Classes in a studio and it was rough at the start. Had to overcome what I saw as the absurdity of it all. Only man in the room and basically twice the age of all the other (female, mind you) students.
Teacher was massively supportive and said to ignore all of that and there was no judgment. She just stressed the importance of being consistent.
Easily in the top five decisions of my life. That’s how impactful it’s been.