03/02/2022
The past couple years have been difficult for all of us. And it’s been no different for me. Having a third baby during so much uncertainty and isolation has been challenging to say the least. It has highlighted many of the areas where I already struggled. And while my work has always pulled me through difficult times, more recently, it has been contributing to the isolation and burnout.
I started teaching Pilates as a 19 year old healing from disordered eating, trying to assemble a new life after leaving the dance world. My clients, the practice, my fellow teachers - it all provided so much for me. The past 17 years have been so invaluable. This practice has carried me through injuries, cross country moves, my pregnancies and recoveries. This practice has literally healed me many times in ways I wouldn’t have experienced had I not been professionally invested. This practice and career has been such a gift.
But as I look forward to the future, I’m letting go of JRPM. Movement and the principles I have taught are permanently a part of who I am and my personal rituals. (Long live the JRPM walking club!) What I feel now is a strong pull to imagine something different for myself. I’m really not sure what the future holds but I’m full of optimism and wide open to the possibilities. I’m letting go of the way I thought things would turn out.
My final message and hope is that we can all do this letting go in our own ways, as we experience an uncertain world and the uncertainty of life. My hope is that we can let go enough to allow ourselves to adapt, adjust, and evolve - to be what we need to be and not merely cope or survive. My greatest hope has always been to empower you to own your health, find strength, and heal. And that hope lives on.
I’m so grateful for each an everyone of you. Thank you for being here!
I’m tagging some fantastic resources and teachers to follow in my stories.
xx
Jenny
