Naomi
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Meet Naomi. A life-time dancer, she has multiple injuries and a hip replacement. As a dancing teacher of 40 years, her understanding of the body and its movements is encyclopedic. As a businesswoman, she knows what it takes to succeed.
I knew her reputation when I found her waiting on the floor for my apprentice mat class. Knowing I couldn't vaporize on the spot, I said a quick prayer to the Universe for clear cues and safe spotting and began. She knew the modifications required for her hip, performed the intermediate versions of the exercises whenever appropriate, thanked me generously and left. Whew.
A few months later, my then employer sent me to teach mat classes 2x per week at Naomi’s dance studio. The classes were drop-in, so I often had beginners mixed in with intermediate and advanced students. Plus Naomi took most of the classes! No worries needed though. She was (and is) encouraging and helpful – offering comments and corrections after class; sometimes serving as the “demo girl”, which helped keep things moving.
Now she is learning the apparatus repertoire after years of mat only - which is kind of like going to college before middle school, since mat is the most difficult work.