We recently connected with ELEANOR CASALE and have shared our conversation below.
ELEANOR, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Can you tell us about a time where you or your team really helped a customer get an amazing result?
THE CLIENTS I SERVE COME WITH DIFFERENT GOALS AND MISSIONS..THE ONE THAT IMPACTS ME THE MOST IS A CLIENT WHO HAD A GOAL OF ADDING DANCE BACK INTO HER LIFE…AFTER 3 MAJOR KNEE SURGERIES ALL THAT DIDN’T GO AS PLANNED…LEFT HER WITH A KNEE THAT WILL NEVER FUNCTION RIGHT AGAIN…SHE WALKED INTO THE DANCE ROOM WITH A CANE ASKING HOW CAN I DANCE AGAIN…I TOLD HER I HAD A PLAN…FIRST WE WORK ON BALANCE THEN WE WORK ON STRENGTHENING THE MUSCLE AROUND THE KNEE…EACH WEEK 2 X TIMES A WEEK AT THE STUDIO AND FEW DAY AT HOME WE BEGUN THE PROCESS…TODAY 2 YEARS LATER SHE ENTERS THE DANCE ROOM WITHOUT THE CANE SHE NO LONGER TAKES ADVIL EVERYDAY FOR THE PAIN…WE WORK ON MINI DANCE PATTERNS AND SHE HAS IMPROVED HER LEVEL OF ENDURANCE AND STRENGTH…SHE STILL WALKS INTO THE STUDIO ADVISING ME HOW MUCH PAIN SHE STILL HAS BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS EVERYDAY WHEN SHE LEAVES SHE SAYS..NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE IT I FEEL LIKE I CAN TACKLE THE DAY MY HEAD IS CLEARED…MY ENERGY IS HIGHER ..MORE PEP IN MY STEP AND MY OUTLOOK ON LIFE HAS CHANGE…SHE TELLS ME EVERY SESSION HOW MUCH I CHANGED HER LIFE BUT IN REALITY AFTER EVERY SESSION I FEEL LIKE MY LIFE HAS CHANGED…SHE IS THE REASON WHY I LOVE WHAT I DO AND WHY THIS MISSION IS JUST THE PERFECT FIT..
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
Dance with El…was created to join mind like women who has the same passion for health wellness and fun… my mission is to get women to stop the excuses and to find the reasons why its important to put them top on the list…we tend to make our family our friends or our job our priority…we take the back seat…that needs to stop…and we need to get to the top…when you find a place you can be yourself at…it feels like home…my studio does that…the one on one attention every client gets..from a group class to individual….we are countable…to each other to the group and to me…
Dance with el…is your wellness family…
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
Covid made exercise a tough challenge…people were concerned on the virus that they let their health suffer…I had to think out of the the box…first we had zoom calls…chats to express our anxiety…a call to laugh again…we all agreed we needed to find a way to get back to exercising…we started with zoom classes…live and pre-taped classes…clients sent in their photo’s of them exercising each week…we had a drive through to come to the studio and stay in our cars and see the place we call home…I dressed up for laughter…we stayed connected….then spring broke and we took class outside…green exercise is real…makes us feel alive and have a better outlook on life….then we moved in the studio in tiny groups far apart…we now were home….. we found ways to stay connected…it was so important to us all…we just made it happen
Have you ever had to pivot?
Most of my career was spent in the garment center..with fitness as my part time passion…in 2019 the garment industry was hit hard and I decided then to turn this passion into a full time business….I was frightened of failure..after a long successful career in fashion I was now taking on something new a risk…but in my heart I knew it was the right path…My dad reminded me the only failure was not trying…that no matter what happened as long as I gave it a try it was a success…so the rest is history…
Contact Info:
- Website: www.dancewithel.com
- Instagram: dance_with _el
- Facebook: Eleanor Casale/Dance with El
- Other: email…[email protected]