Test.....OUT!

Way behind on my book reporting, obviously, but today it is more important to report on my Pilates progress. I am now officially certified (no paper yet, though, who knows how long that will take?) as a Pilates instructor. After multiple frustrating rescheduled test-outs, we finally managed to do it. And it doesn't matter how confident you are in your skills, having people watch you changes everything.

I got a lot of very positive feedback on my style of explanation and my rapport with the client, but was encouraged to think more globally, as it were, taking in more of how the client's body reacts, not just at the primary sites, but everywhere. Makes a lot of sense to me, and that's something that I feel has been improving steadily over the last few months. I also got a couple of criticisms that I think were due to the unnatural nature of the test-out itself, so I'm confident that those things will work themselves out. It was also a really nice thing to get some feedback, which doesn't happen very often in the professional Pilates world.

But, mostly...I'M DONE! It was largely a formality, but it feels really good to get it out of the way.