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Dec 2023
23m 29s

Practice Teaching Tips

Olivia Bioni
About this episode

If you're nervous to start practice teaching, you're not alone! It's scary to put yourself out there and dive in the deep end of teaching another person Pilates, but I've got some tips and tricks to help you along on your journey, as well as some advice and stories from when I first began teaching movement. Tune in!

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