Yoga Strong – Details, episodes & analysis

If you're a teacher or business owner and showing up on social media, this one's for you. 

It can be really hard to create content and share ourselves on social media when cancellation is a real threat. How do we show up authentically? When we make stuff, who are we speaking to, and why? What are our responsibilities to ourselves and others? 

We explore these questions, and more. 

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

Do we inhale or exhale in chair? Why?

Today we're getting nerdy and exploring some of my hot takes on breathing and finding pleasure in chair pose, differences in cueing for flow vs posture practices, and how we can experiment with teaching techniques that help students drop into their bodies more fully. 

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

Steph Alston and Rachel Brooks return for another Studio Owners' Roundtable. Today we dive into benefits of mentorship and partnership, building trust for effective leadership, how to engage community during slow seasons with innovative offerings, what it means to cultivate safety and the freedom to move, and lots more.  

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Rachel, Seeking Space Yoga, and Yin Yoga Space
Steph and Santosha Yoga Collective

Check out previous Roundtable episodes with Rachel and Steph: 271, 263, 255, 236

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

Serenity Messner never thought she’d find her way to strength training, much less own her own gym. Lifting weights feels like the direct opposite of Yoga, but the two practices compliment each other, and both exist to make your life outside of the classroom and outside of the gym better. In this conversation with Serenity, we talk about what it’s like to be a beginner at something, enjoying the lifelong journey of fitness, Serenity’s journey to finding kettlebells, dealing with impostor syndrome, building community through the gym, and how Serenity allows herself to be held and she leads and holds up so many people.

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Produced by: Courtney Mauss

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

I’ve been thinking about wellness lately. As someone who works within the wellness “industry” there is so much to discuss around what it means to be well. You might know, I’ve been dealing with a lot of back pain in recent months, and it’s been a lesson in listening to my body, to what my pain is trying to tell me. If living Yoga Strong is all about the practice of paying attention, how have I been paying attention to my own body and self, the stress and the pain, and everything else wrapped up in that? How can we all find stillness listen to our pain, in order to find out what it is our bodies may want or need that we haven’t been giving voice to. How can we listen, so that we can live our most well lives? 

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I have an offer for you. What if you approached your students without an ask? In situations where someone is walking out during shavasana or following their own flow during your class, instead of looking for an explanation, you talked to your student and simply listened to their experience. When you make people feel seen without demanding anything from them, answers or otherwise, when you listen to their experience, watch how trust grows. We can create space for ourselves, for our students, for the people all around us in and outside of the yoga studio when we prioritize listening. You might be surprised what is built in that space.

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
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You’ve heard me say it a lot, we are so much more than just one thing. And on the journey we’re all on to uncover what it means to be human and to find home within ourselves, we have to slow down. We can’t find connection, with others or ourselves, going a million miles a minute. There is SO much contained in your “true” self, and in order to be seen you have to show up as the truest, most authentic version of you. When you do, you embody a power that is brave and beautiful, and give the people around you to do the same.

Kelly Smith and I talk about finding balance, breaking through self-doubt, building awareness, Yoga Nidra and the 5 koshas, becoming a caretaker, and conscious introspection.

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Produced by: Courtney Mauss

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

There is no single definition of what yoga is, there is no “right” way to practice, and there is no “wrong” way to be a teacher. Yoga is a practice with real depth and breadth, one that we could truly study for our entire lives and still have more to learn. And if there’s one thing I know to be true in this life, it’s that there is more than one way to be right. So if you, as a teacher, or even as a student, are facing impostor syndrome or are afraid of showing up, I want you to know that you can. You do belong in the room, because your voice is important and the way you show up will impact lives more than you could possibly imagine. We need you. I hope to see you in the room.

Come to IRL Flow School in Portland April 2023

Listen to Episode 170 - Developing My Own Spirituality

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

There’s something beautiful, especially as a business owner and entrepreneur myself, about watching another business owner out there owning it, finding success, and redefining who yoga and movement is for (and thats means everyone). Rachel Brooks was a bartender and worked in the service industry for 18 years. After finding yoga, she wanted to create a space for others with late-night and non-traditional schedules to find a place they could practice, too. There is an extraordinary amount of time, and effort, and passion it takes to bring your passions to fruition, and Rachel has worked her ass of to build what she has. What an accomplishment.

Connect with Rachel: Instagram, Yin Yoga Space, SIN Yin Yoga, Seeking Space Yoga

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Produced by: Courtney Mauss

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Listen to Bonnie's other podcast Sexy Sunday HERE

The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

I did something recently for the very first time—I walked out of a yoga class. And I remember the first time it happened in a class I was teaching, too. We might jump to conclusions and start telling ourselves stories of all the things we’re doing “wrong” or how we might be “failing,” but truly, it’s never about us. When I left, it was because of the low-back pain I’ve been dealing with, not how the class was being taught. And wherever, however our students arrive to class, it’s about them. As teachers, we are here to support and guide our students, in the ways that are best for them. It isn’t about us. It’s about them, and helping them find the freedom to flow.

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting. You can listen to more of their music at www.thelightmeeting.com.

Produced by: Courtney Mauss

Weekly stories by email from Bonnie’s HERE

Connect with Bonnie: Instagram, Email (hello@bonnieweeks.com), Website
Listen to Bonnie's other podcast Sexy Sunday HERE

The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner