Today is my last day with the ArchAngels being in my home. The number one thing I will say that I have noticed is how much more balanced I feel within. There are just some things that money cannot buy.
I am actually going to do more work with the angels, ancestors and orisha as well as the goddesses as a result of this awesome experience. What I think is that things are being put into place for more to happen that we desire...meaning that I have seen some neat things happen but the presence of the angels has been subtle. I just feel like ground work has been laid with the number one thing happening: I am balanced.
I am eating healthier, cleaning my house more consistently, logging off FB sooner....all the things that I know undermine my success...they have changed for the better.
Thank God I know I have perpetual access to the angels because I am going to work more with my non-physical help.
Giving thanks!!!!!
Thank you ArchAngels!!
Olufemi
Friday, May 24, 2013
Lessons from being an independent fitness instructor
As time passes I become more and more clear just how special being an independent instructor is. When I worked in a gym, it was all about hoping that I impressed enough members to choose my class. My job was to show up and wow the people. At the first facility in which I taught, I learned how to teach. I went from zero fans to MANY fans of my classes.
Teaching at the second facility was a very different game because there was lots of pressure to have at least a certain number of people in the room and to increase numbers so that the gym made money. So I treated my classes as if I owned them. I cared deeply for my classes and did all I could to be an instructor who people chose regularly as part of their gym routine. I also became super powerful at teaching due to attending lots of trainings and applying what I learned in my classes.
The crazy thing is that I felt like I had a ceiling over my head. I worked at the will of the gym owners and so no matter how many creative ideas I had, I never felt like I could make any of them happen in the gym without a hassle and with little profit. BUT, it was there that I became masterful at teaching as well as super resourceful at learning how to teach better and better with each passing year. The proof was in having jammed packed classes and a fan base that was truly humbling.
So with that I decided to go independent and at least give myself a chance to create something great that belonged to me. I knew that I would never make any real money as a gym instructor and making money is important to me.
Since going independent, I have learned so much. First of all, numbers matter but only after quality has been in place. I have not come close to having the numbers that I had at either gym because now I am more than a fitness instructor, I am a business owner. This first 6 months has been spent learning how to do what I have never had to do so regularly: Find students. Also, I have had to create a method of operating to keep myself organized on the administrative side of a fitness business.
There is no question that I am at the least a good teacher. I teach well AND I help people get results in their health and fitness. So what use to be important which seemed to only be the number that I wrote in the gym instructor book has now evolved to something totally different. I am being stretched into the person who I know I was born to be. When people come to my classes and see small numbers, I no longer fret. I smile and know that this is the best process that I have been part of in the fitness world. I have built so many classes and know that I can do the same with this one. I just need time and time I have.
But more than growing myself as a fitness instructor, I get to grow as a fitness professional as well as a small business owner. As Maya Angelou once wrote, "I wouldn't take nothing for this journey." I am so excited about the success that lies ahead of me and give thanks the process has been a little slower than I expected because now I truly get to watch it unfold.
Giving thanks this morning. I love that I get to live my destiny in this way. <3 br="">
Teaching at the second facility was a very different game because there was lots of pressure to have at least a certain number of people in the room and to increase numbers so that the gym made money. So I treated my classes as if I owned them. I cared deeply for my classes and did all I could to be an instructor who people chose regularly as part of their gym routine. I also became super powerful at teaching due to attending lots of trainings and applying what I learned in my classes.
The crazy thing is that I felt like I had a ceiling over my head. I worked at the will of the gym owners and so no matter how many creative ideas I had, I never felt like I could make any of them happen in the gym without a hassle and with little profit. BUT, it was there that I became masterful at teaching as well as super resourceful at learning how to teach better and better with each passing year. The proof was in having jammed packed classes and a fan base that was truly humbling.
So with that I decided to go independent and at least give myself a chance to create something great that belonged to me. I knew that I would never make any real money as a gym instructor and making money is important to me.
Since going independent, I have learned so much. First of all, numbers matter but only after quality has been in place. I have not come close to having the numbers that I had at either gym because now I am more than a fitness instructor, I am a business owner. This first 6 months has been spent learning how to do what I have never had to do so regularly: Find students. Also, I have had to create a method of operating to keep myself organized on the administrative side of a fitness business.
There is no question that I am at the least a good teacher. I teach well AND I help people get results in their health and fitness. So what use to be important which seemed to only be the number that I wrote in the gym instructor book has now evolved to something totally different. I am being stretched into the person who I know I was born to be. When people come to my classes and see small numbers, I no longer fret. I smile and know that this is the best process that I have been part of in the fitness world. I have built so many classes and know that I can do the same with this one. I just need time and time I have.
But more than growing myself as a fitness instructor, I get to grow as a fitness professional as well as a small business owner. As Maya Angelou once wrote, "I wouldn't take nothing for this journey." I am so excited about the success that lies ahead of me and give thanks the process has been a little slower than I expected because now I truly get to watch it unfold.
Giving thanks this morning. I love that I get to live my destiny in this way. <3 br="">
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Change is good....though not always easy
Today I ponder my new life as an independent fitness instructor. This has been a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. I did not know just how much we are energetically connected with the way that we teach.
I didn't expect people to leave the gym where I previously taught to follow me to my new location. They found me at the gym so I expected them to stay. I will say that I have had to work to loose my attachments to the people who took my classes at the gym. Many say they miss me but never come to my independent class. I actually have no problem with that but now feel like for the first time that I have to forget all of that. Life at that gym has to be laid to rest and now I must look toward the horizon to find people who want to take my Zumba classes at my new location.
Also, how I made money as a gym employed instructor is totally different from how I have to approach making money as an independent instructor. Honestly, I feel so much more creative and excited about the possibilities of where I can teach and how I can teach.
Making the transition from where I was to where I am has not been expected. I didn't know that my entire consciousness would have to shift in order for me to be successful as an independent instructor.
So this morning as I think about me facing this new horizon called independent instructor, i.e., business owner, I feel so happy to be free to be more creative and to find new Zumba Fitness friends. I am thrilled that I get to be the fitness instructor who I always knew myself to be but couldn't blossom fully on a group fitness schedule.
With that I accept that CHANGE IS GOOD. It is not always easy but change allows one to know more of who she is. Giving thanks for this new place in my life's journey.
Be Inspired!
Tirra Olufemi Hargrow,
Independent Licensed Zumba Fitness Instructor
I didn't expect people to leave the gym where I previously taught to follow me to my new location. They found me at the gym so I expected them to stay. I will say that I have had to work to loose my attachments to the people who took my classes at the gym. Many say they miss me but never come to my independent class. I actually have no problem with that but now feel like for the first time that I have to forget all of that. Life at that gym has to be laid to rest and now I must look toward the horizon to find people who want to take my Zumba classes at my new location.
Also, how I made money as a gym employed instructor is totally different from how I have to approach making money as an independent instructor. Honestly, I feel so much more creative and excited about the possibilities of where I can teach and how I can teach.
Making the transition from where I was to where I am has not been expected. I didn't know that my entire consciousness would have to shift in order for me to be successful as an independent instructor.
So this morning as I think about me facing this new horizon called independent instructor, i.e., business owner, I feel so happy to be free to be more creative and to find new Zumba Fitness friends. I am thrilled that I get to be the fitness instructor who I always knew myself to be but couldn't blossom fully on a group fitness schedule.
With that I accept that CHANGE IS GOOD. It is not always easy but change allows one to know more of who she is. Giving thanks for this new place in my life's journey.
Be Inspired!
Tirra Olufemi Hargrow,
Independent Licensed Zumba Fitness Instructor
Archangels are here
My friend asked me if I wanted to participate in an opportunity to invite angels into my home. Now personally, I walk with the unseen entities that exist. I call on them whenever I want to do so, which is daily. But I do think there is power in participating in a group or community type event or sharing.
So I said yes. The Archangels arrived yesterday and will be here for 5 days. They include: Uriel, Michael, Gabrielle, Metatron and Raphael.
When they entered into my home, I felt a super tingly feeling all over me. My house felt so warm and peaceful.
Throughout the day I felt a warm sensation in my chest. It felt like I had taken one of my herbs and it was stuck in my esophagus. I feel a warm radiation when that happens with my herbs but after I thought about it I knew that I had not taken any herbs. TWICE I felt the warm sensation in my chest area and eventually figured out that it was the angels.
Last night one of the lights in my house flickered off and on several times. No question to me that it was the angels.
Right after the angels arrived I got a super inspirational idea which is answer that I have been searching for for a while: How to market all that I do. SOOOO, I will create that.
I got word that a particular financial situation is looking brighter. I got word on a potential business lead.
I am hearing that it is important for me to walk free...to let it all go and I will have all that I desire.
Giving thanks for the Archangels.
So I said yes. The Archangels arrived yesterday and will be here for 5 days. They include: Uriel, Michael, Gabrielle, Metatron and Raphael.
When they entered into my home, I felt a super tingly feeling all over me. My house felt so warm and peaceful.
Throughout the day I felt a warm sensation in my chest. It felt like I had taken one of my herbs and it was stuck in my esophagus. I feel a warm radiation when that happens with my herbs but after I thought about it I knew that I had not taken any herbs. TWICE I felt the warm sensation in my chest area and eventually figured out that it was the angels.
Last night one of the lights in my house flickered off and on several times. No question to me that it was the angels.
Right after the angels arrived I got a super inspirational idea which is answer that I have been searching for for a while: How to market all that I do. SOOOO, I will create that.
I got word that a particular financial situation is looking brighter. I got word on a potential business lead.
I am hearing that it is important for me to walk free...to let it all go and I will have all that I desire.
Giving thanks for the Archangels.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Death teaches me yet again...
My mother-in-law, Virginia Lee Griffin Hargrow, passed this week. Early in the morning on April 3, 2013, my mother-in-law, affectionately known as Mom, went back to her non-physical home.
This has been a weird experience for me given that I have already experienced the passing of my own mother.
Today, I have many thoughts floating through my mind. What made me log on today is the following thoughts that I don't want to forget:
This has been a weird experience for me given that I have already experienced the passing of my own mother.
Today, I have many thoughts floating through my mind. What made me log on today is the following thoughts that I don't want to forget:
- Birth and Death are two sides of the same coin. Waiting for a baby to be born is very similar to waiting for a loved one to die. Very unpredictable and truly a process. The emotions we experience are opposites but still very similar in HOW we experience them. It was amazing to realize this.
- I have to forget my emotional state of being from when my mother passed in this particular situation. Mom was a mother to me but she is not my birth mother so I am feeling my loss of her in a different way. PLUS, I don't actually feel worthy to grieve hard because Mom is my husband's mother and not mine so I want him to have first dibs on hard grief...him and his family. So I feel super confused in my emotions. Today, I decided to not expect anything in particular of myself and to be okay with feeling confused
- I feel good after exercising. My husband told me to exercise so I would feel better because I got in a funk this afternoon. I feel so happy after practicing to teach Zumba Sentao.
- Having children when grieving loss is different because they come before my grief. My younger son has cried lots, at least he did on the first day. It was heartbreaking to see him so upset over losing his grandmother. At one point he asked if it was really true because he wanted his Grandmother to still be here. The older son has been confused at his lack of crying. I told him that he is normal. I do believe tears will come. My hubby and I have been so stable and supportive of them that I think they feel stable and safe. So, this is not super traumatic for them.
- I feel an intense appreciation for having known Mom. When my mother passed, I felt a deep loss. I feel like I will miss Mom terribly and really wasn't ready for her to leave but realized that this is a time to recognize the GIFT that I had in knowing her and being her daughter-in-law. I finally got to this place with my own mother but it is weird to START here with my mother-in-law. Spiritually, I am in a different place and so my truth is that they are not gone. I talk to my mother regularly and am already talking to Mom. I have a candle set up for her in front of a LOVELY plant that I know she would LOVE. I will do things to honor her for 40 days. I think this will bless her spirit as well as mine and my children
- I feel like I did after my initiation in the Sacred Feminine Mysteries. I am a new creature who is rising out of the energy of death. Mom has died to this world and gone back to her true home but all of us have died and are now new. We will have to put the pieces of our lives back together but they will never be the same.
- Patches- When I was in my bereavement support group after my mother's death, the counselor talked about patches. She said that we have to think of the memories of our loved ones like we do patches that you sew onto jeans. When a pair of jeans have a hole, we use the patch to fortify the jeans. That is how it is after death of a loved one. We have a hole in ourselves but we can take the good memories of our loved one's and place them over the hole in our hearts. The memories of our loved one will sustain and us keep the hole from getting bigger. The memories will strengthen that which was once broken.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Stepping Into the True Self
"The least of your Real self is greater than 100% of your Superstar Made Up self." ~Baba Ishangi
As I ponder my journey into living my most authentic self this morning, Baba Ishangi's words come to my mind. It is becoming more and more apparent to me that one of the most difficult parts of releasing the old and limited self so that most authentic self can emerge is fear of lack of identity.
The question becomes, "If I release this self that I know, then who am I?" And without knowing who the true self is, it is more comfortable to stay attached to the old.
Baba Ishangi's words give me peace and comfort. All I have to do is stand on the truth that the LEAST of my real self is greater than 100% of the self that I currently live as. Doing so gives me the courage to take the plunge and lose who I believe myself to be in order to experience my real self.
Ultimately, I have more to gain than lose by doing so. If I stay where I am in my identity, then I will for sure lose....I already am in some regards.
It is my hope that this posts inspires others to take the plunge. Sometimes it is better to just go full out and be who you really are instead of baby stepping your way to the real you. It can be so confusing trying to be two identities. Bury the old so that the TRUE YOU can become the predominant force acting in your your life.
Goddess Blessings be upon you!
Tirra Olufemi
www.goddess-body-mind-spirit.com
As I ponder my journey into living my most authentic self this morning, Baba Ishangi's words come to my mind. It is becoming more and more apparent to me that one of the most difficult parts of releasing the old and limited self so that most authentic self can emerge is fear of lack of identity.
The question becomes, "If I release this self that I know, then who am I?" And without knowing who the true self is, it is more comfortable to stay attached to the old.
Baba Ishangi's words give me peace and comfort. All I have to do is stand on the truth that the LEAST of my real self is greater than 100% of the self that I currently live as. Doing so gives me the courage to take the plunge and lose who I believe myself to be in order to experience my real self.
Ultimately, I have more to gain than lose by doing so. If I stay where I am in my identity, then I will for sure lose....I already am in some regards.
It is my hope that this posts inspires others to take the plunge. Sometimes it is better to just go full out and be who you really are instead of baby stepping your way to the real you. It can be so confusing trying to be two identities. Bury the old so that the TRUE YOU can become the predominant force acting in your your life.
Goddess Blessings be upon you!
Tirra Olufemi
www.goddess-body-mind-spirit.com
Monday, February 18, 2013
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