There are many ideas about whether or not yoga is a religion and I love having conversations that explore all sides of the topic.

In this episode, Troy Hadeed joins to to share his experience as a religious person who practices yoga and how he sees the relationship between them both.

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Troy is a yoga teacher, author, and social entrepreneur who has taught yoga internationally for over 15 years, and has founded several successful businesses, including a hemp store, a waste oil recycling business and a yoga studio. 

He has walked coast-to-coast across central America, navigated the world on a ship, spent prolonged periods in silence and darkness, and is continuously seeking to make sense of the human experience.

Topics:

-How yoga found Troy

-He talks about his unlikely yoga mentor

-What does practicing yoga really mean?

-The embodiment of yoga from a religious standpoint

-The difference between being told of God and knowing God

-Why divinity isn’t religion

-Redefining what God means to a person

-Understanding wrongs done in the name of religion

-How yoga is spiritual but not religious

-Why deepening his relationship to breath felt like praying

-The relationship between yoga and religions like Hinduism

-Why prayer is something we do with our bodies

-How we unconsciously pray for negative things

-What is manifestation?

-Having your yoga and your religion co-exist

-Why improper breathing impacts your relationship to God

-Practicing with intention

-Finding the yoga space or teacher that aligns with your religious goals

-Why Jesus was the embodiment of yoga

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How much do you pay attention to your chakras in your personal life or in your teaching? 

What do they have to do with your emotional and physical wellbeing?

In this lively conversation, Masuda Mohamadi talks all things chakras and shares tips for dealing with imbalances, how you can work with chakra areas to help with emotional struggles, and much more. 

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Masuda Mohamadi is a yoga teacher, teacher trainer, author, and owner of Radiance Yoga studio in Alexandria, Virginia. She has been teaching for over 20 years and he leads classes, workshops, and retreats around the world on yoga, meditation, and the chakras.  She is the author of Unlock the Power of Your Chakras, released in August 2022.

Topics:

-Masuda’s surprising yoga start

-How to manage your own energy in a room full of people

-Becoming aware of your aura

-Why she wrote a book about the chakras

-Overview of each chakra

-How to notice imbalances and how to decide where you need balance

-Masuda shares an exercise for visualizing what is going on in the body

-Why self assessment and discernment is so valuable

-Issues that can show up when chakras are imbalanced

-Getting rid of judgements of your emotions

-Why it’s just as hard to resist sitting with discomfort as it is to work through it

-How resisting your own emotions affects how you deal with other people’s emotions

-The importance of having resources to guide you when working with your chakras

-How her need for a workbook for her teachings led to this book

-Masuda’s favorite chakra

-The importance of love, gratitude, and compassion in her life

-Masuda walks us through a situation and what chakra she would focus on for that scenario

-Connecting to matter and spirit to find alignment

-How posture affects our chakras

-Why you don’t need a weeklong retreat to find balance

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In person yoga is back to stay but that doesn’t mean you should ignore the vast online market.

In this episode, Amanda Kingsmith joins us to share the advantages of having an online presence and some tips for doing it successfully.

Amanda Kingsmith is an RYT500, a yoga business coach, the host and founder of Mastering the Business of Yoga (M.B.Om), the MBOM podcast and is a world traveler. She blends her background in business with her love of yoga help yoga teachers create careers that they are passionate about and that are sustainable. Amanda is also the co-host of The World Wanderers, a podcast on travel and travel as a lifestyle.

Topics:

-Amanda’s first yoga experience

-Common threads in yoga stories

-Why she chose to help yoga pros with their businesses

-How she uses her podcast to learn from others and build her business

-The fast-changing world of social media and online marketing

-Why you might want to still show up online to build a bigger community

-The financial advantages of an online business

-Living the dream with a remote business

-What you learn about your speech habits when you make and edit your own videos

-Why teaching yoga online can make it more accessible for certain populations

-How studios are using hybrid classes to get ahead

-What not to do if you are using a hybrid model for your classes

-Why it’s not too late to take your business online and how to find new clients

-How showing up in videos helps people get to know you

-Having a specific niche to build a worldwide community

-There is no such thing as an “all levels” yoga class

-Unpacking the fears of niching.

-Mistakes you might be making with your online business

-Why you should stop devaluing your online offerings

-What equipment you need to offer online yoga

-Why people will pay more for a boutique yoga experience

-Leaving perfectionism behind so you can get out there if you want to

-Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s experienced product

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Email: info@interoceptiveperformance.com

Music:  The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. 

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