{"id":23316,"date":"2021-01-25T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-328533-4778250.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=23316"},"modified":"2021-01-22T14:27:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T03:27:02","slug":"raphael-bender-ceo-of-breathe-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balancethegrind.co\/interviews\/raphael-bender-ceo-of-breathe-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing the Grind with Raphael Bender, CEO of Breathe Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Raphael Bender is the CEO of Breathe Education<\/a>, a Pilates training company that has certified more than 2,750 instructors all over the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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1) To kick things off, could you tell us a little about your career background and current role?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve had several major career changes. I have been a full-time musician, motor repairer, bouncer and silver-service waiter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 35 I opened a yoga and Pilates studio with a group of friends, and at 40 I enrolled in university to do a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, followed by a Masters of Clinical Exercise Physiology (Rehabilitation). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016 I sold my share of the yoga and Pilates studio and started Breathe Education, a business that trains Pilates instructors. In early 2020 we moved our training 100% online, and last year alone we trained and certified 630 students in 8 countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) What does a day in the life look like for you? Can you take us through a recent workday?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are a completely distributed workplace, so there is no HQ and everyone works from home. For me, most of my days look like this:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n