When your family notices the self empowerment that is the product of the habits of ayurveda, they start to get curious about what you’re doing. Alexandra’s partner started to embrace some of the habits that she teaches to her course members and she wanted to figure out how to involve their 11-year-old daughter. What Alexandra has found is that letting your family follow your lead works better than making rules or forcing your habits on others. For children, everything is still an exploration.

As they grow older and are more influenced by their peers, parents have to be consciously creative when it comes to redirecting their attention and values.

Alexandra’s family has embraced family meetings. Family meetings provide a format in which every family member has an equal seat at the table. For Alexandra’s daughter, that meant understanding that with an equal voice, she also assumed an equal level of responsibility and mutual respect. To Alexandra’s delight, she has observed her daughter exhibiting her own values, and she knows she is giving her a strong foundation from which to grow.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How to incorporate family values and family meetings into your home life.
• How to introduce your children to the habits of ayurveda.
• How couples can use the “family meeting” model to improve and strengthen their relationship.

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Alexandra’s website
• Body Thrive
• Yoga Health Coaching
• Values Workshop

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – When your family notices the self empowerment that is the product of the habits of ayurveda, they start to get curious about what you’re doing. Alexandra’s partner started to embrace some of the habits that she teaches to her course members and she wanted to figure out how to involve their 11-year-old daughter. So they started having family meetings.
• 5:00 – Family meetings provide a format in which every family member has an equal seat at the table. When interest in the family meetings started to wane, Alexandra employed Cate’s values workshop to help her family see each other in a new light. For her daughter, that meant understanding that with an equal voice, she also assumed an equal level of responsibility and mutual respect.
• 10:00 – One of the values that Alexandra had identified for herself was nurturance. She recently found her daughter exhibiting that value. Alexandra also has weekly one-on-one values meetings with her partner that she feels helps recalibrate their relationship on a regular basis. Carly also prescribes one-on-one time with her husband that has saved her marriage.
• 15:30 – Carly is also involving her kids in the practices of ayurveda. What Alexandra has found is that letting your family follow your lead works better than making rules or forcing your habits on others.
• 20:10 – For children, everything is still an exploration. As they grow older and are more influenced by their peers, parents have to be consciously creative when it comes to redirecting their attention and values.

Your Favorite Quotes:

• “What an incredible gift that you’re giving your child. Your empowering her to make her own decisions and to reflect on what she really wants in life. And you’re letting her have a seat at the table. You’re inviting her to be seen and heard, and you’re letting her know that she has a voice.” — Carly Banks
• “It’s not about striving all the time, but about finding an even keel.” — Alexandra Kreis
• “To think that this is what my kids consider to be normal, versus what other kids consider to be normal in a day, it just fills me up. I feel like I’m really giving them a strong foundation to grow from.” — Carly Banks

Guest BIO:

Alexandra Kreis is a yoga teacher, ayurvedic lifestyle consultant, wellness masseuse, and yoga health coach. She lives in Berlin, Germany with her partner and their daughter. Since childhood, she has always felt happiest participating in the community while engaging in spiritual discovery in her private time. In the community, Alexandra experiences herself through the reflection of others, while ensuring that she makes time to connect inwards and maintain her roots.

It is, therefore, no coincidence that her professional career has brought her into the deeper layers of self-awareness and self-discovery, while assisting others on their own path.

Connect with Alexandra on her website and her facebook.

As a yoga health coach in training, the last year has been very intense for Tracey. She started Body Thrive in 2017 feeling pretty depleted. She went to the Yogahealer retreat in March 2018 during a time of introspection, knowing that the changes she was experiencing in Body Thrive and YHC meant that she needed to let go of some things in her life that no longer aligned with her identity. What happened during and after the retreat amounted to a deep dive into long-held beliefs, doubts, and shadow issues.

Tracey’s transformation culminated when she was ready to fill her pilot program. She filled 10 spots in one week! She attributes her success to living the habits of Body Thrive.

What Tracey and many other yoga health coaches have found is that Yoga Health Coaching is so much more than a business course. Because we go through the program we are learning to teach, our own personal growth is exponential. If you think YHC might be for you, your first step is talking to Grace.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How personal growth leads to professional success.
• How Yoga Health Coaching evolves our identities.
• How the service provided by yoga health coaches is far more valuable than any “quick fix.”

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Yogahealer Shop
• Catch Yogahealer Black Friday Sweet Deal
• Why it’s Better to Gift Experiences to Evolve
• Yoga Health Coaching

Show Highlights:

• 2:48 – As a yoga health coach in training, the last year has been very intense for Tracey. She started Body Thrive in 2017 feeling pretty depleted. She went to the Yogahealer retreat in March 2018 during a time of introspection, knowing that the changes she was experiencing in Body Thrive and YHC meant that she needed to let go of some things in her life that no longer aligned with her identity. What happened during and after the retreat amounted to a deep dive into long-held beliefs, doubts, and shadow issues.
• 9:30 – Tracey’s transformation culminated when she was ready to fill her pilot program. She filled 10 spots in one week! She attributes her success to living the habits of Body Thrive.
• 14:35 – Yoga health coaching is service. You’re not selling a product. You’re guiding others through a process that facilitates self discovery. Sometimes that can be a hard sell. Not everyone is willing to step outside their comfort zone and put in the work.
• 18:00 – When it comes to the Yoga Health Coaching course, taking the long view is extremely important. Knowing we don’t have to do everything at once or know exactly how things will work out is calming and liberating and allows for our own personal growth. If you think YHC might be for you, your first step is talking to Grace.

Your Favorite Quotes:

• “This process of doing the work . . . you have to do the work; you have to look inside; you have to peel back your layers. And it hurts, and it’s hard . . . but the depth is so beautiful! And what you can uncover, and how you can grow from being in that depth is something that I never could have expected.” — Carly Banks
• “It [yoga health coaching] is service. And it’s service in the most clean way. You’re not buying anything. . . . There’s no quick fix. It’s not easy. You’re creating practices and it’s a process.” — Tracey Thiele
• “I signed up for a program that would help me build a business. What I got was a program that changed my personal life.” — Carly Banks

Prior to YHC, Rachel was working at a job that showcased many of her innate skills: organization, structure, opportunities to speak and to lead. She also owned a brick and mortar yoga studio. She excelled in both businesses, but something wasn’t right. Rachel was working 60+hours a week.

Following the birth of her son, it became obvious that her work schedule would not foster the connection she wanted to build between them. This was the spark… the moment where she accepted something needed to change. She took the leap and enrolled in Yoga Health Coaching.

In this interview, Rachel is super honest about how her mindset can stop her from moving forward. It almost always comes down to fear. But in this community we get comfortable with our fears. We play the edges of them, and seek new truths so we can overcome them.

Three years into her YHC career, Rachel is now making the same income she was while working 60 hours a week, except now she only works 20-25 hours a week. Same money. A THIRD of the hours. Doing work that really fills her up on her own terms. And the flexibility to be with her family whenever she sees fit.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How our fears keep us in our comfort zones.
• How YHC provides the structures and systems we need to be successful.
• How YHC is a platform for both personal and professional growth.

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Yogahealer Shop
• Catch Yogahealer Black Friday Sweet Deal
• Body Thrive
• Yoga Health Coaching

 

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – As moms, sometimes it’s hard to define what a good work/life balance is. For almost 20 years, Rachel worked as a liaison between land management agencies and a local college. She often put in over 40 hours per week. She also owned a yoga studio and taught 8-10 classes per week. After the birth of her son, her heart wasn’t in her work anymore, and she found herself talking more and more about yoga and health.
• 6:50 – Becoming a parent changes your priorities. Even when you’re really good at your job, you might start to wonder whether it still suits your identity and whether it’s in line with your dharma. Rachel realized that in order to do the work she really wanted to do, she had to step out from behind the desk.
• 10:50 – Many of us have been taught that we need a job with a “benefits package.” For Rachel, it was hard to break away from that mindset . . . until she realized that the benefits package wasn’t benefitting her. So she started making a list of all the things that were holding her back, and she began to realize that most of it was fear.
• 16:20 – Identity evolution is an ongoing process. Even after we make a big leap, there is always more work to do; there’s always a next step in our evolution. The 10 habits of Body Thrive help us ease through those transitions.
• 18:20 – Rachel was part of the first group of yoga health coaches. She recalls sitting down with Cate for a strategy session and making a plan. It took Rachel another two and a half years to leave her desk job. But she “followed the breadcrumbs” and put in the work. She no longer works a desk job. She no longer owns a yoga studio. She works between 20 and 25 hours per week and this year her income will be what it was when she left her 40+ hours a week desk job.
• 21:40 – When we learn and practice the habits of Body Thrive, when we do the work in YHC, we start to get really clear on what matters most. We experience personal and professional growth simultaneously.

Your Favorite Quotes:

• “The work that I’d been doing so long . . . became the thing that I hid behind.” — Rachel Peters
• “I still am working on really believing in myself and that I can do this. And that I really can help people.” — Rachel Peters
• “You create new patterns in your thoughts by repeating the new truths to yourself.” — Carly Banks
• “Which one feels better? Fly the desk, or like . . . fly?” — Carly Banks
• “One of the beautiful things of YHC is to learn the steps, that it’s a system and it works.” — Rachel Peters

Guest BIO:

Rachel’s – As a Certified Yoga Health Coach and the Founder of Embody Ease and the Easeful Living Community, Rachel leads women on a yearlong journey to dissolve perfectionism and embody daily habits that promote clarity, ease, and inner connection. She is a wife, mom, and lover of wild places and contributes to her local community as a yoga teacher and teacher trainer in Prescott, AZ she also serves as the leader of the Coaching Team at Yogahealer. Check her website and facebook page.

Prior to YHC, Dana was making $18K teaching 6-8 yoga classes per week. To try to make more money, she would lead a ton of workshops, but that left her exhausted. Dana now works 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Her evenings and weekends are free to spend with her family, and she loves the freedom of creating her own schedule. Yoga Health Coaching also provides Dana with the freedom to travel because she can work from anywhere.

Dana’s success is due in great part to her ability to understand the value of investing and reinvesting in her self and her business skills. Simultaneously, she’s investing in the growth of the people she can serve. Her goal for next year is to double her income.

With an income that exceeds her basic needs, Dana is able to reinvest in her business skills, design the life she wants to give herself and her family, all while leading others to permanent positive change.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Why investing in your business skills is the best investment for you, your family, and the people you serve as a wellness professional.
• How Yoga Health Coaching allows you to design the type of life you want to live.
• How income and impact go hand in hand.

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Dana’s Website
• Body Thrive
• Yoga Health Coaching

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – Carly and Dana live in the same city. Rather than being competitive, they meet up on a bi-weekly basis, share ideas and resources, and collaborate.
• 2:20 – Dana has broken the $100K annual income mark as a yoga health coach! Prior to YHC, Dana was making $18K teaching 6-8 yoga classes per week. To try to make more money, she would lead a ton of workshops, but that left her exhausted. Dana now works 5 hours a day, 5 days a week. Her evenings and weekends are free to spend with her family, and she loves the freedom of creating her own schedule.
• 6:50 – Yoga Health Coaching also provides Dana with the freedom to travel because she can work from anywhere. One of the reasons she set her sights on making more money was so she could travel more, and she has been able to do so this past year. Her goal for next year is to double her income.
• 9:00 – Dana’s success is due in great part to her ability to understand the value of investing and reinvesting in herself and her business skills.
• 11:00 – Inspired by Dana’s success, Carly is setting her sights for her own success higher. She knows that investing in her personal and professional growth is the best investment

Favorite Quotes:

• “It’s a great combination of having the freedom to be in your home and doing your work at your computer on your own time and then also be out in the community and connect.” — Dana Skoglund
• “I’ve continuously realized I need to invest more in being able to share my work with more people. You can’t just be a good teacher to do that. It takes way more than that.” — Dana Skoglund
• “I could continue to just play comfortable, but growth feels way more interesting.” — Carly Banks
• “When we play small, we’re actually stealing from other people because we’re not helping as many people as we could be helping.” — Dana Skoglund

Guest BIO:

Dana Skoglund is a Certified Yoga Health Coach, Yoga teacher, and mother of two rambunctious young boys. She’s been studying Yoga since 2000 and teaching since 2004, and she has over 1,000 hours of training in the styles of Jivamukti, Anusara, and Sridaiva. Her desires to take her health and well-being into her own hands and to learn how to keep her family healthy led her to Ayurveda in 2011.

After implementing daily routines from Ayurveda and noticing the profound impacts they had on her energy and happiness, she began coaching clients into these better body habits in 2013. She aims to inspire others about the importance of health habits in crafting the lives of their dreams. Dana is also deeply passionate about travel, adventure, learning, movement of any kind, and the arts.

Cindy is a mom to two girls. She and her husband own and operate a brick oven pizzeria. She spent the first five years of the business ownership in “survival mode,” getting very little sleep. Her mental health was suffering and she went on a quest to help herself naturally.

She started practicing many of the Body Thrive habits on her own and a friend subsequently told her about the program. Through Body Thrive, Cindy was able to fine tune those habits and improve her health even more.

A lot of the work we do in Yoga Health Coaching revolves around time management and schedule integrity. Cindy has also found that technology skills she has learned such as online calendaring, online schedulers, and web design have streamlined her days and made her life so much easier. Learning the science behind habit-building gave Cindy the “why”s she needed to stick to the changes she was making. Knowing, for example, that neuroplasticity peaks during the hours that we are waking and going to sleep helps Cindy set herself up for successful, positive days.

With Yoga Health Coaching, Cindy is inspired and excited to help other people find their way to natural health.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How Yoga Health Coaching teaches us how to set ourselves up for success.
• How Yoga Health Coaching combines personal thrive with professional thrive.
• How structures and systems lead to massive evolution.

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Body Thrive
• Yoga Health Coaching

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – Cindy is a mom to two girls. She and her husband own and operate a brick oven pizzeria. She spent the first five years of the business ownership in “survival mode,” getting very little sleep. Her mental health was suffering and she went on a quest to help herself naturally. She started practicing many of the Body Thrive habits on her own and a friend subsequently told her about the program. Through Body Thrive, Cindy was able to fine tune those habits and improve her health even more. With Yoga Health Coaching, Cindy is inspired and excited to help other people find their way to natural health.
• 9:00 – A lot of the work we do in Yoga Health Coaching revolves around time management and schedule integrity. Cindy has also found that technology skills she has learned such as online calendaring, online schedulers, and web design have streamlined her days and made her life so much easier.
• 16:45 – Cindy also learned how to set up her environment for who she wants to become next. Moving her workspace from the kitchen table to a proper desk changed her identity. She also learned other tips and tricks for keeping herself organized and on task.
• 23:25 – Learning the science behind habit-building gave Cindy the “why”s she needed to stick to the changes she was making. Knowing, for example, that neuroplasticity peaks during the hours that we are waking and going to sleep helps Cindy set herself up for successful, positive days.
• 28:00 – Cindy’s self awareness has also increased thanks to the habits of Body Thrive. She now feels responsive rather than reactive.

Your Favorite Quotes:

• “We commonly have people who are already ayurvedic practitioners and yogis coming into this program and learning the ten habits of Body Thrive and going, oh my gosh, it’s the structure that precedes the massive evolution.” — Carly Banks
• “When you learn to automate, then you simplify your life.” — Carly Banks
• “We think we can do it with willpower alone, but we need systems.” — Cindy Marshall
• “I don’t want to be reactive; I want to respond, not react.” — Cindy Marshall

Guest BIO:

As an owner of a family restaurant, with experience teaching art for the Art Museum and community art center, Program Director of The Boys and Girls Club, youth development coordinator for a middle school, co-founder and teacher of Girls Rock Camps (teaching girls how to play instruments, write songs then perform to large audiences!) and recently, a teacher to disabled seniors, yoga health coach in training Cindy Marshall gives a lot to her community, her 2 kids, her husband and her siblings.

Through her constant effort over the last few years, she learned the hard way that self care had to move up in the list of priorities if she was going to avoid burnout. She needed to create structures around her time, and her focus on self, that would allow her to do the work she wants to do in the world without losing steam. The habits of Body Thrive have brought her ease in her full days, and she is excited to say that the tools learned in Yoga Health Coaching are really so simple. All you need to do is start. Connect with Cindy on her Facebook page.

Jenny is a spiritual guidance practitioner who has been teaching Enneagram since 2009. Until now, her work was more of a hobby than a career. There was very little structure to what she was doing, and she always felt like she didn’t have enough time. Now in the second quarter of Yoga Health Coaching, Jenny is learning and applying the YHC business structure to her own signature program.

She’s blending the group model with her one-on-one model and loving it!

With more structure to her weeks, Jenny is excited about her work and feels like she now has the time to do all that she needs to do. Her income has tripled. Her workshops are lead generation for her course. And even though she doesn’t teach the habits of Body Thrive, what she’s learning in YHC is directly applicable to her work: how to coach, how to lead dynamic groups, and how to enroll.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How the YHC business structure can benefit anyone offering a wellness course.
• How to adapt the YHC coaching model to your and your clients’ needs.
• How the YHC course provides plenty of opportunities for members to share ideas.

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Yoga Health Coaching
• Body Thrive
• Enneawake

Show Highlights:

• 2:00 – Jenny is in the second quarter of Yoga Health Coaching. She is learning and applying the YHC business structure to her own signature program. Jenny is a spiritual guidance practitioner who has been teaching Enneagram since 2009. Until now, her work was more of a hobby than a career. There was very little structure to what she was doing, and she always felt like she didn’t have enough time.
• 6:35 – Through the habits of Body Thrive, yoga health coaches learn how to structure their days to be more easefully productive. Like many wellness pros, Jenny felt drained by one-on-one sessions with clients. In YHC, we learn how to maximize our time and our impact by working with groups.  Jenny is blending the group model with the one-on-one model and loving it! With more structure to her weeks, Jenny is excited about her work and feels like she now has the time to do all that she needs to do.
• 10:20 – Jenny offers a 9-month group course. Her income has tripled. Her workshops are lead generation for her course. And even though she doesn’t teach the habits of Body Thrive, what she’s learning in YHC is directly applicable to her work: how to coach, how to lead dynamic groups, and how to enroll.
• 15:18 – YHC content isn’t limited to the course work. Live calls and an online forum provide plenty of opportunities for members to share ideas.

Your Favorite Quotes:

• “I think it’s totally adaptable. I’ve just been plugging in my thing. It’s been easy for me.” — Jenny Faulkner Campbell

Guest BIO

Jenny has a Psychology degree from Middlebury College. She has been teaching the Enneagram since 2009, and has been Certified and Authorized by Don Riso and Russ Hudson of the Enneagram Institute.

She also has a Certificate in Spiritual Guidance from Rowe Camp and Conference Center. Jenny offers Enneagram teaching and Spiritual Guidance over the phone, via Skype, or in her office in Holliston. Jenny is available to travel and offer a program designed specifically to meet your needs.

Integrative medicine is an approach to health care that addresses the full range of factors that can affect a person’s health: physical, mental, emotional, environmental, etc. Ayurveda is the perfect complement to allopathic medicine, which focuses very little on the prevention of illness and disease. While health care in the United States is starting to offer more wellness-based services and alternative healing modalities, the delivery is hit or miss and far less meaningful than the work we do as yoga health coaches.

With the implementation of new laws and fear of malpractice, nurses have lost touch with what their scope of practice encompasses. It encompasses teaching and educating the public.  Nurses CAN discuss diet, lifestyle, supplements and medication. So nurses can educate in line with what we learn in Yoga Health Coaching. For nurses, Yoga Health Coaching is a fulfilling return to the reason why they got into nursing in the first place.

Yoga Health Coaches in the medical field can start to bridge the gap between Western medicine and Ayurveda, between a treatment-based system and a prevention-based system. What we learn in Yoga Health Coaching demystifies ayurveda and makes it accessible to everyone.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Why Ayurveda is the perfect complement to allopathic medicine.
• How teaching patients about Ayurveda will  help future generations.
• How Yoga Health Coaching provides nurses with the structure to effectively educate patients and client about the foundations for health.

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

• Join The Fall Yogidetox
• Yoga Health Coaching
• Body Thrive

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – Integrative medicine is an approach to health care that addresses the full range of factors that can affect a person’s health: physical, mental, emotional, environmental, etc.
• 2:15 – Annette Schellnbarger worked as a bedside nurse for over a decade. She discontinued her work a couple of years ago in order to complete her training as an Ayurvedic Practitioner. She sees ayurveda as the perfect complement to allopathic medicine, especially in the area of mental health.
• 3:55 – Nancy Plunkett has been a hospital nurse for over 22 years. What she noticed about allopathic medicine was how little emphasis was placed on prevention. As a yoga health coach, she now feels a sense of fulfillment because she is able to help people prevent illness and disease. Her fear is that as an R.N., she’s not able to treat or diagnose anything, so she’ll have to be careful with how she approaches her patients.
• 6:30 – With the implementation of new laws and fear of malpractice, nurses have lost touch with what their scope of practice encompasses. It encompasses teaching and educating the public.  Nurses CAN discuss diet, lifestyle, supplements and medication. So nurses can educate in line with what we learn in Yoga Health Coaching.
• 10:00 – For nurses, Yoga Health Coaching is a fulfilling return to the reason why they got into nursing in the first place. Nancy is hopeful that she and other Yoga Health Coaches in the medical field can start to bridge the gap between Western medicine and Ayurveda, between a treatment-based system and a prevention-based system. That will require educating and collaborating with medical doctors.
• 18:10 – Teaching patients who are being treated for disease or illness about the wisdom of ayurveda will help that wisdom filter down to future generations who may be able to avoid the disease process. What we learn in Yoga Health Coaching demystifies ayurveda and makes it accessible to everyone.
• 25:35 – If you are in a medical field, Yoga Health Coaching provides you with the structure to teach your patients or clients the foundations for health. While health care in the United States is starting to offer more wellness-based services and alternative healing modalities, the delivery is hit or miss and far less meaningful than the work we do as yoga health coaches.

Your Favorite Quotes:

• “There are so many laws, and we have been put in such a place of fear that we have lost touch with what is our scope of practice. And our scope of practice involves teaching and educating the public.” — Annette Schellenbarger
• “We have to allow people to be in charge of their health because what we’re ultimately doing is teaching them how to become self aware.” — Annette Schellenbarger
• “This is the fulfilling part of Yoga Health Coaching for me is that I can do what I was supposed to do in the first place, what I was taught to do.” — Nancy Plunkett
• “Imagine if we can teach those people who are acute about disease prevention, then in another generation or two, that knowledge will carry down.” — Paige Pearman
• “As a nurse . . . , I have worked with very, very ill people. And 80% of the reason why they’re there, even the cancer patients, were due to lifestyle and food choices. Every single one of them. And so ayurveda to me was like this lifeline.” — Annette Schellenbarger

Guest BIO:

 Paige Pearman is an Ayurvedic Health Counselor through the California College of Ayurveda and Yoga Health Coach.

Internationally known Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, Marma Therapist, Herbal Rasayanist, Registered Nurse, Massage Therapist, and Registered Yoga Teacher, Annette Shellenbarger, is the original founder of Chandra Ayurveda.

Annette brings long-term balance and health to her clients that range from next-door neighbors to yogis in Europe. Annette is also a leader in bridging Western and Eastern healing modalities, and restoring Ayurveda to its authentic, spiritual and most effective roots, and is an innovator in applying Ayurveda as a complimentary system of well being, wellness and health.

Annette works with western doctors to support clients and provide a well rounded, holistic system of healing. Annette teaches and lectures at yoga studios, hospitals, community centers, and has a successful online program teaching Ayurveda to medical professionals, health coaches, yoga teachers, Registered Dietitians, and functional medicine doctors.

Nancy Plunkett is a registered nurse, yoga teacher, yoga health coach, yoga nidra facilitator, Take A Breath facilitator, and facilitator on yoga sailing retreats.

Mariko is a yoga teacher, yoga therapist and yoga health coach who has been running her own business since 2006. The habits of Body Thrive have made it easier to strike a balance between work life and home life, between caring for others and self care. By waking before dawn to practice self care, Mariko is able face each day with a positive mindset.

Body Thrive and Yoga Health Coaching help us understand who we are and get grounded in our being. We refine our days and find time for learning and creativity. And there is no endgame. We continue to grow and deepen our practice. We’re not satisfied with “good enough.”

Our goal is “extraordinary.”

If you’re done with “good enough” and ready for “extraordinary,” have a conversation with one of our coaches.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Why “good enough” is no longer good enough.
• How the habits of Body Thrive make it easier to strike a balance between self care and caring for others.
• How Yoga Health Coaches find time for learning and creativity while working and caring for their families.

Links Mentioned in Your Episode:

• Yogidetox
• Mariko Yoga
• Yoga Health Coaching
• Awake Living

Show Highlights:

• 2:00 – Since going through Body Thrive, Mariko has aligned her daily activities with the Ayurvedic, or “dosha,” clock in order to maximize her days. She wakes before dawn to practice self care and do some creative journaling. This enables her to face each day with a positive mindset.
• 8:45 – Mariko has been running her own business since 2006. Ayurveda, and particularly dinacharya, makes it easier to strike a balance between work life and home life, between caring for others and self care.
• 11:04 – Having a predominantly vata constitution and having moved from Tokyo to Singapore to London, establishing a daily routine was key to Mariko feeling grounded and focused.
• 13:47 – Body Thrive and Yoga Health Coaching help us understand who we are and get grounded in our being. We refine our days and find time for learning and creativity. And there is no endgame. We continue to grow and deepen our practice.

Favorite Quotes:

• “We talk with Cate [Stillman] about the difference between having a life that’s good enough and having a life that’s extraordinary, and I feel like this Ayurvedic shift is the difference.” — Carly Banks
• “Cate talks about spanda, meaning pulsation. . . . In my mind, balance is like this: an infinity mark. If you go to one extreme, you come back to center, and you go to the other extreme and come back to center. You need both, don’t you? All work is not good. All play is not good.” — Mariko Lavender Jones
• “I believe there is no really final end, you know? It’s always changing. We are always changing.” — Mariko Lavender Jones

Guest BIO:

 Mariko discovered her passion for yoga in 1995. After relocating from Tokyo to Singapore in 2002, Mariko gained her ‘Diploma in Teaching the Science and Art of Yoga’, certified by Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda, under the guidance of Sri A G Mohan. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, yoga was a key influence in her journey to recovery.

Mariko continues to study under guidance of her teachers and mentors and completed one the most comprehensive level of yoga therapist training at Functional Synergy Yoga Therapy in June 2016, which is accredited by the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Now living in London, Mariko teaches Therapeutic yoga privately, as well as Hatha and Yin group yoga classes, both in English and Japanese. Connect with Mariko on her website and Facebook page.

Chantel started traveling at the age of 22. For 12 years, she explored the world. Life was good, but yet, something was amiss. She eventually realized that with all of her traveling, she was having trouble connecting to her inner rhythm. Like many of us, Chantel was settling for feeling “good” or “okay,” until she started to suspect the potential for more. Even while studying and teaching ayurveda in India, she had trouble applying and transferring the knowledge in a way that was relatable, digestible, and DOable.

Chantel’s experience in Body Thrive gave her the tools she was missing for thrive. Her life went from super cool to incredible. She’s grounded, clear, and able to receive (and to pass on) the ancient traditions of Ayurveda and yoga using tools so simple to implement, her body is breathing sighs of relief. She knows now that all of her experiences prepared her for Yoga Health Coaching.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How Body Thrive makes the habits of Ayurveda simple and digestible.
• How the Body Thrive habits free up time and energy and allow us to get beyond the stress of day to day living.
• How Body Thrive teaches us what our bodies already know.

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Body Thrive
• Yoga Health Coaching
• Living Ayurveda

Show Highlights:

• 2:00 – Chantel started traveling at the age of 22. For 12 years, she explored the world. Part of her time was spent in India, learning ayurveda and yoga. She eventually realized that with all of her traveling, she was having trouble connecting to her inner rhythm. She knows now that all of her experiences prepared her for Yoga Health Coaching.
• 5:30 – Like many of us, Chantel was settling for feeling “good” or “okay,” until she started to suspect the potential for more. Even while studying and teaching ayurveda in India, she had trouble applying and transferring the knowledge in a way that was relatable and digestible. She found that Body Thrive does that in a way that taps in to what our bodies already know.
• 10:00 – Rather than taking up more time, the habits of Body Thrive free up time and create space for us to get beyond the stress of daily living. Chantel has found a different, easeful mindset with her daily self care routine. She feels lighter and clearer. Even on the occasions when she strays from the habits, she’s able to bounce back quickly. And the longer she continues to practice the habits, the more insightful she is about what makes her body feel its best.
• 16:50 – Body Thrive has changed Chantel’s relationship with food. She no longer feels controlled by the highs and lows of blood sugar, and she’s grateful for the more relaxed approach she takes toward eating.

Favorite Quotes:

• “If I did not have the basic, foundational habits of an Ayurvedic lifestyle under my belt, there is no way that I could run a business. I couldn’t show up for myself the way that I need to. I couldn’t show up for my family. Couldn’t find balance. Couldn’t honor my priorities.” — Carly Banks
• “I do know that that movement and that lack of having any structure or rhythm in my daily life really kind of ran havoc on my body.” — Chantel Alcaraz
• “I was settling for ‘good’ when there’s really much more potential.” — Chantel Alcaraz
• “We already know these things. We just forgot how to be in rhythm because we’re so busy.” — Chantel Alcaraz

Guest BIO:

Chantel Alcaraz is the founding owner and mentor at Abhasa Yoga and Wellness in Mosier, Oregon. She took her first yoga class at the age of 18, resisting each and every moment.

She wanted to run, or hike or bike, not just sit and “waste” her time on the mat. Fifteen years later, Chantel can’t imagine her life without her practice, her awareness and understanding, her love for nature. She sees herself in the world and the world in herself. That is what aims to share.

Carly went through her first round of Body Thrive while working two jobs and raising two young children. Six months later, she had lost 35 pounds and was keeping it off. She felt better in her body and was better equipped to handle her day-to-day life. For Carly, the self care she learned in Body Thrive had to come first, before she could even consider starting her own business as a yoga health coach.

At the age of 52, Carolyn has worked in farming, banking, retail, and dental assisting. She retired this past February to focus on her health and her dharma. Carolyn gained 20 pounds following a knee surgery. Body Thrive helped her get back to where she was pre-surgery and has eliminated aching and cracking joints, which she had experienced for several years. Carolyn is picking up more and more self care habits with each round of Body Thrive and has found that her body responds well to intermittent fasting.

Having solidified her habits and her health in the Living Ayurveda course, Carolyn has her sights set on upleveling her dharma in Yoga Health Coaching.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Why Body Thrive is a prerequisite for finding your dharma.
• How physical self care leads to easeful living.
• Why putting off self care until retirement is the WRONG approach.

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Body Thrive
• Yogidetox
• Yoga Health Coaching

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – For Carly, the self care she learned in Body Thrive had to come first, before she could even consider starting her own business as a yoga health coach. Carolyn gained 20 pounds following a knee surgery. Body Thrive helped her get back to where she was pre-surgery and has eliminated aching and cracking joints, which she had experienced for several years. Having completed the Living Ayurveda course, her next goals include building her self confidence as she begins the Yoga Health Coaching course.
• 3:30 – At the age of 52, Carolyn has worked in farming, banking, retail, and dental assisting. She retired this past February to focus on her health and her dharma.
• 8:00 – Carly went through Body Thrive while working two jobs and raising two young children. Six months later, she had lost 35 pounds and was keeping it off. She felt better in her body and was better equipped to handle her day-to-day life. But it doesn’t all happen at once, and we sometimes experience setbacks. In Body Thrive, we implement small steps toward better self care with the support of our online community.
• 10:00 – Carolyn is picking up more and more self care habits with each round of Body Thrive and has found that her body responds well to intermittent fasting.

Favorite Quotes:

• “That’s the kind of mindset that we get, right? You’re going to go to work. And you’re just going to work and just do it and keep pushing until you reach that moment where you can retire and then you’re going to focus on self and then you’re going to relax. Well, sometimes before you even get to that point of relaxation, your body runs out of steam because you’re pushing too hard. You’re not listening to it.” — Carly Banks
• “My circumstances had not changed whatsoever. But the way I felt inside my body and my ability to function and take on responsibility had amplified tenfold.” — Carly Banks, (post Body Thrive)