Tasha Edwards, Health and Wellness Expert

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Tasha Edwards, Health and Wellness Expert

Health Coach and Personal Trainer helping others find authentic wellness, truth, health and purpose.

This page is me wanting to share my journey and to hear yours. To be a part of a movement where we are not afraid to face what has held us captive so we can live our best life, on purpose. Eating clean, speaking clean, thinking clean and training mean.

09/04/2026

I am extremely excited to return to San Diego this year LIVE at The Health and Well-Being Coaching Conference this time as the moderator of an amazing panel entitled “From Passion to Profession: Cultivating a Sustainable Coaching Career.” I have personally taken an unconventional approach to my coaching career; much different than the approach that was offered to me when I started and I can’t wait to hear the insight from Noel | Health Coach Mentor | NBC-HWC Brittany Kowalski | Phoenix Energy Wellness Elyse Wagner | Health Coaching & Behavior Change and Susan Whitman!

Interest in health and well-being coaching continues to grow across sectors and around the world. This panel will share what it really takes for coaches to cultivate a sustainable and successful career in a continually evolving profession.

Thank you Dr. Jessica Matthews and Jay for giving me the opportunity to be apart of something so amazing! I can’t believe this is the 4th year!

And, also, this is a sign for anyone who does things in an unconventional way: IT STILL COUNTS!!!!! Keep doing your thing!

Happy Friday! ✨☀️✨

09/02/2026

I can remember a time (multiple times) when I felt like I didn’t matter and what I was going through didn’t matter. I just wanted the pain to stop.

This story isn’t just mine. It belongs to people you interact with every day who smile and seem like the life of the party, who seemingly have everything going for them.

The pain is deep and the private shame can eat you alive.

I just wanted to say out loud:
You matter.
Your life matters.
I’m sorry for your pain.
I’m sorry you feel like no one has been there for you.
People would care if you were gone.
People would feel your absence.
Things can get better.
Please don’t go through this alone.
Reach out to someone.
If you don’t feel safe enough to reach out to someone you know, reach out to a stranger.
It won’t always been this hard.
You are loved.

It is . Please check on people. Work on your judgmental attitude. Open your arms.

We need each other. Sometimes some of us need extra.

If you are in crisis right now and feel like you have no place to turn, PLEASE call or text 988 IMMEDIATELY.

You are loved. 🙏🏿💚

#988

09/01/2026

“Bless me, bless me
God, not just for me
But so everyone around me
Can have everything they need.
Let all these folks that’s with me
God, have everything they need.”
Kirk Franklin

I needed something that gave me purpose. I needed something that gave me the opportunity to use my gift to lead. I needed something that helped me move. I needed something that would help me help others help themselves.

God gave me group fitness and because I was willing (even though folks looked down on me for taking my Master’s degree and using it to teach as opposed to sit behind a desk), I had a career that allowed me to be blessed and bless others.

Teaching was the best choice for me at the time for everything I wanted and needed. I didn’t just want to teach but I NEEDED a job that helped me be available in a specific way for my young kids. I started working at the gym when they were 11 months and 6 years old (the exact age my grandchildren are now).

For everyone who’s ever stepped foot in one of my classes, I want you to know (and I hope you felt it), it was NEVER about me. It was ALWAYS for the collective, the community, US. I wanted to support you as much as you supported me. I thank you for being a part of my journey.

As I bring my month of celebrating group fitness to an end, I just want to celebrate all that has been and all that is coming. I taught my two classes this morning with the knowing that my career isn’t over. It’s just different and it will continue to evolve as I evolve. I wholeheartedly believe I haven’t even taught the best classes of my life yet. 🙂

Keep moving. ✨

08/30/2026

I went to my first game yesterday.

I am a born and bred Chicago and enjoy sports but I promise I haven’t been into the Bears since 1985. I don’t know any of the players and kept saying things like “that number belongs to or that’s the Refrigerator’s number. That’s supposed to be Jim McMahon in that jersey.”

Mind you, I was like 10 years old at the time. I’m stuck in a time period that’s never coming back.

It’s like that with group fitness.

No one is this picture is as young as they used to be. No instructor you’ve ever had will be the exact same for 40 years. We get older, our bodies change and we’re tired and achy. We don’t seem to get grace for that. People show up 20 years later and expect you to be the same.

I am the same in spirit but I will NEVER be the same in body. Neither will you. Can we enjoy each other where we are right now and give newer instructors a chance?

I long for the days of Otis Wilson, Sweetness 🕊️, Mike Singletary Official, Richard Dent and Matt Suey. But I also enjoyed yesterday’s game without knowing anyone’s name.

May we continue to honor the past without mourning it. May we live in the present without judging it. May we be open to the future without fearing it.

shout out to all my fellow group instructors and everyone who’s ever worn a Bear’s uniform. Our impact is still felt. Our knees just can’t take the impact. 🙂

Happy Sunday! ✨☀️🏈

08/23/2026

I am thankful I was able to grow in my craft without the pressure of having to post content every five minutes. The pressure to have more followers and to prove yourself seems like it’s overwhelming.

All I did was show up with a playlist, a smile, genuine care and some choreography and people not only let me teach them but let me into their lives on a long term basis. I, thankfully, never had to make a reel showing anyone anything to have influence. I just show up as my messy, imperfect, genuine self.

Here’s what I’m thinking about for the week ahead:

1) I am sometimes amazed that people remember me. I never saw myself as doing something life changing. I just showed up in my truth and shared it. It warms my heart still when people text me out of blue, inbox me or stop me in the store (and no your are not bothering me by coming up to me 🙂). I am beyond grateful that I got to be a small part of so many people’s lives and humbled that I am remembered.

2) I am thankful that so many people followed me to so many different places while I was doing different things and grew with me like the woman in this picture. Trudy Brown couldn’t get rid of me at this point even if she tried. 😂I am thankful for the ones who outgrew me. I am thankful for the ones who challenged me and forced me to grow.

3) Posting on this app CAN mean something. It can mean you have something to share with the world and it could be our way of making ourselves more accessible. It could also just mean that you know how to write and film videos and are just doing it so you can feel validated. It is not the definition of all that we are. Use your influence with intention in every day life whether you log on or not.

Love y’all. Let’s make it a great week! 🤜🏾🤛🏾
Happy Sunday! ✨☀️💙

08/19/2026

In true transparency, I was probably crying before I taught this class.

I was recalling with my therapist this morning how, on a Monday in August many years ago, I experienced one of the most traumatic events at that time in my life. I wasn’t even sure I could breathe let alone get in my car, drive to the gym and teach a class like everything was fine.

But I did. And I did it repeatedly.

Chances are your group fitness instructor showed up and gave you the best class of your life while having to pretend that all was well. Your group fitness instructor showed up even if you didn’t. Your group fitness instructor kept showing up whether there was one or one hundred; in physical and mental pain, wondering if they’d have the energy to be the leader, to cue one more thing,
to take one more step, to stay present and smile.

At the end, the smile was real. The joy was real. The healing was real. And the pain came back when there were no more hugs and hi-fives and “woo hoo’s” and I was in my car, crying, headed back to the life I was living outside of the mic.

I said all of that to say:

1) group fitness changed my life
2) having group fitness helped me to help change other people’s lives.
3) Group fitness instructors have lives and want to not show up but they do, consistently.
4) The world is a better place because group fitness exists.

And can I just say I miss teaching you all just as much as you miss me teaching you.

Shout out to all of the instructors pushing through so they hold space for others to do the same. Y’all are the real MVP’s.

Happy Wednesday! ✨☀️🤍

08/02/2026

Group fitness healed me in a way I didn’t understand until I had to live without it.

I’ve been through a lot of changes in the last few years and on top of the changes we all went through during the pandemic, I found myself gasping for air.

My coping mechanism was gone.

I teach mostly online now and I LOVE the community. However, the “experience” of pulling up to the gym with my music blasting so I could mentally rehearse, the pre-class check ins and the post class hugs and conversations, the hi-fives and hip bumps and the community of people cheering each other on…..

It was keeping me afloat.

Group fitness has changed so much. It wasn’t about who made the best flyer or what kind of “theme” you had going on. It wasn’t “content.”

It was being present.
It was being seen.
It was being supported.
It was survival.

Many years ago, I, personally, deemed August as . I am using this month to remember what was, to recommit to what is and to prepare myself for what will become of me and this thing I love so much.

What am I thinking about for the week ahead?

How do I get back to the things that heal me even though the 2026 version of it may be different?

May we all take the steps to return to ourselves.

Happy Sunday. ✨☀️💙

07/26/2026

You have the power to change your own life.

You might not like your options but you have them. You might be afraid of making the wrong decision but it doesn’t erase the fact that you can make a choice.

There is a such thing as being a victim. It’s another thing to live in a constant state of victimhood.

Here’s what I’m thinking about for the week ahead:

1) “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
-Haruki Murakami

2) “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.” -Marianne Williamson

3) May we all surrender the desire to want to be coddled when we are sitting on our gifts asking someone else to validate our greatness. People who are truly your people will not allow you to play helpless or small.

4) Living your biggest, boldest life doesn’t have to be loud. Often times it’s not. You can live to the fullest extent of your existence without having to document every moment on social media in an effort to convince who even know you how amazing you are.

5) July brought out a million emotions in me. I’ve soared like an eagle and weeped like willow tree. This month changed me. I’m grateful.

Let’s make it a great week! 🤜🏾🤛🏾
Happy Sunday. ✨☀️💛

07/12/2026

Life is to be lived.

Sometimes you are thriving in it. Other times you are being run over by it. However, you get to choose whether you give up or fight to see the dawning of a new day. Sometimes you will have to literally crawl and drag yourself towards the light.

The light is always coming back.

Here’s what I’m thinking about for the week ahead:

1) I would have never considered myself to be the life of the party until I decided to make my life the party. I refuse to sit on the sidelines and watch everyone else live while I’m overthinking and too overly concerned with how people will perceive me if I allowed myself to be free. Who wants to live their life based on what someone else might think? Our days are numbered. Get up and live!!

2) I will not spend my life being bitter. There are certainly reasons why I could be bitter but living in that space keeps me from new spaces that may be opening up waiting for me to walk in. How is being bitter serving you other than trying to convince you life can’t get better and blinding you to what magic could be coming your way?

3) Routine has its place but so does spontaneity.You could be limiting yourself by believing everything needs to be the same all the time.

“Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance. And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.”

Happy Sunday! ✨☀️🤍

07/05/2026

It’s my birthday week and all I feel is pain.
Two extremely random injuries have me limping and walking sideways and a slew of hurt feelings over something random has had me in a choke hold. I think the word “random” is code for I didn’t ask for it, I was minding my business and things just happened and, most of all….

…..they are things I cannot control.

I hate few things but feeling powerless is one of them. There is NOTHING I can do, think, write or buy that will fix these things. It’s time. All things will heal in time. All I can do is respect time.

Here’s what I’m thinking about for the week ahead:

1) Anticipation can spark excitement but can also lead to disappointment. I am learning (s-l-o-w-l-y) that I have spent a lot of time recently anticipating things that never happen both good and bad. My nervous system has been wired for danger and desperate for better since I was a young girl. I swear this version of me is tired. For my birthday, I want to give this little girl a rest. People have no idea how much she needs it.

2) This year I am grateful to have survived things I never thought I’d survive and be living a life my 6 year old self could have ever imagined.

3) “Change is inevitable in life. You can either resist it and potentially get run over by it, or you can choose to cooperate with it, adapt to it, and learn how to benefit from it. When you embrace change you will begin to see it as an opportunity for growth.” -Jack Canfield

Here’s to another day, week, month, year of seeing change as an opportunity to grow in a way you often don’t get to choose. 🤜🏾🤛🏾

Happy Sunday! ✨☀️💖

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