Be U: Certified Personal Trainer

Coming for the Real You.

I'm hoping to share thoughts, fun and insightful information and aha moments with all to better serve ourselves and the universe.

My background is that of Executive Secretary for the local Electric company (11 years).

Certified Personal Trainer (since 1991) and Fitness Consultant for my own company, Beachin Bodies (6 years) and certified in Reiki and Nutrition with training in Cranial Sacral work, Tai Chi, and Meditation. Certified as a Professional Life Coach (2015); Minister at Universal Life Church (2016);

and, possibly, most important,

my own journey through illness and avenues, roads and roadblocks that I have taken to find the real me. (35 plus years).

The me that I was born as. The me that is the all-knowing. I believe the search is endless and we are here to learn and to love and to share it all.

Friday, June 11, 2021

Certified Personal Trainer

I am a Certified Personal Trainer since 1991. I started with IDEA Fitness Association and American Council on Exercise (ACE) in 1989. I have taken bi-yearly classes consecutively since.

I am an IDEAfit+ member and a certified member of ACE. I had my own fitness business near Atlantic City, NJ and worked in the school district for Adult Classes, at high rises, in casinos and in individual homes all along that coastal area. I did volunteer chair aerobics at a Senior Living and Nursing Home. They were so excited twice a week, they had my chair and all the chairs set up in a circle every time I showed up. #Blessed. My company was called "Beachin Bodies". Tag line was "Make Yourself a Beachin Body!"

Classes I have studied have been from understanding the body's physiology through chemistry and anatomy through chosen college courses to numerous classes/studies about the mitochondria (powerhouse of the cell) and homeostasis (body's ability to find harmony and stability (two of my favorite words - ha) to the sympathetic (fight or flight response) to the parasympathetic (calm and relaxed state) body's responses.

There are many other classes and disciplines (listed by name) that I have taken over the last 30 plus years:

Aerobics and One on One Classes with Hip Hop, Country, Reggae, Pop, Show Tunes, Big Band Music and moves to match.

Step Classes. Floor Work. High Intensity, Low Intensity, Cross Training, Interval Training, Plyometrics, Stretching, Free Weights, Body Resistance Training and Creative Cool Downs with Breathwork, Guided Imagery, Meditation. I offered a 'go at your own pace' with Alternative Movements for each class. My "Firm It Up" and "Burn It Up" classes were favorites.

I've experienced and committed to Yoga in many different varieties such as Ashtanga (power) to Bikram (hot) to Hatha (gentle/breath) to Iyengar (alignment) to Kripalu (inner focus) to Kundalini (Energy through the Spine, Chanting) to Laughing (hahaha) to Restorative (soothing, relaxing) and Vinyasa (Flow, Poses connect fluently).

The Physiology of Fat Loss

Functional Movement Patterns for Older Adults

Food for Thought

Motivational Techniques

How Physical Health Connects to Mental Health

Feldenkrais Method of Exercise - body/mind connection through movement

Tai Chi

Qi Gong

Breath Awareness/Breathing Techniques/Breathing Exercises

Resistance Training

Cardiovascular

Weight Training

Stretching

Flexibility

Drumming and Movement

Free Flow Movement

Tricks and Tips on adding Movement and Health into your every day life.

Nutrition

Supplements

Healthy Eating

Calories and Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats

Programming after Quarantine

The ever growing/changing patterns of what constitutes and invites your best health.

May you be open and find your best path(s) to and through a fun, healthy, energized You.

I wish you your own power of calm, relaxation, balance, strength, cardiovascular, flexibility, stamina, agility and stability at the forefront of everything You are and do.

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My Past Story

The first thing I would always tell a new doctor was 'my dad left me when I was 10'. He just disappeared, ran away. It was pretty awful for me. I thought it was my fault as most kids sometimes do. I thought I was unlovable. Years later, 20 maybe, I realized it wasn't just that my dad left me that affected my life, but also that my mom stayed. She stayed and I'll be forever grateful. However, her staying wasn't all peaches and creme. She was so hurt, so distraught, so frightened to raise three kids on her own and find a job that it was very hard for her to be there for me and my needs. I chose to shutdown, be quiet and try not to make it any harder on her as to not ask for much, or voice much, or need much.

Years later, in 11/12th grade, I noticed my fingers being really cold and hurting all the time. I noticed them turning purple and the pain was very 'loud'. Humorously enough, I had chosen to be a secretary and typing was a big part of my everyday. I loved it even. Fingers flying across the keyboard with as little mistakes as possible was the goal. I was pretty good at it. While in typing class, I remember putting my hands on my neck to try to warm them and make them feel better. I was naive enough then to think this must be happening to everyone.

Anyway, years went by and nobody was able to tell me why this was happening or what to do to make it better. Then, approximately 4 years later, I remember (what I felt) was little me sitting across from a really big doctor at his really big desk and him telling me I was allergic to myself. Of course, this was him describing to me what auto-immune meant. I had a disease called scleroderma and it could kill me (sometimes in as little as five years) and I would most likely be on medicine and have it for the rest of my life and there was nothing to change it.

Anyway, almost 30 years later, I've had my share of pain and I'm alive. I've had ulcerations on my fingers and I have lost most of my nails on both hands from lack of circulation and producing too much collagen. My hands are somewhat not a pretty sight and to hit something with one of my fingers by accident (well, I refer to the feeling as 'going to the moon).

When I was about 30, I started looking at alternative medicine and I tried anything that came across my path to try to stop the pain. I have tried many normal and not so normal 'ideas'. I sometimes do not believe at what lengths I went to try to ease my pain and suffering!

This is what has brought me here to this point in my life.

I'm grateful to be able to learn so much about myself and life and I wouldn't take it back (well, some days I might want to).

Something was telling me to blog. I really didn't know much about blogging - I am still a novice at best. Approximately 5 weeks ago, I sat at my computer and started typing.

I am surprised at where my blogs have led me. I thought I was trying to help others and that still is a big goal of mine. However, what I am finding out is that this is a great outlet for me.

A way to feel like I'm doing something. I told a friend this morning about my blog and I said that it's draining because I put everything out there and do not hold back as I post each individual blog; its fun because it does give me an outlet and I feel a little purpose in my life; and it's scary because I don't want anyone laughing at me or telling me that I am completely 'off my rocker'!