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Giana and Dee are back together, reflecting on their recent 30-day Deepen Your Practice yoga challenge and the lessons that unfolded—on and off the mat. This isn’t just a conversation about yoga postures—it’s about the kind of transformation that starts with intention and ripples into every area of life.
They kick things off by talking about mindful consumption—from collagen to coffee—and how being more intentional with what we buy, eat, and support can become a powerful practice of wellness.
Then, they dive into what made this yoga challenge so impactful, including the unexpected ways it brought them (and nearly 50 participants) back to the heart of the practice. Giana and Dee share how even experienced yoga teachers walked away with brand-new insights, reminding us all that we’re never done learning or growing.
This experience has sparked something new: The Embodied Yogi, a 12-week mentorship for teachers and students who want to live their practice beyond the poses. If you’ve been craving more depth, more connection, and more real-life integration, you’ll want to hear what’s coming.
This episode is for anyone who’s curious about what it means to practic yoga beyond the poses, make conscious choices, and plant seeds of change—starting from the inside out.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to the Nearly Enlightened Podcast, a
high-vibe toolbox designed tohelp you connect to your body,
mind and spirit.
I'm your host, gianna Giruso,and I'm here to share tools,
conversations and insights tohelp you on your journey of
self-discovery.
This podcast is all aboutexploring what it means to live
a conscious, connected andnearly enlightened life, because
(00:22):
the truth is, the answersaren't outside of us, they're
already within.
Let's dive in B welcome back.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Thank you, thank you, muchas gracias.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
B is joining me today .
So we just wrapped up like Iguess two weeks almost two weeks
ago now we wrapped up our 30day deepen your practice
challenge and we've kind of hadtime to integrate.
And now we're on the other sideand we have like tons of news
to share.
We certainly do.
First I just want to say so forany of you who watched my
(00:59):
social media earlier I am tryingout the carnivore Aurelius
coffee and this is like a hugedeal for me.
Actually it is huge for you.
I cannot handle caffeine like it.
I think I'm already a naturallylike high energy person.
So when you just like addcaffeine to me, it's just like
(01:19):
I'm off the wall.
But after finishing like thatwas a pretty big cup Like I
think there was like almost twocups in there, and so now I've
finished the coffee, I feelsteady energy and I don't know
if it's because I added thecollagen to it, so it had like a
little bit of substance, but Idon't have that jittery feeling
and maybe it's just like yet,maybe it like hasn't hit me yet,
(01:42):
but usually by now it wouldalready have like started to
affect me.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
I'm happy to report that my palms are dry would you
report back to me how you sleeptonight?
I?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
know I will, I will um.
So no sweaty palms.
I don't feel jittery, I don'tfeel anxious, my heart's not
fluttering and like maybe itjust like hasn't fully hit yet,
but I also had it on an emptystomach.
So, whenuttering and like maybeit just like hasn't fully hit
yet, but I also had it on anempty stomach.
So when I do that, usually itjust like it hits me hard.
It yeah, um, but yeah.
(02:15):
So right now I feel good, Ifeel like steady, steady energy
and I actually like love thesmell of coffee and like love
the taste of it.
So so I'm I'm kind of excitedif this works for me.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
I'm excited to hear, and I think I think it is a good
idea to put collagen in it,though, especially because I
hope you had some water in yourbelly before.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Okay, yes, as a gut health person, I'm going to tell
you, I hope you had water firstyes, uh, this morning I drank
probably close to like 30 ouncesbefore that, so I'm definite
well, I don't know if I'm wellhydrated because I sweat and I
had two back-to-back classesthis morning, so yeah, it's hot
here finally, and then also likejust share.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I loved because I asked you where he gets the
beans from and you said I thinkthat's important to share.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
I think it's Costa Rica.
I'm not 100% sure.
I would assume.
I would assume, honestly, likeI just want him to come on the
podcast so bad and he's likevery against podcasts.
But I want to have him on sobad because I like watched his
social media over the lastcouple of months and he's been
at the farms and they're small,family owned farms.
(03:27):
It's fair trade, it's organic,it's tested for myotoxins and
heavy metals.
It's like honestly, one of thebest on the market that you
could best coffees on the marketthat you can get.
And his collagen is also like Ifully stand by by his collagen,
um, and I never wanted to be anaffiliate for anyone unless I
(03:49):
was like like really used theirproduct back to their product.
And I've been using hiscollagen for over a year now.
I think over a year, um, likewhenever he launched.
It is when I started it andlike I noticed a difference
right away and a lot of itwasn't necessarily like a
physical feeling, but like mylips were plumper.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I was just great hair .
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yes, thank you, and so yeah, I really love his
collagen.
It's tasteless, it dissolvesreally well.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
And he's actually like I, like.
I follow him as well, and Ifeel like the way he also
promotes a lot of his productstoo is like he's very conscious
and I know like the collagen isfrom like grass finished or
grassfed and finished yep paddleit's glyphosate free, which is
(04:45):
huge.
That is huge, um because yeah alot of the colleges on the
market don't even think aboutthose things, or people who
consume them won't even thinkabout that being even a thing.
And I think even too, like, ifthe coffee beans are from
central america, as you said,like, like if they are from
(05:05):
Costa Rica, like we were justtalking about, I can tell you
from experience because I'vespent a lot of time in Costa
Rica the Ticos are very, very.
They have such incredibleenvironmental education and the
farming there.
Like I've been to coffee farmsthere, like I can back up what
(05:28):
you're sharing right now fromactual experience and then
living where I do live.
We have tons of coffee farmsaround here, unfortunately, are
they as environmentallyconscious as Costa Ricans?
I will tell you I don't thinkso.
Are there coffee farms herethat exist in Panama that are
organic?
Yes, but I feel like Costa Rica, just as a population as a
(05:51):
whole.
I would have my own personalopinion to say that I would
trust that.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, I mean I love that he tests for heavy metals
and his collagen and it's one ofthe lowest that you can find on
the market.
That's really important to meand like knowing what I know
about cacao, which is verysimilar to coffee.
Yeah, a plant that helps tolike clean and cleanse the soil.
(06:19):
So like your fruit is going totake on whatever is in the soil,
so I think that Any produce,any produce yeah.
So it's important to like knowthese things and and to start
talking about them.
So I'm super excited about itIf I find a coffee that I can
drink.
Like I don't think I'd ever beto the point where I'm like
(06:41):
addicted to coffee and like Ican't wake up without it, cause
like um, I've just never reallybeen that person, even though,
like in high school, I probablydrank over 32 ounces of coffee a
day.
It was like kind of insane.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Oh honey, I was.
I was like give me a dunk dunks.
I was like I will have an extralarge French vanilla with extra
, extra, like the things that.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
I used to consume I am.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
So if I could talk to my younger self.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
I know same, but it was like it was these things
that we were just conditioned tolike, accept and like this is
the way society is, and like Imean coffee has, because I'm
Italian, like coffee has alwaysbeen.
It's like part of the culture,right, um, and like we started
drinking coffee like kind ofyoung.
It was like, oh yeah, take asip of the espresso.
(07:29):
Like my grandmother used toliterally make us cappuccinos.
We were so little, but that wasjust like.
I know it's funny, but it wasjust.
It was like the way we got ourmilk.
Like I don't think I drank milk.
I don't think I drank milk.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I don't think I drank milk, unless it was in
something.
You didn't have.
Chocolate milk, you just hadcappuccino.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
I had steamed milk over an espresso.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Oh my God, that's too good.
I love that.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
But it was like it is part of the culture.
So when I couldn't drink coffeeanymore, I was like I'm very
sad about it.
So this is this exciting stuff,but I don't think I would be.
Like you know, I don't agreeLike you should start your day
off with the stimulant rightaway.
But there are so many studiesabout coffee being I mean, it's
full of antioxidants Like ifyou're buying good quality
(08:19):
coffee, it actually isn't badfor you.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
No, I don't.
I agree with you.
I think it just gets abused.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
And that's like we love to do here in the States.
We like to take everything andtake it to the extreme.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Yeah, and I think, even like just with anything and
this is like opening a can ofworms, we don't really need to
go there but with any, withanything really like, especially
supplements and stuff, I thinkat this day and age, like you
just have to be careful and youhave to like it's an incredible
the fact to know where it'sactually sourced from and to be
able to trust.
That I think is huge and I thinkhe does a really, I think he
(08:56):
does a really good job promotinghimself and promoting you know
why it's good for you where itcomes from and to be able to.
You know that's a smallbusiness and to be able to
support something like that andthe fact you're an affiliate to
something like that and to sharewith people is important.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
It is and um like, I believe that we vote with our
dollars every single day, andthat's why it's important to me
to buy the best produce tosupport the brands that are out
here doing the work so like, andthe local people.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Yeah, yeah, especially like that's one thing
I really miss about being inNew England is, like you know,
summer and fall, like theharvest, and supporting CSAs and
all that kind of stuff.
And I think you know where I amand what I do.
Like we just tried to run anevent yesterday where people
come out to the farm where I'mmanaging a greenhouse and they
(09:49):
pick their own produce, you know, cause CSA doesn't really exist
here, um, where I am at least,and it just it's to be able to
put a face to what is whatyou're consuming, or well, in
his case you can't really put aface to it, but like we can put
an instagram account yeah, to beable to like meet the farmer or
(10:10):
to know where things come from,I think is huge, especially as
a mom, or just you know, orsomeone who's health conscious.
I think it's.
It's really important at thisday and age that people jump on
that train, and I will screamthat from the mountaintops same
because it it makes a difference.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
It really it makes a huge difference and like, like
you said, being in new England,I'm really blessed.
I have a bunch of cattle farmsaround and it's really easy to
get local meat here and that issuch a blessing and it was
something that I really take forgranted when I was living in
Arizona.
I like fully knew what I hadwhen I was living there and I
(10:48):
loved it because we had multiplegrowing seasons.
Like everyone thinks the desertit's like dry and barren, but
that's very far from what it is.
And, same thing, we had a lotof farms around us.
They actually have like butchershops there, which I think are
few and far between now.
Like everyone just thinks weget our meat from the
supermarket, um, but going backto that, like oh no, I go to the
(11:11):
supermarket or the farmer'smarket for my produce and then I
literally go to the butchershop for my meat.
Like I loved that.
Like, uh, the butcher shop thatwas near me in Arizona, they
would, it was a whole animalbutcher shop, so they would get
the arizona.
They would, it was a wholeanimal butcher shop, so they
would get the whole entireanimal in, nose to tail, nose to
tail, and they would processevery single thing themselves.
(11:33):
But they also cut down on theirwaste because they would make
things like stocks and brothsand, um, sausages and like very
little goes to waste.
And I think that that'simportant because when you do
talk about it from thesupermarket standpoint, there's
a lot of waste there, a lot ofthat animal is getting tossed.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
It's interesting to hear you say that, because where
I am in Panama, we have, when Igo to the supermarket, they
have cow tongue, heart, feet,anything, anything.
You can find cow stomach there.
You can find nose to tail inthe supermarkets here, because
it's part of the culture, theydon't waste, because out in the
(12:14):
countryside, like here, we like,we see that was it weird for me
at first.
Oh yeah, um, but like you cango there and I know people who
go there to ask for bones fortheir dogs or whatever, and
that's it, you know.
So it it really wastes nothing.
Or like, here out where we liverurally, you know there's people
that grow or not grow, butraise, you know, um, pork, pigs
(12:40):
and cows, and they'll, you know,call Edgardo and say, hey, like
I'm, I'm going to besacrificing on this date.
How many pounds do you want,whatever?
And so, like it's also communal, which is really beautiful, you
know, and that's something fromwhere we sit, where we live,
I'm so grateful for.
Um, I don't eat a lot of thethings, but the fact that it's
(13:01):
here is, it's just interestingto see the difference.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
And it goes to say about energy and um intention,
when you are eating somethingthat is like local, like I love,
like obviously not sponsored bythem or anything but I love.
Around here we have thiscompany called Pat's Pasture and
(13:25):
the animals never leave theirfarm like they do everything
from raise to process topackaging, right on site.
I mean, that's fairly new tothem.
They got their USDA cert like Ithink, like last year or the
year before Um.
But you can taste the intentionin their food Like it tastes
different because it's nottouching a million different
(13:48):
hands, it's not going somewhereto be slaughtered and then from
there it's being shipped to getprocessed and then from there
it's shipped to be getting umslaughtered and then from there
it's being shipped to getprocessed and then from there
it's shipped to be gettingpackaged and then from there
it's going back to the farm.
It's like everything is donewithin a couple mile radius and
that the intention is different,the taste is different, it even
looks different.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Yeah, no, that's so true when you sit down at the
table and you think about howmany hands and how many wheels,
how many miles, Sometimesflights I was just going to say
sometimes planes trains,automobiles To get to your plate
.
It's like if you have theability to, like sit down and
(14:34):
actually know one person's name,that's huge huge one person a
difference to, to local business.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
I mean, we in america it's like a huge problem.
We have sold a lot of ourfarmland to other countries and
that is scary.
That's scary like smithfield um, which is a big pork company,
was bought out by china a coupleyears ago.
So oh, we're not even keeping.
(15:07):
I mean, yes, smithfield's huge,you can probably find it in
every grocery store in america.
But they're huge factory farmsand the quality isn't there.
Like a lot of those pigs don'tever leave a warehouse, like
they're literally living insideof a warehouse on top of each
other.
Like what is that quality oflife?
What intention does that?
Speaker 2 (15:28):
you know, it's not difference yeah it does, and
it's.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
That's the energy you're eating yes, one of the um
like docu-series that changedmy life was cooked by michael
poland and it was based on.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
I love him, love him.
I wrote a paper on him for acertification I did.
His book.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
The um is like one of my favorite books yeah, so
cooked came a couple years after, but if anyone has time, I
think it's still on netflix.
Um, it's a four-part series andit was so eye-opening to me and
one of the things that he openswith is like we're losing what
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set us apart from primates.
Like what set us apart fromprimates was we discovered fire,
we discovered how to cook ourfood, and then that like
literally changed uh, ourdigestion, our, our gut
microbiome.
It changed our teeth, our jawshape, um.
But we have forgotten thatbecause in the 50s we had this
(16:32):
push of like canned food, tvdinners, like convenience
convenience yes, and it was soldto the moms.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
That's the thing it was sold to the moms.
And then, because the momsstarted working outside of the
house and everything was basedon convenience, there wasn't
even a supermarket.
Like you were just saying, youwould go to the butcher, you
would go to the produce farmer'smarket, I don't even think.
Oh god, I don't want to getmyself in trouble here, but
supermarkets weren't really abig thing until like the 40s or
(17:02):
50s yeah, yeah, because theywere small, like corner stores.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Yeah, it was where you got like salt?
yeah, it wasn't mygreat-grandfather was a butcher,
um, and he, he like, actuallydied pretty young because he
didn't take care of his diabetes, because he was an italian and
couldn't eat anything but pasta,um, so he kind of did it to
himself, but he was a butcherand, like, I remember my
(17:29):
grandmother talking all the timelike they're.
They lived outside ofprovidence, in the suburbs, but
they were still like inprovidence, but he basically had
a full farm on his property,like in the middle of the city
well, that's the thing.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
You would go to your local farm and you would find it
was also too like a communalthing.
We were in, we were so muchmore communal and now everything
has become convenience-basedand fast-paced and no one let's
all just slow down.
Can we slow down even to likeayurveda?
(18:02):
So let's connect this to like alittle bit of the yoga, like I
know, when I was looking intoayurveda and stuff I this is
like ingrained into my head islike low cook low and cook slow
with lots of spices and herbs toaid in digestion, and you know,
it connected me.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
So when I was learning a little bit about
Ayurveda, it was eye opening forme because I feel like every
culture kind of has this butwe've lost it.
And you know, like the funnyjoke on the internet is like
white people don't use spices orlike like they don't use a lot
of flavors.
That's so funny because,obviously, like I grew up very
Italian, my dad's from Italy,his whole family was right from
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Italy, so my grandparents werevery, very Italian.
So that was never a thing forme.
Like I didn't, I didn't realizethat, especially because I grew
up in such an Italian littlespace in New England that like,
like I just thought the way wewere eating was like normal,
until I started like going outin the world, like meeting more
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people and like finding morediversity, and I was like, oh,
this isn't a thing everywhere,like so when I was connecting it
to Ayurveda, I was like, oh,like, italians use spices like
this in a very similar way.
Like I was saying, uh, theother day we put bay leaf in.
Like Italians put bay leaf inlike everything when they're
(19:27):
cooking beans like anything.
My grandmother used to say itlike takes the gas out.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
No, it does, it's the real.
I do that too, and everyonehere thinks I'm crazy, because
here we eat rice and beans everyday.
So I have like all the tricksand I will tell you, it is the
truth Baking soda or bay leaf.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Oh, bay leaf went in.
Bay leaf went in every, likeyou said, every soup in stock
and then like lentil soup is abig thing in Italian culture,
especially like it was kind oflike the poor people food and
like bay leaf goes in therebecause that's what takes the
gas out.
And it's funny if you cook itwith and without like if you
cook the one without, you donotice a difference and not
(20:11):
taste wise, but it is gassier.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Yeah, and there's ways to prepare things that take
time.
Like even if we're going tocontinue this bean talk, like I,
if I'm cooking them and I knowI'm going to cook them for the
next day like I leave them inwater the night before with
sprinkled with a little bit ofbaking soda, because that helps
you with the digestion and thecooking.
It's's like there's a method tothe madness, and I think we've
(20:37):
just forgotten the method.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
all we care about is now convenience, and so I think
we just need to slow down andslow down, yeah, and prepare
things intentionally, and Ithink that is like bringing it
back to our challenge.
I think that was like it wasnot a lot of work for us, but
posting every day was like kindof, that was like a big deal for
(21:01):
me.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
I don't post a lot there Me either.
It has to be something, and solike to be able to pump a post
out every day with a, you know,with the caption, and like have
thought and be in the challengewith the participants.
You know, we weren't justhosting this, we were also
living this experience with aspart of hosting it too, and it
was definitely a challenge forme and letting go of like, oh my
(21:36):
gosh, you can see my bellyrolls in this video or like we
talked about that a lot.
Yeah, you know what I mean.
Like it doesn't matter, like weare human and this is the
experiencing, the experiencewe're having, and like that's
one of the reasons too.
I feel like when you Googlesearch yoga, you're going to see
a white girl in Lululemon pantsand a sports bra, and I think
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part of the reason why, one ofthe main reasons we did this
challenge, is to honor the rootsof the practice and to share
with people ways they canactually involve what those
concepts are into their everydaylife, and so to be able to post
all of that was like it was anaudacious goal, but we did it
(22:22):
did it and it was.
it was fun.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
It was fun and, honestly, like I know I'm coming
off of an episode where I waslike I was like a negative Nancy
and just like basically cryingabout it being my birthday soon
and by the time this comes outit will have already passed, but
I think it was a great way towrap up 33 because it forced me
(22:45):
to be present.
I mean it's funny posting everyday and like going through
those concepts every day, eventhough we we slowed down, may
flew by like from beginning toend, and we're already in
mid-june.
I was like holy shit, like howdid this happen?
But it was a great reflectionperiod for me, a great like
(23:08):
recalibration, and I've heardfrom so many people, so many of
my students and then also likefellow yoga teachers who just
like couldn't believe what anamazing 30 days it was, like
everyone kept saying, oh my God.
I was like looking forward tothe emails every day, like I
couldn't wait to go into myinbox and read and I mean there
(23:30):
were yoga teachers who have 500hours of yoga teacher training,
have been teaching for multipleyears, and they were like some
of the things that you talkedabout I've never even heard of
before.
Like I love that you're bringingthis to the forefront and it
was really inspiring to mebecause I helped formulate all
(23:51):
of those emails and it wasreally seamless to bring that
into my classes and we talkedabout some of those concepts in
my classes, which is like hotpower yoga, so it's like a
fitness workout.
So you wouldn't think that youwould bring those discussions
there, but they ended up beingsuch powerful classes and really
shaped the way that I showed upin May and that was exciting
(24:18):
for me because my classes did.
They felt different because Iwas talking about the true
essence of the practice and Ithink, like we've said on this
podcast at some point, if we'renot acknowledging these concepts
like now, we're just like kindof appropriating culture.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Yeah, and that's.
I think that that makes me feelsquirmy, because that's
definitely that's.
That's like definitely not whatI would ever want to be
admitting into my class, or evenmy character as a person.
You know, I feel like beingable to know these concepts and,
like, for me you know I don'thave a lot of I do more private
(25:00):
teaching, and so it was an evenmore intimate thing, you know,
in that way where I couldactually have one on one
discussions with people, whichwas really really interesting
saying but I think, you know,bringing all of these concepts
back into the forefront of mymind, aside from being a teacher
, just being a human and walkingthis earth and living those and
(25:24):
being, you know, embodying whatactually I'm teaching and what
yoga is into our everyday lives,and to be able to share that,
it's like it's just an honor tobe able to share it, and I think
that that's like when you doget your certification and your
training, like I, just that'swhat I wish for.
I wish for people to do thesame.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Yes, and you just hit the nail on the head there with
the word embodied it's, it's,um.
It's so easy to get caught upin the asana and like think that
this is it and maybe like alittle bit of breath, just
because we're vinyasa-ing allover the place.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Yes, we're just slamming sun salutations down
your throat and onto your matand there's, there's not much
more to it and I love that.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
this challenge really highlighted like great, the
asana isn't for you, but theseare all the ways that you can
practice yoga.
So I am happy to report that weare keeping the challenge live.
So it is going to be a $27.99commitment or investment and you
(26:38):
get the 30-day journey at yourown pace.
So every day it'll come rightto your inbox.
You don't have to post anythingon social media.
But now, yeah, it lives thereand you can take yourself
through the 30 days to deepenyour practice and it's great for
anyone who is a beginner.
It's great for anyone who hasbeen practicing for a while,
(27:01):
teachers, people who are justcurious about yoga.
It's really for everybody.
And I know like every businessmentor is probably cringing and
being like you have to get youraudience, your demographic.
But like, seriously, if you arejust curious about anything
(27:21):
spiritual or wanting to connectwith yourself, this is for you.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Totally, it's definitely and that's part of
what you know.
I think yoga is is theself-study which we talked about
a lot and we even tapped intoin during the challenge, and I
think yoga is is the self-studywhich we talked about a lot and
we even tapped into in duringthe challenge, and I think
that's important.
I think, yeah, I think it'sjust an important.
It will be a huge reflectionfor you and so it's funny this
(27:46):
actually brings me.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
I'm so glad you just said that, because I've been
wanting to talk about this.
This is a little bit of popculture, but hold on, let me
just bring.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I love it.
I don't, I might not know it.
Um no, this is going to be veryniche, okay, if it doesn't have
to do with Bad Bunny then Iwill not know um.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
So this is funny.
If you are in the Bravouniverse, you'll know what I'm
about to say.
But Bethany Frankel was just onum, she was just.
She did um sports, illustratedswimsuit, runway, and joy bear
ripped her to shreds.
Basically, I don't know.
(28:29):
She said something about likeher boobs being saggy or
something, or like somethingabout her fake boobs.
And so now these are two womenwho are roughly around the same
age.
They're like probably in their50s, maybe even 60s, um, and so
I have to give it to Bethanybecause, like, she went out
there, she fucking killed it,she rocked it.
I think she really showed likewe can ate.
(28:51):
I mean, yes, she's had a lot ofwork done, but like also, we
can age in this healthy way, wecan be sexy still.
And to see another woman tearher down, like I was just like
so disgusted by it.
But Bethany's response to herwas like I think it's like what
kind of like what we're talkingabout?
Let me see if I can, let me seeif I can find it for me.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Yeah, I think too, like I'll just quickly say,
while you look for this, I thinkone thing too for me it wasn't
a challenge.
I think it was just somethingthat really I was so grateful
for working with you on this as,like two women in this industry
(29:43):
in the West, I feel likesometimes there can be
competition or, you know, oneupping, and I have never felt
that working with you, it alwaysfelt like just even just the
participants too.
I really feel like it was sucha beautiful community of lifting
each other up, and I think thatthat is also a part of yoga yes
(30:08):
, I totally agree, agree, um solet me see when did this, when
did this?
um runway thing happen?
Speaker 1 (30:20):
this happened within like the last like week or so.
Oh, okay, um, okay.
So this is according to peoplemagazine, so it's funny that I'm
using them as a source.
But here we go.
So on sunday, june 8th, thereal housewives of new york city
, alum, who is 54, took totiktok to discuss joy bear's
comments about her appearance onthe sports illustrated swimsuit
(30:43):
.
Um, sports illustrated swimsuitrunway during my miami swim
week.
Joy bear took a jab at her onthe view.
Um, whoopi goldberg mentionedthat she was on, or like
involved in this show.
(31:03):
Um, saying that none of uslooked the way that they did two
hours prior, so they werebasically just like talking
nonsense.
So it's kind of like what wewere experiencing about showing
up and like I've talked a lotabout this, about not using
filters, and like I've talkedabout it with cat a bunch, like
just aging naturally, like Botoxis not something I'm going to
(31:25):
be injecting in my face and likeI'm just going to allow myself
to age gracefully and it's so.
Joy took a swipe at her and said, like, about her fake boobs,
and she was saying like I don'tknow something.
She said, uh, that her boobswere fake and like saggy or
(31:52):
something like that, um, andthen uh, frankel just went on to
say like, yeah, so this is thedirect quote from her.
She said women my age and olderwomen of any certain age can
live their lives freely withhappiness and joy and that we're
not washed up.
Miserable older women, shecontinued I actually feel sorry
(32:14):
for joy, that she hasn't livedher life or doesn't seem to be
living her life with any joy.
You have to be really miserableto take a swipe at something
that is literallyself-deprecating and literally
leveling the playing field,saying yeah, we all look like
this, but we had a lot of workthat day.
(32:42):
I guess they were like makingfun of them for like I don't
know having their makeup doneand and like whatever.
It's not like what normal womendo.
Um, she had to kick somebodywhen they were already saying
that they're down.
Frank frankle concluded bysaying, sadly, joy is painting a
picture of the older, seeminglymiserable, washed up women that
all of us are trying to showthat we aren't, and it's like
(33:03):
your life doesn't have to end,and I just thought that this was
like it was a really good shehad a really good response to
joy bear and, like I have a hate, hate relationship with the
view, I think it's likeabsolutely toxic.
I don't know how the fuck it isstill on air, um, but I think
this is like part of what wewere talking about, it's like
(33:23):
part of what we all experienceand I have to give it to her to
be like 54, to love your body,to show up and just like strut
your stuff.
I feel like it is just it'sshowing up, it's like it's being
a powerful woman and like Ifelt really empowered by this.
Bravo, star, um, and I reallywanted to talk about this, so
(33:46):
I'm like glad that it kind ofseamlessly came up.
She was like in um, like aone-piece leopard print bikini
and like I thought she waskilling it.
So it's funny that, like, likewomen of her age, were so quick
to tear her down From behindtheir desks, and I think it
(34:07):
should have been Celebrated more.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Yeah, I think Ageism is that the right word Is like
Obviously, I think it's scarieras a woman or for women, because
it's like there's this likeneed to stay young or whatever.
But like I know women who havetransitioned naturally and
beautifully into this incrediblecrone persona like you're wise,
(34:35):
like once you pass, you knowyour menopause or this, that and
the other thing, and you becomethis, like wise woman, like why
are we trying to run from that?
Whether you get Botox or not,that's your own, that is your
own thing.
You know what I mean.
Like how, why is it difficultfor us to honor?
Like the ages as we as we go?
(34:59):
Yeah, like the ages as we as wego?
Yeah, some of my, a lot of myfriends here are old, are like
60 and up, and they're some ofthe most incredible people that
I've ever met yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
So I think, I don't know, it should be celebrated
like you're gonna step out ofyour comfort zone, like that.
Like I'm sure that wasn'tcomfortable for her.
Like yeah, she had professionalmakeup artists and and all of
these people that were likeworking on her and I don't know.
I just thought it was a veryinteresting um piece of pop
culture that came across my deskthis morning and I was just
(35:38):
like actually proud of theresponse for her to be like I'm
unapologetic about this.
Like yeah, I had my boobslifted 20 years ago and I'm like
not gonna apologize for that.
But like let's celebrate thatthis woman who is 54, like loves
on her body, takes care of herbody, works out, eats right and
(35:59):
is strutting her stuff on themiami swim week fashion show.
Like I think that's fuckingawesome.
It's something to celebrate.
Cancel the view.
Cancel the view, um, but anyway.
So another little announcementabout our challenge.
(36:20):
So something that was born outof the challenge was this need
to continue further.
So, without further ado, wewill be launching a 12-week
mentorship program based on theDeepen your Practice Challenge.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
So that will be launching in September.
Yeah, so stay tuned.
And there's a link for you tosign up on the to be on the
waiting list.
We're still plugging outdetails, of course, but we're
you know save, save the date,keep on listening.
It's going to be a 12 weekprogram.
(37:04):
It's going to be.
Should I talk a little bitabout it?
Yeah, sure, go ahead, all right.
So it's going to be for the yogateacher ready to rise into
leadership, or for a soul seekerlonging to deepen their
practice off of the mat, or justfor anyone, like we were saying
, with the challenge in yoga ingeneral, you know craving real
(37:24):
integration of this sacredpractice into your everyday life
.
It's going to be rooted ineight limbs of yoga and
nourished by modern wellness,ritual, self-inquiry and
community.
So, whether you're guide, youknow guiding others or guiding
yourself, this is an invitationto ground your practice, expand
your voice and remember who youare.
And then I'll just read alittle bit more about some of
(37:49):
the details just to give you alittle little bit of insight.
So he said it's gonna be 12weeks.
We're going to have weekly livegroup calls, so in 60 minute
live sessions every week.
We'll have optional bi-weeklymovement and meditation circles.
Two to one support.
So you're going to be able tohave check-ins with me and
(38:11):
Deanna together as we flowthrough this a few times and
then also have additionalchances to have more two-on-ones
with us if that's somethingthat's interesting to you.
We'll provide tons of resources, reflection prompts,
meditations, ritual guides,recipes, etc.
Etc.
And then, of course, acommunity um of of people who
(38:33):
join into this mentorshipprogram.
So I am so excited.
Speaker 1 (38:38):
I am so excited too and I think think, like in the
student space and also theteacher space, this is really
necessary because I think, likein a modern yoga class, we are
only touching on these fewthings and I have definitely
noticed a shift, like post COVIDin the yoga world where, like
(39:00):
you know, classes used to be 90minutes, now they're 60 minutes
and we've like watered down thepractice.
I've talked about this a lot,so I think this is a great way
for teachers to refresh, andeven you know, I was.
I was talking to a lot ofteachers who participated in the
deep in your practice challengeand they were, like I've been
through multiple teachertrainings and I haven't talked
(39:21):
about some of these conceptsbefore, some of these practices
that literally come right frompatent, like we took everything
right from patent jolly's yogasutras, um, so it's like not
something that we were making up.
We like systemically,strategically, took everything
and like made it step by stepand how it was supposed to be
(39:43):
practiced, like through thatancient text.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
And um, like I was just so surprised at how many
teachers came to me and said Inever knew that before well,
even too, just as, like ateacher, a training teacher,
like you know, that's like,that's like, that's a whole,
nother whole nother can of worms.
But I think, yeah.
(40:07):
So this, this mentorship, itwould be incredible to have both
teachers and students togetherand to get insight from both
sides Not even both sides ascollectively, like what you know
, know, I think that that wouldbe such.
I think it's going to be such abeautiful container to hold and
to support and to host.
Um, you know, I think I'venever seen something like this
(40:30):
before.
I think it's new, I think it'sdifferent.
Um, it's called the embodiedyogi.
That's what we're calling it.
So if that, if you feel calledto learn more, reach out to
either Gianna or to me.
Please keep an eye out, sign upfor the wait list, um, through
your email.
We'll slowly start trickling insome emails.
(40:51):
We'll probably start talkingabout it in a few weeks on
social media as well.
So, you know, keep us postedwith any questions you might
have.
But we're both, you know,really excited to begin this.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
Yes, and I won't speak for you, but I know like
something like this would havebenefited me so greatly coming
out of a yoga teacher training.
Because when you do a 200 hourwe've talked about this before
on this podcast like you run tothe wolves, you're thrown to the
walls, you don't?
I mean you learn a lot during a200 hour.
Like your brain is literallymashed potatoes by the time
(41:26):
you're done.
Speaker 2 (41:28):
It's like drinking from a fire hydrant, and then
you're, and then it's like, okay, go teach, you practice once,
probably teaching your groupthat you're in training with,
and then you just are, you know,thrown to the world.
And so I think you're right,like being able to have
something like this, whetherit's been a year, a couple years
or even 10 years, and you wantto just get a refresh, like I
(41:50):
think that this would take yourpractice as a teacher to the
next level and if you're astudent, it will also take your
practice to the next level.
I think that it's an awesomeopportunity and I would just be
so grateful and honored to guidewhoever comes in to this.
Speaker 1 (42:06):
Yes, I'm so excited.
I feel like I feel like thisoffering came from my past self,
like this is what my past selfwould have needed or wanted.
And, um, I'm so glad that we'rethat we're putting this offer
out into the world, because metoo.
I would like to see the yogacommunity step up as a whole,
(42:30):
like, let's stop appropriating.
It's not a fitness class, it'snot something that you learn at
the gym.
This is like a lifestyle, it'sa way.
It is a way of life.
I mean, I talk about this tolike the yoga.
Everyone's looking for aguidebook to life.
Everyone's looking fordirection and looking at
themselves deeper, like wantingto better themselves.
(42:53):
Like, okay, you want to do that.
Drop all of the self help booksthat you have, all the self
limit.
Yes, live it.
And like the yoga sutras.
Literally, it is the way.
Speaker 2 (43:04):
It is the way and I just I will say this we don't
need to go into details because,honestly, they're not important
and they will come later, but Ican I know I can speak for both
of us and I'll just leave it atthat, where you and I both
showed up for this, not just ashosts, but as ourselves, and for
ourselves individually, foreach other, but also
individually, and we both havehad so many blessings and and
(43:27):
synchronicities and thingshappen for us, because we showed
up every single day, being anembodied yogi.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
Yes, and it's funny because we kept saying like this
oh, we realized like less thanhalfway through the challenge.
We were like, oh, this was forus.
We had almost 50 people signedup, but this is for us.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
Yeah, so you can be this like, quote, unquote,
advanced teacher, but if you'renot bringing it back to the
simple, actual, like text andancient practices, I'm gonna,
I'm gonna what are you doing?
I'm gonna have a bone to pickwith you.
Speaker 1 (44:10):
Yeah, what are you even doing?
Speaker 2 (44:12):
yeah, so I think it was.
It definitely challenged me ina ways that I didn't even know I
was going to be challenged.
That I'm so grateful for, andit brought blessings with that.
Speaker 1 (44:25):
Same.
Speaker 2 (44:26):
And I think you know we've spoken to enough people
where I know that that's alsothe case and that makes me feel
really good and warms my heart.
Speaker 1 (44:34):
Same and it's like why Nearly Enlightened was born
and it's the work that I knowthat I was here to do, so just
to be able to be an embodiedteacher myself and to step into
this practice and in a moremeaningful way and really be
reminded.
It brought it back to theforefront of my teaching and I
(44:59):
think, like in the last month,like people have definitely like
noticed a shift in my classesand in the conversations that
were happening in my classes andI was just so blessed, humbled,
blown away by how many peoplein the studios that I teach at
were talking about the emailjourney and like how much they
(45:22):
learned from it and that's whatit's about, and I think one
thing I will say really quicklytoo, because I'm sure this is
going to be a question but we'reworking on making this embodied
yogi count as continuededucation.
Speaker 2 (45:35):
So if you are a teacher, listening to this and
that's something that, if youthink it's something you're
interested in or you'reteetering on, we're working on
it becoming continued ed.
So stay posted for that as well, because that's important, as
we're talking about living thisand continuing to grow and being
a forever student.
As teachers, that is somethingas if you were a nurse you also
(45:56):
have to have continued education, same at same with teaching
yoga, if you are with under yogaalliance it is to throw that in
there.
Speaker 1 (46:04):
As a baby yoga teacher, it was one of the best
pieces of advice that I got waslike never stop being a student,
never stop practicing yourself.
Like if, if you do like,students will notice like your
teaching will suffer.
Students will notice like yourteaching will suffer.
Yeah, and not to be negative,like you can just have a 200
(46:25):
hour and go out there and becompletely fine.
But like never stop being astudent of the practice.
Like if you're not practicingthese concepts yourself, like
how are you going out there andleading other people?
So it's, it's something tothink about and it's it is what
sets it apart from like youraerobics class.
Like it, it's, it's just it'sdifferent.
Speaker 2 (46:48):
It is different, and I mean no shade.
Speaker 1 (46:50):
No no.
But like look at that.
Speaker 2 (46:53):
Yeah, we're just here holding up a mirror, yeah, and
you can take it or leave.
It 's the thing like, if youknow, but I think that this is
an offering that I'm so excitedto just bring into the world.
Like birth, this baby, it feelslike a baby it does feel like a
baby, doesn't it?
Speaker 1 (47:11):
this, honestly, like nearly enlightened kind of like,
has been my baby and justseeing how the podcast is
growing and it's just, it'sincredible.
It's like you know, I just cameup on five years of really like
focusing on this and likeleaving a steady job and
(47:36):
pursuing this and it is it'sscary sometimes, like being an
entrepreneur is a wild ride andI I see how I can use the yoga
practices in being anentrepreneur and just like not
taking things personally andjust constantly like, like you
said, holding up that mirror,reflecting, and I think, like
(47:59):
the last two weeks, I have beena little bit more quiet on here,
but everything is still growing.
Like I told you, in the lastthree days the podcast has had
over 300 downloads and that isso insane to me.
I literally thought it was aglitch.
I thought there was likesomething wrong with the app
that I use, that I get myanalytics from.
(48:21):
I was on the computer so latelast night like no, no, no, this
has to be a mistake, but I'm inthis integration period, like
post challenge and just likeobserving, looking.
I think I'm in an integrationperiod in my life, like this is
the last few days as a 33 yearold before I step into 34.
Speaker 2 (48:43):
year olds before I step into 30.
So we're celebrating you forfinishing the challenge, for
having you know, gaining thismomentum with your podcast.
And if you, what's the actualdate?
Speaker 1 (48:49):
the 14th right, the 14th is my birthday, yeah.
Speaker 2 (48:54):
If you're listening, don't forget, reach out and just
give Chi a happy birthday.
Speaker 1 (49:01):
Oh, thank you.
I think this is going to go upon Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (49:04):
Oh, okay, well, you better have said happy birthday,
you can wish me.
Speaker 1 (49:08):
Yeah, I celebrate all month long.
It's fine.
Speaker 2 (49:11):
So it's, you know, I, just as your friend, as your I
don't know colleague, I guessyou could say I'm celebrating
you because I think both of ustoo.
Like I start I think that'slike how we found each other was
, too, was like I had juststarted my business in Panama,
just opened up the yoga studioand all this stuff, and then now
now look at us.
Speaker 1 (49:34):
I know and those were COVID times Like I was
literally just showing up onlinetalking about this like
everyone's bored's bored.
It's 2020.
We're all sitting at home likenot knowing what the fuck is
going on um yeah, online.
Speaker 2 (49:47):
I was like pregnant teaching online.
Like it was wild times it waswild now we're here.
Speaker 1 (49:56):
We had to go through all that yeah, and I had zero
people listening to the podcastat that time, and one.
Speaker 2 (50:02):
I was listening, and that that's probably why I'm
here today oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (50:08):
I appreciate and thank you for all of your
support and just like showing upand and also helping, nearly
enlightened, to become what ithas become, and so I'm super
excited to to do this 12-weekmentorship with you and to lead
people through, and I'm excitedfor people to sign up and even
if you're not a teacher, Ipromise you this is going to
(50:29):
ripple out into your life.
This book that I've talkedabout in the past I think I
talked about it with CrystalSerrato and I've talked about it
with Mikayla when she was onthe podcast but there was a book
that really changed myperspective on things and it's a
fictional book, so it's calledhow yoga works and I loved it.
Um, this woman yoga teacher inancient times like went to this
(50:54):
village and she had an originalcopy of the yoga sutras, and so
the police chief there was likewell, you must have stolen this,
because nobody would give thisto a woman.
Um, and threw her in jail andhe was like, well, if you're
really a yoga teacher, then thenteach me yoga, and if you
successfully teach me yoga, thenI will let you go free.
(51:16):
And she taught the police chiefyoga and it rippled out and had
an effect on the entire villageand changed the village forever
and changed the way that, uh,the village was run and, um, she
(51:37):
talks about it.
It's like planting a seed.
So you're like planting theseed and you're letting it grow
and flourish and it's such agreat story.
So if you're interested in, like, yogic concepts and you're a
reader, like that's a reallygreat book to just highlight the
practice beyond the asana andhow, like you use the asana as
(51:58):
we've talked about on thispodcast as the gateway in and
then we like introduce all ofthese other amazing concepts
that really are.
It literally is the guidebookto life.
Like you want to make your lifea little bit more stress-free,
a little bit more peaceful, alittle bit more embodied, like
practice yoga and it doesn'tmean you have to get on your mat
(52:19):
yeah, and it doesn't have to beperfect and it doesn't have you
have to get on your mat, yeah,and it doesn't have to be
perfect and it doesn't have tobe serious.
Speaker 2 (52:28):
You know you can have fun with it and I, you know,
like some of the reels we didand stuff, like I was like I
need to do something funny today.
Speaker 1 (52:32):
Your reels with the Theo Vaughn audios were so funny
, they were so relatable, soperfect.
Audios were so funny, they wereso relatable, so perfect.
Like, if you want, you couldjust literally scroll through
our posts for from the last like30 days or so and and kind of
get a taste of what thechallenge was.
Speaker 2 (52:52):
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Yeah, because it doesn't.
Yeah, it doesn't need to beserious, you can make it your
own.
You know it's different foreveryone and that's why it was
so beautiful to, to see and toshare, even like with you.
I was like, oh, what you'regonna post today, like you know,
it was really fun.
So I think that that you know,even in this mentorship
container, creating communityand having it be this, like
(53:16):
lifting each other up,especially right now, the
collective, like we need that.
So, if you are at allinterested, I would highly
recommend getting on the waitinglist.
Speaker 1 (53:30):
Yes, I will put the link to the wait list in the
show notes so if you're curiousyou can pop in there and it's
zero commitment.
Like you can sign up for thewait list and then just like see
what comes up.
Speaker 2 (53:44):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (53:48):
And that's a great place to wrap.
Do you have anything else?
Speaker 2 (53:51):
I don't think so.
I think we covered from.
Speaker 1 (53:55):
We literally covered everything.
Speaker 2 (53:57):
Covered coffee beans to Bethany Frankel, to the
embodied Yogi.
And here we are, I think we'velanded back or coming back down
to earth.
So thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (54:12):
Thank you for being here and thank you all for
listening.
Thank you so much for tuninginto today's episode of the
nearly enlightened podcast.
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would share it, leave a reviewor reach out and let me know
your thoughts.
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(54:35):
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more resources.
Until next time, stay curious,stay connected and remember the
answers already lie within.
Welcome to the Nearly Enlightened Podcast, a
high-vibe toolbox designed tohelp you connect to your body,
mind and spirit.
I'm your host, gianna Giruso,and I'm here to share tools,
conversations and insights tohelp you on your journey of
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This podcast is all aboutexploring what it means to live
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the truth is, the answersaren't outside of us, they're
already within.
Let's dive in B welcome back.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Thank you, thank you, muchas gracias.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
B is joining me today .
So we just wrapped up like Iguess two weeks almost two weeks
ago now we wrapped up our 30day deepen your practice
challenge and we've kind of hadtime to integrate.
And now we're on the other sideand we have like tons of news
to share.
We certainly do.
First I just want to say so forany of you who watched my
(00:59):
social media earlier I am tryingout the carnivore Aurelius
coffee and this is like a hugedeal for me.
Actually it is huge for you.
I cannot handle caffeine like it.
I think I'm already a naturallylike high energy person.
So when you just like addcaffeine to me, it's just like
(01:19):
I'm off the wall.
But after finishing like thatwas a pretty big cup Like I
think there was like almost twocups in there, and so now I've
finished the coffee, I feelsteady energy and I don't know
if it's because I added thecollagen to it, so it had like a
little bit of substance, but Idon't have that jittery feeling
and maybe it's just like yet,maybe it like hasn't hit me yet,
(01:42):
but usually by now it wouldalready have like started to
affect me.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
I'm happy to report that my palms are dry would you
report back to me how you sleeptonight?
I?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
know I will, I will um.
So no sweaty palms.
I don't feel jittery, I don'tfeel anxious, my heart's not
fluttering and like maybe itjust like hasn't fully hit yet,
but I also had it on an emptystomach.
So, whenuttering and like maybeit just like hasn't fully hit
yet, but I also had it on anempty stomach.
So when I do that, usually itjust like it hits me hard.
It yeah, um, but yeah.
(02:15):
So right now I feel good, Ifeel like steady, steady energy
and I actually like love thesmell of coffee and like love
the taste of it.
So so I'm I'm kind of excitedif this works for me.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
I'm excited to hear, and I think I think it is a good
idea to put collagen in it,though, especially because I
hope you had some water in yourbelly before.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Okay, yes, as a gut health person, I'm going to tell
you, I hope you had water firstyes, uh, this morning I drank
probably close to like 30 ouncesbefore that, so I'm definite
well, I don't know if I'm wellhydrated because I sweat and I
had two back-to-back classesthis morning, so yeah, it's hot
here finally, and then also likejust share.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I loved because I asked you where he gets the
beans from and you said I thinkthat's important to share.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
I think it's Costa Rica.
I'm not 100% sure.
I would assume.
I would assume, honestly, likeI just want him to come on the
podcast so bad and he's likevery against podcasts.
But I want to have him on sobad because I like watched his
social media over the lastcouple of months and he's been
at the farms and they're small,family owned farms.
(03:27):
It's fair trade, it's organic,it's tested for myotoxins and
heavy metals.
It's like honestly, one of thebest on the market that you
could best coffees on the marketthat you can get.
And his collagen is also like Ifully stand by by his collagen,
um, and I never wanted to be anaffiliate for anyone unless I
(03:49):
was like like really used theirproduct back to their product.
And I've been using hiscollagen for over a year now.
I think over a year, um, likewhenever he launched.
It is when I started it andlike I noticed a difference
right away and a lot of itwasn't necessarily like a
physical feeling, but like mylips were plumper.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I was just great hair .
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yes, thank you, and so yeah, I really love his
collagen.
It's tasteless, it dissolvesreally well.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
And he's actually like I, like.
I follow him as well, and Ifeel like the way he also
promotes a lot of his productstoo is like he's very conscious
and I know like the collagen isfrom like grass finished or
grassfed and finished yep paddleit's glyphosate free, which is
(04:45):
huge.
That is huge, um because yeah alot of the colleges on the
market don't even think aboutthose things, or people who
consume them won't even thinkabout that being even a thing.
And I think even too, like, ifthe coffee beans are from
central america, as you said,like, like if they are from
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Costa Rica, like we were justtalking about, I can tell you
from experience because I'vespent a lot of time in Costa
Rica the Ticos are very, very.
They have such incredibleenvironmental education and the
farming there.
Like I've been to coffee farmsthere, like I can back up what
(05:28):
you're sharing right now fromactual experience and then
living where I do live.
We have tons of coffee farmsaround here, unfortunately, are
they as environmentallyconscious as Costa Ricans?
I will tell you I don't thinkso.
Are there coffee farms herethat exist in Panama that are
organic?
Yes, but I feel like Costa Rica, just as a population as a
(05:51):
whole.
I would have my own personalopinion to say that I would
trust that.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, I mean I love that he tests for heavy metals
and his collagen and it's one ofthe lowest that you can find on
the market.
That's really important to meand like knowing what I know
about cacao, which is verysimilar to coffee.
Yeah, a plant that helps tolike clean and cleanse the soil.
(06:19):
So like your fruit is going totake on whatever is in the soil,
so I think that Any produce,any produce yeah.
So it's important to like knowthese things and and to start
talking about them.
So I'm super excited about itIf I find a coffee that I can
drink.
Like I don't think I'd ever beto the point where I'm like
(06:41):
addicted to coffee and like Ican't wake up without it, cause
like um, I've just never reallybeen that person, even though,
like in high school, I probablydrank over 32 ounces of coffee a
day.
It was like kind of insane.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Oh honey, I was.
I was like give me a dunk dunks.
I was like I will have an extralarge French vanilla with extra
, extra, like the things that.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
I used to consume I am.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
So if I could talk to my younger self.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
I know same, but it was like it was these things
that we were just conditioned tolike, accept and like this is
the way society is, and like Imean coffee has, because I'm
Italian, like coffee has alwaysbeen.
It's like part of the culture,right, um, and like we started
drinking coffee like kind ofyoung.
It was like, oh yeah, take asip of the espresso.
(07:29):
Like my grandmother used toliterally make us cappuccinos.
We were so little, but that wasjust like.
I know it's funny, but it wasjust.
It was like the way we got ourmilk.
Like I don't think I drank milk.
I don't think I drank milk.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I don't think I drank milk, unless it was in
something.
You didn't have.
Chocolate milk, you just hadcappuccino.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
I had steamed milk over an espresso.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Oh my God, that's too good.
I love that.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
But it was like it is part of the culture.
So when I couldn't drink coffeeanymore, I was like I'm very
sad about it.
So this is this exciting stuff,but I don't think I would be.
Like you know, I don't agreeLike you should start your day
off with the stimulant rightaway.
But there are so many studiesabout coffee being I mean, it's
full of antioxidants Like ifyou're buying good quality
(08:19):
coffee, it actually isn't badfor you.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
No, I don't.
I agree with you.
I think it just gets abused.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
And that's like we love to do here in the States.
We like to take everything andtake it to the extreme.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Yeah, and I think, even like just with anything and
this is like opening a can ofworms, we don't really need to
go there but with any, withanything really like, especially
supplements and stuff, I thinkat this day and age, like you
just have to be careful and youhave to like it's an incredible
the fact to know where it'sactually sourced from and to be
able to trust.
That I think is huge and I thinkhe does a really, I think he
(08:56):
does a really good job promotinghimself and promoting you know
why it's good for you where itcomes from and to be able to.
You know that's a smallbusiness and to be able to
support something like that andthe fact you're an affiliate to
something like that and to sharewith people is important.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
It is and um like, I believe that we vote with our
dollars every single day, andthat's why it's important to me
to buy the best produce tosupport the brands that are out
here doing the work so like, andthe local people.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Yeah, yeah, especially like that's one thing
I really miss about being inNew England is, like you know,
summer and fall, like theharvest, and supporting CSAs and
all that kind of stuff.
And I think you know where I amand what I do.
Like we just tried to run anevent yesterday where people
come out to the farm where I'mmanaging a greenhouse and they
(09:49):
pick their own produce, you know, cause CSA doesn't really exist
here, um, where I am at least,and it just it's to be able to
put a face to what is whatyou're consuming, or well, in
his case you can't really put aface to it, but like we can put
an instagram account yeah, to beable to like meet the farmer or
(10:10):
to know where things come from,I think is huge, especially as
a mom, or just you know, orsomeone who's health conscious.
I think it's.
It's really important at thisday and age that people jump on
that train, and I will screamthat from the mountaintops same
because it it makes a difference.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
It really it makes a huge difference and like, like
you said, being in new England,I'm really blessed.
I have a bunch of cattle farmsaround and it's really easy to
get local meat here and that issuch a blessing and it was
something that I really take forgranted when I was living in
Arizona.
I like fully knew what I hadwhen I was living there and I
(10:48):
loved it because we had multiplegrowing seasons.
Like everyone thinks the desertit's like dry and barren, but
that's very far from what it is.
And, same thing, we had a lotof farms around us.
They actually have like butchershops there, which I think are
few and far between now.
Like everyone just thinks weget our meat from the
supermarket, um, but going backto that, like oh no, I go to the
(11:11):
supermarket or the farmer'smarket for my produce and then I
literally go to the butchershop for my meat.
Like I loved that.
Like, uh, the butcher shop thatwas near me in Arizona, they
would, it was a whole animalbutcher shop, so they would get
the arizona.
They would, it was a wholeanimal butcher shop, so they
would get the whole entireanimal in, nose to tail, nose to
tail, and they would processevery single thing themselves.
(11:33):
But they also cut down on theirwaste because they would make
things like stocks and brothsand, um, sausages and like very
little goes to waste.
And I think that that'simportant because when you do
talk about it from thesupermarket standpoint, there's
a lot of waste there, a lot ofthat animal is getting tossed.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
It's interesting to hear you say that, because where
I am in Panama, we have, when Igo to the supermarket, they
have cow tongue, heart, feet,anything, anything.
You can find cow stomach there.
You can find nose to tail inthe supermarkets here, because
it's part of the culture, theydon't waste, because out in the
(12:14):
countryside, like here, we like,we see that was it weird for me
at first.
Oh yeah, um, but like you cango there and I know people who
go there to ask for bones fortheir dogs or whatever, and
that's it, you know.
So it it really wastes nothing.
Or like, here out where we liverurally, you know there's people
that grow or not grow, butraise, you know, um, pork, pigs
(12:40):
and cows, and they'll, you know,call Edgardo and say, hey, like
I'm, I'm going to besacrificing on this date.
How many pounds do you want,whatever?
And so, like it's also communal, which is really beautiful, you
know, and that's something fromwhere we sit, where we live,
I'm so grateful for.
Um, I don't eat a lot of thethings, but the fact that it's
(13:01):
here is, it's just interestingto see the difference.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
And it goes to say about energy and um intention,
when you are eating somethingthat is like local, like I love,
like obviously not sponsored bythem or anything but I love.
Around here we have thiscompany called Pat's Pasture and
(13:25):
the animals never leave theirfarm like they do everything
from raise to process topackaging, right on site.
I mean, that's fairly new tothem.
They got their USDA cert like Ithink, like last year or the
year before Um.
But you can taste the intentionin their food Like it tastes
different because it's nottouching a million different
(13:48):
hands, it's not going somewhereto be slaughtered and then from
there it's being shipped to getprocessed and then from there
it's shipped to be getting umslaughtered and then from there
it's being shipped to getprocessed and then from there
it's shipped to be gettingpackaged and then from there
it's going back to the farm.
It's like everything is donewithin a couple mile radius and
that the intention is different,the taste is different, it even
looks different.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Yeah, no, that's so true when you sit down at the
table and you think about howmany hands and how many wheels,
how many miles, Sometimesflights I was just going to say
sometimes planes trains,automobiles To get to your plate
.
It's like if you have theability to, like sit down and
(14:34):
actually know one person's name,that's huge huge one person a
difference to, to local business.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
I mean, we in america it's like a huge problem.
We have sold a lot of ourfarmland to other countries and
that is scary.
That's scary like smithfield um, which is a big pork company,
was bought out by china a coupleyears ago.
So oh, we're not even keeping.
(15:07):
I mean, yes, smithfield's huge,you can probably find it in
every grocery store in america.
But they're huge factory farmsand the quality isn't there.
Like a lot of those pigs don'tever leave a warehouse, like
they're literally living insideof a warehouse on top of each
other.
Like what is that quality oflife?
What intention does that?
Speaker 2 (15:28):
you know, it's not difference yeah it does, and
it's.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
That's the energy you're eating yes, one of the um
like docu-series that changedmy life was cooked by michael
poland and it was based on.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
I love him, love him.
I wrote a paper on him for acertification I did.
His book.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
The um is like one of my favorite books yeah, so
cooked came a couple years after, but if anyone has time, I
think it's still on netflix.
Um, it's a four-part series andit was so eye-opening to me and
one of the things that he openswith is like we're losing what
(16:11):
set us apart from primates.
Like what set us apart fromprimates was we discovered fire,
we discovered how to cook ourfood, and then that like
literally changed uh, ourdigestion, our, our gut
microbiome.
It changed our teeth, our jawshape, um.
But we have forgotten thatbecause in the 50s we had this
(16:32):
push of like canned food, tvdinners, like convenience
convenience yes, and it was soldto the moms.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
That's the thing it was sold to the moms.
And then, because the momsstarted working outside of the
house and everything was basedon convenience, there wasn't
even a supermarket.
Like you were just saying, youwould go to the butcher, you
would go to the produce farmer'smarket, I don't even think.
Oh god, I don't want to getmyself in trouble here, but
supermarkets weren't really abig thing until like the 40s or
(17:02):
50s yeah, yeah, because theywere small, like corner stores.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Yeah, it was where you got like salt?
yeah, it wasn't mygreat-grandfather was a butcher,
um, and he, he like, actuallydied pretty young because he
didn't take care of his diabetes, because he was an italian and
couldn't eat anything but pasta,um, so he kind of did it to
himself, but he was a butcherand, like, I remember my
(17:29):
grandmother talking all the timelike they're.
They lived outside ofprovidence, in the suburbs, but
they were still like inprovidence, but he basically had
a full farm on his property,like in the middle of the city
well, that's the thing.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
You would go to your local farm and you would find it
was also too like a communalthing.
We were in, we were so muchmore communal and now everything
has become convenience-basedand fast-paced and no one let's
all just slow down.
Can we slow down even to likeayurveda?
(18:02):
So let's connect this to like alittle bit of the yoga, like I
know, when I was looking intoayurveda and stuff I this is
like ingrained into my head islike low cook low and cook slow
with lots of spices and herbs toaid in digestion, and you know,
it connected me.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
So when I was learning a little bit about
Ayurveda, it was eye opening forme because I feel like every
culture kind of has this butwe've lost it.
And you know, like the funnyjoke on the internet is like
white people don't use spices orlike like they don't use a lot
of flavors.
That's so funny because,obviously, like I grew up very
Italian, my dad's from Italy,his whole family was right from
(18:44):
Italy, so my grandparents werevery, very Italian.
So that was never a thing forme.
Like I didn't, I didn't realizethat, especially because I grew
up in such an Italian littlespace in New England that like,
like I just thought the way wewere eating was like normal,
until I started like going outin the world, like meeting more
(19:06):
people and like finding morediversity, and I was like, oh,
this isn't a thing everywhere,like so when I was connecting it
to Ayurveda, I was like, oh,like, italians use spices like
this in a very similar way.
Like I was saying, uh, theother day we put bay leaf in.
Like Italians put bay leaf inlike everything when they're
(19:27):
cooking beans like anything.
My grandmother used to say itlike takes the gas out.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
No, it does, it's the real.
I do that too, and everyonehere thinks I'm crazy, because
here we eat rice and beans everyday.
So I have like all the tricksand I will tell you, it is the
truth Baking soda or bay leaf.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Oh, bay leaf went in.
Bay leaf went in every, likeyou said, every soup in stock
and then like lentil soup is abig thing in Italian culture,
especially like it was kind oflike the poor people food and
like bay leaf goes in therebecause that's what takes the
gas out.
And it's funny if you cook itwith and without like if you
cook the one without, you donotice a difference and not
(20:11):
taste wise, but it is gassier.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Yeah, and there's ways to prepare things that take
time.
Like even if we're going tocontinue this bean talk, like I,
if I'm cooking them and I knowI'm going to cook them for the
next day like I leave them inwater the night before with
sprinkled with a little bit ofbaking soda, because that helps
you with the digestion and thecooking.
It's's like there's a method tothe madness, and I think we've
(20:37):
just forgotten the method.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
all we care about is now convenience, and so I think
we just need to slow down andslow down, yeah, and prepare
things intentionally, and Ithink that is like bringing it
back to our challenge.
I think that was like it wasnot a lot of work for us, but
posting every day was like kindof, that was like a big deal for
(21:01):
me.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
I don't post a lot there Me either.
It has to be something, and solike to be able to pump a post
out every day with a, you know,with the caption, and like have
thought and be in the challengewith the participants.
You know, we weren't justhosting this, we were also
living this experience with aspart of hosting it too, and it
was definitely a challenge forme and letting go of like, oh my
(21:36):
gosh, you can see my bellyrolls in this video or like we
talked about that a lot.
Yeah, you know what I mean.
Like it doesn't matter, like weare human and this is the
experiencing, the experiencewe're having, and like that's
one of the reasons too.
I feel like when you Googlesearch yoga, you're going to see
a white girl in Lululemon pantsand a sports bra, and I think
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part of the reason why, one ofthe main reasons we did this
challenge, is to honor the rootsof the practice and to share
with people ways they canactually involve what those
concepts are into their everydaylife, and so to be able to post
all of that was like it was anaudacious goal, but we did it
(22:22):
did it and it was.
it was fun.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
It was fun and, honestly, like I know I'm coming
off of an episode where I waslike I was like a negative Nancy
and just like basically cryingabout it being my birthday soon
and by the time this comes outit will have already passed, but
I think it was a great way towrap up 33 because it forced me
(22:45):
to be present.
I mean it's funny posting everyday and like going through
those concepts every day, eventhough we we slowed down, may
flew by like from beginning toend, and we're already in
mid-june.
I was like holy shit, like howdid this happen?
But it was a great reflectionperiod for me, a great like
(23:08):
recalibration, and I've heardfrom so many people, so many of
my students and then also likefellow yoga teachers who just
like couldn't believe what anamazing 30 days it was, like
everyone kept saying, oh my God.
I was like looking forward tothe emails every day, like I
couldn't wait to go into myinbox and read and I mean there
(23:30):
were yoga teachers who have 500hours of yoga teacher training,
have been teaching for multipleyears, and they were like some
of the things that you talkedabout I've never even heard of
before.
Like I love that you're bringingthis to the forefront and it
was really inspiring to mebecause I helped formulate all
(23:51):
of those emails and it wasreally seamless to bring that
into my classes and we talkedabout some of those concepts in
my classes, which is like hotpower yoga, so it's like a
fitness workout.
So you wouldn't think that youwould bring those discussions
there, but they ended up beingsuch powerful classes and really
shaped the way that I showed upin May and that was exciting
(24:18):
for me because my classes did.
They felt different because Iwas talking about the true
essence of the practice and Ithink, like we've said on this
podcast at some point, if we'renot acknowledging these concepts
like now, we're just like kindof appropriating culture.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Yeah, and that's.
I think that that makes me feelsquirmy, because that's
definitely that's.
That's like definitely not whatI would ever want to be
admitting into my class, or evenmy character as a person.
You know, I feel like beingable to know these concepts and,
like, for me you know I don'thave a lot of I do more private
(25:00):
teaching, and so it was an evenmore intimate thing, you know,
in that way where I couldactually have one on one
discussions with people, whichwas really really interesting
saying but I think, you know,bringing all of these concepts
back into the forefront of mymind, aside from being a teacher
, just being a human and walkingthis earth and living those and
(25:24):
being, you know, embodying whatactually I'm teaching and what
yoga is into our everyday lives,and to be able to share that,
it's like it's just an honor tobe able to share it, and I think
that that's like when you doget your certification and your
training, like I, just that'swhat I wish for.
I wish for people to do thesame.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Yes, and you just hit the nail on the head there with
the word embodied it's, it's,um.
It's so easy to get caught upin the asana and like think that
this is it and maybe like alittle bit of breath, just
because we're vinyasa-ing allover the place.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Yes, we're just slamming sun salutations down
your throat and onto your matand there's, there's not much
more to it and I love that.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
this challenge really highlighted like great, the
asana isn't for you, but theseare all the ways that you can
practice yoga.
So I am happy to report that weare keeping the challenge live.
So it is going to be a $27.99commitment or investment and you
(26:38):
get the 30-day journey at yourown pace.
So every day it'll come rightto your inbox.
You don't have to post anythingon social media.
But now, yeah, it lives thereand you can take yourself
through the 30 days to deepenyour practice and it's great for
anyone who is a beginner.
It's great for anyone who hasbeen practicing for a while,
(27:01):
teachers, people who are justcurious about yoga.
It's really for everybody.
And I know like every businessmentor is probably cringing and
being like you have to get youraudience, your demographic.
But like, seriously, if you arejust curious about anything
(27:21):
spiritual or wanting to connectwith yourself, this is for you.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
Totally, it's definitely and that's part of
what you know.
I think yoga is is theself-study which we talked about
a lot and we even tapped intoin during the challenge, and I
think yoga is is the self-studywhich we talked about a lot and
we even tapped into in duringthe challenge, and I think
that's important.
I think, yeah, I think it'sjust an important.
It will be a huge reflectionfor you and so it's funny this
(27:46):
actually brings me.
Speaker 1 (27:48):
I'm so glad you just said that, because I've been
wanting to talk about this.
This is a little bit of popculture, but hold on, let me
just bring.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
I love it.
I don't, I might not know it.
Um no, this is going to be veryniche, okay, if it doesn't have
to do with Bad Bunny then Iwill not know um.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
So this is funny.
If you are in the Bravouniverse, you'll know what I'm
about to say.
But Bethany Frankel was just onum, she was just.
She did um sports, illustratedswimsuit, runway, and joy bear
ripped her to shreds.
Basically, I don't know.
(28:29):
She said something about likeher boobs being saggy or
something, or like somethingabout her fake boobs.
And so now these are two womenwho are roughly around the same
age.
They're like probably in their50s, maybe even 60s, um, and so
I have to give it to Bethanybecause, like, she went out
there, she fucking killed it,she rocked it.
I think she really showed likewe can ate.
(28:51):
I mean, yes, she's had a lot ofwork done, but like also, we
can age in this healthy way, wecan be sexy still.
And to see another woman tearher down, like I was just like
so disgusted by it.
But Bethany's response to herwas like I think it's like what
kind of like what we're talkingabout?
Let me see if I can, let me seeif I can find it for me.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Yeah, I think too, like I'll just quickly say,
while you look for this, I thinkone thing too for me it wasn't
a challenge.
I think it was just somethingthat really I was so grateful
for working with you on this as,like two women in this industry
(29:43):
in the West, I feel likesometimes there can be
competition or, you know, oneupping, and I have never felt
that working with you, it alwaysfelt like just even just the
participants too.
I really feel like it was sucha beautiful community of lifting
each other up, and I think thatthat is also a part of yoga yes
(30:08):
, I totally agree, agree, um solet me see when did this, when
did this?
um runway thing happen?
Speaker 1 (30:20):
this happened within like the last like week or so.
Oh, okay, um, okay.
So this is according to peoplemagazine, so it's funny that I'm
using them as a source.
But here we go.
So on sunday, june 8th, thereal housewives of new york city
, alum, who is 54, took totiktok to discuss joy bear's
comments about her appearance onthe sports illustrated swimsuit
(30:43):
.
Um, sports illustrated swimsuitrunway during my miami swim
week.
Joy bear took a jab at her onthe view.
Um, whoopi goldberg mentionedthat she was on, or like
involved in this show.
(31:03):
Um, saying that none of uslooked the way that they did two
hours prior, so they werebasically just like talking
nonsense.
So it's kind of like what wewere experiencing about showing
up and like I've talked a lotabout this, about not using
filters, and like I've talkedabout it with cat a bunch, like
just aging naturally, like Botoxis not something I'm going to
(31:25):
be injecting in my face and likeI'm just going to allow myself
to age gracefully and it's so.
Joy took a swipe at her and said, like, about her fake boobs,
and she was saying like I don'tknow something.
She said, uh, that her boobswere fake and like saggy or
(31:52):
something like that, um, andthen uh, frankel just went on to
say like, yeah, so this is thedirect quote from her.
She said women my age and olderwomen of any certain age can
live their lives freely withhappiness and joy and that we're
not washed up.
Miserable older women, shecontinued I actually feel sorry
(32:14):
for joy, that she hasn't livedher life or doesn't seem to be
living her life with any joy.
You have to be really miserableto take a swipe at something
that is literallyself-deprecating and literally
leveling the playing field,saying yeah, we all look like
this, but we had a lot of workthat day.
(32:42):
I guess they were like makingfun of them for like I don't
know having their makeup doneand and like whatever.
It's not like what normal womendo.
Um, she had to kick somebodywhen they were already saying
that they're down.
Frank frankle concluded bysaying, sadly, joy is painting a
picture of the older, seeminglymiserable, washed up women that
all of us are trying to showthat we aren't, and it's like
(33:03):
your life doesn't have to end,and I just thought that this was
like it was a really good shehad a really good response to
joy bear and, like I have a hate, hate relationship with the
view, I think it's likeabsolutely toxic.
I don't know how the fuck it isstill on air, um, but I think
this is like part of what wewere talking about, it's like
(33:23):
part of what we all experienceand I have to give it to her to
be like 54, to love your body,to show up and just like strut
your stuff.
I feel like it is just it'sshowing up, it's like it's being
a powerful woman and like Ifelt really empowered by this.
Bravo, star, um, and I reallywanted to talk about this, so
(33:46):
I'm like glad that it kind ofseamlessly came up.
She was like in um, like aone-piece leopard print bikini
and like I thought she waskilling it.
So it's funny that, like, likewomen of her age, were so quick
to tear her down From behindtheir desks, and I think it
(34:07):
should have been Celebrated more.
Speaker 2 (34:10):
Yeah, I think Ageism is that the right word Is like
Obviously, I think it's scarieras a woman or for women, because
it's like there's this likeneed to stay young or whatever.
But like I know women who havetransitioned naturally and
beautifully into this incrediblecrone persona like you're wise,
(34:35):
like once you pass, you knowyour menopause or this, that and
the other thing, and you becomethis, like wise woman, like why
are we trying to run from that?
Whether you get Botox or not,that's your own, that is your
own thing.
You know what I mean.
Like how, why is it difficultfor us to honor?
Like the ages as we as we go?
(34:59):
Yeah, like the ages as we as wego?
Yeah, some of my, a lot of myfriends here are old, are like
60 and up, and they're some ofthe most incredible people that
I've ever met yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:14):
So I think, I don't know, it should be celebrated
like you're gonna step out ofyour comfort zone, like that.
Like I'm sure that wasn'tcomfortable for her.
Like yeah, she had professionalmakeup artists and and all of
these people that were likeworking on her and I don't know.
I just thought it was a veryinteresting um piece of pop
culture that came across my deskthis morning and I was just
(35:38):
like actually proud of theresponse for her to be like I'm
unapologetic about this.
Like yeah, I had my boobslifted 20 years ago and I'm like
not gonna apologize for that.
But like let's celebrate thatthis woman who is 54, like loves
on her body, takes care of herbody, works out, eats right and
(35:59):
is strutting her stuff on themiami swim week fashion show.
Like I think that's fuckingawesome.
It's something to celebrate.
Cancel the view.
Cancel the view, um, but anyway.
So another little announcementabout our challenge.
(36:20):
So something that was born outof the challenge was this need
to continue further.
So, without further ado, wewill be launching a 12-week
mentorship program based on theDeepen your Practice Challenge.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
So that will be launching in September.
Yeah, so stay tuned.
And there's a link for you tosign up on the to be on the
waiting list.
We're still plugging outdetails, of course, but we're
you know save, save the date,keep on listening.
It's going to be a 12 weekprogram.
(37:04):
It's going to be.
Should I talk a little bitabout it?
Yeah, sure, go ahead, all right.
So it's going to be for the yogateacher ready to rise into
leadership, or for a soul seekerlonging to deepen their
practice off of the mat, or justfor anyone, like we were saying
, with the challenge in yoga ingeneral, you know craving real
(37:24):
integration of this sacredpractice into your everyday life
.
It's going to be rooted ineight limbs of yoga and
nourished by modern wellness,ritual, self-inquiry and
community.
So, whether you're guide, youknow guiding others or guiding
yourself, this is an invitationto ground your practice, expand
your voice and remember who youare.
And then I'll just read alittle bit more about some of
(37:49):
the details just to give you alittle little bit of insight.
So he said it's gonna be 12weeks.
We're going to have weekly livegroup calls, so in 60 minute
live sessions every week.
We'll have optional bi-weeklymovement and meditation circles.
Two to one support.
So you're going to be able tohave check-ins with me and
(38:11):
Deanna together as we flowthrough this a few times and
then also have additionalchances to have more two-on-ones
with us if that's somethingthat's interesting to you.
We'll provide tons of resources, reflection prompts,
meditations, ritual guides,recipes, etc.
Etc.
And then, of course, acommunity um of of people who
(38:33):
join into this mentorshipprogram.
So I am so excited.
Speaker 1 (38:38):
I am so excited too and I think think, like in the
student space and also theteacher space, this is really
necessary because I think, likein a modern yoga class, we are
only touching on these fewthings and I have definitely
noticed a shift, like post COVIDin the yoga world where, like
(39:00):
you know, classes used to be 90minutes, now they're 60 minutes
and we've like watered down thepractice.
I've talked about this a lot,so I think this is a great way
for teachers to refresh, andeven you know, I was.
I was talking to a lot ofteachers who participated in the
deep in your practice challengeand they were, like I've been
through multiple teachertrainings and I haven't talked
(39:21):
about some of these conceptsbefore, some of these practices
that literally come right frompatent, like we took everything
right from patent jolly's yogasutras, um, so it's like not
something that we were making up.
We like systemically,strategically, took everything
and like made it step by stepand how it was supposed to be
(39:43):
practiced, like through thatancient text.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
And um, like I was just so surprised at how many
teachers came to me and said Inever knew that before well,
even too, just as, like ateacher, a training teacher,
like you know, that's like,that's like, that's a whole,
nother whole nother can of worms.
But I think, yeah.
(40:07):
So this, this mentorship, itwould be incredible to have both
teachers and students togetherand to get insight from both
sides Not even both sides ascollectively, like what you know
, know, I think that that wouldbe such.
I think it's going to be such abeautiful container to hold and
to support and to host.
Um, you know, I think I'venever seen something like this
(40:30):
before.
I think it's new, I think it'sdifferent.
Um, it's called the embodiedyogi.
That's what we're calling it.
So if that, if you feel calledto learn more, reach out to
either Gianna or to me.
Please keep an eye out, sign upfor the wait list, um, through
your email.
We'll slowly start trickling insome emails.
(40:51):
We'll probably start talkingabout it in a few weeks on
social media as well.
So, you know, keep us postedwith any questions you might
have.
But we're both, you know,really excited to begin this.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
Yes, and I won't speak for you, but I know like
something like this would havebenefited me so greatly coming
out of a yoga teacher training.
Because when you do a 200 hourwe've talked about this before
on this podcast like you run tothe wolves, you're thrown to the
walls, you don't?
I mean you learn a lot during a200 hour.
Like your brain is literallymashed potatoes by the time
(41:26):
you're done.
Speaker 2 (41:28):
It's like drinking from a fire hydrant, and then
you're, and then it's like, okay, go teach, you practice once,
probably teaching your groupthat you're in training with,
and then you just are, you know,thrown to the world.
And so I think you're right,like being able to have
something like this, whetherit's been a year, a couple years
or even 10 years, and you wantto just get a refresh, like I
(41:50):
think that this would take yourpractice as a teacher to the
next level and if you're astudent, it will also take your
practice to the next level.
I think that it's an awesomeopportunity and I would just be
so grateful and honored to guidewhoever comes in to this.
Speaker 1 (42:06):
Yes, I'm so excited.
I feel like I feel like thisoffering came from my past self,
like this is what my past selfwould have needed or wanted.
And, um, I'm so glad that we'rethat we're putting this offer
out into the world, because metoo.
I would like to see the yogacommunity step up as a whole,
(42:30):
like, let's stop appropriating.
It's not a fitness class, it'snot something that you learn at
the gym.
This is like a lifestyle, it'sa way.
It is a way of life.
I mean, I talk about this tolike the yoga.
Everyone's looking for aguidebook to life.
Everyone's looking fordirection and looking at
themselves deeper, like wantingto better themselves.
(42:53):
Like, okay, you want to do that.
Drop all of the self help booksthat you have, all the self
limit.
Yes, live it.
And like the yoga sutras.
Literally, it is the way.
Speaker 2 (43:04):
It is the way and I just I will say this we don't
need to go into details because,honestly, they're not important
and they will come later, but Ican I know I can speak for both
of us and I'll just leave it atthat, where you and I both
showed up for this, not just ashosts, but as ourselves, and for
ourselves individually, foreach other, but also
individually, and we both havehad so many blessings and and
(43:27):
synchronicities and thingshappen for us, because we showed
up every single day, being anembodied yogi.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
Yes, and it's funny because we kept saying like this
oh, we realized like less thanhalfway through the challenge.
We were like, oh, this was forus.
We had almost 50 people signedup, but this is for us.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
Yeah, so you can be this like, quote, unquote,
advanced teacher, but if you'renot bringing it back to the
simple, actual, like text andancient practices, I'm gonna,
I'm gonna what are you doing?
I'm gonna have a bone to pickwith you.
Speaker 1 (44:10):
Yeah, what are you even doing?
Speaker 2 (44:12):
yeah, so I think it was.
It definitely challenged me ina ways that I didn't even know I
was going to be challenged.
That I'm so grateful for, andit brought blessings with that.
Speaker 1 (44:25):
Same.
Speaker 2 (44:26):
And I think you know we've spoken to enough people
where I know that that's alsothe case and that makes me feel
really good and warms my heart.
Speaker 1 (44:34):
Same and it's like why Nearly Enlightened was born
and it's the work that I knowthat I was here to do, so just
to be able to be an embodiedteacher myself and to step into
this practice and in a moremeaningful way and really be
reminded.
It brought it back to theforefront of my teaching and I
(44:59):
think, like in the last month,like people have definitely like
noticed a shift in my classesand in the conversations that
were happening in my classes andI was just so blessed, humbled,
blown away by how many peoplein the studios that I teach at
were talking about the emailjourney and like how much they
(45:22):
learned from it and that's whatit's about, and I think one
thing I will say really quicklytoo, because I'm sure this is
going to be a question but we'reworking on making this embodied
yogi count as continuededucation.
Speaker 2 (45:35):
So if you are a teacher, listening to this and
that's something that, if youthink it's something you're
interested in or you'reteetering on, we're working on
it becoming continued ed.
So stay posted for that as well, because that's important, as
we're talking about living thisand continuing to grow and being
a forever student.
As teachers, that is somethingas if you were a nurse you also
(45:56):
have to have continued education, same at same with teaching
yoga, if you are with under yogaalliance it is to throw that in
there.
Speaker 1 (46:04):
As a baby yoga teacher, it was one of the best
pieces of advice that I got waslike never stop being a student,
never stop practicing yourself.
Like if, if you do like,students will notice like your
teaching will suffer.
Students will notice like yourteaching will suffer.
Yeah, and not to be negative,like you can just have a 200
(46:25):
hour and go out there and becompletely fine.
But like never stop being astudent of the practice.
Like if you're not practicingthese concepts yourself, like
how are you going out there andleading other people?
So it's, it's something tothink about and it's it is what
sets it apart from like youraerobics class.
Like it, it's, it's just it'sdifferent.
Speaker 2 (46:48):
It is different, and I mean no shade.
Speaker 1 (46:50):
No no.
But like look at that.
Speaker 2 (46:53):
Yeah, we're just here holding up a mirror, yeah, and
you can take it or leave.
It 's the thing like, if youknow, but I think that this is
an offering that I'm so excitedto just bring into the world.
Like birth, this baby, it feelslike a baby it does feel like a
baby, doesn't it?
Speaker 1 (47:11):
this, honestly, like nearly enlightened kind of like,
has been my baby and justseeing how the podcast is
growing and it's just, it'sincredible.
It's like you know, I just cameup on five years of really like
focusing on this and likeleaving a steady job and
(47:36):
pursuing this and it is it'sscary sometimes, like being an
entrepreneur is a wild ride andI I see how I can use the yoga
practices in being anentrepreneur and just like not
taking things personally andjust constantly like, like you
said, holding up that mirror,reflecting, and I think, like
(47:59):
the last two weeks, I have beena little bit more quiet on here,
but everything is still growing.
Like I told you, in the lastthree days the podcast has had
over 300 downloads and that isso insane to me.
I literally thought it was aglitch.
I thought there was likesomething wrong with the app
that I use, that I get myanalytics from.
(48:21):
I was on the computer so latelast night like no, no, no, this
has to be a mistake, but I'm inthis integration period, like
post challenge and just likeobserving, looking.
I think I'm in an integrationperiod in my life, like this is
the last few days as a 33 yearold before I step into 34.
Speaker 2 (48:43):
year olds before I step into 30.
So we're celebrating you forfinishing the challenge, for
having you know, gaining thismomentum with your podcast.
And if you, what's the actualdate?
Speaker 1 (48:49):
the 14th right, the 14th is my birthday, yeah.
Speaker 2 (48:54):
If you're listening, don't forget, reach out and just
give Chi a happy birthday.
Speaker 1 (49:01):
Oh, thank you.
I think this is going to go upon Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (49:04):
Oh, okay, well, you better have said happy birthday,
you can wish me.
Speaker 1 (49:08):
Yeah, I celebrate all month long.
It's fine.
Speaker 2 (49:11):
So it's, you know, I, just as your friend, as your I
don't know colleague, I guessyou could say I'm celebrating
you because I think both of ustoo.
Like I start I think that'slike how we found each other was
, too, was like I had juststarted my business in Panama,
just opened up the yoga studioand all this stuff, and then now
now look at us.
Speaker 1 (49:34):
I know and those were COVID times Like I was
literally just showing up onlinetalking about this like
everyone's bored's bored.
It's 2020.
We're all sitting at home likenot knowing what the fuck is
going on um yeah, online.
Speaker 2 (49:47):
I was like pregnant teaching online.
Like it was wild times it waswild now we're here.
Speaker 1 (49:56):
We had to go through all that yeah, and I had zero
people listening to the podcastat that time, and one.
Speaker 2 (50:02):
I was listening, and that that's probably why I'm
here today oh, I love that.
Speaker 1 (50:08):
I appreciate and thank you for all of your
support and just like showing upand and also helping, nearly
enlightened, to become what ithas become, and so I'm super
excited to to do this 12-weekmentorship with you and to lead
people through, and I'm excitedfor people to sign up and even
if you're not a teacher, Ipromise you this is going to
(50:29):
ripple out into your life.
This book that I've talkedabout in the past I think I
talked about it with CrystalSerrato and I've talked about it
with Mikayla when she was onthe podcast but there was a book
that really changed myperspective on things and it's a
fictional book, so it's calledhow yoga works and I loved it.
Um, this woman yoga teacher inancient times like went to this
(50:54):
village and she had an originalcopy of the yoga sutras, and so
the police chief there was likewell, you must have stolen this,
because nobody would give thisto a woman.
Um, and threw her in jail andhe was like, well, if you're
really a yoga teacher, then thenteach me yoga, and if you
successfully teach me yoga, thenI will let you go free.
(51:16):
And she taught the police chiefyoga and it rippled out and had
an effect on the entire villageand changed the village forever
and changed the way that, uh,the village was run and, um, she
(51:37):
talks about it.
It's like planting a seed.
So you're like planting theseed and you're letting it grow
and flourish and it's such agreat story.
So if you're interested in, like, yogic concepts and you're a
reader, like that's a reallygreat book to just highlight the
practice beyond the asana andhow, like you use the asana as
(51:58):
we've talked about on thispodcast as the gateway in and
then we like introduce all ofthese other amazing concepts
that really are.
It literally is the guidebookto life.
Like you want to make your lifea little bit more stress-free,
a little bit more peaceful, alittle bit more embodied, like
practice yoga and it doesn'tmean you have to get on your mat
(52:19):
yeah, and it doesn't have to beperfect and it doesn't have you
have to get on your mat, yeah,and it doesn't have to be
perfect and it doesn't have tobe serious.
Speaker 2 (52:28):
You know you can have fun with it and I, you know,
like some of the reels we didand stuff, like I was like I
need to do something funny today.
Speaker 1 (52:32):
Your reels with the Theo Vaughn audios were so funny
, they were so relatable, soperfect.
Audios were so funny, they wereso relatable, so perfect.
Like, if you want, you couldjust literally scroll through
our posts for from the last like30 days or so and and kind of
get a taste of what thechallenge was.
Speaker 2 (52:52):
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Yeah, because it doesn't.
Yeah, it doesn't need to beserious, you can make it your
own.
You know it's different foreveryone and that's why it was
so beautiful to, to see and toshare, even like with you.
I was like, oh, what you'regonna post today, like you know,
it was really fun.
So I think that that you know,even in this mentorship
container, creating communityand having it be this, like
(53:16):
lifting each other up,especially right now, the
collective, like we need that.
So, if you are at allinterested, I would highly
recommend getting on the waitinglist.
Speaker 1 (53:30):
Yes, I will put the link to the wait list in the
show notes so if you're curiousyou can pop in there and it's
zero commitment.
Like you can sign up for thewait list and then just like see
what comes up.
Speaker 2 (53:44):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (53:48):
And that's a great place to wrap.
Do you have anything else?
Speaker 2 (53:51):
I don't think so.
I think we covered from.
Speaker 1 (53:55):
We literally covered everything.
Speaker 2 (53:57):
Covered coffee beans to Bethany Frankel, to the
embodied Yogi.
And here we are, I think we'velanded back or coming back down
to earth.
So thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (54:12):
Thank you for being here and thank you all for
listening.
Thank you so much for tuninginto today's episode of the
nearly enlightened podcast.
If this conversation resonatedwith you, I would love it if you
would share it, leave a reviewor reach out and let me know
your thoughts.
And if you're looking for moreways to deepen your connection
to body, mind and spirit, checkout the meditate to elevate
(54:35):
guided meditation portal orvisit nearly enlightenedcom for
more resources.
Until next time, stay curious,stay connected and remember the
answers already lie within.
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