First of all, thank you for being here.
Here’s my journey… in a nutshell.
My first asana class was in 2010. I became hooked instantly!
I switched career paths and enrolled in nursing school, which left little time outside studying.
Shortly after, I landed my dream job as an RN in my dream unit.
Since I now I had the time to invest in myself and lived in one of yoga’s meccas. I was able to practice 3-4 x a week.
I traveled to Thailand in 2016 for my first 200 hour YTT. I was grateful to able to fully immerse into a month long training. Once back in LA, I struggled with finding my voice and courage to teach. A couple auditions were unsuccessful but I left with constructive feedback. After some growth, I found a yoga studio that believed in me. 2019 was a full year of teaching publicly. The next year there was an opening to become a co owner of the studio I was teaching at. Myself along with two other individuals decided to save Radha Yoga and as of February 2020, we were co owners. Another opportunity surfaced to audition for another studio where I had practiced at for years and was offered a class. Everything was looking promising.
Then COVID-19 hit worldwide …
Fast forward to January 2021, the three of us kept the studio alive, but with the added pressures as a full time RN during a pandemic and co owner of a studio during a worldwide lock down it all became too much. I resigned from the studio.
Today, I’m still a full time RN and teaching . I incorporate evidence based practice to the traditional yoga practice. As I write this, I’ve now graduated from a wonderful Sound Healing training.
When I left for Thailand, I never imagined any of this. I remind myself that we only live once, therefore in my own way I am growing, learning, loving, and empowering myself one day at a time.
Shanti