Yoga2life Radio

Becky Center & guest cohost, Kim Hess-Stone discuss community and the role it plays in our lives and our practice. Recently Kim became very aware of her community after a period in her life when she felt that she wasn't plugged into a community. In re-evaluating her business, Kim wanted to make sure that community was a huge part of her new direction. To commune with other like-minded people and exchange ideas and share experiences - that creates a tribe! Your community can be your support system and can keep you grounded and accountable.  

Becky Center & guest cohost, Kim Hess-Stone discuss another layer of customizing your yoga practice. Since we're using sailing and adventure comparisons in this series, today's topic centers around adapting your yoga practice to your adventure, in other words, adjusting your sails! At this stage, being committed to your practice and using your creativity, we can really have some fun! Being flexible in your life will help you adapt your practice to any circumstances and make sure you are staying connected to your practice! "When you are sailing along the course you have charted, just one degree of drift from the course can drastically alter your course and change your destination." - Kim Hess-Stone   Action Challenge: Spend some time in meditation and then journal about the following questions:   What goals have you let goal because you were stuck in your comfort zone? What might you achieve if you agree to commit, create and adapt to challenges?   Connect with Kim Hess-Stone at www.tropic

Becky Center & guest cohost, Kim Hess Stone discuss how you can take focused action to propel you to achieving your dreams. You "raise the anchor" by identifying the things that are holding you back. Fear is a big weight to hold us down, so it must be dealt with. Fear will never just disappear on its own. You have to come together to dispel this fear with intention so that you can move forward. Clear intention + right action = your desired results.   "The winds of grace are always blowing, all you have to do it raise your sails." - Shri Rama Krishna    Action Challenge: Meditate and journal on what is your anchor that is holding you back. What can you do right now to get you to your goals? Take action on that.   Connect with Kim at www.tropicalyogaandsailingadventures.com and get a complimentary session to check your plan for raising your sails. 

Becky Center & guest cohost, Kim Hess-Stone discuss how to chart your course for your yoga practice. In fully embracing the sailing metaphor in this discussion, the first part of charting your course is to set your intention. It's been said that "where the eyes go, the body will follow", and likewise, without your eyes set on a goal or intention in your yoga practice, you will not make progress to achieve your goal. Knowing why you are practicing yoga will help you chart a very intentional course for your practice.   "Having your clear intention prepares you for any obstacles or opportunities that arise.." ~ Kim Hess-Stone   Action Challenge: Take time to visualize your destination with yoga. Are you clear or is there doubt? Then meditate on your intention and what considerations need to be allowed for. Journal your responses.   Connect with Kim and her Yoga Onboard programs at www.tropicyogaandsailadventures.com.

Becky Center & guest cohost, Rachel Wainwright discuss the idea of paradise. Everyone wants to live in paradise and rather than being just a physical location, paradise is more of a state of mind than a destination. We can create a life enhancing experience that lives in your mind and isn't an experience or a destination that you can goto and then leave togo home. We want paradise to be all the things that fill your soul! This is the way to have your life be a sustainable paradise. "You can repattern your mind by implementing change in your life. A yoga retreat is the perfect way to get a new pattern established to create a soul schedule." ~Rachel Wainwright Action Challenge: Journal about the things that really make you happy. Discover what makes you happy and figure out a time commitment everyday where you can devote time to doing what makes you happy. Then make a schedule that incorporates all that makes you happy and hold yourself accountable to keep those commitments. Connect with Rachel Wainwright a

Taking a moment to ground yourself can be a helpful practice. Today Brady walks us through a visualization that's designed to not only ground your energy, but to also help you cut the cords of the things that are depleting you and no longer serving you. Releasing all of those things will help preserve your energy and your light. You can connect with Brady at www.BradyCrews.com!

Brady Crews is here to discuss how yoga has changed every aspect of her life. From being scattered and indecisive, having no direction and fearful, to being in touch with her feelings and having a sense of purpose, yoga is the centering force of Brady's life. Brady never considered all that she really was - a leader, compassionate, love, etc. prior to her yoga practice. The growth Brady experienced through trying different paths helped her comfort zone expand and taught her valuable lessons on the path that got her one step closer to yoga. "Once you get even a glimpse of who you are, you begin to have direction in your life." ~Brady Crews Connect with Brady at www.BradyCrews.com!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Rachel Wainwright discuss the difference that a like-hearted community can impact your life. Rachel experiences this amazing feeling of community and like-heartedness when she is at one of her yoga retreats. The supportive roles that the yoga community plays in the lives of each other is able to be received infinitely better because it is like-hearted, soul felt, and almost a feeling of tribe. As our lives increasingly happen in the online world, the real relationships and community that we have become even more important. "If you are with someone and you ask how they are, you can pick upon all of the verbal and non-verbal queues to really assess how they are and what support they may need in that moment, and that is something that just can't happen in online relationships." ~Rachel Wainwright Action challenge: Identify people in your circle who you consider your like-hearted community. Connect with Rachel Wainwright at www.ExhaleYogaRetreats.com!

Neill Williams shares how she started going to yoga as a self-care gift to herself, and eventually became so much more than just "me time". Through yoga, her thought patterns changed, which led to her actions changing, and of course, her whole life changed. Neill's life revolved around her high stress job and the closer she moved towards yoga and being centered, the more she realized that her life in its current state wasn't working for her. She then set out to fill the gap between the live we have and the live we want. "We have a definition of success and what success looks like, until we achieve it. We can't expect our past to create our future." ~Neill Williams Connect with Neill at www.NeillWilliamsCoaching.com and check out Neill's Default to Deliberate Boot Camp.

Becky Center & guest cohost, Rachel Wainwright discuss authenticity. Being authentic is being courageous. Being courageous is dancing naked with complete vulnerability. Growing up in a tough environment with very masculine energy didn't suit her sensitive side, and the message imprinted on her psyche was to mask her feelings. Accessing vulnerability and authenticity came into Rachel's life through yoga. Now, her purpose in life is to bring this authenticity and vulnerability to others, through yoga retreats. "I wanted to learn effective ways to help others help themselves dive deeper. That's what I see in my students on and off the mat - the desire to dive deeper." ~ Rachel Wainwright Action Challenge: Take a look at the pages of your journal that we wrote last week about your "awesome" or fabulous life. find the part that feels the best to you and be brave enough togo out and share it with one other person. Connect with Rachel Wainwright at www.ExhaleYogaRetreats.com and be sure to check out the upc

The Hawaiian's call breath the "Ha" - the Divine Breath of Life. Today Ariel shares with us this breathing practice to help you be fully embodied and rooted in your breath. This practice has been extremely beneficial to Ariel so she wanted to share it with you!

Ariel Olivier has found that yoga helps her maintain balance in her life as she embraces the uncomfortable parts of her life. As a new mother, Ariel's life has been filled with discomfort, so being able to sit with that discomfort long enough to truly be comfortable. Ariel has had some really big initiations in her life, the biggest of which was becoming a Mother. In addition, she is now able to embrace leadership and other aspects that she had previously disassociated from. Using nature as her sanctuary, Ariel is able to remain calm and grounded no matter her circumstances. Ariel dives deep into the turning point of her life that happened when she was 22. "I had to surrender my attachment to all of my ideals, and I had to embrace the pain and discomfort. I have a very deep reverence for my body now." ~Ariel Olivier Connect with Ariel Olivier at www.MatriarchOfMagic.com and check out her virtual women's circle!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Rachel Wainwright discuss breath and especially the exhale portion of the breath. So much of life is spend waiting for the exhale and waiting for the next thing to happen, so taking a deeper look at this aspect of breath is helpful. Rachel has such a strong connection to the exhale, that she named her business Exhale Yoga Retreats. So, the exhale has been an empowering part of Rachel's journey and she's sharing it all with us today. "Having your gratitude cycle through your mind first thing in the morn-ing and the last thing in the evening really makes a difference in your psyche and helps anchor you in that gratitude. " ~Rachel Wainwright Connect with Rachel Wainwright at www.ExhaleYogaRetreats.com and be sure to check out the upcoming Yoga2Life Coaching Training in Bali!

Rachel Wainwright shares with us a moving meditation that she incorporates into her daily practice. Using this meditation to become aware of your breath and bring attention to your heart, you can clear your mind and refocus your attention and truly feel freedom through movement. Connect with Rachel at www.ExhaleYogaRetreats.com!

Rachel Wainwright shares how yoga allows her to explore her inner self. The journey into her being has taken her into a community that shares her experiences. Rachel describes her initial resistance to yoga because of the healing that needed to take place within her. With enough persistent practice and a supportive community, Rachel finally feels most at home through yoga. "I grew up in competitive sports and was always compared to others and everything was about winning or losing. When I found yoga, I found that journey into my self and I felt like I had arrived home." ~Rachel Wainwright Connect with Rachel at www.exhaleyogaretreats.com and plan on joining a retreat!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Lynnie Long discuss their upcoming trips to Bali. They are both planning month long trips that happen to have a few weeks of overlap. These trips are a manifestation of intention, and seeing this trip come together perfectly illustrates the 3 Pillars of Life by Design. Listen as Becky and Lynnie share how the 3 Pillars manifested as they set their intentions on Bali. "I had to accept that I didn't have the answers and I was uncertain how the life I wanted was going to come to fruition. I had to give up what I considered security for the unknown. I had to give up the security in order to be free." ~Lynnie Long Connect with Lynnie at www.LynnieLong.com and schedule a FREE consultation to design your life!

Beta Shad introduces essential oils into her meditation. The essential oils help you visualize the life you want and the feelings that you would want to have while living that life. Using Clary Sage for clarity and Bergamot or Thyme for self-acceptance and letting go, we embark on a journey to the life you desire. It's within your grasp in just 5 minutes! Connect with Beta Shad at www.LivingTidy.com!

After having a Thai Yoga Massage, Beta Shad experienced a magical transformation. The process of giving and receiving that is involved in a Thai Yoga Massage is powerful and forms a connection between the giver and the receiver. There is an entire service around your Thai Yoga Massage session that refreshes and cleanses your mind. "Thai Yoga Massage is about connection to your intuition and allowing it to flow in a natural way." ~Beta Shad Connect with Beta Shad at www.LivingTidy.com!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Lynnie Long discuss the third step of Life by Design, which is action. Building on the foundation of awareness and acceptance, our action is going to be thoughtful and well planned. Gone are the days of frenzied action that is all over the place and serves no real purpose. Today we are getting laser focused on the action that will get us closer to moving forward in the life we desire. "Making a decision to take action is where it all starts for me. Action has to be rooted in an element of progress, not busy-ness." ~Lynnie Long Connect with Lynnie at www.LynnieLong.com and schedule a free consultation to design your life!

Chelsea Marie Hill leads us through a meditation today that releases us from the physical realm and instead is focused more on the inner aspect of yoga than the physicality. The only goal of the physical practice is to have a strong, stable body that is able to sit comfortably to hear the inner wisdom from your body and your heart. Connect with Chelsea at www.ChelseaMarieHill.com!