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    Yoga & Life: From Challenge to Choice, Personal Stories and Program Secrets, From Top Yoga & Life Coaches
    Yoga & Life: From Challenge to Choice, Personal Stories and Program Secrets, From Top Yoga & Life Coaches
    Yoga & Life: From Challenge to Choice, Personal Stories and Program Secrets, From Top Yoga & Life Coaches
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    Yoga & Life: From Challenge to Choice, Personal Stories and Program Secrets, From Top Yoga & Life Coaches

    By Becky Center and with 10 Emerging Women Leaders

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    There is something amazing about watching leaders emerge from within their communities. In this book, Becky Center and 10 emerging women leaders share how they have overcome their challenges, making the powerful choice to pursue their passions. Each woman’s journey is an intimate tale, filled with triumph, heartache and the secrets they learned along the way. Join the conversation, engage with the journal questions, and see where you recognize yourself in their stories.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGatekeeper Press
    Release dateJan 31, 2018
    ISBN9781642370126
    Yoga & Life: From Challenge to Choice, Personal Stories and Program Secrets, From Top Yoga & Life Coaches

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      Yoga & Life - Becky Center

      YOGA & LIFE

      YOGA & LIFE:

      FROM CHALLENGE TO CHOICE PERSONAL STORIES AND PROGRAM SECRETS FROM TOP YOGA & LIFE COACHES

      Becky Center

      with 10 Emerging Women Leaders

      Yoga & Life: From Challenge to Choice, Personal Stories and Program Secrets, From Top Yoga & Life Coaches

      Published by AMJ Productions & Publications

      Copyright © 2018 by Becky Center

      All rights reserved. Neither this book, nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

      ISBN: 9781642370119

      eISBN: 9781642370126

      Printed in the United States of America

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Follow Your Heart's Compass by Rachel Wainwright

      Balanced Being  by Brady Crews

      Embody Your Essence by Candace Smith

      Life Unlived  by Neill Williams

      Cruising Through Life By Kim Hess

      Sanctuary By Ariel Ollivier

      Live Like a Lotus by Felicia Jordan

      Sacred Symmetry by Elysia Vetter

      A Tidy Life by Beta Shad

      Life by Design by Lynnie Long

      Embodied Voice by Becky Center

      Introduction

      Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

      ~ Paulo Coelho

      The intention of this book is to motivate you to create the life you choose to live, and not to settle for anything less. Each author has overcome her share of heartache, loss and challenges to get to where she is today. Each has chosen to share her story as an inspiration for anyone willing to see themselves in another.

      This book is the continuation of ten inspiring conversations that began with each of the authors. Consider this your behind-the-scenes look into the lives of your local yoga teachers, coaches, healers, and mentors. The authors are powerful women from all over the world, bringing their unique experience. Each of their presence adds a richness, depth, and wisdom to be gleaned.

      Each author is a professional life coach; honored to connect with you if you need support. They met through the Yoga2Life Core Coaching for Effective Change program through Coach Training Alliance, which I was leading at the time. I could see something special in each of these women, and as I got to know each one on a deeper level, it was clear that there was something BIG going on – something I knew we had to share with the world.

      Then I had an idea...

      After the coach training program ended, I remained in deep conversation with each woman. I watched as their businesses grew, as each woman began creating the life she had always dreamed of. I knew each woman’s story; the journeys they had been through. I also knew the power of the lessons they had learned, and the masterful way they teach and guide their students.

      I shared my idea with them – let’s publish a book, sharing our journeys and the secrets that helped us along the way.

      My intention was to simply showcase each of these women for the powerful, wise women they are. To show the world the inspiration I could see in each of their stories.

      What happened went far beyond what any of us imagined…

      The preparation for this book was a series of in-depth conversations, recalling the journey each woman had been through to get to where she is today. Many tears were shed as we all remembered the hard moments of our lives. All of us learned something new about ourselves in this process.

      Then something interesting happened…

      As we remembered the details of our personal stories, we could also see what we needed during that time. The more we worked on this book, the clearer our past needs became. Through each conversation, something much more life-changing than a book chapter was being created…

      Upon the completion of this anthology, we had created new programs of our own. All the energy we had put into the conversations to create this book allowed each of us to see deeper into ourselves; to remember the needs we had when we started our journey into personal growth.

      Who better than us to help others through the challenges we faced along our journeys?

      You hold in your hands the motivation that has inspired each of these extraordinary women to overcome EVERY challenge they have faced along their journey. Take in their wisdom. Allow their stories to become your stories, and see yourself clearly reflected in each shared experience.

      As you read each story, reflect on your own life experience. See how similar the author’s stories are to yours; or how different. Immerse yourself in the experience, and see what you can learn about yourself in the process.

      To get the most out of this book, use the journal questions at the end of each chapter. Each woman has taken the time to craft her questions to lead you through a process of illumination. By placing your full attention on the journal questions it is like having a conversation with the author. If you treat each chapter this way, you will have had conversations with eleven coaches by the time you finish this book.

      If one conversation can transform your life, imagine what you could do with eleven!

      Follow Your Heart's Compass

      by Rachel Wainwright

      "Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid,

      and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be."

      ~ Joseph Campbell

      As a young girl, my favorite cartoon was The Care Bears. Their motto was, Caring is what counts. They would stand together with love and radiate light. They called this the Care Bear Stare; its purpose was to bring joy into someone’s heart. I knew then that I was a Care Bear, and I was going to heal a lot of hearts.

      With three older brothers, I was taught to stay tough; vulnerability was a weakness. I learned how to stifle my emotions early. There were times when I felt like I was going to explode, so I would dance the feelings away in the secrecy of my room. Dance became my way to release stress. Music became my medicine; movement my therapy.

      When I was seventeen, I went through a brutal snowboarding accident, which required three surgeries; then I lost my grandmother and several friends. Even my dog died. With no tools to process this amount of loss, I turned to alcohol and marijuana to numb myself. I didn’t know anyone making a living doing what they loved. I didn’t even know that was possible. I believed that you were either a starving artist or a robot with a career.

      I went to the university to make my parents happy but began to develop severe stomach pains. I didn’t know anyone making a living doing what they loved and I believed that you were either a starving artist or a robot with a career. Persevering through the pain, I imagined that once I finished at university, I would move to LA to pursue my dream of dance. Life had a different plan for me…

      Upon graduation I was diagnosed with cervical cancer.

      This was a wake-up call I didn’t know I needed. I was athletic, thinking this equated with being healthy. My body showed me that without tools to handle stress, everything inside me turned toxic. I didn’t end up moving to LA. I stayed in Canada to get the treatment I needed.

      I took my first yoga class at the recommendation of my massage therapist. I felt pain in my body, my mind chattered ceaselessly, and I felt sadness in my heart. I did not enjoy this experience. It brought out all the feelings I had hidden deep inside. However, with every exhale I learned how to release the tension in my body. The more I practiced, the more present I felt. I began to feel a sense of peace, a sensation that kept me coming back. With practice, that bliss started following me off the mat. That’s when I started on a new trajectory.

      I realized I had to make some changes. I opened my heart to the possibility of a life so awesome I wouldn’t need a vacation from it. A life where I wouldn’t feel any difference between work and play. I was done being just a dreamer; I was ready to be a dream-doer. As I sat in silence, I began to see the deeper meaning of my life. It was through my yoga practice that I cultivated this connection to my whole self. I was inspired by yoga and grateful for all it had given me. I wanted to deepen my knowledge. So, I completed my first yoga teacher training.

      Time passed, and my passion grew. Catapulted by inspiration, I cultivated the courage to leave my comfort zone and become an entrepreneur. I opened Exhale Yoga Studio and it became a sanctuary for people to come be their true self. I felt blessed to see students’ energies shift during class each day.

      But owning the studio became a tough swim upstream. I worked to exhaustion. I maintained a profitable business at the expense of my own health and happiness. I was drowning.

      A couple years after opening the studio, I traveled to Brazil for a friend’s wedding and realized how depressed I was. I remember staring out into the ocean and wanting to become one with it. The thought of taking my life, allowing myself to sink into the abyss, felt more peaceful than living the way I was. Thankfully, I had the courage to share my feelings with my husband and friends. They sat with me as I cried.

      I cried for all the times

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