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“To me, when we’re well, we’re in this place that in yoga we call ananda. Ananda is a sense of joy and contentment that has no opposite. So it’s not happiness, it’s not like I just feel happy and elated. It’s a place of satisfaction despite whatever stresses are coming your way that day.”
Adrienne Rabena is founder of Seattle’s Bohemian Studios for yoga and barre, and creator of the Barre Bohemian barre method and The Craft of Teaching Yoga.
As a a yogi-entrepreneur and wellness industry innovator, Adrienne must have this whole self-care thing figured out, right? Wrong. Like most of us in the business of helping others be well (including me!), Adrienne also struggles sometimes with prioritizing herself.
Highlights
- Adrienne shares her journey as an entrepreneur – and the surprising ways that her life experiences led her to where she is now
- How being “just naive enough” helped Adrienne make the leap from employee to entrepreneur in her mid-20s
- What Adrienne saw missing in the yoga industry, and how it informed the creation of her yoga and barre studios and her yoga teacher training program
- Why inclusivity in yoga instruction is so important to Adrienne, and what it means to her
- How expectations of yoga instructors have evolved over the years, and how those higher demands contribute to the transformational power of yoga
- How working in the yoga industry changed Adrienne’s personal definition of wellness
- How Adrienne uses her body’s cues to adjust how she approaches self-care each day
- A daily mindset practice that allows Adrienne to find a deeper sense of calm and satisfaction
- When to use structure and when to allow freedom in your food, exercise, and self-care habits
- How Adrienne is working to shift from always putting herself last to prioritizing self-care and the personal insights that are helping her do it
- The unique gifts that women bring to their work, families, and communities, and how taking care of ourselves allows us to more freely contribute
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
The Craft of Teaching Yoga (Save $100 on The Craft of Teaching Yoga — just mention the Women on the Rise podcast!)
Other resources from Adrienne:
Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World by Michelle Johnson (Amazon affiliate link)
For Women Who Roar (online magazine)
Connect with Adrienne: Website | Facebook | Instagram
Check out Lara’s free monthly online workshop series– designed to help you get out of your own way and make being healthy feel easy and intuitive instead of stressful and overwhelming.
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