I’m excited to share some news with you!!
It’s something that I’ve been working on for multiple months. Though it has been on my mind for quite some time now. And over the last 4-5 months, this “idea” has moved one step forward ➡️ and EIGHT steps back ⬅️ ….it has fallen through⬇️, disappeared❎, re-emerged▶️, morphed🔄, zigged↖️ and zagged↗️ and now it has gone in a very different direction↪️. Which is also a very EXCITING direction!! ‼️‼️‼️
Ready to hear the update?!?!?! 😃
I’m starting my own business!!!!!!!!
Though it also makes me go:
Seriously!!! Business owner + me = Entrepren….WHO?!?!?! Is that for real??? Am I really taking steps towards becoming an entrepreneur?!?!?!?! It feels pretty surreal, even as much as I have briefly, “off and on,” considered it over the past 5 years.
And I can’t tell you ALL the details just yet because things are mainly in the planning stages with quite a few moving parts…
HOWEVER, here is what I can tell you:
Starting with how this business idea came to be!!!
See, ever since COVID, which influenced virtual training quite dramatically, I have been doing personal training sessions and alignment therapy sessions through Zoom. Both being one-on-one appointments, either focusing primarily on strength-building alongside working towards various goals, addressing chronic pain and movement limitations, or a fusion of all of the above.
Yet, pre-COVID, I primarily worked as a group trainer and either taught group exercise classes, like boot camps and Yoga, or I instructed and coached group circuit classes that were formatted as a hybrid of resistance training and cardio.
And due to COVID, I stopped all group instruction and worked with some of my wonderful clients virtually on an individual basis. BIG SHIFT for me and also a really amazing change!
Working as a virtual trainer and virtual alignment therapist has taught me how to cue even more concisely than before, how to organize the workouts and sessions for smoothness and efficiency, how to guide my clients clearly so they could set up and execute their programs independently and confidently, and also how to navigate technology issues that would happen when interacting through a screen. All very important skills when working on these online platforms and striving to have successful sessions that come as close as possible to an in-person appointment in a professional space.
And my amazing one-on-one clients and I, together, have mastered this approach and found a solid, productive flow to our virtual workouts! Who knew it would work so well???
SO, with this being said, in the Fall of 2021, I started to explore spaces for lease, looking into what it would take to open my own facility and offer all of my wellness services, including personal training, group training, Yoga, alignment therapy, and nutrition coaching, all in one location!!!! Sounds pretty fantastic, right???
Though this is what I was talking about during the “one step forward and eight steps backwards” paragraph!!! It did not go as well as one would hope……
Needless to say, now does NOT seem like the best time to put lots of 💰💰 into creating my own in-person location!!!
After changing gears and being invited into a gym space to instruct group classes on their off, non-peak hours, I then began to see how rampant COVID was getting and how it was affecting my clients and their families. Multiple clients continuously mentioned family members that tested positive for COVID, including some of my clients themselves!!! After having to cancel a couple weekends of classes, it dawned on me:
I need to come up with a better way to serve my clients, where we can train together, have fun, make progress, continue to make all the beneficial gains, AND remain safe from getting and/or spreading COVID at the same time. 🧐
💡‼️‼️ And that is when I started to formulate and look into creating an online wellness business that would include every training and coaching service that I can offer my clients!!! Making virtual one-on-one sessions AND an assortment of virtual group class sessions available, which I had never done before!! 😀
Though with all of the practice and success that I have had with virtual one-on-one sessions over the past 1.5+ years, I feel pretty confident that I’ve got this!!!! And even though nothing will ever compare or beat a live, training-together-in-the-same-room class, I will do my absolute best to make it unique, enticing, and as enjoyable and valuable as possible – – just like in-person sessions!!
It is my mission to teach, coach, and train these virtual group classes, like my one-on-one sessions, as true to an in-person class as I can – – so the classes will remain smaller in size, to ensure that everyone receives individual attention and no one gets lost in a sea of tiny Zoom screens. And then I can guide and participate in the workouts and training classes as much as needed while I observe, cue, make sure everyone is safe and on target, and lead the classes smoothly!
Pretty cool and exciting, you know?!?! It will be so helpful to have these virtual options for the people that want to remain active and who may need pain management assistance while COVID craziness continues! The perfect solution for the meantime AND THEN one day, as the business grows and COVID settles (all of the above, PLEASE!!), I can revisit the idea of an an-site facility of my own.
Where am I now in the process, you ask??? 😉 Well, like I mentioned earlier, I’m still in the planning phase and working on my logo, brand colors, the website where all my classes and sessions will be listed and offered, and so on. And, why, YES, I DO have my business name all picked out and ready to go……though I shall keep you in suspense a bit longer until I share that vital business info with you! I will tell you this, it’s a catchy name and I think you’re really gonna like it!!!! 😃✅ I know that I do!!! 😍
With all of this being said, there is a super good outcome that may come at the expense of something that is minimally “bad.” And it has to do with this very blog!!!
As my website gets created, this very blog will become attached to the website itself!!! 😃👏🏼👏🏼 Which is the super good part!!!! The kinda “bad” part is that I may not have access to my blog until the website is actually up and running, which may take about two weeks or so. And that means: no blog posts from me over the next couple of weeks, at least…… boooo……
I know, not the end of the world! 😆 HOWEVER, I didn’t want you to think that I chose to end this blog OR that something awful happened that influenced my decision to stop writing. NOPE!! That won’t be the case! This blog will just be on-hold until I am the proud owner of an online business that is up and running……
That word…..ENTREPRENEUR. I’m going to have to get used to that, aren’t I?!?! I will do my best, though I think that I can manage… 😉😁
As always, thank you so much for being here and joining me as I cover a variety of topics about mind-body-spirit, random tangents, thought-provoking material, AND exciting updates that are happening in my life!!
Be safe, please take care of your amazing selves, Happy February to you, and I will look forward to talking with you in a couple of weeks, give or take, when this blog finds its new home on my brand-new website!!! Lots of love to you and I will see you there! 🤩❤️💻 🌎 ❤️🏋️🧘🏻♀️💻🤩💪🏼❤️