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What happens when ancient wisdom meets modern wellness? In this inspiring conversation, I sit down with Crystal Cerrato—founder of Body of Light Yoga School and creator of BODYWELL a virtual wellness platform— explore how integrated wellbeing practices can completely transform your relationship with your body, mind, and spirit.
We kick things off with a little confession: neither of us has ever been the “fitness type.” But yoga opened a doorway—not through perfect poses or Instagram-worthy moments, but through deeper healing, self-awareness, and true embodiment. Crystal shares how her personal quest for health and balance evolved into a holistic four-pillar method: Eat, Breathe, Sculpt, and Flow—the foundation of BODYWELL.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
How yoga goes far beyond the physical—and why it's actually a complete science of wellbeing
How proper breathing activates your parasympathetic nervous system (hello, post-yoga bliss!)
How strategic nutrition impacts mental, emotional, and physical health
Why trying different teachers can deepen your practice
The powerful lessons hidden inside fear (and how it points you toward your biggest growth)
The truth about 200-hour yoga teacher trainings—and why continuing education matters
Practical breathwork, mindful eating, and movement tips you can start using today
Crystal also shares her journey from digital marketing to founding a yoga school, building a wellness platform, and stepping fully into leadership as a mother, entrepreneur, and teacher of teachers.
Whether you're new to the yoga world or looking to deepen your wellness journey, this episode offers actionable tools, inspiring insights, and a powerful reminder that true health starts from the inside out.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to the Nearly Enlightened Podcast, a high
vibe toolbox designed to helpyou connect to your body, mind
and spirit.
I'm your host, gianna Giarrusso, 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
the truth is, the answersaren't outside of us, they're
(00:24):
already within.
Let's dive in.
Today's guest is a powerfulforce in the wellness world, a
devoted wife and mother andfounder of the Body of Light
Yoga School, and the visionarybehind the newly launched online
platform BodyWell.
Her mission is to guide otherstowards total body well-being
through movement, nourishment,breath and mindful living.
(00:46):
Welcome, crystal Serrato.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Thank you so much, so glad to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I am so glad to have you.
So, crystal and I a littlebackground most of the people
who come on this podcast arefriends who are like doing the
work and are just like badasstrailblazers.
Who are like doing the work andare just like badass
trailblazers.
And you are no exception.
Crystal and I met when we weredoing our 300 hour yoga teacher
(01:12):
yoga teacher training throughbooty yoga in 2019.
And we just became fast friends.
Yeah, we did.
We had sleepovers where wewould like do our homework and
that's funny In those days, wewere drinking wine.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
And just giggling the night away.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Giggling the night away Reading the Hatha Yoga
Pratapika 10 out of 10 dorecommend, I know, yeah, like,
if you are a yogi, if you'rethinking about being a yogi, if
you're a yoga teacher, like,read that book.
I don't know why, but just readthat book.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
And we can't even tell you what it's about.
You have to read it by yourself.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yeah, and like it's so funny, like all of those, all
(02:26):
of those texts, those ancienttexts, kind of find you at the
right time I had the BhagavadGita but I tried to read them so
many times and just could notuntil that training.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah.
Same when I first read the yogasutras in my 200 hour and I
remember getting my books aheadof starting and I tried to like
jumpstart on the reading and Iwas like, okay, so no, this is
not happening on my own.
Yeah, and it just.
It really does come at theexact time that you need it and
it it lands.
I feel like it takes a fewtimes to really have the
(02:52):
information land, but it doeswhen it's meant to.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Yes, and that's one of the things that I loved about
.
It is like we kind of went in acircle and we all read from our
different texts and got toreally talk about it and
actually like little side plug.
But this is kind of like why Dand I started the 30 day deepen
your practice challenge.
So I'm really excited aboutthat.
That starts on May 1st, so ifyou want, you can sign up.
I'll link it in the show notes.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, I'm excited.
This is so great.
I'm so excited.
This is like so important.
I was just listening to youguys on the live and this is
like so important because, likeyou said in other challenges,
it's like you kind of miss a lotof what yoga actually is and
the way yoga originated.
It wasn't meant to be a workoutand like it's dope that it
(03:39):
helps with the physical right,like there's so many healthy
benefits and whatever in thephysical practice, but like
actually what it is is so muchmore healing, um, beyond the
surface.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
So I'm so glad you guys are doing that.
Yes, and it's.
So, going back to the yogasutras and talking about a 200
hour, my first 200 hour, wedidn't even I didn't even know
that the yoga sutras existed.
We did not talk about it.
So like as I deepened my ownpractice and started to learn
more as how I I learned aboutthem.
But I mean and this is a greatsegue into why you created the
(04:14):
body of of light school um wasbecause in 200 hours, like
that's, there's a lot to packinto 200 hours and that's like
the very base level that youneed to.
There's a lot to pack into 200hours and that's like the very
base level that you need toteach to become a yoga teacher.
So talk to us a little bitabout the Body of Light Yoga
School.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, and it's funny that the segue is the Yoga
Sutras, because it really wasthat moment in my 200 hour where
we were studying the YogaSutras and we were dismantling
identity really and connectingto what we know as the self.
And so in like maybe halfwaythrough my 200 hour yoga teacher
(04:52):
training, I knew that I wantedto teach teachers.
So really the creation of myschool started as an idea at
that point.
It took a long time then toactually come into fruition, but
it honestly happened.
So naturally it was like theevolution of myself becoming a
yoga teacher.
I started teaching halfwaythrough my 200 and just kind of
(05:14):
hit the ground running, builtmyself a website because I was
coming from digital marketingbackground and that's like what
I knew how to do.
So I did all of that.
I just started teaching my buttoff, like you know, when you
first start and you teach like30 classes a week.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Yeah, no, it's insane .
I taught 18 classes a week whenI first started, Like why was I
doing?
Speaker 2 (05:34):
that you know it's crazy, but I like, I think it's
almost like an initiation of abrand new teacher to like get
out there Baptism by fire.
A brand new teacher.
To like get out there, baptismby fire, yes, exactly.
And like see as many bodies asyou can and like different
people and different, um, thingsthat have people have coming up
in the classes to like reallylearn how to be a good teacher,
(05:55):
um, but yeah, so my inspirationfor my school started in my 200
and I developed it start,actually, I started with
developing an 85 hour prenatalcurriculum and that was sort of
like my tester to see how alonger format training would go.
It was incredible, that one Iheld online and I was like, okay
(06:16):
, I'm ready to complete my 200hour curriculum.
So I did that and I'm now we'regetting towards the end of my
third cohort and we have afourth one coming up as well.
Yeah, and I have other trainerscoming in to lead the curriculum
, so it's just the school islike expanding and it's really
really exciting stuff.
(06:36):
But the whole mission behind itwas to teach the yoga sutras
and to teach people what yogaactually really is beyond like a
really badass sequence Althoughthey get that too.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
I mean, it's the gateway for a lot of people.
It was for me, like thephysical practice I so, right
before we started recording, wewere both talking about how we
don't like running, but it'ssomething that we're starting to
integrate.
Um, but I was, like neverreally a fitness person.
I hated going to the gym.
I would, but it wasn'tsomething that I liked to do.
(07:10):
I would like to spin every oncein a while.
That was like my, if I'm goingto do something physical, that's
what I'm going to do.
When I found yoga, it blew meaway.
So, like it was the physicalpractice and it is for a lot of
people, the physical practicethat brings you in, and that's
great.
But like it was the physicalpractice and it is for a lot of
people, the physical practicethat brings you in, and that's
great.
But like that is limb threethere are eight limbs Like let's
(07:30):
start talking about those otherthings because, like you said,
yoga is so much more than thephysical practice.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Yeah, Same I was.
Well, I've been like somewhatathletic all my life.
I grew up doing sports anddance and cheer and like just a
little bit of everything.
But as a young adult when Ifirst started it was, I was
definitely not in a fitnessmindset.
I was not good to my body, yeah.
And I really what 20 year oldis right, exactly, and so it
(08:01):
really like did bring me into mybody and into my mind and into
spirit.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
So yeah, yes, that's what it was for me to like
learning about breath control.
And then, like my best friend,nikki and I, we found this yoga
studio that no longer exists.
It's actually kind of sad, butit was 45 minutes of chanting
and breath work and then a 45minute yin class Wow, and it
(08:27):
would literally put you onanother planet.
And that was I was coming from,like always going to hot power
yoga, and then I tried thisclass and that was where I
decided like I need to teachpeople this.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Yeah, I can only imagine I have not taken a class
like that.
That sounds amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
I can only imagine.
I've not taken a class likethat.
That sounds amazing, I know.
And you know what, if somebodyknows of a class out there like
this, whether it's like virtualor whatever, let me know about
it.
Like if there is a teacherdoing this like I want to know
I'm coming, we should do it.
I know I know we should.
I actually know somebody whodoes like the bhakti stuff, so
like all of the chanting Ithat's like out of my realm of
(09:09):
practice, really, like I I don'tknow a lot about that, I'm more
of like an anatomy, physicalgirly, meditation, breath work,
um, so that kind of like thechanting and the sanskrit.
I'm that's not my strongestpoint.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Very fun, very fun ideas.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
I mean there's.
There's definitely a need forit, like I would like.
This class was literallyincredible.
She would hold us there afterclass because you were actually
like drunk.
You felt like you were like onanother planet, but it was like
not safe to drive.
So she would have like littlesnacks and refreshments, yes,
and she'd be like put your feetin the grass.
Like she had this beautifulproperty, the yoga studio, like
(09:52):
was her house.
It was just like thisincredible space, um, oh yeah.
If anyone knows of anythinglike that out there, let us know
yes so, speaking of body, well,there are um four, four pillars
through that.
Talk about the pillars of body,well, and what it is and how
people could join.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Yes, so I wanted to create this platform that
touched on everything because,like you said, we do tend to get
caught up in the physical and,like it does, it is the gateway
right, like people do come intoyoga through the physical
practice, um, but with a lot ofwellness programs we sometimes
get stuck on just the movement.
So I created this platform thathas four pillars.
(10:33):
So the categories for classesare eat, breathe, sculpt and
flow.
So in the eat category we havenutrition education, so I have
some like Ayurvedic stuff inthere.
I have a holistic nutritionist,I have some other people
contributing to some thingscoming up, and then I have a
page for all recipes and therecipes are all based on um,
(10:55):
like well-balanced, easy to prep, um, meal prep ideas, dinner
ideas, sweet treats, desserts,like all the things, so that
people can really plan inadvance to stay on track with
their nutrition and reallynourish their body on a physical
, energetic and spiritual levelas well.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Yes, and the nutrition is such a big piece
and I've talked about this onthe podcast before with my
friend Stefan if, like healingyour gut, it's such an important
step in the process and makingsure that you're eating right
for your body and it looksdifferent for everyone, like I
was vegetarian for seven yearsand that worked for me for a
(11:34):
time, but it stopped working forme at a time and I had to make
a pivot and since I have, like,I have felt different.
My, my skin is different, myhair is different.
So like, just like listening tomy, my skin is different, my
hair is different.
So like, just like listening toyour body and knowing that
there's not like one size fitsall.
So I love that there'seducation there.
It's not just like, oh be,dairy free, gluten free, it's
(11:56):
like that's not necessarily foreveryone.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Right, and it's not super helpful either.
I feel like to have like theplan, the recipes, like here's
your inspiration.
Just go and do this, you'regoing to feel great.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yeah, I just contributed a recipe.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
You sure did, and I'm so excited.
I haven't tried it yet, but I'mlike this looks absolutely
incredible.
I'm really excited to try it.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
My go-to and I switch it up with like different cuts
of beef, but sometimes I'll dolike a good chicken, like an air
chilled pasture raised chicken,yeah, but it's like so easy to
swap out the protein.
I mean you could even make itvegetarian.
I would eat like that when Iwas vegetarian too, but for me
(12:37):
it's just like when I was eatingthat way it was a lot of carbs
and I didn't even realize it.
It was like a lot of carbs, alot of seed oils, a lot of
processed food Right, and a lotof carbs.
That's the thing, and I didn'teven realize it.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
It was like a lot of carbs, a lot of seed oils, a lot
of processed food, Right, and alot of times people see
whatever branding, marketing,packaging and they're like, oh,
healthy, this is great.
And then on the ingredientslabel it's like what even is
this?
This is one ingredient awayfrom being plastic, Like really.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Like it probably is 3d printed.
Yeah, yeah.
So going back to the pillarsyou have eat and then the second
one is breathe.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Yes, so we have different pranayama breath work
tools and techniques, as well asguided meditations to help
people regulate their nervoussystem.
I find that a lot of times,what we're missing in this
society is the pause is like themoment of stillness, and so I
wanted to keep them short andconcise, but really impactful
and really beneficial, like withintention.
(13:34):
So we're breathing with apurpose and it's all in the
descriptions, like what each oneis for, um, which I'm so
grateful that you contributed tothat as well.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Yeah, I know Same, that was so good to do.
I don as well.
Yeah, I know Same, that was sogood to do.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
I don't know when this will drop.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
I'm going to put it up next week, so it'll be up.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Yeah, it's in there.
So, yeah, so we got eat,breathe and then sculpt is just
like fitness for all levels.
I have a new format that I'mkind of playing with right now.
That's a slow burn sort of aPilates inspired musicality, but
like fusion is really a coolthing.
So I have some like slow burntype of sculpt and then I have a
(14:12):
couple of other contributorsand it's not any one particular
style, it's just there'sdifferent things in there.
And then flow is yoga, sothere's different types of yoga
as well.
I have a couple of differentinstructors teaching yoga flows,
because the yoga is notintended to be the workout per
se, right?
I wanted to differentiate thetwo.
So you may love that, you maystill like work up a sweat, work
(14:34):
your muscles, all of the things, but they're separate because
they have different intentionsinterventions.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Right, yeah, and like I talk about this in my yoga
classes a lot like the intentionfor each yoga pose, like first
it would have, um, like it wouldbe beneficial to some sort of
like organ system or yourskeletal system, or literally,
it was just designed to make youuncomfortable, um, so that you
can literally go to those placesin your mind where you feel
(15:06):
those challenges, where you feelthose blocks, and meet them.
So it's a way to like overcome.
So the poses have a veryspecific um purpose and if they
do, if I was one of those peoplewho I was naturally very
flexible, so I was resting in myflexibility a lot before I
really started engaging mymuscles and going through with
(15:28):
intention and I see that a lotin classes.
I'm sure you do too, cause youteach a lot as well.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Yeah, yeah, and I always say about yoga it's like
people feel like it's hard atfirst and then you kind of
figure out alignment and itmaybe gets easier, but then as
you practice you, it gets harderagain because you realize like
you could take a level one I'musing finger quotes or beginner
class and still find so muchchallenge because you learn how
(15:54):
to engage properly and how tolike root down and rebound and
find the lift and all of that.
So it's a very interestingpractice.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Yes, I know.
I mean I've been practicingpretty religiously for about 13
years now and I talk about thistoo in my classes.
Like in down dog, it's one ofthe first poses that you learn.
But there's still so much likeeven now I'm still finding
things in in down dog that it'slike, ooh, what if I just did
(16:25):
this?
What if I did this, if Iadjusted this a little bit, if I
brought my heels here?
It's like you're still refiningthese poses, even if you've
been practicing for a reallylong time.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yeah, I feel like it's always an exploration too,
or like even just just hold itlonger, like, oh my goodness, to
hold down dog for 10 breaths isa long time.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Holy shoulders yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Oh yeah, Upper back the whole.
Thing.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Good.
Can you share one super simplepractice or mindset shift under
each pillar, or that inspiredeach pillar that listeners might
be able to try today?
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Yeah, so I have the pillars in a specific order.
So it's eat, breathe, sculptand flow for a reason.
So I start with eat because wewant to plan in advance.
If you're doing all of thethings, you're going to be
hungry afterwards.
I'm not saying that you shouldeat before you do your sculpt
and your flow and your breathwork and all the things, but
it's about planning.
So, as far as the eat category,it's about the planning in
(17:28):
advance and knowing what you'regoing to eat, either for that
day or maybe for that week, howyou're setting it up.
So plan in advance.
For breathe, take the time like, really just do it.
You can sit and even breathefour count in and four count out
and sit there and do that for afew breaths or even a few
(17:49):
minutes if you have the time,and it can shift how you're
feeling, it can elevate yourmood, it can help to bring you
more into the present, and a lotof times when we're dealing
with some mental stuff it'sbecause we're not in the present
.
So get present and carve outthe time for it.
In the sculpt category, some ofthem are tricky.
I'm gonna just say some of themare tricky.
(18:09):
I'm going to just say that someof them are like really they're
challenging in the best way,not tricky like nobody can do it
but challenging in that youwill be tested.
So find that top, pass thediscipline within and just push,
go through it because you willfeel better on the other side of
it.
And as far as flow um, atangible practice that people
(18:35):
can do, see if you can maintainthe same flow through of your
breath throughout the practice.
Like focusing on the breaththrough the movement is really
the connection piece in that Ithink that bridges everything
together.
The breath really is like thekey to the more subtle body and
(18:57):
the more subtle elements of likethe eight limbs of yoga.
So focus on your breath and letthe movement guide it.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Yes, and I would say that the breath is really the
the way to get into, tap intothe parasympathetic nervous
system and come into that restand digest state.
And I think that's why you knowpeople, when they go to their
first couple of yoga classes,they leave and they're like why
do I feel so damn good when Ileave here?
And it's like, well, becauseyou did this challenging thing
(19:27):
and you probably breathe deeperthan you've ever breathed in
your life.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Yeah, it's just incredible what it can do for
your mind and body and yournervous system, all of the
things.
So, to combine these practices,the breath and the physical
movement you're working on somany different layers of your
physical and energetic being.
That's like, yeah, that'shealing, more healing than so
many other things that peopletry.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Yes, I agree.
And and when it becomes like,once you gain that awareness
towards it, it's really hard toignore it like your body almost
craves it, like that's whathappened.
Like I started going to yoga soregularly and then like, oh, if
I would take like a couple daysoff, my body would be like
craving it, like that's whathappened Like I started going to
(20:14):
yoga so regularly and then like, oh, if I would take like a
couple of days off, my bodywould be like craving it.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Yeah, have to get there, yeah.
And sometimes we come out of itfor a longer period of time and
we kind of like forget, andthen when you go back into it,
it's like, oh, yeah, that's whyI'm so drawn to this.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Yes, and I love um love the concept of body well,
because it's really a way to forpeople to embody their wellness
and actually, like, do the work, and I love that.
So what does total body wellbeing mean to you personally?
Speaker 2 (20:45):
It's been a journey of my life and it really is
everything.
It's the heart of everything.
We're touching on every facetof our health and I think that
that's so important and that'sreally what has guided me
through so many tough times inmy life and experiences.
And having the tools tounderstand nutrition has helped
(21:08):
my body and understanding thatthat plays a role in anxiety,
depression, all of the thingsthat I have experienced in my
life, and other like long-termdiseases that I'm predisposed to
.
If I can kind of shield, proofmyself with nutrition.
Now it has literally changedthe game and how I feel.
So to then incorporate all ofthese things the breath, the
(21:29):
movement, the food it's my wayof like taking what my my mess
and making it my message.
It's so funny.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
We literally said that on yesterday's podcast.
So Kat and I recorded yesterdayand it went up yesterday.
How funny.
And we said that several timesthroughout the episode.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
It's just, that's how you know it's, it's alignment.
It's just have our own, likeyou know, unique pathways of of
reaching that embodiment.
But, like, for me, this is,this is it, and it almost body,
well, almost unfolded naturally,before I even realized like, oh
man, this has been, this hasbeen what I've been doing like
(22:12):
for so many years now.
And now I'm like, okay, this ismy guiding post, this is, this
is what drives me, this is whythis is in such alignment for
what I'm doing and what I'mcreating.
And it's just really, it'shonestly, it's happened so
easily, so naturally, and that'show you know that is how you
know.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
that is that I can like totally relate to that
experience.
That's kind of how nearlyenlightened was born to and it's
how the podcast keeps growingLike it.
It shocks me all the time, butI love sharing this information
Like it is.
It is my life's work, like,like you said, when you were in
your 200 hour.
(22:51):
When I was in my 200 hour, Ihad like a very similar
experience of like, oh my gosh,nothing else has worked out
before, because this is what Iwas supposed to be doing.
Like everything that I've everdone has led me here.
Yep.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yep and through all the rejections and denials and
the nose and I'm like, okay, butjust not with you, Because I
like I know what I'm supposed todo, I know what my purpose is,
I know my mission and and whenyou trust that and listen,
things just fall into place.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
And it can be scary.
Like I know, people get veryoverwhelmed.
So this is what's going to leadme to my next question.
Like a lot of people getoverwhelmed by the oh, I should
do this, I should integrate this, I need to take this out and it
gets like very overwhelming andit ends up stopping people from
actually starting the thing.
So, in the like, there are alot of shows, especially in the
(23:48):
wellness culture that we seeonline today.
So, like, what would you say tosomebody who's like afraid to
start, wants to start?
Is like yoga, curious or healthand wellness.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Curious.
I feel like fear is anindication that this is a path
that you should dig into, likeyou should really lean into fear
.
There's a very, very fine lineand we're always, like I'm
always advocate, advocating fordiscernment, because there's a
fine line between like buttingup against things that are just
not meant to be and not inalignment, and things that are
(24:23):
like clear signs telling you no,change course, redirect, but
like we sometimes like butt upagainst that.
But I think there's a verydifference between fear, and I
remember I can't remember whowas that told me this, but
someone once said, like if itdoesn't scare you, it's not,
your goal is not big enough, andso if there's fear in that,
it's like, okay, this is alittle bit exciting and it's
(24:47):
okay if you you mess up.
It's okay If you don't have theexact right equipment or the
exact right things in yourpantry, if it's food related or
the whatever.
Just start, just go trust whatfills you up, Listen to that
little nagging fear and leaninto it, because just outside of
our comfort zone is where wegrow and I think that's like
(25:11):
what we were talking aboutearlier.
Certain poses are really hardand you sit in them up for a
long time, but then, on theother side of that, you're
stronger and you learn something, and we know that a lot of it's
mental and we're the ones thatare in our own ways.
If we can just clear that outof the way, we can do really
incredible things.
We're connected to all ofcreation.
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We can do whatever the heck wewant.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
Yes, and what is more like powerful and empowering
than that?
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Yeah, yeah, we really are co creating with spirit.
We can do whatever the heck wewant.
We just have to do the work too.
So don't let the fear stop youwant.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
We just have to do the work too, so don't let the
fear stop you.
Yes, I think that's such animportant message it's.
I worked for Lululemon and thatwas a big part of my journey to
yoga and like where I am today,and one of the things that was
like one of their pillars was doone thing a day.
That scares you, yeah, andthat's something.
There's like a few lessons thatI've taken from my time there
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that I like I think it stilldrives me forward.
I mean just the entrepreneurialspirit.
When I started working forLululemon, it was 2012.
They were still like kind of ababy company and growing, and I
was part of the team that helpedgrow all of South Florida into
like what it is.
So we had just like this.
Really.
It was like basically all about.
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It was like going through theyoga journey.
It was like my yoga teachertraining.
Before the yoga teachertraining, it was like a real
self-study.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Yeah, I love that.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
So, um, as you continue building body, well,
what is one thing that's likelighting you up about it right
now?
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Oh my gosh, just one, maybe your top three?
Give us your top three.
I'm just like so excited to seehow it evolves and how it grows
and the way the library isgrowing and having the different
contributors contributing andthe way that things are kind of
like falling into place.
Um, but I do see, uh, somehowemerging of my yoga school and
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body.
Well, and I don't, the visionis like not, it hasn't quite
landed all into place.
I don't exactly know whatthat's going to look like, but I
do feel like something is onthe horizon of just like
expanding and offering my yogaschool, maybe through body.
Well, I don't know, but I thinkit's just the evolution and the
possibility of what it could beand also just seeing who it
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reaches and how it shiftspeople's lives, because that's
the intention is to like givepeople something that's like
here are the plans, likeliterally all you have to do is
take these classes and put itinto work and things will
actually start to shift in yourlife in such a magical and
beautiful way If you actuallyjust do it.
I'm like right now I'm justtrying to get people to take all
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of the classes on the platformwhile the library is young
because if you do things thatyou maybe wouldn't have done,
like oh, I might pass on thatsculpt class or maybe that flow
class is not for me.
No, do them all.
I have done them all andthey're really awesome, like
they're really so fun and socool and so unique.
Each person is such a differentteacher and a different hue of
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the same light, you know.
So.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
I love.
I love that you're bringingother teachers in and I think
that's like it's a reallyimportant thing to encourage in
the yoga world.
I've seen it, I've lived on theEast coast, I've lived on the
West coast.
People find their teacher andthen that's it.
They like don't go to anyoneelse.
I have fallen into this, myselfincluded.
But I think there andespecially if you're a beginner,
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I think there's so much beautyin trying different teachers and
seeing different perspectives,because this practice is 5,000
years old and it was, for themost part, verbally passed down
from generation to generationand the reason it's evolved and
stayed alive for 5,000 years isbecause of that.
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So I think that encouragingstudents to try other classes,
other teachers, is reallyimportant.
It's an important part of thepractice.
Like it is yoga, like that isthe yoga practice.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Yeah, and even, and like us as teachers, we're all
looking through our own lens ofour own perception.
So I feel like, even if youresonate deeply with one teacher
like you, it's so important totake classes with other people
because we can relate to them ondifferent levels, on different
layers, and it's just, there'sinfinite wisdom out there.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Yes, there's infinite wisdom out there.
Yes, one of the yoga teachers.
In this area, in this community, it's been coming up a lot of
like students being like oh Idon't like that teacher, oh I
like this teacher.
And he always tells them like,it's not about what you like and
what you don't like, there's nocustomer service in yoga.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
take that's hilarious , like there's something to
learn from every single teacher,even if you don't like them.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Yep, and that might be what you have to learn.
It's a self-reflection then tospot yeah, yeah, like we're
always, it's always about you,me like me learning to
understand.
Why didn't I like that?
What was it about that thatmade me feel discomfort?
Can I lean into that?
Yeah, most likely there'ssomething to grow from in that.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Yeah, absolutely, and I love that take.
I mean yoga in general for mewas was like a big out of my
comfort zone jump and I jumpedright into like the most intense
class and I didn't even know it.
It was like heated to 98degrees, 86% humidity.
The room was literally packedwith probably more than 60
(30:59):
people.
We were mat to mat.
I was like put right up infront.
It was like first yoga classever.
There's no other space exceptfor like right up in front, and
classes were 90 minutes.
Then, like I don't know ifpeople realize how hard a power
yoga class is for 90 minutes inlike 90 plus degree heat and 86%
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humidity, but it is fuckinghard.
Your brain thinks you're goingto die.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
Yeah, you want to run out of the room screaming and
crying, but you can't cause.
You're in the front row.
And you feel so good when youleave there because your brain
is like oh, I didn't die, I madeit, I made it through, yeah,
and then it's like that gloriousI don't know if your studio
would do this, but like theyturn the heat off right at the
end and it's like oh yeah, andlike turn the fan on and it's
(31:46):
like this baby little breeze,but it felt like actual heaven.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Yeah, such a relief.
I would go to a class inArizona and it was like
oppressive.
It was like a Bikram style kindof.
So it was like one hundred andfive degrees and eighty five
percent humidity and they wouldliterally slap you with towels,
like lavender towels, and I waslike, why am I doing this?
(32:14):
This is like actually like kindof um, like oppressive.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
yeah, oh my gosh, those glorious towels.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I know it was crazy.
It was like the only thing thatgot you through.
But same thing there.
It's like you're like stuck inthe middle of a class and it's
like you don't want to leave butyou want to run out of there
because it's so hot.
But that's where the game, withyour mind, comes in.
It's like can you overcome whatyour mind is telling you?
And like a lot of times it'strying to keep you in that box
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is telling you and like a lot oftimes it's trying to keep you
in that box, it's trying to keepyou in your comfort zone, super
safe.
It doesn't want you to see theother side, because what's on
the other side is unknown toyour brain.
So that's scary.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Right, right.
I that was part of my earlyyoga story was hot yoga and I
just I went into it and it waslike really super duper, hard
Right, and I feel like I heardsome advice that says the first
three classes are the hardest.
Continue to go consistently andyour body will kind of like
acclimate to it.
There was so many times that I'mlike I need to get the hell out
of here, and then I was likeaddicted to it and it helped me
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through so many things andeventually obviously led me to
take my 200 hour training andwhich was not a hot yoga
training but nonetheless broughtme in and through that, like
physical discipline, justchanged a lot of things for me.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
How long after your 200 hour did you do another
training?
Speaker 2 (33:39):
It was a year.
So I did my training, startedteaching halfway through and
then after we graduated therewas about a year and I feel like
that's a really good.
I recommend that to my 200 hourgraduates to like teach for a
year and then take a 300 ifyou're going to continue,
because it takes a while toactually integrate what you
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learn in a 200 hour trainingthrough teaching.
To then like be ready, I feellike, for a 300.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Yeah, I agree, I agree, I agree, I did another
200 hour before I even did my300 hour.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Oh, yeah, yeah, a lot of people I've heard take a
couple of different 200s.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
Honestly, they were so different.
One was like from one wasthrough like a local studio here
, so it was like a smaller scale.
I mean, we had a big class, Ithink in my class there were
probably like 28 people, um, andthat was my first one and, like
I said, we didn't touch on thesutras or the Bhagavad Gita.
So it was kind of like, once Istarted practicing and like
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learning more on my own, I waslike, oh, I feel like there was
a little bit of a gap here.
They skipped something.
Show up in my class and a lotof people being like oh, my
doctor told me to come to yogaand I'm like I am literally 26
years old.
I have a 200 hour yoga teachertraining.
(35:06):
My degree is in fashionmerchandising.
I know zero about your fuckinginjury.
Yeah, dude, your doctor istelling you to be here Like okay
, yeah, okay, with your completerotator cuff tear okay, you're
all so with that so my 100 hourtraining was just basically
(35:30):
dealing with pathologies thatyou see in the yoga class and
that was like huge for mebecause I mean, you know, in a
200 hour you get like what?
Two to four hours of anatomy.
So that's not really a whole, awhole, heck of a lot.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
Um, a lot in my, in my, well, I think it's.
Um, according to yoga Alliancestandards, you have to have like
30 hours.
Oh really, which is still inthe grand scheme of things to be
dealing with.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
It's more than it used to be.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
Oh is it?
Yeah, um, we do.
We do cover a lot, but Icertainly would not like my
training is not a injury.
Specific training.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
So right now 200, like what 200 hour would be
there's.
There's too much to cover.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
There's way too much to cover with the philosophy and
the sequencing, and the awesomeis to even teach these people
how to do correct um alignmentin their bodies Like there's
just so much to cover.
So it is very interesting.
And people come into yoga on adoctor's recommendation all the
time, but for so many differentthings it's like there's you're
like but you showed up to hotpower and you have like whatever
(36:34):
issues like this is not thesame, yeah, like as like a yoga
that's going to be like veryrestorative and using all the
props and very slow, likethere's so many different things
.
I think that's what scarespeople a lot of the times is
when they come into yogathinking it's a one size fits
all and yoga is for everybody,no doubt, but there's so many
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different types that are maybenot specifically going to be
beneficial to every singleperson, so it's important to do
your due diligence, folks.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Right, and, like I said, there, it's a 5,000 year
old practice, so there's so manydifferent lineages and like
just different takes on it.
And that's why, like, I thinkit's important to try multiple
teachers, to try.
If you're a teacher, try, trymultiple, take multiple
trainings.
Like 200 hours, yes, it'senough to start teaching, but it
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is not enough to sustain, likeyou have to, you have to keep
deepening your own practice,because in a 200 hour you're
only covering so much and thereis so much more to learn, um,
and like never, never stoplearning, like never stop being
a student of the practice first.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
I think that's that's like another important thing
100% and I feel like when I'mleading the 200 hour trainings,
my first three weekends are likethe heaviest, because I want to
make sure we got to get throughlike so much of the important
stuff and I'm like, yeah, wehave just I've given you such a
mind dump of all this stuff.
But this is really just me likeshowing you which chapters are
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available for you to like pickand then go into a deep dive of
whatever calls to you.
Do you want to be a specialistin anatomy and injury prevention
?
Great.
Do another continuing educationon that?
Do you want to be a chakrasperson?
Go, go learn more specificallyinto.
There's like so much more indepth that you could go into any
of the pillars of what yoga is.
(38:31):
It's kind of like these areendless.
Here's chapter one of all of it200 chapter ones.
Like you know, oh, that's sodeep.
We still go so deep intocertain things.
That's like there's just it'sit's infinite the amount of
wisdom and things that there areto learn about.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
It's literally life-changing even if you don't
have the intention to teach,even if you just want to use it
to deepen your practice.
Like there was a woman whowasn't even really a practicing
Yogi, um, and she did my first200 hour.
She just like needed a change,needed a shift and had no
intentions of teaching.
And it's just like insanelytransformative because you do
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get all of these tools where.
It's like this is how yoga isthe science of wellbeing, so
it's like this is how you bewell, yoga is the science of
well-being.
Speaker 2 (39:23):
So it's like this is how you be well, yeah, really,
and there's just so much touncover energetically and within
our own selves and our mindsand like the ways that we kind
of self-sabotage ourselves, likethere's uncovering of that too
beyond, just like showing howyou can help your low back pain.
Speaker 1 (39:39):
Yeah, but it's great for that too.
Right, and I would joke aboutthis, but the yoga sutras I
really feel like are theguidebook to life.
Like you want to live well, bewell, be peaceful, like learn to
handle life's up and downs.
Like read that book.
Speaker 2 (39:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
That is the guidebook to life.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
This is the guidebook .
These are the ethics.
This is how you do it.
Here's how you center your mindand your body.
It's all right here and youjust have to do it.
Speaker 1 (40:08):
Incredible.
It really.
I mean, yeah, I'm, I think it'swhy we're, we're both here.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
So, as we're closing up, if somebody, when's your
next training?
First of all, next 100 hour.
Speaker 2 (40:27):
The next one is in Santa Clarita.
It's going to be just acondensed.
It's every weekend, june andJuly and August, so I'll have
the dates up for that coming uppretty soon.
Speaker 1 (40:40):
Exciting.
So they can find that on yourwebsite if I link your website.
Yeah, amazing.
Speaker 2 (40:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:48):
And if somebody is curious about BodyWell, what is
it?
How can they sign up?
Where can they find it?
Speaker 2 (40:56):
So it's an online platform, has all the classes
for total body well-being.
So it's an online platform, hasall the classes for total body
wellbeing.
It is you can join eithermonthly or annually, and you can
join for a free month with thecode free month, and the website
is bodywelllive, and that'salso the Instagram handle, so
you can find me there as well.
Speaker 1 (41:16):
Amazing Crystal.
Thank you so much for beinghere and sharing your heart with
us, your wisdom, and thank youso much for being such an
inspiration when it comes toteachers and really embodying
what you preach.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
Thank you so much.
I really appreciate that.
I really do try to only preachwhat I practice.
So thank you for seeing thatand recognizing that, and thank
you.
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Thank you.
Anytime you want to come backand talk, we can maybe tell more
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Today's guest is a powerfulforce in the wellness world, a
devoted wife and mother andfounder of the Body of Light
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Her mission is to guide otherstowards total body well-being
through movement, nourishment,breath and mindful living.
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Welcome, crystal Serrato.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Thank you so much, so glad to be here.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I am so glad to have you.
So, crystal and I a littlebackground most of the people
who come on this podcast arefriends who are like doing the
work and are just like badasstrailblazers.
Who are like doing the work andare just like badass
trailblazers.
And you are no exception.
Crystal and I met when we weredoing our 300 hour yoga teacher
(01:12):
yoga teacher training throughbooty yoga in 2019.
And we just became fast friends.
Yeah, we did.
We had sleepovers where wewould like do our homework and
that's funny In those days, wewere drinking wine.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
And just giggling the night away.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Giggling the night away Reading the Hatha Yoga
Pratapika 10 out of 10 dorecommend, I know, yeah, like,
if you are a yogi, if you'rethinking about being a yogi, if
you're a yoga teacher, like,read that book.
I don't know why, but just readthat book.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
And we can't even tell you what it's about.
You have to read it by yourself.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Yeah, and like it's so funny, like all of those, all
(02:26):
of those texts, those ancienttexts, kind of find you at the
right time I had the BhagavadGita but I tried to read them so
many times and just could notuntil that training.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah.
Same when I first read the yogasutras in my 200 hour and I
remember getting my books aheadof starting and I tried to like
jumpstart on the reading and Iwas like, okay, so no, this is
not happening on my own.
Yeah, and it just.
It really does come at theexact time that you need it and
it it lands.
I feel like it takes a fewtimes to really have the
(02:52):
information land, but it doeswhen it's meant to.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Yes, and that's one of the things that I loved about
.
It is like we kind of went in acircle and we all read from our
different texts and got toreally talk about it and
actually like little side plug.
But this is kind of like why Dand I started the 30 day deepen
your practice challenge.
So I'm really excited aboutthat.
That starts on May 1st, so ifyou want, you can sign up.
I'll link it in the show notes.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah, I'm excited.
This is so great.
I'm so excited.
This is like so important.
I was just listening to youguys on the live and this is
like so important because, likeyou said in other challenges,
it's like you kind of miss a lotof what yoga actually is and
the way yoga originated.
It wasn't meant to be a workoutand like it's dope that it
(03:39):
helps with the physical right,like there's so many healthy
benefits and whatever in thephysical practice, but like
actually what it is is so muchmore healing, um, beyond the
surface.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
So I'm so glad you guys are doing that.
Yes, and it's.
So, going back to the yogasutras and talking about a 200
hour, my first 200 hour, wedidn't even I didn't even know
that the yoga sutras existed.
We did not talk about it.
So like as I deepened my ownpractice and started to learn
more as how I I learned aboutthem.
But I mean and this is a greatsegue into why you created the
(04:14):
body of of light school um wasbecause in 200 hours, like
that's, there's a lot to packinto 200 hours and that's like
the very base level that youneed to.
There's a lot to pack into 200hours and that's like the very
base level that you need toteach to become a yoga teacher.
So talk to us a little bitabout the Body of Light Yoga
School.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, and it's funny that the segue is the Yoga
Sutras, because it really wasthat moment in my 200 hour where
we were studying the YogaSutras and we were dismantling
identity really and connectingto what we know as the self.
And so in like maybe halfwaythrough my 200 hour yoga teacher
(04:52):
training, I knew that I wantedto teach teachers.
So really the creation of myschool started as an idea at
that point.
It took a long time then toactually come into fruition, but
it honestly happened.
So naturally it was like theevolution of myself becoming a
yoga teacher.
I started teaching halfwaythrough my 200 and just kind of
(05:14):
hit the ground running, builtmyself a website because I was
coming from digital marketingbackground and that's like what
I knew how to do.
So I did all of that.
I just started teaching my buttoff, like you know, when you
first start and you teach like30 classes a week.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Yeah, no, it's insane .
I taught 18 classes a week whenI first started, Like why was I
doing?
Speaker 2 (05:34):
that you know it's crazy, but I like, I think it's
almost like an initiation of abrand new teacher to like get
out there Baptism by fire.
A brand new teacher.
To like get out there, baptismby fire, yes, exactly.
And like see as many bodies asyou can and like different
people and different, um, thingsthat have people have coming up
in the classes to like reallylearn how to be a good teacher,
(05:55):
um, but yeah, so my inspirationfor my school started in my 200
and I developed it start,actually, I started with
developing an 85 hour prenatalcurriculum and that was sort of
like my tester to see how alonger format training would go.
It was incredible, that one Iheld online and I was like, okay
(06:16):
, I'm ready to complete my 200hour curriculum.
So I did that and I'm now we'regetting towards the end of my
third cohort and we have afourth one coming up as well.
Yeah, and I have other trainerscoming in to lead the curriculum
, so it's just the school islike expanding and it's really
really exciting stuff.
(06:36):
But the whole mission behind itwas to teach the yoga sutras
and to teach people what yogaactually really is beyond like a
really badass sequence Althoughthey get that too.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
I mean, it's the gateway for a lot of people.
It was for me, like thephysical practice I so, right
before we started recording, wewere both talking about how we
don't like running, but it'ssomething that we're starting to
integrate.
Um, but I was, like neverreally a fitness person.
I hated going to the gym.
I would, but it wasn'tsomething that I liked to do.
(07:10):
I would like to spin every oncein a while.
That was like my, if I'm goingto do something physical, that's
what I'm going to do.
When I found yoga, it blew meaway.
So, like it was the physicalpractice and it is for a lot of
people, the physical practicethat brings you in, and that's
great.
But like it was the physicalpractice and it is for a lot of
people, the physical practicethat brings you in, and that's
great.
But like that is limb threethere are eight limbs Like let's
(07:30):
start talking about those otherthings because, like you said,
yoga is so much more than thephysical practice.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Yeah, Same I was.
Well, I've been like somewhatathletic all my life.
I grew up doing sports anddance and cheer and like just a
little bit of everything.
But as a young adult when Ifirst started it was, I was
definitely not in a fitnessmindset.
I was not good to my body, yeah.
And I really what 20 year oldis right, exactly, and so it
(08:01):
really like did bring me into mybody and into my mind and into
spirit.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
So yeah, yes, that's what it was for me to like
learning about breath control.
And then, like my best friend,nikki and I, we found this yoga
studio that no longer exists.
It's actually kind of sad, butit was 45 minutes of chanting
and breath work and then a 45minute yin class Wow, and it
(08:27):
would literally put you onanother planet.
And that was I was coming from,like always going to hot power
yoga, and then I tried thisclass and that was where I
decided like I need to teachpeople this.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Yeah, I can only imagine I have not taken a class
like that.
That sounds amazing.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
I can only imagine.
I've not taken a class likethat.
That sounds amazing, I know.
And you know what, if somebodyknows of a class out there like
this, whether it's like virtualor whatever, let me know about
it.
Like if there is a teacherdoing this like I want to know
I'm coming, we should do it.
I know I know we should.
I actually know somebody whodoes like the bhakti stuff, so
like all of the chanting Ithat's like out of my realm of
(09:09):
practice, really, like I I don'tknow a lot about that, I'm more
of like an anatomy, physicalgirly, meditation, breath work,
um, so that kind of like thechanting and the sanskrit.
I'm that's not my strongestpoint.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Very fun, very fun ideas.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
I mean there's.
There's definitely a need forit, like I would like.
This class was literallyincredible.
She would hold us there afterclass because you were actually
like drunk.
You felt like you were like onanother planet, but it was like
not safe to drive.
So she would have like littlesnacks and refreshments, yes,
and she'd be like put your feetin the grass.
Like she had this beautifulproperty, the yoga studio, like
(09:52):
was her house.
It was just like thisincredible space, um, oh yeah.
If anyone knows of anythinglike that out there, let us know
yes so, speaking of body, well,there are um four, four pillars
through that.
Talk about the pillars of body,well, and what it is and how
people could join.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Yes, so I wanted to create this platform that
touched on everything because,like you said, we do tend to get
caught up in the physical and,like it does, it is the gateway
right, like people do come intoyoga through the physical
practice, um, but with a lot ofwellness programs we sometimes
get stuck on just the movement.
So I created this platform thathas four pillars.
(10:33):
So the categories for classesare eat, breathe, sculpt and
flow.
So in the eat category we havenutrition education, so I have
some like Ayurvedic stuff inthere.
I have a holistic nutritionist,I have some other people
contributing to some thingscoming up, and then I have a
page for all recipes and therecipes are all based on um,
(10:55):
like well-balanced, easy to prep, um, meal prep ideas, dinner
ideas, sweet treats, desserts,like all the things, so that
people can really plan inadvance to stay on track with
their nutrition and reallynourish their body on a physical
, energetic and spiritual levelas well.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
Yes, and the nutrition is such a big piece
and I've talked about this onthe podcast before with my
friend Stefan if, like healingyour gut, it's such an important
step in the process and makingsure that you're eating right
for your body and it looksdifferent for everyone, like I
was vegetarian for seven yearsand that worked for me for a
(11:34):
time, but it stopped working forme at a time and I had to make
a pivot and since I have, like,I have felt different.
My, my skin is different, myhair is different.
So like, just like listening tomy, my skin is different, my
hair is different.
So like, just like listening toyour body and knowing that
there's not like one size fitsall.
So I love that there'seducation there.
It's not just like, oh be,dairy free, gluten free, it's
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like that's not necessarily foreveryone.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
Right, and it's not super helpful either.
I feel like to have like theplan, the recipes, like here's
your inspiration.
Just go and do this, you'regoing to feel great.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yeah, I just contributed a recipe.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
You sure did, and I'm so excited.
I haven't tried it yet, but I'mlike this looks absolutely
incredible.
I'm really excited to try it.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
My go-to and I switch it up with like different cuts
of beef, but sometimes I'll dolike a good chicken, like an air
chilled pasture raised chicken,yeah, but it's like so easy to
swap out the protein.
I mean you could even make itvegetarian.
I would eat like that when Iwas vegetarian too, but for me
(12:37):
it's just like when I was eatingthat way it was a lot of carbs
and I didn't even realize it.
It was like a lot of carbs, alot of seed oils, a lot of
processed food Right, and a lotof carbs.
That's the thing, and I didn'teven realize it.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
It was like a lot of carbs, a lot of seed oils, a lot
of processed food, Right, and alot of times people see
whatever branding, marketing,packaging and they're like, oh,
healthy, this is great.
And then on the ingredientslabel it's like what even is
this?
This is one ingredient awayfrom being plastic, Like really.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Like it probably is 3d printed.
Yeah, yeah.
So going back to the pillarsyou have eat and then the second
one is breathe.
Speaker 2 (13:12):
Yes, so we have different pranayama breath work
tools and techniques, as well asguided meditations to help
people regulate their nervoussystem.
I find that a lot of times,what we're missing in this
society is the pause is like themoment of stillness, and so I
wanted to keep them short andconcise, but really impactful
and really beneficial, like withintention.
(13:34):
So we're breathing with apurpose and it's all in the
descriptions, like what each oneis for, um, which I'm so
grateful that you contributed tothat as well.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Yeah, I know Same, that was so good to do.
I don as well.
Yeah, I know Same, that was sogood to do.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
I don't know when this will drop.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
I'm going to put it up next week, so it'll be up.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Yeah, it's in there.
So, yeah, so we got eat,breathe and then sculpt is just
like fitness for all levels.
I have a new format that I'mkind of playing with right now.
That's a slow burn sort of aPilates inspired musicality, but
like fusion is really a coolthing.
So I have some like slow burntype of sculpt and then I have a
(14:12):
couple of other contributorsand it's not any one particular
style, it's just there'sdifferent things in there.
And then flow is yoga, sothere's different types of yoga
as well.
I have a couple of differentinstructors teaching yoga flows,
because the yoga is notintended to be the workout per
se, right?
I wanted to differentiate thetwo.
So you may love that, you maystill like work up a sweat, work
(14:34):
your muscles, all of the things, but they're separate because
they have different intentionsinterventions.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Right, yeah, and like I talk about this in my yoga
classes a lot like the intentionfor each yoga pose, like first
it would have, um, like it wouldbe beneficial to some sort of
like organ system or yourskeletal system, or literally,
it was just designed to make youuncomfortable, um, so that you
can literally go to those placesin your mind where you feel
(15:06):
those challenges, where you feelthose blocks, and meet them.
So it's a way to like overcome.
So the poses have a veryspecific um purpose and if they
do, if I was one of those peoplewho I was naturally very
flexible, so I was resting in myflexibility a lot before I
really started engaging mymuscles and going through with
(15:28):
intention and I see that a lotin classes.
I'm sure you do too, cause youteach a lot as well.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Yeah, yeah, and I always say about yoga it's like
people feel like it's hard atfirst and then you kind of
figure out alignment and itmaybe gets easier, but then as
you practice you, it gets harderagain because you realize like
you could take a level one I'musing finger quotes or beginner
class and still find so muchchallenge because you learn how
(15:54):
to engage properly and how tolike root down and rebound and
find the lift and all of that.
So it's a very interestingpractice.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Yes, I know.
I mean I've been practicingpretty religiously for about 13
years now and I talk about thistoo in my classes.
Like in down dog, it's one ofthe first poses that you learn.
But there's still so much likeeven now I'm still finding
things in in down dog that it'slike, ooh, what if I just did
(16:25):
this?
What if I did this, if Iadjusted this a little bit, if I
brought my heels here?
It's like you're still refiningthese poses, even if you've
been practicing for a reallylong time.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yeah, I feel like it's always an exploration too,
or like even just just hold itlonger, like, oh my goodness, to
hold down dog for 10 breaths isa long time.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Holy shoulders yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Oh yeah, Upper back the whole.
Thing.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Good.
Can you share one super simplepractice or mindset shift under
each pillar, or that inspiredeach pillar that listeners might
be able to try today?
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Yeah, so I have the pillars in a specific order.
So it's eat, breathe, sculptand flow for a reason.
So I start with eat because wewant to plan in advance.
If you're doing all of thethings, you're going to be
hungry afterwards.
I'm not saying that you shouldeat before you do your sculpt
and your flow and your breathwork and all the things, but
it's about planning.
So, as far as the eat category,it's about the planning in
(17:28):
advance and knowing what you'regoing to eat, either for that
day or maybe for that week, howyou're setting it up.
So plan in advance.
For breathe, take the time like, really just do it.
You can sit and even breathefour count in and four count out
and sit there and do that for afew breaths or even a few
(17:49):
minutes if you have the time,and it can shift how you're
feeling, it can elevate yourmood, it can help to bring you
more into the present, and a lotof times when we're dealing
with some mental stuff it'sbecause we're not in the present
.
So get present and carve outthe time for it.
In the sculpt category, some ofthem are tricky.
I'm gonna just say some of themare tricky.
(18:09):
I'm going to just say that someof them are like really they're
challenging in the best way,not tricky like nobody can do it
but challenging in that youwill be tested.
So find that top, pass thediscipline within and just push,
go through it because you willfeel better on the other side of
it.
And as far as flow um, atangible practice that people
(18:35):
can do, see if you can maintainthe same flow through of your
breath throughout the practice.
Like focusing on the breaththrough the movement is really
the connection piece in that Ithink that bridges everything
together.
The breath really is like thekey to the more subtle body and
(18:57):
the more subtle elements of likethe eight limbs of yoga.
So focus on your breath and letthe movement guide it.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Yes, and I would say that the breath is really the
the way to get into, tap intothe parasympathetic nervous
system and come into that restand digest state.
And I think that's why you knowpeople, when they go to their
first couple of yoga classes,they leave and they're like why
do I feel so damn good when Ileave here?
And it's like, well, becauseyou did this challenging thing
(19:27):
and you probably breathe deeperthan you've ever breathed in
your life.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
Yeah, it's just incredible what it can do for
your mind and body and yournervous system, all of the
things.
So, to combine these practices,the breath and the physical
movement you're working on somany different layers of your
physical and energetic being.
That's like, yeah, that'shealing, more healing than so
many other things that peopletry.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Yes, I agree.
And and when it becomes like,once you gain that awareness
towards it, it's really hard toignore it like your body almost
craves it, like that's whathappened.
Like I started going to yoga soregularly and then like, oh, if
I would take like a couple daysoff, my body would be like
craving it, like that's whathappened Like I started going to
(20:14):
yoga so regularly and then like, oh, if I would take like a
couple of days off, my bodywould be like craving it.
Speaker 2 (20:18):
Yeah, have to get there, yeah.
And sometimes we come out of itfor a longer period of time and
we kind of like forget, andthen when you go back into it,
it's like, oh, yeah, that's whyI'm so drawn to this.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Yes, and I love um love the concept of body well,
because it's really a way to forpeople to embody their wellness
and actually, like, do the work, and I love that.
So what does total body wellbeing mean to you personally?
Speaker 2 (20:45):
It's been a journey of my life and it really is
everything.
It's the heart of everything.
We're touching on every facetof our health and I think that
that's so important and that'sreally what has guided me
through so many tough times inmy life and experiences.
And having the tools tounderstand nutrition has helped
(21:08):
my body and understanding thatthat plays a role in anxiety,
depression, all of the thingsthat I have experienced in my
life, and other like long-termdiseases that I'm predisposed to
.
If I can kind of shield, proofmyself with nutrition.
Now it has literally changedthe game and how I feel.
So to then incorporate all ofthese things the breath, the
(21:29):
movement, the food it's my wayof like taking what my my mess
and making it my message.
It's so funny.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
We literally said that on yesterday's podcast.
So Kat and I recorded yesterdayand it went up yesterday.
How funny.
And we said that several timesthroughout the episode.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
It's just, that's how you know it's, it's alignment.
It's just have our own, likeyou know, unique pathways of of
reaching that embodiment.
But, like, for me, this is,this is it, and it almost body,
well, almost unfolded naturally,before I even realized like, oh
man, this has been, this hasbeen what I've been doing like
(22:12):
for so many years now.
And now I'm like, okay, this ismy guiding post, this is, this
is what drives me, this is whythis is in such alignment for
what I'm doing and what I'mcreating.
And it's just really, it'shonestly, it's happened so
easily, so naturally, and that'show you know that is how you
know.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
that is that I can like totally relate to that
experience.
That's kind of how nearlyenlightened was born to and it's
how the podcast keeps growingLike it.
It shocks me all the time, butI love sharing this information
Like it is.
It is my life's work, like,like you said, when you were in
your 200 hour.
(22:51):
When I was in my 200 hour, Ihad like a very similar
experience of like, oh my gosh,nothing else has worked out
before, because this is what Iwas supposed to be doing.
Like everything that I've everdone has led me here.
Yep.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yep and through all the rejections and denials and
the nose and I'm like, okay, butjust not with you, Because I
like I know what I'm supposed todo, I know what my purpose is,
I know my mission and and whenyou trust that and listen,
things just fall into place.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
And it can be scary.
Like I know, people get veryoverwhelmed.
So this is what's going to leadme to my next question.
Like a lot of people getoverwhelmed by the oh, I should
do this, I should integrate this, I need to take this out and it
gets like very overwhelming andit ends up stopping people from
actually starting the thing.
So, in the like, there are alot of shows, especially in the
(23:48):
wellness culture that we seeonline today.
So, like, what would you say tosomebody who's like afraid to
start, wants to start?
Is like yoga, curious or healthand wellness.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Curious.
I feel like fear is anindication that this is a path
that you should dig into, likeyou should really lean into fear
.
There's a very, very fine lineand we're always, like I'm
always advocate, advocating fordiscernment, because there's a
fine line between like buttingup against things that are just
not meant to be and not inalignment, and things that are
(24:23):
like clear signs telling you no,change course, redirect, but
like we sometimes like butt upagainst that.
But I think there's a verydifference between fear, and I
remember I can't remember whowas that told me this, but
someone once said, like if itdoesn't scare you, it's not,
your goal is not big enough, andso if there's fear in that,
it's like, okay, this is alittle bit exciting and it's
(24:47):
okay if you you mess up.
It's okay If you don't have theexact right equipment or the
exact right things in yourpantry, if it's food related or
the whatever.
Just start, just go trust whatfills you up, Listen to that
little nagging fear and leaninto it, because just outside of
our comfort zone is where wegrow and I think that's like
(25:11):
what we were talking aboutearlier.
Certain poses are really hardand you sit in them up for a
long time, but then, on theother side of that, you're
stronger and you learn something, and we know that a lot of it's
mental and we're the ones thatare in our own ways.
If we can just clear that outof the way, we can do really
incredible things.
We're connected to all ofcreation.
(25:31):
We can do whatever the heck wewant.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
Yes, and what is more like powerful and empowering
than that?
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Yeah, yeah, we really are co creating with spirit.
We can do whatever the heck wewant.
We just have to do the work too.
So don't let the fear stop youwant.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
We just have to do the work too, so don't let the
fear stop you.
Yes, I think that's such animportant message it's.
I worked for Lululemon and thatwas a big part of my journey to
yoga and like where I am today,and one of the things that was
like one of their pillars was doone thing a day.
That scares you, yeah, andthat's something.
There's like a few lessons thatI've taken from my time there
(26:10):
that I like I think it stilldrives me forward.
I mean just the entrepreneurialspirit.
When I started working forLululemon, it was 2012.
They were still like kind of ababy company and growing, and I
was part of the team that helpedgrow all of South Florida into
like what it is.
So we had just like this.
Really.
It was like basically all about.
(26:33):
It was like going through theyoga journey.
It was like my yoga teachertraining.
Before the yoga teachertraining, it was like a real
self-study.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Yeah, I love that.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
So, um, as you continue building body, well,
what is one thing that's likelighting you up about it right
now?
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Oh my gosh, just one, maybe your top three?
Give us your top three.
I'm just like so excited to seehow it evolves and how it grows
and the way the library isgrowing and having the different
contributors contributing andthe way that things are kind of
like falling into place.
Um, but I do see, uh, somehowemerging of my yoga school and
(27:16):
body.
Well, and I don't, the visionis like not, it hasn't quite
landed all into place.
I don't exactly know whatthat's going to look like, but I
do feel like something is onthe horizon of just like
expanding and offering my yogaschool, maybe through body.
Well, I don't know, but I thinkit's just the evolution and the
possibility of what it could beand also just seeing who it
(27:40):
reaches and how it shiftspeople's lives, because that's
the intention is to like givepeople something that's like
here are the plans, likeliterally all you have to do is
take these classes and put itinto work and things will
actually start to shift in yourlife in such a magical and
beautiful way If you actuallyjust do it.
I'm like right now I'm justtrying to get people to take all
(28:04):
of the classes on the platformwhile the library is young
because if you do things thatyou maybe wouldn't have done,
like oh, I might pass on thatsculpt class or maybe that flow
class is not for me.
No, do them all.
I have done them all andthey're really awesome, like
they're really so fun and socool and so unique.
Each person is such a differentteacher and a different hue of
(28:25):
the same light, you know.
So.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
I love.
I love that you're bringingother teachers in and I think
that's like it's a reallyimportant thing to encourage in
the yoga world.
I've seen it, I've lived on theEast coast, I've lived on the
West coast.
People find their teacher andthen that's it.
They like don't go to anyoneelse.
I have fallen into this, myselfincluded.
But I think there andespecially if you're a beginner,
(28:51):
I think there's so much beautyin trying different teachers and
seeing different perspectives,because this practice is 5,000
years old and it was, for themost part, verbally passed down
from generation to generationand the reason it's evolved and
stayed alive for 5,000 years isbecause of that.
(29:11):
So I think that encouragingstudents to try other classes,
other teachers, is reallyimportant.
It's an important part of thepractice.
Like it is yoga, like that isthe yoga practice.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Yeah, and even, and like us as teachers, we're all
looking through our own lens ofour own perception.
So I feel like, even if youresonate deeply with one teacher
like you, it's so important totake classes with other people
because we can relate to them ondifferent levels, on different
layers, and it's just, there'sinfinite wisdom out there.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Yes, there's infinite wisdom out there.
Yes, one of the yoga teachers.
In this area, in this community, it's been coming up a lot of
like students being like oh Idon't like that teacher, oh I
like this teacher.
And he always tells them like,it's not about what you like and
what you don't like, there's nocustomer service in yoga.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
take that's hilarious , like there's something to
learn from every single teacher,even if you don't like them.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Yep, and that might be what you have to learn.
It's a self-reflection then tospot yeah, yeah, like we're
always, it's always about you,me like me learning to
understand.
Why didn't I like that?
What was it about that thatmade me feel discomfort?
Can I lean into that?
Yeah, most likely there'ssomething to grow from in that.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Yeah, absolutely, and I love that take.
I mean yoga in general for mewas was like a big out of my
comfort zone jump and I jumpedright into like the most intense
class and I didn't even know it.
It was like heated to 98degrees, 86% humidity.
The room was literally packedwith probably more than 60
(30:59):
people.
We were mat to mat.
I was like put right up infront.
It was like first yoga classever.
There's no other space exceptfor like right up in front, and
classes were 90 minutes.
Then, like I don't know ifpeople realize how hard a power
yoga class is for 90 minutes inlike 90 plus degree heat and 86%
(31:20):
humidity, but it is fuckinghard.
Your brain thinks you're goingto die.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
Yeah, you want to run out of the room screaming and
crying, but you can't cause.
You're in the front row.
And you feel so good when youleave there because your brain
is like oh, I didn't die, I madeit, I made it through, yeah,
and then it's like that gloriousI don't know if your studio
would do this, but like theyturn the heat off right at the
end and it's like oh yeah, andlike turn the fan on and it's
(31:46):
like this baby little breeze,but it felt like actual heaven.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:51):
Yeah, such a relief.
I would go to a class inArizona and it was like
oppressive.
It was like a Bikram style kindof.
So it was like one hundred andfive degrees and eighty five
percent humidity and they wouldliterally slap you with towels,
like lavender towels, and I waslike, why am I doing this?
(32:14):
This is like actually like kindof um, like oppressive.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
yeah, oh my gosh, those glorious towels.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I know it was crazy.
It was like the only thing thatgot you through.
But same thing there.
It's like you're like stuck inthe middle of a class and it's
like you don't want to leave butyou want to run out of there
because it's so hot.
But that's where the game, withyour mind, comes in.
It's like can you overcome whatyour mind is telling you?
And like a lot of times it'strying to keep you in that box
(32:47):
is telling you and like a lot oftimes it's trying to keep you
in that box, it's trying to keepyou in your comfort zone, super
safe.
It doesn't want you to see theother side, because what's on
the other side is unknown toyour brain.
So that's scary.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Right, right.
I that was part of my earlyyoga story was hot yoga and I
just I went into it and it waslike really super duper, hard
Right, and I feel like I heardsome advice that says the first
three classes are the hardest.
Continue to go consistently andyour body will kind of like
acclimate to it.
There was so many times that I'mlike I need to get the hell out
of here, and then I was likeaddicted to it and it helped me
(33:18):
through so many things andeventually obviously led me to
take my 200 hour training andwhich was not a hot yoga
training but nonetheless broughtme in and through that, like
physical discipline, justchanged a lot of things for me.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
How long after your 200 hour did you do another
training?
Speaker 2 (33:39):
It was a year.
So I did my training, startedteaching halfway through and
then after we graduated therewas about a year and I feel like
that's a really good.
I recommend that to my 200 hourgraduates to like teach for a
year and then take a 300 ifyou're going to continue,
because it takes a while toactually integrate what you
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learn in a 200 hour trainingthrough teaching.
To then like be ready, I feellike, for a 300.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
Yeah, I agree, I agree, I agree, I did another
200 hour before I even did my300 hour.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Oh, yeah, yeah, a lot of people I've heard take a
couple of different 200s.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
Honestly, they were so different.
One was like from one wasthrough like a local studio here
, so it was like a smaller scale.
I mean, we had a big class, Ithink in my class there were
probably like 28 people, um, andthat was my first one and, like
I said, we didn't touch on thesutras or the Bhagavad Gita.
So it was kind of like, once Istarted practicing and like
(34:45):
learning more on my own, I waslike, oh, I feel like there was
a little bit of a gap here.
They skipped something.
Show up in my class and a lotof people being like oh, my
doctor told me to come to yogaand I'm like I am literally 26
years old.
I have a 200 hour yoga teachertraining.
(35:06):
My degree is in fashionmerchandising.
I know zero about your fuckinginjury.
Yeah, dude, your doctor istelling you to be here Like okay
, yeah, okay, with your completerotator cuff tear okay, you're
all so with that so my 100 hourtraining was just basically
(35:30):
dealing with pathologies thatyou see in the yoga class and
that was like huge for mebecause I mean, you know, in a
200 hour you get like what?
Two to four hours of anatomy.
So that's not really a whole, awhole, heck of a lot.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
Um, a lot in my, in my, well, I think it's.
Um, according to yoga Alliancestandards, you have to have like
30 hours.
Oh really, which is still inthe grand scheme of things to be
dealing with.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
It's more than it used to be.
Speaker 2 (35:58):
Oh is it?
Yeah, um, we do.
We do cover a lot, but Icertainly would not like my
training is not a injury.
Specific training.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
So right now 200, like what 200 hour would be
there's.
There's too much to cover.
Speaker 2 (36:12):
There's way too much to cover with the philosophy and
the sequencing, and the awesomeis to even teach these people
how to do correct um alignmentin their bodies Like there's
just so much to cover.
So it is very interesting.
And people come into yoga on adoctor's recommendation all the
time, but for so many differentthings it's like there's you're
like but you showed up to hotpower and you have like whatever
(36:34):
issues like this is not thesame, yeah, like as like a yoga
that's going to be like veryrestorative and using all the
props and very slow, likethere's so many different things
.
I think that's what scarespeople a lot of the times is
when they come into yogathinking it's a one size fits
all and yoga is for everybody,no doubt, but there's so many
(36:54):
different types that are maybenot specifically going to be
beneficial to every singleperson, so it's important to do
your due diligence, folks.
Speaker 1 (37:04):
Right, and, like I said, there, it's a 5,000 year
old practice, so there's so manydifferent lineages and like
just different takes on it.
And that's why, like, I thinkit's important to try multiple
teachers, to try.
If you're a teacher, try, trymultiple, take multiple
trainings.
Like 200 hours, yes, it'senough to start teaching, but it
(37:25):
is not enough to sustain, likeyou have to, you have to keep
deepening your own practice,because in a 200 hour you're
only covering so much and thereis so much more to learn, um,
and like never, never stoplearning, like never stop being
a student of the practice first.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
I think that's that's like another important thing
100% and I feel like when I'mleading the 200 hour trainings,
my first three weekends are likethe heaviest, because I want to
make sure we got to get throughlike so much of the important
stuff and I'm like, yeah, wehave just I've given you such a
mind dump of all this stuff.
But this is really just me likeshowing you which chapters are
(38:08):
available for you to like pickand then go into a deep dive of
whatever calls to you.
Do you want to be a specialistin anatomy and injury prevention
?
Great.
Do another continuing educationon that?
Do you want to be a chakrasperson?
Go, go learn more specificallyinto.
There's like so much more indepth that you could go into any
of the pillars of what yoga is.
(38:31):
It's kind of like these areendless.
Here's chapter one of all of it200 chapter ones.
Like you know, oh, that's sodeep.
We still go so deep intocertain things.
That's like there's just it'sit's infinite the amount of
wisdom and things that there areto learn about.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
It's literally life-changing even if you don't
have the intention to teach,even if you just want to use it
to deepen your practice.
Like there was a woman whowasn't even really a practicing
Yogi, um, and she did my first200 hour.
She just like needed a change,needed a shift and had no
intentions of teaching.
And it's just like insanelytransformative because you do
(39:13):
get all of these tools where.
It's like this is how yoga isthe science of wellbeing, so
it's like this is how you bewell, yoga is the science of
well-being.
Speaker 2 (39:23):
So it's like this is how you be well, yeah, really,
and there's just so much touncover energetically and within
our own selves and our mindsand like the ways that we kind
of self-sabotage ourselves, likethere's uncovering of that too
beyond, just like showing howyou can help your low back pain.
Speaker 1 (39:39):
Yeah, but it's great for that too.
Right, and I would joke aboutthis, but the yoga sutras I
really feel like are theguidebook to life.
Like you want to live well, bewell, be peaceful, like learn to
handle life's up and downs.
Like read that book.
Speaker 2 (39:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
That is the guidebook to life.
Speaker 2 (39:59):
This is the guidebook .
These are the ethics.
This is how you do it.
Here's how you center your mindand your body.
It's all right here and youjust have to do it.
Speaker 1 (40:08):
Incredible.
It really.
I mean, yeah, I'm, I think it'swhy we're, we're both here.
Speaker 2 (40:16):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (40:19):
So, as we're closing up, if somebody, when's your
next training?
First of all, next 100 hour.
Speaker 2 (40:27):
The next one is in Santa Clarita.
It's going to be just acondensed.
It's every weekend, june andJuly and August, so I'll have
the dates up for that coming uppretty soon.
Speaker 1 (40:40):
Exciting.
So they can find that on yourwebsite if I link your website.
Yeah, amazing.
Speaker 2 (40:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:48):
And if somebody is curious about BodyWell, what is
it?
How can they sign up?
Where can they find it?
Speaker 2 (40:56):
So it's an online platform, has all the classes
for total body well-being.
So it's an online platform, hasall the classes for total body
wellbeing.
It is you can join eithermonthly or annually, and you can
join for a free month with thecode free month, and the website
is bodywelllive, and that'salso the Instagram handle, so
you can find me there as well.
Speaker 1 (41:16):
Amazing Crystal.
Thank you so much for beinghere and sharing your heart with
us, your wisdom, and thank youso much for being such an
inspiration when it comes toteachers and really embodying
what you preach.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
Thank you so much.
I really appreciate that.
I really do try to only preachwhat I practice.
So thank you for seeing thatand recognizing that, and thank
you.
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Thank you.
Anytime you want to come backand talk, we can maybe tell more
about the Hatha Yoga Pratapikastory Perfect.
Thank you so much for tuninginto today's episode of the
Nearly Enlightened podcast.
If this conversation resonatedwith you, I'd love you to share
it, leave a review or reach outand let me know your thoughts.
And if you're looking for moreways to deepen your connection
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to body, mind and spirit, checkout my meditate to elevate my
guided meditation portal orvisit nearly enlightenedcom for
more resources.
Until next time, stay curious,stay connected and remember the
answers are already within.
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