FREE CLASSES IRL & ONLINE, REFORMER SCHEDULE & STORAGE NIGHTMARE WITH SQZ/BUSINESS STRUGGLES

HI MOVERS

Happy mothers day to all your beautiful mom’s 🙂 This is how I spent my mothers day:

@movewithanj

Happy Mother’s Day to all the “super moms” as my mom likes to say #pilates #mothersday #mama #brownmom #pilatesinstructor #specialday #indianmom

It was definitely a change of pace on how I teach in NYC haha 😆 

My reformer schedule is here - 1 slot left in May and first week of June classes are here:

FREE ONLINE PILATES - we will be using a SQZ ring but you don’t have to have one to join 🙂 

FREE IRL PILATES & A WAITLIST - with SQZ; I will bring the rings but if you have your own please bring it! If for some reason there isn’t enough for everyone (probably would never happen but you never know) it will be first come first serve. It’s best if you have your own 🙂 

This will take place at CHELSEA PARK in the WEST SIDE. I will play around with locations and times but this is for now ! BRING YOUR OWN MAT!!!!!!!!!

If you are no longer able to make it - PLEASE CANCEL YOUR APPOINTMENT. I will give it to someone on the waitlist. If you no show - I will flag your name and might take you out from the next slot (I’m sorry but I want people to get a chance to come and workout - I understand if things change last minute but please let me know).

If you weren’t able to get a slot above please SIGN UP FOR THE WAITLIST BELOW:

SQZ UPDATES/ANXIOUSNESS

ALL my inventory is coming tomorrow ! That’s 400 more rings…jeez. How am I feeling? Honestly really anxious. I just wish someone gave me a step by step on how to run a business. I feel like every day I am thinking of new things to do like : SEO, Influencer Marketing, Affiliate Links, Packaging, Content, Storage, IRL Events, etc etc. On top of that I obviously have my job as a pilates instructor - which does take quite a bit of my time even though it seems pretty easy/fun. Practicing/class plans/admin/answering questions on dms/ advertising on tiktok… And then also just trying to look out for my own health and workout/get enough sleep. Never enough time in the day!!

SQZ’S FIRST EVENT

I had my first event with Shanti House & SQZ last week - and it went so beyond amazing. The best way to show people the actual value of SQZ is hosting a class with it. I think showing people pictures or even just letting them hold the ring does not do it enough justice. When I teach a class with it, show people the intensity, multifunctionality AND creativity - that’s when they really understand. The response I got was 10/10 - they saw the vision, they saw the potential of their home workouts improving and they wanted it. Now I just have to scale the IRL events…and that I need to work on.

BUSINESS HARDSHIPS

There is also genuinely so many costs to be successful. Anyone can make a product (or maybe they can’t lol) - but guys 1 cardboard box costs 3$ - that might not sound like a lot but imagine buying 500 of those. I’m in this weird middle ground where I am buying bulk but it’s not enough to get the discount that large corporations get.

Last week was honestly testing me so hard. I know I told some of you this in person, but my storage unit was just not working. Imagine this, my parents show up to the storage unit with 100 rings…and the door isn’t opening and the customer service reps aren’t picking up. We end up having to take some boxes to my 5th floor walk up….and then the rest my parents took back home. Nightmare. Oh and then the next day I had to take the boxes back down and back to the storage unit, pay for an uber, and the storage unit was STILL NOT WORKING. I had to go Karen mode and then it worked - shocker! And then I lost my wallet and keys. And I think everything was basically going wrong lol. I biked back to the studio to try to find them, and my phone basically got locked for 5 minutes , wouldn’t let me find the password for the studio. I just sat there waiting, finally got in and they weren’t there. Big L 😄 

I also have to take these rings around, and carrying this much weight is definitely not easy. I almost walked 45 minutes with 15 rings because ubers were so expensive rip, but then I walked 15 minutes and tried again and they went down THANK GOD.

If you plan on coming to my IRL free pilates classes - buying a ring would make the most sense (not only for you because you get to practice at home but also it would help shed 4 pounds off of my hands)!!

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Thanks for being part of this community! Appreciate you for listening if you made it all the way down here ❤️ You can expect more business BTS, thoughts and obviously classes on this newsletter. Do I go on substack or stick to here? Another thing to think about and add to the list. Anyway thankful for the 700+ of you!

love

anj

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