Awe Stories

You will walk away from this episode feeling alive and reconnected to your truth!  Randall Simpson from ITSA Life discusses the value and and power of intuition, daily rituals that support our connection to beauty, the importance of creating beauty in the world around you, how parents can support the development of self-inquiry and intuition, and feeling in love with the life you live.  Randall shares ways to connect, or reconnect, to your true essence and being, reminding us that it has been there all along, we just need to slow down, pause and listen. Randall has some amazing giveaways as well for our listeners, visit www.abreathoffreshawe.com to view her offers!  

I am beyond grateful to share with you our latest episode which features Lindsay Gibson.  She shares her courageous journey through stillness and learning how to be with herself, her past trauma, and find her source of joy.  Lindsay became numb and lived in denial after a traumatic experience at 16 years old.  She shares how she lived in fear, in flight, and often experienced flashbacks, nightmares, and disassociated. When she became a mother for the first time, she poured herself into motherhood, continuing to live in the denial of the traumatic experience.  After the stillbirth of her son, Joseph, grief overwhelmed her to the point where she could no longer deny being present with her emotions and allowing herself to fully feel her love, and her loss.  Trauma sensitive yoga became a regular practice and supported her journey back to joy.

Featured in this episode is Mark Brown, from Zen Pig.  He shares his perspective of moving through the world throughout his early 20's without mindfulness, how his practices of affirmations, meditations, and the like have supported him to develop into the person he aims to be in the world, and now as a parent.  Upon having his son, Mark and his wife created the Zen Pig series to support the growth of mindfulness and emotional development for children.  Mark shares his experiences as a parent utilizing mindfulness, how it shapes him as a parent, and the breathe of life it has given to him as a result. Mark Brown is writer and speaker passionately helping others awaken to a life of purpose, presence and intention. Born in Hampton Roads, VA over 30 years ago Mark Brown now resides in booming Nashville, TN with his wife Amy and son Noble.

So much beautiful wisdom comes from Leanne Woehlke who is the Chief Possibility Officer at Epic Yoga, a Baptiste power-yoga studio. Leanne shares with us her journey to getting on her mat and beginning her yoga practice, the fear of starting a new practice and obstacles that can get in the way, walking through being a caregiver to her husband who had cancer while being a new mother, being okay with not being the person for everyone, her beautiful practices of joy and self-care, and enjoying life by inviting quality of life and always being up to something more and bigger in life.

September is International Yoga Awareness Month, which means each episode this month will feature different practices and practitioners of yoga to share with you how and what yoga is a transformative self care practice.   With lots of joy and laughter, join Emmy Singer from Inner Light Yoga to hear about the practice of music based vinyasa. Emmy shares her experience of music being a source of connection, healing, and release. She shares some of her favorite artists and music to flow to, how to allow yourself to let go and be free on your mat, and begin to blossom and have fun in yoga. She discusses finding this practice through a moment of letting her wall down after a season where she felt lonely and lost. Emmy shares her passion for the practices of cathartic movement and giving yourself the permission to get messy and lost in the process of exploring your body and releasing what no longer serves you, and find all types of beautiful shapes and ways to create movement in your body to build greater self-love and appreciation for your body and self.

September is International Yoga Awareness Month, which means each episode this month will feature different practices and practitioners of yoga to share with you how and what yoga is a transformative self care practice.  Ashley Ray is the founder of Habitat Yoga, a specialist in kids yoga, partnering with schools, libraries, and community centers throughout Middle Tennessee to bring yoga and meditation classes to preschoolers through teenagers. She shares her passion for kids yoga, growing up in a single parent household, regulating her anxiety and perfectionism, what to expect in a kids yoga class, developing and sharing self-regulation, mindfulness, meditation, and yoga practices with children and how these practices show up in the lives of the children she works with.  

September is International Yoga Awareness Month, which means each episode this month will feature different practices and practitioners of yoga to share with you how and what yoga is a transformative self care practice.  Jasmine Rausch is the founder of ROOT Yoga Therapy, based out of Los Angeles, CA. Jasmine shares with us her struggle to find her passion, her practices of yoga and meditation, ultimately finding her calling as a Yoga Therapist, how she was able to free herself from chronic pain and asthma, and how she approaches healing with others from an integrative medicine approach- addressing the whole person instead of one particular symptom or area of the body.  Listen to hear Jasmine's recommendations for starting your own yoga practice and where you can find Yoga Therapist's near you to explore greater healing.

Michelle discusses her path back to herself, from feeling deep Michelle DAvella is the founder of Pushing Beauty.  Michelle is a breathwork coach and facilitator of The Desire Map.  In this episode, Michelle discusses living in the world as someone who feels deeply, trying to use her mind to think through or push past her emotions, until she ultimately  stopped hiding from her feelings- stepping out of shame and into her own power.  She shares her recent heartbreak and how she has used self-care practices to fall in love with herself and live a life transformed valuing both her mind, her heart, and her intuition.   

Episode 7Kristy Gungler is the founder of Three Planted Seeds. In this episode of Awe Stories, Kristy shares with us her experience of reconnecting with the love of nature, finding yoga during a pregnancy after miscarriage, mothering through postpartum anxiety, and how the tools of mindfulness, essential oils, and yoga keep her grounded and connected so she can show up as her best self. Kristy also shares ways that she has passed these traditions and tools along to her children, getting them excited about sharing yoga with their friends and using essential oils for healing. Kristy first stepped on a yoga mat back in 2006 while pregnant with her first child. She was looking for a way to keep her job-related stress at a minimum. She still vividly remembers how she felt after class. The feeling of peace and joy had such a positive affect on her physically, mentally, and emotionally. And so her yoga journey began.As a mother of 2 children, Kristy started to integrate her teachings from yoga into her journey through motherhood. Feeling so connected to this practice and wanting to pass it on to her family and others that in 2011 she received a certificate to teach kids yoga. In early 2013, again followed her heart and enrolled in the Yoga 360 School of Teaching 200 hr CYT Yoga and Ayurveda teacher training. Kristy leads her life by following her heart and passions.In addition to becoming a certified yoga teacher, Kristy also holds a bachelor’s degree in science, studying environmental biology and worked as a certified veterinary technician for 10 years. Currently she is studying aromatherapy and completing the requirements to become a 300 hour certified clinical aromatherapist. She is deeply passionate about and connected to all aspects of nature. She often looks to nature as a guide to her life’s journey, and is truly grateful for all it has taught her. She is looking forward to serving others, sharing yoga, aromatherapy and nature’s wisdom.Subscribe on iTunes, on SoundCloud below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Topics Discussed in this EpisodeChildlike love of nature and discoveryThe healing properties of natureSharing healing practices with her childrenMoving through pregnancy after loss with yogaExperiencing postpartum anxiety and finding presenceOn becoming a motherYoga practices that invite grounding and presenceUsing essential oils for healing ResourcesInstagram- @threeplantedseedsFacebook- @threeplantedseedsEmail- threeplantedseeds@gmail.comYoga GloElena BrowerYoga InternationalFor more information on the use of essential oils, visit here CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook- @abreathoffreshaweInstagram- @abreathoffreshawe#awestories Awe Stories is a podcasthighlighting stories, movements, and practices for your soulby Amy Green.Special thank you to Massood Taj for providing the music in our episodes. To find more of his music, please visit his website here.Permalink

In this episode, Joanna discusses the founding and creation of her company Yellow Co., the desire to create work that you love and get paid to do the work you love, the ultimate battle of comparison and self doubt, surrounding yourself with women who are uplifting and open to collaborating and how life changing this work has been for her, and how she grounds herself each day to cultivate creativity and thrive.

Zoe Lepage is the founder of Exhale to Inhale, a nonprofit committed to providing trauma informed yoga to survivors of domestic and sexual assault. Zoe became passionate about providing yoga to survivors after hearing the powerful and challenging stories of women around her. She discusses her experiences prior to yoga as a ballerina, feeling disconnected from her body, and her journey back to herself, as well as the practices that she has learned and that she teaches to create space and healing for herself and those around her. She also shares highlights and healing moments of women healing from trauma and finding empowerment, community, connection, and themselves on their yoga mat.

Tracy Roberts is the founder of The Circle Center located in Nashville, TN. In this episode of Awe Stories, Tracy discusses being a social worker working in residential with teenagers, feelings of being burned out from his job, and how he found his calling when he was sent to a training to host restorative circles. Upon seeing how circles were being used in businesses during this training, Tracy came home and took a leap of faith establishing The Circle Center. Tracy presently works with businesses, nonprofits, and trains individuals who are interested in facilitating circles. He discusses the art of circling and importance of building trust, how we can utilize circles to talk through hard conversations, and provides great examples of how circles have been used as a process to connect, build relationships, and ultimately create a community in which individuals, and the businesses in which they work, thrive.

Lindsay Kirsch is a entrepreneur, coach, and mother. In this episode of Awe Stories, Lindsay shares her personal story of navigating a heartbreak and becoming a single mother. As she stepped into this new season, she pushed past pain and pushed into survival mode. Upon attending a yoga training, she found relief from the panic attacks and anxiety that had overcome her during this time. She shares her daily practices of meditation, her "yoga closet", and other practices that have helped her to step into her power and her calling to be a life coach.

Juliana Ericson is a speaker, trainer, Life Enhancement Coach and Forgiveness Coach for over 22 years.  Her approach is unique in that she specializes in birth and prenatal psychology, in addition to Conscious Breathwork.  In this episode of Awe Stories, we discuss the process of forgiveness and difficulty of forgiving those who have 'wronged' us.  Juliana shares her personal experiences of forgiveness, and the practices of breathwork and gratitude that she utilizes to step into joy, freedom, and positivity.  

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