Energy Is Your Currency: Invest It Wisely as a Teacher and a Human

There are days when you leave the studio buzzing.
Your body is alive, your voice strong, your students glowing with that unmistakable “just-moved” energy. Someone lingers after class, not to ask about technique but simply because they don’t want to leave the space you’ve created.

And then there are the other days.
You show up, you do the work, you teach the sequence you’ve taught a hundred times before. It’s not bad, but it feels flat. You go home more tired than when you started, wondering if this is what teaching is supposed to feel like.

The difference isn’t the exercises.
It isn’t the studio.
It isn’t even the clients.

The difference is your energy.

Energy Before Strategy

Most of us think growth comes from doing more: more courses, more certifications, more social media, more hours on the schedule. But underneath it all, what truly shapes your teaching, your business, and your life — is how you manage your energy.

Energy is your currency. Every day you are spending it, investing it, and sometimes wasting it. And just like money, when you spend unconsciously, you end up depleted. But when you choose wisely, the return is exponential.

What No One Taught Us

In teacher training, we learn anatomy, repertoire, cueing. All important, of course. But very few of us were ever asked:

• What’s the state you bring into the room?
  
  
• How do you restore yourself after holding space for others?
  
  
• What drains you, not just physically but emotionally?
  
  

We learned to plan classes, but not to plan energy. And yet, the truth is this: your clients will remember less about the exact exercises and more about the way they felt in your presence.

That presence comes from your state.

The Invisible Exchange

Think of the last time you walked into a class and immediately sensed the teacher’s energy — maybe light and joyful, maybe tired and distracted. You felt it before a word was spoken.

Your clients feel the same with you.
They don’t need you to be perfect, but they do feel the difference between a teacher teaching from overflow and a teacher teaching from depletion.

That’s why learning to manage your own state is not a luxury. It’s professional responsibility. It’s also the key to making teaching sustainable, so you don’t burn out before your work has a chance to grow.

Withdrawals and Deposits

Let me tell you how I started thinking of energy as a bank account.

There was a period when I said yes to everything: covering classes I didn’t want to teach, squeezing in privates back-to-back without breaks, answering messages late at night. My schedule was full, but my spirit was running on empty.

That was a season of withdrawals. Every yes that wasn’t aligned was money leaving the account. Every rushed meal, every skipped pause, every client I over-gave to without replenishing — more withdrawals.

What shifted things wasn’t adding more hours. It was asking: What are my deposits?

For me, it was taking a quiet walk before my first client. Journaling for ten minutes instead of scrolling. Saying no without guilt. Moving for myself, not just demonstrating for others.

The balance began to change.

Courage Comes From Energy

Here’s something I’ve noticed: when my energy is strong, courage follows.

It becomes easier to raise rates, to turn down opportunities that don’t fit, to start projects that excite me but scare me a little. When energy is low, fear takes over. Everything feels like too much, so I retreat into the safe and familiar.

You’ve probably felt it too.
That day when you felt alive in your body, and suddenly possibilities looked bigger. Or the day you dragged yourself to class, and even the smallest decision felt impossible.

Energy isn’t just fuel — it’s courage in disguise.

A Simple Daily Check-In

Here’s a practice that can change everything — and it only takes a minute.

Before your first client, between classes, or before you sit down to plan, pause for a short energy check-in:

1. Notice. Ask yourself: How am I showing up right now? Calm, scattered, inspired, tired?
   
   
2. Choose. If the state isn’t what you want to carry forward, shift it: bounce for 30 seconds, take three deep breaths, stand tall, recall a moment of gratitude.
   
   
3. Reset. Step into the next moment with intention, as if you’re consciously investing your best energy in it.
   
   

It’s a small ritual, but repeated daily it builds awareness — and awareness is the doorway to change.

Teaching From Fullness

Here’s the most beautiful part: when you start teaching from fullness, your students feel it.

They may not say it directly, but they’ll stay longer after class, they’ll ask deeper questions, they’ll bring more of themselves to the work. Because your state gives them permission to expand theirs.

This is the invisible ripple of energy.
It’s not only about you — it’s about everyone you touch.

A Final Thought

Energy is your most precious currency. Spend it without awareness, and you’ll always feel poor. Invest it wisely, and your teaching, your business, and your life will flourish in ways no strategy alone can create.

So today, before you rush to the next thing, pause.
Check your account.
And ask yourself: Am I spending, wasting, or investing my energy?

Because when your account is full, you don’t just survive as a teacher.
You create. You inspire. You live.

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