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I've been Called the Intensive Care Bear.
My personal Journey into Power: I began practicing yoga because I had a boss who I found to be extremely irritating. I made myself a victim of this person's management style and I was an uncomfortable and tightly-wound version of myself.
Someone told me about Power Yoga and I was intrigued because I was promised that this style of yoga "counted" as a workout. While intellectually I understood there were benefits to practicing yoga, I wasn't interested in making the time for it unless it burned a lot of calories.
So, I took some classes. Something weird began to happen. When I practiced Power Yoga (for me, specifically Baptiste Power Yoga), the version of me who left the studio wasn't the same irritable and blaming (and I now see, lost) person as I was when I left my office. To be dramatic, those puddles of sweat I left on my yoga mat saved me from oceans of emotional damage in my life.
One day, as I was contemplating a career change, the teacher casually said "if you love this practice, consider it's time for you to start teaching it." That was it. Commence snowball on steep slope. Once I heard that invitation, I had to become a teacher. So I did.
After some time, and some more training, my inner voice spoke up and I knew I had to share this practice even more. I became a teacher of teachers. In order to be my best for my trainees, I got my training as a Life Coach to inform my coaching of teachers. I also started coaching people who didn't necessarily want to do yoga - but did want something more in their lives (and here's a secret: practicing asana or not, it's ALL yoga).
Out of leading yoga teacher trainings, I saw the opportunity to break out pieces of that work and create programs for people who want to grow in areas of their integrity, self-awareness and accountability - without signing up to become a yoga teacher. And that leads you to being here, reading about me. Hello.
Oh, and that boss, she's not actually irritating. It was me.
Practicing since
2013 (13 years)
Teaching since
2013 (13 years)
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