Major decision to make
To talk about this, I'll have to introduce to you my other side of 'life' ;). Besides working as a full time engineer, I am currently training up to be a fitness instructor. My experience includes training in 'Body Balance' (BB), a type of yoga class. And step aerobic, which is also called 'Body Step' (BS).
Though I am new to the above area, especially in instructoring. I have passion for the programs, deep immense passion, hence the decision to take up the instructor course. With my BB program, though I have things to work on with my instructoring skills, I grew to become very comfortable in teaching it.
BS is my second course which I took. The teaching style for this is rather different. I learned recently that an authoritative, powerful, commanding voice is essential for this program to make the participant 'listen' to you. Well, that is one of my weak point. I don't have this kind of voice naturally. So I tend to 'shout' a bit in my learning process to teach the class. And lately, I realised that I'm getting more and more uncomfortable in this area, as it is just not me, or my style.
Hence I was thinking of dropping the notion to teach step aerobics, but it's still bothering my mind still. Yeah, it's natural for people not to teach after taking the course as they learned from the course that teaching takes more than what is expected. But that is never my original intention in the first place. At that time, I really thought I can do it, and was once very confident about that decision too. Well, the money wasted on the course, it can't be helped. It's not really the factor which is pulling me back. I'm just worried .... really worried, if I'll regret making the decision. The passion is still there, but I'm not sure till how long more...
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the way i look @ the situation's simple: nothing seems very wrong nor unsolvable is stopping u from pursuing ur dream (career) of becoming a successful & passionate BS instructor :)
plus, from way u 'speak':
"but it's still bothering my mind still",
u're indeed still rather bothered by the notion of giving up what once u set off to pursue so passionately...
so, if the general 'practical factos' (eg. time, resource, money, etc) allow u to continue, then perhaps it might worth the while to step into the BS instructing as/when u'r ready with ur current training :)
"step into unknown, u may fall down from the cliff, or u may learn to fly"
(disclaimer: learned the above line frm carbumper sticker, i don't do that myself though, heheh :D)
correct me if i'm wrong, but my understanding (from ur post) of ur 'difficulty' in deciding whether to continue this BS instructing thingy is mainly 'coz of ur fear of not being authoriative or "load" enough when giving lesson?
perhaps it wld be counterproductive for u to force altering ur natural way of communicating, true that... but ever consider the possibility of conducting the lesson in ur own unique way, without roaring like a <--insert sth, eg some animal of ur liking here--> ? ;) n u may even start producing ur very own series of instructing video & be famous like jane fonda ;)
For the training, I already passed it. So the time, resource and money is already spent! :D
Well, to continue pursuing my passion, more money of course will be 'dump' in when I buy the CDs and Videos to teach the class, but that's not a considering point at all.
Its just that I don't want to use my passion to fit into something not tailored for me. I always feel that you should do something which is suitable for you, to excel. Why be Jake of all trades and master in none?
I have stepped into the unknown, and I learned that I might be falling, very soon. And I have learned that very likely I won't be able to fly. So what do you do at this point? It's time to turn back, or keep on going, preparing to fall?
Yes, u are right! That's my stopping point. There's is always a style in different programs, and I came to know about the Step style of teaching recently.
Don't think it is easy to change the style of teaching, as for one, the members have learned to expect that. And 2ndly, I am sure there's a reason behind the style.
There's actually an instructor who is rather 'loud' in teaching Balance for now. But he NEEDS to tone down his voice. Coz balance is not about motivating people to exercise like other cardio type. But more into relaxation, strengthening, lengthening etc etc. So the instructor has to ADAPT, no matter what. There is no other choice.
Furthermore, less one program. I can spend more time with frenz then ;).
Arghh...gawd, I am rather 'negative' today.
"I have stepped into the unknown ...... It's time to turn back, or keep on going, preparing to fall?"
perhaps an experienced actuator for insurance company can better answer question of this sort... they've lots of mind boggling analytical models & breath stopping formulas ;) ok, jz kidding...
in life, things can be made very complicated or, in contrary, be clearcut & simple:
-if u stop the whole BS thingy now, u don't have to worry 'bt how u voice & tunes might affect the learning outcome of ur students (or trainees? :P), but u might oso feel lost for not accomplishing sth u know u want so dearly in life (@ least for now that's how u feel, gathered from ur posts? heheh)
-if u continue pushing urself to get to learn how to lead a class effectively, be it by 'raising ur voice' or by turn up volumn of the speaker, etc... who knows the perfect solution may turn up @ some corner without u realising it? ;)
(disclaimer: this's how i give lecture usually, say sth, but ends up saying nothing, hahah!)
About the 'ends up saying nothing' part...ya, perhaps that's true ;), but at least you sums up my feelings perfectly :)
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