Kangatraining New Zealand

🎶 Expectation: Dancing all day.
❤️ Reality: Encouraging a nervous first-time mum, adjusting a baby carrier, celebrating a postnatal milestone, cuddling a sleepy baby, making coffee after class.

Tag the mum who thinks she needs to get fit before coming to a fitness class.

Initially, I became a Kangaraining instructor because I wanted to exercise with my little paua baby Quin. Kanga gave us the ability to exercise while keeping Quin close, where she wanted to be - in the carrier snuggled up with mama. Once I started teaching, I realized Kanga is so much more than an exercise class, it's a place where mums can feel safe to let it all out if they need to, where they can feel supported and feel seen. That's why nearly eleven years after I did my instructor course I'm still teaching four classes a week filled with mums looking for a space where they can be themselves. It's my honour to be able to provide that space for them.
Plus I get baby snuggles, which is pretty awesome 😍 I get to watch their babies grow. I get to watch friendships blossom, between the mums and the babies and I get to be there for some of the most significant milestones in their lives. It's really such a joy. I never knew one exercise class could change my life so much

Today is **International Youth Day**, and while our Kangabuddies are still tiny enough to be carried close, they won't stay little forever.

One day they'll take their first steps.
They'll start school.
They'll make friends, chase dreams and discover who they are.

Right now, though?

Their whole world is you.

Every cuddle builds connection.
Every smile helps them feel secure.
Every moment you spend looking after yourself teaches them something important too—that health, self-care and community matter.

At Kangatraining, we often say we're supporting mums, but the ripple effect reaches much further.

When a mum feels stronger...
A baby grows up seeing resilience.

When a mum finds her village...
A child grows up surrounded by connection.

When a mum chooses to care for herself...
The whole family benefits.

So today we're celebrating the next generation by celebrating the incredible parents raising them.

💗 What is one hope you have for your little one as they grow? We'd love to read your answers below.

Imagine going to work and being greeted by smiles, tiny yawns, baby giggles and a room full of mums cheering each other on.

That's what being a Kangatraining instructor feels like.

Of course, there are workouts to plan and classes to teach.

But the real work?

It's helping a mum feel brave enough to walk through the door for the first time.

It's celebrating when someone completes their first squat pain-free after birth.

It's watching friendships form over coffee after class.

It's hearing someone say,
"This class changed my life."

Those are the moments our instructors treasure.

If you've ever wondered what it's like to teach Kangatraining, keep following along this month. We'll be sharing more stories from the incredible women who make our community so special.

Who knows... one day we might be sharing yours too. 💕