SoulCycle

February 3, 2021

I read a recent article about a well known spinning instructor for SoulCycle in New York City getting into a spot of bother because she called herself an educator and went to the front of the COVID vaccination line. I am not sure if I am bothered more by the fact that, as fellow spinning instructor, she called herself an educator or that I am over 65 years of age and still waiting for my vaccination. I had said many times during a class that I would never call myself a teacher because that would do a disservice to teachers. Even before the pandemic, they were on the frontlines doing a job many us of either didn’t want to do or couldn’t do. They were underpaid and under appreciated. Now, with the pandemic, they are truly essential workers, who are still underpaid, but maybe appreciated a little more. Spinning instructors can call themselves instructors, trainers, or class leaders, but they cannot call themselves educators even though they do try to pass on a little wisdom. The instructor in New York City is now going to have to find out how to put the soul back into SoulCycle.