Yoga2life Radio

Chelsea Marie Hill has lived the power of yoga. After experiencing some personal trauma and tragedies, Chelsea thought complete healing for her body and soul was out of reach. At her lowest point, she was introduced to yoga and through her practice she learned to heal her body and connect with others. Listen as Chelsea shares this intensely personal journey of how yoga healed her and transformed her life. "When I got on the mat for the first time, the first thing I was told is that I should listen. I wasn't expecting that. I was expecting to be told to do something, but instead I was asked to listen to myself. ~Chelsea Marie Hill Connect with Chelsea at www.ChelseaMarieHill.com!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Lynnie Long discuss the 2nd step ofLife by Design, which is acceptance. There are 3 factors that are foundational to acceptance: self-compassion, integrity, and patience. Keeping a critical eye on where you are in life means that you accept where you are, but you also have enough integrity to not use where you currently are as an excuse for not getting to where you want to be. In order to correct any character deficiencies in our lives, we have to have patience with ourselves, and allow ourselves to work through the process of improvement. "Self-compassion is tricky because you don't want to confuse it with self-pity. When you are able to have compassion for yourself, you can then have more empathy for others in their struggles too." ~Lynnie Long Connect with Lynnie at www.LynnieLong.com!

Ashley Apple shares Yoni Breathing with us. It's a breath and visualization exercise that can help you cultivate your sexual energy. We will be building and breathing and strengthen your container for sexual energy. Then you can decide how you want to channel that sexual energy into any other endeavor that you choose.  Connect with Ashley at www.AshleyApple.com and check out her Juicy Living Course!

Juicy Living and The Yoni Temple founder, Ashley Apple lives yoga! It's her entire belief system that allows her to live in union with her highest self so that she can accomplish her highest purpose. The entire yoga eco-system that Ashley has created in more than 20 years of practice actually guides every decision that she makes in her life. Through yoga Ashley has been able to cultivate the container for all of her energy and channel it towards her highest good. "When you really want to get into a state of pure consciousness (pure union) you let go of your past and you let go of your future, and you just settle into the moment without the pull of the past or the future, you can experience the magic of expansion." ~Ashley Apple Connect with Ashley Apple at www.AshleyApple.com and check out her retreats.

Becky Center & guest cohost, Lynnie Long discuss the first step of Life by Design, which is awareness. This is the foundational step for redesign of your life. When you design your life, you don't just sit idly by an watch life happen to you. You can't change things in your life until you are aware of them. Cultivating that awareness is the topic of our conversation today. "For me, the most important place where I live is in my head. So much goes on in there that can effect every aspect of my life, so I really have to be conscientious of my words to myself. " ~Lynnie Long Connect with Lynnie atwww.LynnieLong.com!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Lynnie Long discuss what it means to design your own life. Those who design their lifestyle don't just let life happen to them. They begin taking a proactive approach to life and actively participating in every aspect in order tobe present every moment. In this episode Lynnie shares the 3 pillars of designing your life. By becoming aware of your desires, you can unlock the steps to de-sign each experience in your life. "Sometimes I have to stop and realize that what I am doing in the moment is enough. There are many other things I could be doing to be active, but I am doing what I need to do to be present." ~ Lynnie Long Action Challenge: Consider what is the value for you being present and also what is the challenge of being present each moment. Connect with Lynnie atwww.LynnieLong.com

  Kim Hess-Stone shares a wave meditation inspired by the ocean. The natural rhythm of the ocean performs the perfect synchronization to your breath. Using the current generated by the ocean as the backdrop for clearing your mind and centering your thoughts, you come away refreshed and renewed through this meditation.  Connect with Kim at www.TropicYoga.com!

Kim Hess-Stone shares the real life struggles that even professional yogis have in straying from their practice. We all know the benefits of yoga and how good we feel and the improved quality of life we have when we practice. Everyone strays some time and it's important not to beat yourself up and fall into self-defeating thought patterns that don't serve you. Traveling and other life changes can get you out of your routines, so it's important to be equipped to deal with the routine upheaval in our lives so that our practice does not suffer.   "When I finally understood the science behind yoga, life just suddenly made sense to me." ~Kim Hess-Stone Connect with Kim at www.TropicYoga.com!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Jen Zorn-Ford discuss how support for living fearlessly can drastically change your outcomes. We all have made attempts at changing our lives that we kept to ourselves and never shared. This can cause change to be based more in fear than in freedom. When we gather a team around us  to support our lifestyle changes we don't feel so alone and we are able to  be grounded in community. Ultimately, this means less stress and more joy in the pro-cess.  "Your support system will take you further than you could ever go on your own, and you'll have more joy along the journey." ~ Jen Zorn-Ford Action Challenge: Find an"accountabilibuddy"and begin the process of reaching out to people that can hold you accountable and provide support for you. Connect with Jen at www.HealthierYou-FearlessPursuitCoaching.com!

Lynnie Long understands that your intentions are more than just words and goals. For her to truly grasp all that can come to life through her intentions, she has to begin by visualizing it. Taking that moment to pause and begin the visualization process can lead to more clarity and allow you to reflect on what it is you truly want. Today's visualization process involves all 5 of your senses too!  Connect with Lynnie of Life By Design Coaching at www.lynnielong.com and check out her one day retreats!

Lynnie Long finds that yoga is the one practice that allows her outward personality to spend a moment looking inward. Lynnie has strong connections between her experiences with yoga and her experiences on her horse. They both connect her to different parts of her world and work to keep each aspect of her life in alignment. Intuition and patience are developed through yoga and horseback riding and it' s a practice that she enjoys sharing with others through Yoga on the Farm. "Life was a constant search and a constant longing before I found yoga. I just didn't have a place to put things." ~Lynnie Long Connect with Lynnie Long at www.LynnieLong.com and check out her one day yoga retreats!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Jen Zorn-Ford discuss how transformational it is to declare your intentions to make any sort of change in your life. Everyone has to deal with their own insecurities and limiting beliefs when attempting to make changes in our lives. Those tiny voices can easily overtake your good intentions. That's why sharing your intentions with others is so powerful in holding you accountable to keep your intentions and make positive changes in your life. Making change is scary, and putting it out to the world is scary. So why not use your fear to your advantage and cement your level of commitment to change?  "Once I began to make belief statements a part of my daily practice, I really began to believe them and it caused me to act differently." ~ Jen Zorn-Ford  Action Challenge: Declare your intention to make a change in your life to a group or family, and also create 5 of your own daily declaration statements that you can declare daily to YOURSELF. These statements should include

Dr. Katy Jane feels that yoga serves us best when we don't attempt to control our practice and turn it into a rigid discipline. She has experienced the feeling of having to control your mind in order to practice yoga, but she has found that by allowing the natural rhythms to take over and surrendering to them, it brings an ease into her practice and a natural flow that she has never experienced before.  "Most people that make the turn towards spirituality, experience a jolting event that causes them to ask the ultimate questions. Who am I? Where am I going? What happens when I die?" ~ Dr. Katy Jane  Connect with Dr. Katy Jane at www.DrKatyJane.com!

While chanting Om is a fairly common practice in many forms of Yoga, it rarely accompanies the necessary instruction in order to get the most out of the Om. There are three specific parts of life that the Om speaks to - creation, maintenance and transformation. Learn how you can enhance these three areas through chanting Om. Connect with Dr. Katy Jane at www.DrKatyJane.com!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Jen Zorn-Ford discuss the freedom and energy that come from living fearlessly. Finding the "thing"in your life that you can do over and over again, and still have a passion for - then you are on the right path. Using mindful practice, you can determine how you want to ultimately feel, and then you just have to find what it is that makes you feel that way when you do it! That is how you light up your soul!  "If you feel amazing and you feel excited about what you are doing, then you are going to want to continue todo that." ~ Jen Zorn-Ford  Action Challenge: Commit to planning one activity this week that ex-cites you and feels like it has the potential for you to repeat it! Take it to the next level by choosing an activity that highlights what inspires you the most.  Connect with Jen at www.HealthierYou-FearlessPursuitCoaching.com

Diana Gradstein shares a meditation to end your practice. It helps you release tension and will lead you into a few moments of stillness. Ending your practice with this resting meditation helps clear your mind.   Connect with Diana at www.TheMobileMat.com and check out her retreats!

Diana Gradstein shares how the practice of yoga has completely transformed her anxiety. What started as a curiosity has become a necessary element of her day and now she shares yoga with as many people as she can. By making yoga accessible to anyone, she's able todemystify the practice and minimize the intimidation factor for people who have never done yoga before. Her goal isto make yoga accessible toanyone who has the courage to try it and the willingness to let it change them.  "Over the years I have really built upmy desire to step outside my comfort zone because that's where I've been rewarded the most." ~Diana Gradstein  Connect with Diana at www.TheMobileMat.com and check out her retreats!

Becky Center & guest cohost, Jen Zorn Ford discuss how you can relinquish your fear and live your best healthy and fulfilled life by tuning into how you want to feel in life and aligning your actions to bring you close to that feeling. Fearless pursuit living really means living your life on purpose. It's not about the weight on the scale or what size your clothes are, but more about the way you want to feel as you make your way through life. It's simply focusing on internal attunement rather than external achievement. "For me, I struggled with silence because that's where my fear lived - in the silence." ~ Jen Zorn Ford Action Challenge: Begin journaling about the story from your past that contains a limiting belief that is keeping you stuck in fear. Then think about what action steps you can take to let go of those stories. Connect with Jen at www.HealthierYou-FearlessPursuitCoaching.com!

Nathalie Chapron shares a scale she has created to help light workers understand where they fall in the range of being too approachable or too formal. Nathalie's own struggles with being too approachable in her business led her to create this scale and she has seen those struggles disappear as a result. Connect with Nathalie at www.YouShineOnStage.com and don't forget to her up on her generous offer for a complimentary personal style assessment at www.PersonalStyleAssessment.com!

Nathalie Chapron shares the powerful story of how understanding her color palette changed the course of her business and life. As an Ayurveda practitioner, Nathalie saw her clients obtain tremendous success but struggled to find it in her own business. She realized she wasn't outwardly projecting the level value she provided to her clients. After hiring someone to help her better align her outward appearance with her inner values, she experienced an immediate change in the growth of her business. Now, her mission is to pass this life-changing knowledge along to her tribe of lightworkers. "Yoga, to me, is the ability to connect with this divine place within myself." ~ Nathalie Chapron Connect with Nathalie at www.YouShineOnStage.com and don't forget to her up on her generous offer for a complimentary personal style assessment at www.PersonalStyleAssessment.com!