program is all came rushing in as we were powering through our Sun Salutations!

The rest of the day was a blur of practice, technique, practice, technique, cueing, practicing, doing lots of push ups and Chaturangas, drinking lots of water and feeling the beat!  At the end of the day we were ready to head home and practice! The drive home was again, beautiful. It was an amazing day!

 This is a huge step for me in pursuing my dreams! One of the songs from the lesson we practiced says "I don't want to dream, I just want to live it!"  How fitting!

I can't wait to begin teaching PiYo LIVE soon!! Stay tuned for my schedule.....

**If you want to know more about PiYo in general, becoming a PiYo Live Instructor or how you can get the PiYo home workouts just let me know!! I would love to be your personal Beachbody coach. I am always running fun Challenge Groups on Facebook for accountability, meal plans, tips, motivation and support!! My passion is helping people work towards and ACHIEVE their health and fitness goals!!**