While strolling around 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CA I decided to walk into
Equinox and ask for hire to teach classes. Lucky me, timing is everything and I have an audition Tuesday. Whenever applying to teach fitness to groups the 1st task is participation in as many classes as possible to feel out the teaching style at the facility.
So, participate I did. Yesterday I began with
Jay Co's Power Yoga Hour, a softer power yoga sequence set to old school r & b music which had me giggling. Jay has a gentle tone and doesn't adjust his students, usually a good idea for larger class sizes like this one.
I then popped into
Amy Dixon's Global Conditioning class which uses Bosu balls in every possible way, shape, and form. From ab twists to running man push ups, this class was quick and packed a punch. Techno-pop music is not my cup of tea though and I would have enjoyed the class more if the tunes were more in sync. Amy has a rad personality and a voice perfect for teaching powerful classes!
Jill Miller's
Yoga Tune Up was my last class to drop in on. Jill has created this class using Yoga, therapeutics, calisthenics, and her own form of primordial exercises. On a blanket we squiggled, twisted, and scooted like earth worms while Jill shouted out complex anatomical terminology leaving some asking, huh? She knows whats up and how the body works. Her classes are explanatory and exploratory. You've never taken anything like Tune Up... trust me.
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