ABUNDANCE
STUDIOS
to be abundant within yourself
OUR WHY
Meet the Team and Our Why!
Its important to us that know your instructors and why we are so passionate. Why we do what we do and why Abundance is so personal to us.
Read, enjoy and feel free to openly speak to us about our journeys!
ABIGAIL PEARSE
Owner, Founder + Abundance Instructor
Hey hunnies, my name is Abs and I am the owner, founder and an Abundance instructor at Abundance Studios!
Here is a glimpse into my personal journey and how I came to create Abundance Studios.
The story of Abundance actually sparked from when I was a child. I had severe eczema and was consistently in and out of hospital with this. The stares in the street, feeling very out of place, and hating the who U was became apart of my everyday being at a really young age.
I grew to be a teenager with crippling anxiety, crazy low self confidence, and at times unable to leave the house due to being ashamed of who I was and what I looked like. I can honestly say I felt safest when I shrunk myself, I learnt if no one can see you, no one can comment, I was safe.
And the worst part was the biggest voice telling me all of this was actually just the voice inside of my own head.
Then I found dance. I connected to something that wasn't my physical looks and took me away from being trapped in my anxiety.
It sparked something in me that was outside of the story I was telling myself. I felt something other than anxiety, shame, embarrassment, I felt strong, confident, unapologetic, fierce, vibrant, I felt free! After years of suppressing who I was, I took myself outside of my physical body and FELT SOMETHING away from the thoughts and away from the desire to be anything other than who I am!
As an adult, I quickly realised everyone has their own story, us as women are all living through this cycle of having to be perfect. We need to have a perfect straight smile, having long beautiful hair, having perfect skin. I started abundance to help women learn:
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO YOU THAN YOUR BODY, YOUR MAGIC IS NOT YOUR BODY, IT IS YOU!
I have always been so passionate and driven about connecting to that version of myself i found in dance, is it now my main purpose in life to help others.
And then I found my community, my people, and my purpose. From a small class in Weston to this growing business, I was overwhelmed with just how many women felt the same way and could grow their confidence, outlook and life through dance!
Then I met the sunshines that are Georgie and Emma. They came to every single class of mine and first hand inspired to me to grow this business into what it is today. These beautiful women were my biggest supporters on on my best and worst days and not only that - they were fucking great dancers. Getting them to join abundance was the biggest blessing to the business and to grow our community.
My passion to help women has transpired into wellbeing practices as I implemented them more into my own personal life . I am so beyond excited for the future and could not be more passionate or purpose driven for the future of Abundance Studios. I am incredibly blessed for my beautiful team and the women we meet and teach weekly which is only growing! The community we have built is something I am so proud of. I am blessed to be able to share my journey and hopefully inspire people to find that love, self acceptance, confidence, empowerment, the PEACE + FIRE inside of them.
I want Abundance to challenge people to think - what lights the fire in you? What makes you feel most alive? Who is that best version of you that you are dying to meet?
This is definition Abundance to me.
Abs x
GEORGIE SOMMERS
Co-Owner, Co-Founder + Abundance Instructor
Hello! My name is Georgie and I am Co - Founder and an Abundance Instructor at Abundance Studios!
Here is a glimpse into my personal journey and how I came to join Abs in founding Abundance and growing our community!
On thing I have always enjoyed and loved is bringing someone joy in their life. To see someone grow within themselves with qualities and traits that they already had but just didn't see is something that is most special to me and now my biggest purpose in life.
There was a time in my life where I completely lost myself. I was in life situations that didn't reflect who I was and this took an extreme mental and physical toll on my body and my confidence.
I then started my dance classes by myself which was incredibly scary for me as I had not worked everything I needed for myself but wanted to give people a space for people to come and find themselves; like I was.
I watched women come into my class hidden, shy, and uncomfortable and week by week I saw them grow bringing me (quite literally) tears of happiness. I found my purpose and in doing so found myself. something I cant quite put into work.
Seeing these women grow and become the energy and force that makes abundance what it is, is one of my biggest achievements. Everyone deserves to find themselves and show the world exactly apologetically who they are and what they are capable of!
These women sparked something in me - I was inspired to not only keep giving to our community but to keeping working hard for myself to better me and keep working to get my fire back!
This led me to join one of Abs classes in heels and from their it has been an emotional roller coaster! Meeting Abs was probably one of the best things in my life at the time because she completely changed my lie and did exactly what I set out to - EMPOWER. 2 women with the same purpose fighting for the same thing, wanting to show the world we do not get knocked by the events, these events are what makes us who e are! It makes us strong and individually beautiful, and this is where we didn't just become best friends but business partners!
When Abs asked me to come onboard and be a co-owner is took me all of 3 seconds to say HELL YES! Everything Abs did, her classes, her energy and spirit gave me my fire back! She reminded me of who I was and inspired me to keep going with my classes and now I can say I have created an amazing, safe and empowered space with an incredible community of women.
To me, the dragon means strength and wisdom which I see in myself. My strength is unmatched and I am no longer ashamed to say that! It has taken a while for me to admit, but I am not afraid anymore, I am so strong!
Wisdom resonates with me as I have seen and learnt things in a very hard away but I know without these events, I wouldn't be who I am today.
What is my why? YOU, MY COMMUNITY, YOU ARE MY WHY!
EMMA KINGSTON
Tech Executive + Abundance Instructor
Hello! My name is Emma, I am the newest member of the Abundance Studios Team! I am the Tech Executive and Abundanace Instrcutor!
Here is a glimpse into my journey in dance and how I came to join Abundance Studios!
I fell in love with dance from the moment I started from when I was in primary school. It's been a hobby I've never stopped and when lock down started and I couldn't go to classes, I felt like there was something missing in my life.
Dance makes me feel so powerful and confident and honestly abundantly happy! Dance is somewhere I can express my emotions and let go, through dance and choreography. It's an art and a form of therapy and self-love. It helps connect your mind and your body, to help release the energy you have inside.
I love dancing for me and for how empowered it makes me feel. Being able to share that and show others how movement can grow your confidence, and change your lie, is truly a gift to me!