Category: Åsa F

The upcoming weekend will be spent in Sundsvall – and at EGO to be specific.
That’s one of the biggest gyms in Sundsvall. This weekend it’s time for their annual convention.
I’ve been there several times before – last year as well.
It’s always a pure pleasure to teach there. The owners are great – they have an amazing staff and a lot of sweet and good members.
So, I’m looking forward to it.
I’ll teach my sassy jazz that I taught at the Nike Blast Finland.

But before that it’s friday – which means sleeping in (yaay) and my lovely jazz lesson at House of Shapes.
Hope to see you there!

Yesterday I taught my regular wednesday hot yoga class.
It’s a nice 10 am class – and I’ve chosen to keep that class and let the thursday 5 pm class go – since I prefer the atmosphere in the day classes (and least when it comes to yoga)

Last week it was a great focus – and it was even a lady that came up to me after class and was impressed by how concentrated everyone were, and that made it so much easier for her to focus as well, which also made the class way more intense and beneficial. Awesome!

How ever – yesterday’s class was quite the opposite.
I had one lady that shouted out questions loud – non stop.
The fact that I do explain every pose super closely, verbally, and the fact that some of the poses are repeated two – or even four times – if it’s right and left (so there is time to feel, find and try) didn’t matter to her.

Then it also was this couple – a dude and a chica – that chatted to each other.
And every time I tried to assist her she kind of snapped to me. Like it was offending that I came up to her. I only did that twice – and then I put my energy into those who were receivable for development and help.

All these elements made the class a bit fussy and since it is a mental challenge for most of the people that do go all in – it was definitely harder to focus yesterday.

I encourage my participants to ask questions but even more to pay attention in class.
Especially in a dance class.
I much rather want them to ask me if they’re stuck or don’t get it – then get annoyed and therefore block themselves. Totally un-necessary, right?!

In yesterday’s yoga class though, that’s all about focus and concentration – I’d preferred if the people with concerns would have payed more attention from the beginning.
Listened carefully to my instructions – observed the people in the front row that’s been there before – and used the fact that some of the movements were done repeatedly.
If they don’t get it the first time – they will the second, sort of.
And then ask. Not just shout it out loud over and over…

That is me.
What do you think?!
As a teacher – are you in to questions in all classes at any time?
As a participant – do you feel comfortable asking questions, or are you one of those who sighs when someone else asks?
Just curious…

Wow… this week really flew by quick.
11 classes down and one more to go today – besides from the master class at the upcoming event this weekend.

Here’s a brief dance class-update from the past week;
Monday – A brand new choreo at the street class.
If you missed it – I’ll do it again next monday.

Wednesday – I taught an old monday-choreo that I’ve done for three wednesdays now.
Give it to me – Jason Derülo
I figured it wasn’t to many wednesday-peeps that have done it before, so I did a little re-run. But that was the last time. This wednesday I’ll most likely do something new.

Thursday – A brand new jazz routine.
The vibe is a bit of contemporary jazz style. It feels really smooth and graceful.
I could tell that in the beginning of the class some of the participants thought to themselves; Ooo yeah baby, this is gonna be a soft and easy class… but then it hit them – the choreo – and it get really physically demanding. (Unless you’re a cheater that is)

Friday – I’ll do the Roc Me Out jazz choreo a second time.
Got so proud of – and happy with – the crew last week and I hope to move on a little bit further today.

Happy friday to all of you!

This past weekend was definitely a good one.
QW round 1/12 is over and out – for me at least and I’m happy and grateful for the awesome peeps that I had the pleasure to work with this time.
Thanks for your great attitude and good work!

In Malmö I had a huge group for BODYBALANCE™ where some of the faces were familiar from initial trainings and other events – and quite many faces were also new to me.

These fierce faces were definitely familiar…
Soffan and Anna joined in for BODYBALANCE™ and Ms Anna Key, ready to rock some BODYPUMP®.
The BODYJAM® crew was rather small – and our session got quite intimate and cosy. But non the less ass-shaking!

Sorry about the blurry pic – but you know how it is after class, high on endorphins and your hands are a little bit shaky… It was just like that! 🙂