Leadership and Yoga

Through breath, visualization, musical poetry and storytelling, I guide you through a meditation for personal transformation: the dragonfly’s dream. If you’re feeling called toward something new, questioning your direction, or experiencing a period of growth in your life, this immersive special / meditation episode is an invitation to reconnect with your energy. You are the dragonfly.
Everything I’ve learned from Richard Rudd of the Gene Keys, Frederick Dodson of Levels of Energy and Parallel Universes of Self, and even some Dr. Joe Dispenza. And from endless hours of contemplating consciousness and who I am, really. 
Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠
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time stamps:
00:00 intro
01:50 back story: from scribbles 
04:10 gene keys 55 (not 22!)
05:15 monkey story
07:05 yoga trade!!!! 
10:20 creating is a massive driver of joy
13:15 dharma style sun salutations and writing
16:37 it matters, even when you don’t feel like it does
19:00 the guided experience START

“Yoga doesn’t need governance, it needs leadership.” American Yoga Council is like LinkedIn for Yoga and Ancestry.com for lineage, an alternative to Yoga Alliance. We talk the whole yoga ecosystem: power, money, education, technology, ethics, and impact. Can we step away from 200 hour teacher trainings?? A yoga retirement plan? What does the future of yoga and teaching yoga look like? 
Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠
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Join American Yoga Council FREE or Code “SHAWNA” for 15% off first year of premium & pro membership  
https://ayc.yoga/shawnakru 
Andrew’s Berkshire yoga festival:
https://www.berkshireyogafestival.com/
AYC on instagram: @americanyogacouncil
Andrew on instagram: @andrewtanneryoga
 
time stamps:
00:00 intro
01:20 OfferingTree
04:45 yoga ecosystem: power, money, education, technology, ethics, and impact
05:45 yoga teachers’ future is bright despite ai
09:15 the future of leadership is inner power, yoga in leadership
11:45 what is American Yoga Council
13:15 like LinkedIn for Yoga and Ancestry.com for lineage
17:45 why are so many teachers i know part of AYC?
19:15 wonderful people FIRST, first who, then what thing/money.
20:45 Andrew’s journey working at Yoga Alliance
26:45 no more 200 hour trainings?
29:35 Andrew’s story of power dynamics and experiencing a cult
30:35 how to know if you’re in a cult
39:15 putting out candles from across the room
43:15 leadership roles
48:45 money and greed in yoga
52:15 retirement fund for yoga teachers?
56:45 why can you tell me what i can and can’t teach?
1:02:45 how does AYC avoid falling in the same trap
1:06:15 anti yoga: instagram. yoga is attention.
1:09:15 a leader must have a mission
1:14:30 billboard message

My typical Friday bedside chat episode has a special guest today: Maria Mir! Maria is a long-time listener of the Leadership and Yoga podcast who joined my last retreat in Costa Rica. I was thrilled to discover her work, the Pensando Nada podcast many months ago, and to meet her in person. Maria teaches us about Reality Creation and is from Argentina. 
Today we talk about what is ACTUALLY possible for us, beyond what we may allow ourselves to believe. We talk imagination, manifestation, law of attraction, levels of energy, consciousness, creating our realities and bts of our time together in Costa Rica.

Find Maria on instagram - @pensando.nada
Maria's podcast - Pensando Nada
Maria’s website: https://30-dias.com/terapiaderedes 
Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠
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GIVEAWAY: 1 YEAR OF OFFERINGTREE. Enter here by March 5th. 
Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor) 
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00:00 intro
01:24 free year giveaway!! OfferingTree
03:05 my trusted guide: TEND
04:30 animation 
07:00 your podcast was a reflection of what was possible for me
10:00 Maria’s story
14:45 dopamine & creative consistency
16:30 Maria’s creative process
17:45 creating content for social media growth journey
20:30 how to step into new realities of ourselves & manifestation
25:00 finding your true mission
27:30 stability is an illusion
29:45 jealousy and worry from friends when you step into a new version of yourself
33:00 imagination 
38:30 exceptional leader
40:00 billboard message: you are so powerful that if you think you’re not, you’re not

Lana Wedmore tells us that yoga and nature are more alike than we realize. She has hosted presidents of Costa Rica in her lodge, and fights for systemic change, but she also teaches yoga and helps heal individuals. She speaks to the animals and teaches us how to see the subtle realms of nature we may be missing, and what happens when we are reconnected with them. “The longest journey you will ever take is the six inches: from your head to your heart.” This episode is a powerful reminder that when you do the thing you’re called to do, you don’t just change your own life, you help change the world.
Lana’s Whitehawk Foundation:
https://www.whitehawkfoundation.org/ 
Visit Luna Lodge
https://lunalodge.com/ 
Join Lana and Tommy’s retreat: https://www.wetravel.com/trips/we-are-rising-lana-and-tommy-7812198380 
Find Lana on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lana_wedmore/ 
Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠
⁠Shawna’s website⁠
GIVEAWAY: 1 YEAR OF OFFERINGTREE. Enter here by March 5th. 
Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor) 
⁠Ayurvedic consultation with Art, TEND ⁠(My sponsor) 
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Time stamps:
00:00 tour of Lana’s house
01:34 my sponsors, check them out! 
04:18 who is Lana?
09:13 cacao toast
11:15 yoga & nature have in common
15:00 fear of spiders: universe doesn’t understand “no”
18:00 46 years earlier… Costa Rica story
23:00 responsibility is freedom
25:40 ashtanga yoga, yoga saved Lana
28:40 do the thing, and you will have the power
31:15 how to breathe
34:30 mother earth wants to give you something
37:50 triumph is try with umph
43:00 gratitude and feeling enough - really. 
44:30 everything is reaching for the light
47:00 plant meditation 
49:40 humans, what are we really?
51:30 the world is changing, consciousness is changing 
53:00 shaking hands with presidents
59:20 president of costa rica coming to luna lodge, Lana’s lodge
1:06:00 political leaders - getting through to them
1:08:00 leaders: look people in the eye
1:10:00 feel good in your body
1:13:50 “buy this land” whitehawk foundation
1:16:00 are you sure? yes I am. 
1:18:00 a Lana in every town?
1:19:00 billboard message: ongest journey is 6 inches from your head to your heart

So you want to host a yoga retreat. Behind every beautiful retreat is a human like you. A yoga teacher navigating money, nerves, imposter syndrome, leadership decisions, and pivots... so I have some yoga retreat planning tips for ya.
In this episode, I’m sharing the real story of hosting my last retreat, the shaky anxiety before it began, the moments where the experience didn’t match my expectations, the double-booked shala, the breakfast pivot, the unexpected abundance, and the leadership lessons that no one talks about.
This is more than “how to host a yoga retreat.” This is about the energetics of hosting, and some stories that will keep you company. :)

Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠
⁠Shawna’s website⁠

GIVEAWAY: 1 YEAR OF OFFERINGTREE. Enter here by March 5th. 
Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor) 

⁠Join Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠

Time stamps
00:00 intro
03:00 bold! year of the firehorse 
04:30 7 steps to getting ready to host your retreat
08:30 backstory 
13:50 giveaway!! 1 year free of offeringtree
15:50 number 1 nothing to hide, nothing to prove
20:55 taxi driver wisdom, don’t fixate on pain
24:30 number 2 carving from edge to edge
31:00 100 points allocation theory 
33:00 number 3 leading is recognizing talent in others
36:40 number 4 abundance and budgeting
38:50 money as appreciation 
43:40 number 5 see the people
45:30 notes advice
48:20 scholarship programs
50:00 number 6 how to be decisive 
51:00 my first time driving in latin america
54:50 number 7 on the other side of that dream
57:00 regret & the magic gardener