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Speaker 3: You are listening to episode one and seventy of Hurdle,

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Speaker 3: a wellness focused podcast where I sit down with inspiring

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Speaker 1: enough money to like then quit and do something else.

436
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,640
Speaker 2: Wait for those that don't know what Stella Adler, it is.

437
00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:27,160
Speaker 1: An acting school in the US. And actually so many

438
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,280
Speaker 1: of my colleagues have also been to Stella Adler, which

439
00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:33,160
Speaker 1: is so funny. So I came to New York one

440
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,160
Speaker 1: summer with like literally nothing, like I had like half

441
00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,760
Speaker 1: a suitcase of clothes to go to Stella Adler. I

442
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,840
Speaker 1: decided to just do my teacher training at the same time,

443
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:46,200
Speaker 1: like the same around the same time. Right afterwards, and

444
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,639
Speaker 1: during teacher training, something just hit me and I was like,

445
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 1: oh my god, Like I could go back to India

446
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,119
Speaker 1: and go back to modeling and get stuck there and

447
00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,720
Speaker 1: never leave. Like I haven't been happy for like a

448
00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 1: year and I'm still doing this and I'm going to

449
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,760
Speaker 1: go back and do it for two more years. I

450
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,439
Speaker 1: was like why and so right there and then I

451
00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,960
Speaker 1: just decided not to go back, which was thank God

452
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,119
Speaker 1: for my parents who like helped me. You know, I

453
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,439
Speaker 1: had moved, I put everything in boxes, but they had

454
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,399
Speaker 1: to like sell my car and like get my stuff.

455
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,320
Speaker 1: I moved to New York and I decided that I

456
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,360
Speaker 1: was still like acting, I have an agency, et cetera.

457
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,840
Speaker 1: But like I was like, I think I am going

458
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,800
Speaker 1: to maybe get more curious about yoga because I had

459
00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: such an important sort of epiphany during this training, and

460
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,040
Speaker 1: I want to get closer to myself and I want

461
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,879
Speaker 1: to feel inside out strong, and that's how I was

462
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:52,120
Speaker 1: feeling from this. And I had already like obviously known

463
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 1: that yoga is so important. It's like an important practice

464
00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:55,760
Speaker 1: in my life. It was something i'd been doing, I

465
00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,560
Speaker 1: just didn't know I wanted to teach it right. I

466
00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,560
Speaker 1: was like, maybe I'll start a studio or something. But

467
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 1: I was like, I think I need to get more

468
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,680
Speaker 1: curious about this. So I went to like a bunch

469
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,000
Speaker 1: of studios. I found one that I liked. I applied

470
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,719
Speaker 1: for a job there. That job got filled. I went

471
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,560
Speaker 1: to the front desk. I was like, how can I

472
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,240
Speaker 1: work here? And they were like, well, maybe you could

473
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,280
Speaker 1: do like the mentorship program. That's like a place where

474
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,080
Speaker 1: a lot of people start. So I was like, okay,

475
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,359
Speaker 1: I found a teacher I liked. I did the mentorship program,

476
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,560
Speaker 1: and I just I remember like having lunch with the

477
00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:31,159
Speaker 1: owner and he offered me like a small managerial position

478
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:32,600
Speaker 1: and he was like, no, what do you want to do?

479
00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, well, I want to open

480
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,399
Speaker 1: my own studio, like I'm not here like dat. And

481
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,880
Speaker 1: then like obviously, as I got to got like more

482
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,080
Speaker 1: involved in yoga world and living in New York City,

483
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,639
Speaker 1: which I hadn't done before, I realized that I would

484
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,600
Speaker 1: never want to open a yoga studio in New York

485
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,679
Speaker 1: for sure, and in mentorship, you have to teach, like

486
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: that was one of the things you had to do

487
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,840
Speaker 1: with teach. And I started realizing like I did like it,

488
00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,680
Speaker 1: like I had already been doing it on my own

489
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,560
Speaker 1: but just with my friends, and I did enjoy it.

490
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,159
Speaker 1: And so I was like, maybe I'll I'll just do

491
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 1: this and we'll see how it goes. And I think

492
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,919
Speaker 1: one really incredible thing about yoga is like or you know,

493
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,679
Speaker 1: most movement practices, it's such a lifelong practice, like you

494
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,199
Speaker 1: keep learning. It's not like, oh, I did my two

495
00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,919
Speaker 1: hundred hour, I'm good, like no, it's like ongoing. And

496
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,680
Speaker 1: so I just threw myself into it, to be really honest,

497
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 1: and I think that's probably the only way I was

498
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,879
Speaker 1: in New York living on my savings with nothing, So

499
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,480
Speaker 1: so I threw myself into it and it worked out.

500
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,199
Speaker 3: I think a lot of people hear your story of

501
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,120
Speaker 3: moving to New York with like a half a suitcase

502
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,119
Speaker 3: of clothes and living on their savings, and like, I

503
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 3: think about doing this all the time. Do you have

504
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,680
Speaker 3: any practical advice for someone who wants to come here and.

505
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,920
Speaker 2: Either chase a dream or just be here?

506
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,879
Speaker 3: I mean, as you know, as a New Yorker, Like

507
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 3: the aura here is just it's special.

508
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,119
Speaker 1: It's incredible, and I love it. I love that it is.

509
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,920
Speaker 1: I think it's a place where we're all really willing

510
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,919
Speaker 1: to save ourselves, you know, like like nobody's gonna come

511
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,919
Speaker 1: save you. You have to like do that for yourself. And

512
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 1: I think this is that is like the energy of

513
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,679
Speaker 1: New York. If you ask me, I think there's a

514
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,639
Speaker 1: few practical tips, which is, you know, when you sign

515
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 1: up for a goal or dream, what you're really signing

516
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,240
Speaker 1: up for is the inconvenience that it's going to cost

517
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,119
Speaker 1: you to get there. You're not just signing up for

518
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,439
Speaker 1: like the light at the end of the tunnel, like

519
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,160
Speaker 1: you have to go through the whole tunnel. And that's great,

520
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 1: and you should make sure that that's something you're gonna

521
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 1: enjoy or at least not totally hate like there's gonna

522
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,240
Speaker 1: be ups and downs, of course, but like you're gonna

523
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: have to do that. So there's that is like just

524
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,680
Speaker 1: like really acknowledging the truth of that. And then when

525
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,880
Speaker 1: you move to a place like New York where there's

526
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 1: so many people, it's a huge network, it seems really competitive.

527
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,920
Speaker 1: You're like, where is my place here? I would really

528
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: advocate for like meeting people. You know, especially in like

529
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,800
Speaker 1: yoga and other movement practices, you're going to meet so

530
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 1: many people, meet people and don't meet them in a

531
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,680
Speaker 1: way that's networking, don't meet them in a way that's

532
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,360
Speaker 1: competition that makes you feel like, oh, well, this person's

533
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,000
Speaker 1: doing this, Like I want to do that, but like

534
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 1: you want to think about it in a way or

535
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 1: I want to think about it in a way that

536
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,439
Speaker 1: feels like how can I be of service to this person?

537
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,880
Speaker 1: There's space for all of us. How can I help

538
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,480
Speaker 1: this person grow? And how can we communally create a

539
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,160
Speaker 1: space that feels like we can all achieve our wildest

540
00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: dreams as opposed to a place that feels like really

541
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,320
Speaker 1: coming from a scarcity mindset, right, Like if you get there,

542
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,280
Speaker 1: that means I can't Like that's not the way I

543
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 1: think I thought about it, And I don't know if

544
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,360
Speaker 1: that I don't know if that, like ultimately is the

545
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: reason that I feel like I made it work. But

546
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: I would say I think it's a good place to

547
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 1: start for anybody that's having that sort of you know,

548
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: thinking about making a big life change.

549
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,919
Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, and just having that openness, right like,

550
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 3: just because you think things might be a certain way

551
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 3: doesn't mean that's how they are. And I think oftentimes we,

552
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,000
Speaker 3: especially if someone is interested in making a similar move

553
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,640
Speaker 3: that you did or also that I have done, it's

554
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 3: we have a lot of thoughts about how it could be,

555
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,399
Speaker 3: and it could be scary, and it could be overwhelming,

556
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 3: and like how am I going to make this work?

557
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,440
Speaker 3: But be open to what's actually happening in your life

558
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 3: instead of just the stories that you're telling about telling

559
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:09,719
Speaker 3: yourself about what's going on.

560
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's such a big part of it too. I think,

561
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 1: you know, it's like I think about how meditation and

562
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 1: mindfulness and yoga like are a part of these transitions.

563
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,119
Speaker 1: And when I think about, like, okay, let's say, like

564
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,120
Speaker 1: you you want to do something that makes you feel

565
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,040
Speaker 1: more free, which I think is a really I think

566
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,199
Speaker 1: it's actually happening right now. There's like I read a

567
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,640
Speaker 1: headline about how so many people are quitting their jobs

568
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: right because we all want to be able to do

569
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 1: something that makes us feel like our whole selves and

570
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,680
Speaker 1: not like we're just like slave store work and that's amazing.

571
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 1: But also like freedom includes like when you think about

572
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 1: the way that you're interacting with yourself, like not being

573
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 1: dragged around by every little thought you have or every

574
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,919
Speaker 1: little emotion you have, And I don't, by any means

575
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 1: mean that you shouldn't pay attention to them. Again, like,

576
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 1: I think it's so important to be open to that

577
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 1: diversity of feeling, but to also be able to look

578
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 1: at it and then decide whether it's real or not real,

579
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 1: decide whether you need to pay attention to it or

580
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:10,879
Speaker 1: not pay attention to it. Decide whether it's like recurring

581
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 1: or a one time feeling, whether like you just said,

582
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: it's a story that you're telling yourself, or if it's reality.

583
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,879
Speaker 1: So I think that a really big part of like

584
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,640
Speaker 1: making these transitions is knowing that like, yeah, it's gonna

585
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 1: be inconvenien's gonna be uncomfortable, and then being open to

586
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,239
Speaker 1: dealing with that, not just in the way that it

587
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,679
Speaker 1: manifests like physically in your life, like okay, I need

588
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: to pay my rent, but also like in the way

589
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 1: it manifests mentally, you know.

590
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:34,359
Speaker 2: Yeah.

591
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 3: And also something that you said before that I chuckle

592
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 3: that a little bit was you very quickly were like,

593
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 3: I do not want to open a yoga studio in

594
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 3: New York.

595
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: No.

596
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 2: What helped you come to that realization?

597
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 1: I think I realized so I would say the reason

598
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 1: that I at first thought I don't want to teach

599
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: you guys, because I was like, I want to keep

600
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,440
Speaker 1: this practice to myself. I love this practice, I need

601
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: this I don't want it to become work. I was

602
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 1: a little scared of that, you know, and I never

603
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 1: considered it to be honest, like I wasn't a job.

604
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: I was considering. I was a math major. So it

605
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 1: was like for me, I was like, why would I

606
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 1: take this practice that I love and then make it work?

607
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 1: And I think when it comes to a studio, it's

608
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 1: actually like a it's more like that. It's like once

609
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: you have a studio, it's a business and your obligation

610
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: then might be like, I don't know, I'm not a

611
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 1: studio owner, and I think people who open studios you know,

612
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: are incredible. But for me, I want to be able

613
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: to focus one hundred percent on teaching and practicing, and

614
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: that's what I want to focus on. I don't want

615
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 1: to focus on having to create a business around that.

616
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 1: And I can't imagine that the decisions I would have

617
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 1: to make in order to make a business fruitful. I

618
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: want to be able to treat yoga as as special

619
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 1: and a practice that doesn't like, of course it is

620
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: my work, but that doesn't I'm not making decisions about

621
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 1: what I'm teaching because it's a studio that I own,

622
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: Like I feel like that, really it's a really tough

623
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: it's a tough tough job.

624
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. For sure. No, I totally hear you.

625
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 2: And the word gift comes to mind.

626
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 3: It's like you have the opportunity to like embrace this

627
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 3: as the gift that it is and share that gift

628
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 3: now with other people.

629
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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I mean I want to just like add

630
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 1: like I thank god we have yoga studios, like I

631
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 1: love yoga studios. And I don't mean it like that.

632
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: I just think for me personally, it would have been

633
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 1: a hard thing to do I think it's a really

634
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: tough line to walk.

635
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.

636
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 3: So you go through the mentorship program and then what

637
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 3: happens for you in your journey after that.

638
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: I was hired right out of the mentorship program at

639
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: the studio I was at, and I had, like, you know,

640
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 1: gotten some privates. But at the same time, I was

641
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 1: really adamant about not teaching like twenty classes a week,

642
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: which is I think what happens to a lot of

643
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 1: new teachers. You know, you need to make ends meet.

644
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 1: Classes don't pay that much, and I wanted to make

645
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: sure I had space for my own practice, like no

646
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: matter what. So I had a series of other jobs,

647
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 1: like part time jobs. I was modeling at first, and

648
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: I really wanted to, like I wanted to stop modeling.

649
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:19,720
Speaker 1: So I was eventually able to leave my modeling agency,

650
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 1: and I had a series of jobs in startups and

651
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 1: marketing and just like all kinds of other stuff. I

652
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 1: took on like managerial positions at the studio, and I

653
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Speaker 1: did other things so that I would be able to

654
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Speaker 1: have my own practice, And I taught maybe five six

655
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 1: classes a week, so not a lot. I was also

656
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 1: really committed, and I still am really committed to learning.

657
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,720
Speaker 1: I think it's actually one of the gifts of yoga

658
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: is like there's endless amounts of learning. Right now, I'm

659
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 1: like really really interested in philosophy. But when I would

660
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 1: say out of the mentorship program, I did a whole

661
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Speaker 1: series of other trainings. I did a lot of trainings,

662
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: and I practice a lot. You're teaching from your practice

663
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, Like you can't teach.

664
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: It's hard to teach things that you haven't experienced. So

665
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: you haven't you don't have like an in your body,

666
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 1: in your heart experience to teach from. So everything that

667
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: you know I share comes from something I've explored, and

668
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 1: so I spent a lot of time doing that, teaching

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00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: and practicing some other job.

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Speaker 3: You know, do you do you want to give us

671
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Speaker 3: insight into the oddest job that you had oddest job.

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Speaker 2: I'm waiting for you to tell me. I don't know.

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00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 3: I like can't of course, like when you want to

674
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 3: pull one out of the back pocket, you like don't

675
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 3: have something to throw into the mix. But I want

676
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Speaker 3: you to tell me that you, like, worked at a subway,

677
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 3: sandwich shop or something.

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Speaker 1: God, I didn't do that, But I do have a

679
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 1: really odd acting gig that I had, which was really

680
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,480
Speaker 1: and everybody is like public for everyone to see, so

681
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Speaker 1: you're welcome for this. I was on the show Elementary

682
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,479
Speaker 1: for like a one day co star rode like two lines.

683
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: But in this show, it's like, you know, it's like

684
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: a Sherlock Home show, so it's like a mystery. It's

685
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 1: like you know, they're solving a mystery a case or something.

686
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 1: And the show I was painted. It was me and

687
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 1: one other girl. Okay, so I was painted head to

688
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 1: toe to match the wall, so like you could almost

689
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: not see us, Like when if you just walked on

690
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 1: the set, was like you just matched the wall and

691
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: then you could like pop out and be a person. Well,

692
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: it was a very interesting experience that was definitely an

693
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Speaker 1: I think it counts in the category of odd jobs.

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Speaker 3: So this is exactly what I'm going to be googling

695
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 3: when we get off of this, when we get off

696
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Speaker 3: of this recording.

697
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Speaker 1: But yeah, you'll definitely find it. It's definitely a it was.

698
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 1: It was really fun though. It was fun and funny

699
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 1: and like.

700
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 2: An experience amazing.

701
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 3: So you have all of these quote unquote side jobs

702
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 3: and you're practicing and you're making time for your practice.

703
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 3: Give me if you can a timeline as to maybe

704
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 3: where we are at this point in your story, like.

705
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Speaker 1: Two thousand and like, you know, fourteen thirteen. Fourteen was

706
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: like when I was like, you know, really really committed

707
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,720
Speaker 1: to my career in the midst of like okay, practicing

708
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 1: all the time, Like there was a teacher whose class

709
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 1: I would go to for like three hours every Wednesday.

710
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 1: You know. It was like very I was very committed

711
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:12,319
Speaker 1: to it, and it was a lot of the same

712
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 1: for the first couple of years. There's not a lot

713
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 1: of like it was just a lot of the same.

714
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Speaker 1: It was a lot of like teaching and practicing, which

715
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: might sound boring, but it is what it is. I

716
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 1: did do, like I did have some other things that

717
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: I got interested in. You know, I was interested in

718
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 1: bringing It's so funny. I was interested in bringing yoga

719
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: to corporate world, like to people who maybe don't come

720
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Speaker 1: to yoga studios. So a friend and I started working

721
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Speaker 1: on that. We had a little business, and I did

722
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: that for a little while. That actually led to some

723
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Speaker 1: really meeting some really cool people and actually I taught

724
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Speaker 1: yoga at Times Square. That was a really big, like

725
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:53,319
Speaker 1: moment for me. Every year they have the Solstice at

726
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: Times Square, which is like a huge yoga event with

727
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 1: like thousands of people, and I got to teach a

728
00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,399
Speaker 1: class live for that, and so I think like every

729
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: little thing I've done has really led to what the

730
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:07,320
Speaker 1: next steps. And then I got really into meditation and

731
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: had some really cool meditation teachers and I was like,

732
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 1: I kind of want to do more meditation, but my

733
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 1: yoga studio there weren't a lot of meditation opportunities. So

734
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Speaker 1: I started doing this meditation pop up with a friend

735
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: of mine. We called it Mindful Morning, and we would

736
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: have like a meditation and a conversation and brunch and

737
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: I got to meet more cool people doing that. So

738
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 1: it was really like I stuck with that basic part

739
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: of like teaching and practicing, and then I explored. I experimented,

740
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 1: and you know, corporate yoga ended up not working out

741
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: and that's okay. Like I feel like Mindful Morning, like

742
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 1: I was doing that, and then my friend ended up

743
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: moving to Paris what I was doing it with, So

744
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 1: like I feel like a lot of things like it's

745
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 1: it's fine to like explore them, and they have a

746
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Speaker 1: time in your timeline, they have like a moment and

747
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: they don't have to be forever. I think sometimes it

748
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: can be hard for us let things go, but I

749
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 1: feel like it's like what you said, You know, every

750
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 1: step really contributed to where I am today.

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Speaker 3: I love as you explain all the different things that

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789
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 3: in the yoga community here in New York.

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Speaker 2: You certainly to an extent, became an entrepreneur.

791
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,439
Speaker 3: Right even though you knew very well that you didn't

792
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 3: want to open a yoga studio, that didn't mean that

793
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 3: you didn't have interests. And how can I expand this

794
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 3: practice and try new things and bring it to others,

795
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 3: even going back to the idea you were saying earlier

796
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Speaker 3: about how passionate you were about having the ability to

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Speaker 3: help others through this practice.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think yoga in general, it is

799
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Speaker 1: a service. It is like a service oriented industry. Like

800
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 1: nobody is becoming a yoga teacher for any other reason,

801
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 1: I imagine, And I love that, and I think that's

802
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: so important. I would say, like, if I had to

803
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,319
Speaker 1: say one thing about myself, maybe is a little bit

804
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,400
Speaker 1: different than others. And I think about this in my

805
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: partner sometimes because he has to put up with this

806
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,360
Speaker 1: is I think that I'm a person that's always constantly

807
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 1: going to evolve, Like I'm not going to ever be

808
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,560
Speaker 1: like this is it. I'm here, I've arrived, Like I

809
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 1: feel like I'm always going to be like, but what

810
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 1: about this? Let me try this, Like I'm curious about this,

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00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 1: Like let's explore this. And I feel like that is

812
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 1: something I've had to get comfortable with myself. And like

813
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:25,720
Speaker 1: I said, like you know with a partner, it's also

814
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: like making sure they're comfortable with that. But I feel

815
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Speaker 1: like it served me well, Like I did get to

816
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: explore and meet new people and learn new things. Being

817
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: an entrepreneur is a whole skill set obviously that I

818
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: learned a lot from. Just like I just jumped in

819
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: without really knowing what I was doing, and that was good.

820
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,719
Speaker 1: It was great. I learned a lot. But yeah, all

821
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: of those little pieces really helped me to find different

822
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:51,720
Speaker 1: parts of myself.

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Speaker 2: So then when does Peloton come into the equation?

824
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,919
Speaker 1: So I am running teacher training at a studio and

825
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 1: doing these other things mind full morning and teaching and

826
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Speaker 1: practicing and having another job, and I get it. I

827
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 1: get a DM from Dennis Morton and.

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Speaker 4: He he was like, hey, like, would you be interested,

829
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Speaker 4: Like Pelton's thinking about, you know, starting a yoga like

830
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Speaker 4: starting yoga.

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Speaker 1: And I remember at the time I had I had

832
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Speaker 1: just done like a couple of months ago, a different

833
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,319
Speaker 1: audition for a different digital brand that ended up just

834
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: like being a total mess, Like it was very disorganized,

835
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Speaker 1: and I was a little bit like, I mean, Tony

836
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: is my partner, Tony's mom has been obsessed with Pelton

837
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 1: for years. I'm like, sounds really interesting, you know, but

838
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 1: like I'm not sure. But what like they don't have yoga,

839
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,080
Speaker 1: you know. I was like, is this going to be

840
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: a thing that they're trying? And then I give it

841
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 1: my whole life and then it goes away. Like I

842
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: was really unsure. And I remember walking down the street

843
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,360
Speaker 1: I walked to the audition because I lived like twenty

844
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 1: minutes and I was like, maybe this it'll be nice,

845
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: you know, I'll walk I remember what I wore. I

846
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: remember walking to the audition thankfully, and I would say, like,

847
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: I really think it's such a perfect like it was

848
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: such a perfect requirement of my skill set, like being

849
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: on camera and teaching was something like I was like, oh,

850
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,400
Speaker 1: I know how to do both of those things. Cool

851
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 1: I taught to I don't remember. There are five or

852
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:25,320
Speaker 1: ten minute classes like little just the snippets of class,

853
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 1: and that was it. That was the audition, and I

854
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,840
Speaker 1: was like, I mean, who knows. And I remember that

855
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 1: entire summer. I was like really unsure of what was

856
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: going to happen because there were also so many meetings

857
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 1: and interviews. I was a little bit like when will

858
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:54,320
Speaker 1: I find out though, Like it's been a long time. Yeah,

859
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 1: And I was in like a different like acting class,

860
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 1: and I remember like talking to everyone. Everyone was like,

861
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: are you going to do this in the fall, And

862
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:05,479
Speaker 1: I was like, I don't know. I'm not sure what's

863
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,880
Speaker 1: going to happen with my life at all in this moment,

864
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,240
Speaker 1: Like I'm kind of waiting, I have some more interviews

865
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: next week. Like it was just this sort of like

866
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:16,319
Speaker 1: ongoing process, but you know, eventually, eventually I was given

867
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: an offer, and it was really exciting because being at

868
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: the beginning of something is so cool, Like it's so

869
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:26,359
Speaker 1: funny because they that year, I think I had gone

870
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 1: to mind. Boddy Green has that like what's it called.

871
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 1: I can't remember. They have that like three day weekend,

872
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 1: and I had gone to that with a friend of

873
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: mine and we were driving in and she was like,

874
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: what are you hoping to get from this? Is there

875
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 1: a transformation? Is there something that you are looking for

876
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 1: in the next year? And I was like, you know,

877
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: I'm here to be here, but if I had to

878
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: say something that I want, it's like I think I

879
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 1: want a bigger platform, Like I'm ready for a bigger

880
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:58,359
Speaker 1: platform and to reach noon different more people, especially with

881
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 1: more like meditation, other offerings, and then it just so

882
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,320
Speaker 1: happened that like I got this DM from Pelton, so

883
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,879
Speaker 1: that was really really like perfect. It was amazing. And

884
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: to be at the beginning of something is an opportunity

885
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: to really shape it, obviously, and to work with this

886
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 1: incredible team was a gift.

887
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 2: Two things to double click on.

888
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 3: The first thing is I've had the opportunity to talk

889
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 3: to so many of you, whether it be for Hurdle

890
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:25,440
Speaker 3: or for the writing that I do at this point,

891
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,400
Speaker 3: and it cracks me up because I think the only

892
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 3: person that was like one hundred percent all in zero

893
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 3: hesitation right from the very get go was Robin. I remember,

894
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,839
Speaker 3: like Jess had like a hesitation, Like everyone has been

895
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 3: like is this the thing for me?

896
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 2: Like is this going to be the right move?

897
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 3: Because it comes with like so much again, huge platform,

898
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,800
Speaker 3: huge responsibility, so much unknown, so much to be scared about.

899
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 3: And now all of you who have made who may

900
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 3: have had that hesitation up front, look back on this

901
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,360
Speaker 3: amazing experience and you're like, Wow, what a gift.

902
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,920
Speaker 1: Absolutely, And I think it's like I would say, specifically

903
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 1: for me, and I find this in other parts of

904
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,279
Speaker 1: my life too, like it's helpful to be able to

905
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:11,839
Speaker 1: look at something and say this is what it is,

906
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,880
Speaker 1: like you want to do X, Like, well, that's what

907
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:15,920
Speaker 1: it looks like. And with Pelton, I was like, I

908
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 1: have no idea what this looks like. Yoga does not

909
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:22,520
Speaker 1: exist and like I just don't know, like is this

910
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: going to be? And thankful, you know, we did have

911
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:28,240
Speaker 1: such an opportunity to be a part of creating the program,

912
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 1: but that I think that was a big for me personally.

913
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: That was a big sort of like a big question mark.

914
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,600
Speaker 1: And now when I think about it, like it's it.

915
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 1: I've evolved so much because of this job, and I

916
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 1: really like welcome that. I love it. But I think

917
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:42,919
Speaker 1: now when I think about it, I'm like, question mark

918
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:44,880
Speaker 1: is amazing because that means you can make it what

919
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: you want to make it. You don't have to like follow,

920
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 1: you know, something that's already existing. It's awesome to have

921
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 1: a big question mark. But at the time, I was like,

922
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what that means.

923
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, the other thing, you said, I'm ready for a

924
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:57,800
Speaker 3: bigger platform, and then you followed that up by saying

925
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,319
Speaker 3: I want to be able to help more people, And

926
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 3: I think that is what's really special about you and

927
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 3: special about the right people who find in having you

928
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 3: to have the bigger platform, Because it's not necessarily like

929
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 3: I want the bigger platform.

930
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 2: It's the latter.

931
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 3: It's I want to be able to help more people,

932
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 3: and how can I help more people? It's okay, well

933
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 3: maybe if I have a bigger platform. So to have

934
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:24,400
Speaker 3: your focus and your intention rooting in so much goodness

935
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:29,319
Speaker 3: in helping others, it's not like, for necessarily like you're

936
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,080
Speaker 3: not determining your self worth by your platform. You're not

937
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 3: trying to like abuse a bigger platform. It's like, well,

938
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 3: this is the thing that's going to empower me to

939
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:39,319
Speaker 3: like do more good in this world. So that's why

940
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 3: I want it.

941
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,879
Speaker 1: I also think, you know, when I think about all

942
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 1: of the instructors who are I mean, I'm constantly inspired

943
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:51,279
Speaker 1: by my teammates. They're incredible. But this is such a

944
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 1: service job, right, Like we're all here in a different

945
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 1: ways empowering, lifting up, helping others. And when I see

946
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 1: my colleagues doing this, like when they're like listening to

947
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 1: what they have to say, like putting themselves out there,

948
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,360
Speaker 1: it just feels like this act not just of service

949
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 1: but of generosity, Like how generous is it to be vulnerable?

950
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,960
Speaker 1: How generous is it to say, like, this is my

951
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: experience of being human, and I'm going to share that

952
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:19,359
Speaker 1: with you, even though it might feel scary or might

953
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 1: like I think people don't always see the other side

954
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:24,920
Speaker 1: of it, but it might not feel that easy. But

955
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: I in you know, I want to uplift you, and

956
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: I know that by doing this, I'm going to be

957
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,120
Speaker 1: able to do that. And so I feel like I'm

958
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 1: just so always, like constantly and amazed by bya this team.

959
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 3: I think the word generous is actually like hitting the

960
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,759
Speaker 3: nail on the head because what's not often talked about.

961
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 3: I mean, yes, that it's a job, but this specific,

962
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:50,320
Speaker 3: very unique job comes with a very specific, unique set

963
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:53,800
Speaker 3: of things that need to be taken into consideration to execute.

964
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 3: Not only are you on a schedule like many people

965
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 3: with a regular job, but you're on a schedule that

966
00:46:58,680 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 3: doesn't really.

967
00:46:59,320 --> 00:46:59,919
Speaker 2: Flex a lot.

968
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,319
Speaker 3: So that means that other things in your life are

969
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 3: going to have to be either perhaps put on hold

970
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,440
Speaker 3: or shifted or moved in a certain way to make

971
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,640
Speaker 3: sure that you can accommodate for the members of Peloton,

972
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:14,400
Speaker 3: but also on top of that, the exposure and the

973
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 3: being in service on purpose to these individuals, having hundreds

974
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:22,960
Speaker 3: of thousands of humans that are like, they have questions

975
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 3: and they want help, and I have like twenty five

976
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 3: thousand people that want my help, not all at the

977
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 3: same time, but sometimes I'm like.

978
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 2: Oh my god, what the hell am I doing here?

979
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:33,920
Speaker 3: And that is like a drop in the bucket compared

980
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:36,480
Speaker 3: to all of the amazing people that you're helping every

981
00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 3: day that might at one point or another just want

982
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:42,160
Speaker 3: to have their question answered or want an extra little

983
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:45,200
Speaker 3: bit of h from you. So to be in that

984
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 3: kind of service is again that word generous, I think

985
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,319
Speaker 3: is it really sums it up well?

986
00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:54,799
Speaker 1: I want to just say, also, I you know, this

987
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: podcast I'm sure helps so many people, So I wouldn't

988
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 1: I wouldn't you know, don't write yourself off incredible, But yeah,

989
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 1: I I do feel like very much inspired by everyone

990
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:09,480
Speaker 1: that I get to work with.

991
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:14,040
Speaker 3: I love I love this, like this optimistic and beautiful

992
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,040
Speaker 3: view on the opportunity that comes hand in hand with

993
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:20,080
Speaker 3: what you do. So you've been at Peloton for a

994
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,960
Speaker 3: little bit of time, now, what would you say, over

995
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 3: the last couple of years has been perhaps one of

996
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 3: the biggest takeaways from your time with the company.

997
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:33,319
Speaker 1: There have been so many. One like, never underestimate the

998
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,799
Speaker 1: impact that you're having, like and and I say, I

999
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 1: really mean impact because you know, sometimes we have an intention,

1000
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 1: but the impact is about how something lands and that's

1001
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 1: really important. And I feel like sometimes we can we

1002
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 1: don't recognize how much what we're saying and doing matters

1003
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,360
Speaker 1: to others. So that's number one. I think, like, I

1004
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 1: feel like not underestimating how much each like literally every

1005
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:57,200
Speaker 1: single one of us matters in our world. And then

1006
00:48:57,239 --> 00:49:00,960
Speaker 1: the other thing is too that goes back to that

1007
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 1: question mark. You know, be willing to make opportunities out

1008
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:07,440
Speaker 1: of things that maybe you didn't know were opportunities, or

1009
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: be willing to prove to yourself something you didn't even

1010
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,239
Speaker 1: know that you wanted, or you know, like just just

1011
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 1: like that openness I think is so important and I

1012
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:20,120
Speaker 1: feel so much at this with this job. It's been

1013
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:24,759
Speaker 1: it's been so important to make that transition to see

1014
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:29,040
Speaker 1: that when there's a blank slate, it doesn't mean Because

1015
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 1: I'm a person that really loves structure, right, I love like,

1016
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,600
Speaker 1: I really like my calendar's plan for the rest of

1017
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:38,279
Speaker 1: the week. Like I like structure. Even the practice that

1018
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: I do is very structured, Like that's just like how

1019
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:43,839
Speaker 1: my brain works. So I think like having a blank

1020
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: slate could could feel like a little a little worrisome,

1021
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 1: But I think this job has allowed me to turn

1022
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 1: that into an opportunity to say, like I get to

1023
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:55,279
Speaker 1: decide what this blank slate turns into, and that that's

1024
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 1: not a scary thing. Maybe it's scary, but actually instead

1025
00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 1: of being scared, I'd rather be curious. I'd rather be excited.

1026
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,680
Speaker 1: I'd rather see this as an opportunity. So I think

1027
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:04,960
Speaker 1: those are two big takeaways.

1028
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:09,919
Speaker 2: Huge growth mindset. Woman, you are. I love that for you.

1029
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:13,759
Speaker 3: When someone goes to your Instagram page, they see a

1030
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:18,080
Speaker 3: Peloton instructor with one hundred and six thousand followers and growing.

1031
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:20,279
Speaker 3: When you look in the mirror, what is it that

1032
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:21,880
Speaker 3: you see looking back at you.

1033
00:50:22,719 --> 00:50:25,360
Speaker 1: That's such an interesting question. I'll be honest and say

1034
00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:31,400
Speaker 1: that I think there are definitely time periods in my

1035
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,160
Speaker 1: life where it was really hard to look in the mirror.

1036
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:35,360
Speaker 1: And I think a lot of us, a lot of

1037
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:36,960
Speaker 1: us feel this way, right Like we look in the

1038
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:38,920
Speaker 1: mirror and all that we see our flaws and that's like,

1039
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:43,960
Speaker 1: it's just like what life is for that's the wrong Okay,

1040
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:45,719
Speaker 1: I shouldn't say that's not what life is, but that's

1041
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,600
Speaker 1: like sometimes how we're conditioned in our world. I think

1042
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,799
Speaker 1: a lot of people have gone through that at some

1043
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:51,480
Speaker 1: point or another.

1044
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:53,880
Speaker 3: I love that vulnerability though. I'm just telling you, like

1045
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 3: as an aside, because I do think that. And you

1046
00:50:57,600 --> 00:50:59,600
Speaker 3: know this, because you interact with so many humans, Like

1047
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:02,239
Speaker 3: it's so easy for people to just assume, like they

1048
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:05,240
Speaker 3: come to your Instagram page, like you are a beautiful human,

1049
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 3: They're like, oh, she must, she must just like have

1050
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,600
Speaker 3: this shit together all the time.

1051
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:15,919
Speaker 2: And it's like, yo, I'm a human, of course not no.

1052
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,080
Speaker 1: Of course of course. And I think that's like that

1053
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:23,400
Speaker 1: is what I love about teaching meditation. I love because

1054
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,520
Speaker 1: meditation I have more of an opportunity to like talk

1055
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,560
Speaker 1: and sometimes the topics are a little bit more specific,

1056
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,560
Speaker 1: so I can like really get into something and what

1057
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:33,040
Speaker 1: I really think is so important. And what I love

1058
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:36,879
Speaker 1: about meditation practice is this opportunity to say, like, I

1059
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:39,880
Speaker 1: know that you have these feelings and these thoughts and

1060
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 1: I have them too, and that is what being human is.

1061
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:45,400
Speaker 1: And that's totally normal and you're allowed to forgive yourself

1062
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 1: for it and you're allowed to feel them and you're

1063
00:51:47,239 --> 00:51:49,799
Speaker 1: allowed to be totally crazy because we all are like

1064
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:53,080
Speaker 1: And I really think like that's such a huge, huge

1065
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:57,919
Speaker 1: part of like why I personally love teaching meditation. It's

1066
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,719
Speaker 1: like and we sort of go through life. I think

1067
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:03,480
Speaker 1: sometimes with this like like you know, you zip up

1068
00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:06,120
Speaker 1: this like space suit is like when my teachers calls

1069
00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 1: it like a space suit, it's a protective layer, you know,

1070
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,040
Speaker 1: and when do you get to unzip it and be like, oh,

1071
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:12,920
Speaker 1: but I'm a human on the inside. And so I

1072
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:15,480
Speaker 1: love meditation for that, and I think that's something I

1073
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:17,239
Speaker 1: will go back to the mirror question and say, I've

1074
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:20,600
Speaker 1: been practicing. I've been practicing being able to unzip the

1075
00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:24,000
Speaker 1: suit and be like I'm a human and like I

1076
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:27,399
Speaker 1: embrace that. I can embrace that. Not I'm not I'm

1077
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 1: not perfect. I'm not going to feel perfect every day

1078
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:34,040
Speaker 1: and that's beautiful and that's okay, and every day isn't

1079
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:35,680
Speaker 1: going to be a good day. But I don't have

1080
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:37,840
Speaker 1: to expect every day. I don't have to expect that

1081
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:39,960
Speaker 1: from myself, you know, I don't have to expect perfection

1082
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:43,479
Speaker 1: from myself, and that's I think I've I definitely feel

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Speaker 1: like I've evolved a little bit. I think that going

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Speaker 1: back to what I said before about, you know, not

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00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:49,560
Speaker 1: always wanting to look in the mirror. I spend a

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00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:51,879
Speaker 1: lot of time in the modeling industry. Like I think

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00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: a lot of people, because we are conditioned in so

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00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:58,520
Speaker 1: many ways, have similar feelings. But I also have come

1089
00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:00,520
Speaker 1: to a place where I'm like, look at what my

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00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:04,239
Speaker 1: body can do for me. Like I have this generous heart,

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00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:06,680
Speaker 1: Like that's something I love about myself, and like I

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00:53:06,719 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: get to share this with others and not like really

1093
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:14,120
Speaker 1: hyper analyze every little flaw that everybody has flaws.

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00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:16,280
Speaker 2: It's fine, it's fine, it's fine.

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00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:20,719
Speaker 3: Earlier, much earlier in our conversation, you spoke about a

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Speaker 3: much younger you that when you started with meditation, you're like,

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Speaker 3: how the hell am I supposed to do this?

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Speaker 2: This is just crazy.

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Speaker 3: I think a lot of individuals listening to this podcast

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Speaker 3: who are not young, maybe they are also in their

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00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:34,640
Speaker 3: mid thirties, forties, fifties beyond.

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Speaker 2: They feel that way now, So what do you say

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00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:38,080
Speaker 2: to them?

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Speaker 3: For anyone who wants to start a regular meditation practice

1105
00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:45,440
Speaker 3: because as we know, it can have so many benefits

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Speaker 3: in so many ways throughout our lives.

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Speaker 1: I think, first of all, you have to find the

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00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:52,040
Speaker 1: right kind of practice for you. There's so many different

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00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:56,319
Speaker 1: lineages and paths of meditation, and I didn't. It took

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Speaker 1: me a little bit of experimenting, and I would imagine

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00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:02,240
Speaker 1: it would take anybody's some experimenting. And so my advice

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00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:05,360
Speaker 1: would be to stay open, you know, work with different teachers,

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Speaker 1: learn about the lineages, because you know, beyond just the

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00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:11,840
Speaker 1: meditation practice itself, most lineages come with like an ethics,

1115
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:14,400
Speaker 1: like there's like a background to it that matters because

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Speaker 1: it's going to inform the practice. So I love insight meditation.

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Speaker 1: It's also called the pastaa. It's also commonly known as mindfulness,

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00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:28,120
Speaker 1: and I like it because it is a way in

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00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:31,280
Speaker 1: which we can engage with ourselves, with what we're feeling

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Speaker 1: in our bodies, with what we're feeling like emotionally or

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00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:37,440
Speaker 1: what we're thinking. We can actually instead of trying to

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00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 1: like clear your mind, which to me felt really impossible

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00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:45,239
Speaker 1: growing up, this is a way in which you can

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00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:49,839
Speaker 1: start by working with what's there, you know, and by

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00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:53,319
Speaker 1: starting to recognize that you don't have to believe your

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00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 1: experiences or your thoughts, you don't have to let them

1127
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:58,920
Speaker 1: control you, that you're an independent agent, and you start

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00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:01,960
Speaker 1: to be able to take responsibility for your relationship with

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00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:04,600
Speaker 1: yourself and take responsibility for your relationship with the world.

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Speaker 1: And then that turns into Okay, life is not happening

1131
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,560
Speaker 1: to me. I'm an active participant in my life, and

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00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:13,440
Speaker 1: we start to be able to make these changes for

1133
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:18,040
Speaker 1: me through this mindfulness practice. But I guess that's my answer,

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00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:19,759
Speaker 1: is like, find a practice that works for you. My

1135
00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:22,239
Speaker 1: experience of finding mindfulness has led me down this path

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Speaker 1: which I've really loved.

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Speaker 3: And just like there can be so many different types

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Speaker 3: of meditation, there's also so many types of yoga. And

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00:55:29,640 --> 00:55:34,399
Speaker 3: what's awesome is that everyone can, so to speak, take

1140
00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:37,480
Speaker 3: different things from their yoga.

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Speaker 1: Practice absolutely so you know, for me, I teach asana,

1142
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Speaker 1: which is the physical practice of yoga. I also teach meditation.

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00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:47,640
Speaker 1: But yoga is so many different things, Like it's actually

1144
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:51,680
Speaker 1: this huge philosophy and there are many different components that

1145
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 1: can you can bring into your lifestyle in so many

1146
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:58,120
Speaker 1: different ways. I personally feel like so many people's entry

1147
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:01,480
Speaker 1: way is the physical practice, and it can obviously it

1148
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:03,360
Speaker 1: is a physical practice, like it feels good, it affects

1149
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:06,480
Speaker 1: your body, but there's enough there's different elements to it

1150
00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:09,279
Speaker 1: that you have to bring into your practice. Like at

1151
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:10,879
Speaker 1: the end of the day, it's a practice, and you're

1152
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 1: not just moving your body like it is a philosophy

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00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 1: that you're threading through it, which I do think comes

1154
00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:18,719
Speaker 1: through in these awesome know these physical classes. But you

1155
00:56:18,719 --> 00:56:20,880
Speaker 1: definitely don't have to even step onto your mat to

1156
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:23,759
Speaker 1: practice yoga. You can practice yoga just by you know,

1157
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:25,840
Speaker 1: the way that you're living your life. But for the

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00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,279
Speaker 1: most part, for me, I spend obviously a lot of

1159
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:34,200
Speaker 1: time teaching and practicing both the physical practice and meditation practices.

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Speaker 1: Although I have been getting really into philosophy. I have

1161
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:38,719
Speaker 1: a whole like Instagram series about it.

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Speaker 2: I love to hear that.

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Speaker 3: It's interesting to me hearing you talk about this now,

1164
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:45,600
Speaker 3: because I'm sure you didn't always think of yoga in

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00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:48,520
Speaker 3: this way, like, especially when you first got into it.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure.

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Speaker 3: I mean, as many who first get into something like

1168
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,200
Speaker 3: you don't know the whole history and backstory and all

1169
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,080
Speaker 3: the things that go hand in hand with this practice.

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Speaker 3: So when would you say you kind of have really

1171
00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:04,759
Speaker 3: started to understand the different facets of the practice.

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Speaker 1: I think it was helpful to have like a cultural

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Speaker 1: context here. So even though as a kid I didn't understand,

1174
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:18,040
Speaker 1: you know, that yoga was a practice beyond the breathing

1175
00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:22,840
Speaker 1: and beyond the movement, I also knew that it wasn't exercise,

1176
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:25,520
Speaker 1: if that makes sense. And I had my parents to

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00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:28,920
Speaker 1: sort of clue me into things about actually, what's so

1178
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,280
Speaker 1: funny is my parents have learned they also teach yoga.

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Speaker 2: Now did they really in India?

1180
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:37,440
Speaker 1: And they like lead yoga classes for people their age.

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Speaker 2: We need a peloton collab, we do.

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00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,280
Speaker 1: Yes, It's just interesting. I think that helped me. It

1183
00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:44,680
Speaker 1: helped me to know that, like to not immediately enter

1184
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:46,600
Speaker 1: with the idea of this context of like I need

1185
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:49,040
Speaker 1: to nail this pose or this is for my flexibility,

1186
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:52,480
Speaker 1: even though like my entry was for the most part

1187
00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:56,280
Speaker 1: it was like movement and sort of this like exploration

1188
00:57:56,640 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 1: of what the philosophy or the mental emotional spiritual component was.

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Speaker 1: It definitely started with me being like I like this practice.

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00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:07,880
Speaker 1: It makes me feel good to breathe and move in

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00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:11,600
Speaker 1: this way. And then from there, once I found teachers

1192
00:58:11,600 --> 00:58:13,240
Speaker 1: that helped a lot, right, Like I was sort of

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00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:15,320
Speaker 1: doing it on my own and exploring, and once I

1194
00:58:15,360 --> 00:58:18,320
Speaker 1: found teachers to work with, I think that gave me

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00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:20,280
Speaker 1: like so much more context. It was like, here are

1196
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:22,000
Speaker 1: some books you can read. Here's the way to think

1197
00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:24,880
Speaker 1: about this, Like having guidance is so important.

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Speaker 3: What excites you right now? And this can be in

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Speaker 3: any arena of your life.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is like maybe like a basic answer,

1201
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:36,440
Speaker 1: but I'm really excited that we're like not in quarantine.

1202
00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:40,960
Speaker 1: Things are opening up. I feel like I'm not like

1203
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:45,440
Speaker 1: a super extroverted person, but it's just so nice to

1204
00:58:45,560 --> 00:58:49,240
Speaker 1: go out and see people out at restaurants and like

1205
00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:53,800
Speaker 1: just like being in the New York City that I love.

1206
00:58:54,080 --> 00:58:56,360
Speaker 1: It really is like filling my heart with joy.

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00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:58,720
Speaker 3: I love to hear that. I love to hear that,

1208
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:00,680
Speaker 3: and I'm hoping that we get to keep bit that way.

1209
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:05,240
Speaker 3: So often I get asked if I had like a

1210
00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:08,280
Speaker 3: favorite episode I've ever recorded of the show, And that

1211
00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:11,640
Speaker 3: is very hard to say because I'm three hundred and

1212
00:59:11,720 --> 00:59:15,800
Speaker 3: twenty something episodes in. You are a zillion meditations and

1213
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:18,800
Speaker 3: yoga classes in. But when you reflect on your time

1214
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:22,440
Speaker 3: so far at Peloton. If you had to think about

1215
00:59:22,760 --> 00:59:25,960
Speaker 3: one or two moments that were just like really special

1216
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:29,000
Speaker 3: for you that happened to happen on camera. Do you

1217
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:32,040
Speaker 3: have anything to tell us so that maybe someone who's

1218
00:59:32,080 --> 00:59:35,440
Speaker 3: new to you from listening to Hurdle would know to

1219
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:36,080
Speaker 3: go check it out.

1220
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Speaker 1: It's really hard to pick just one.

1221
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Speaker 2: Yep.

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00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:42,720
Speaker 1: The meditations that I taught during Live from Home were

1223
00:59:42,760 --> 00:59:46,200
Speaker 1: incredibly special. So obviously it was like during the pandemic

1224
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:49,520
Speaker 1: we started teaching some classes from home and they were

1225
00:59:50,560 --> 00:59:54,720
Speaker 1: just so special and such a reminder of how we

1226
00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:57,760
Speaker 1: are in this life together. So that would be one.

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Speaker 1: I'm in love with all of my Artists Series classes,

1228
01:00:02,160 --> 01:00:04,640
Speaker 1: but I just had a Spice Girls one which was

1229
01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:08,440
Speaker 1: the most fun. But I really loved I taught in

1230
01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:14,640
Speaker 1: Alicia Keys class that just really I've never felt that

1231
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:18,400
Speaker 1: like emotional in class in a good way, in a

1232
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:21,000
Speaker 1: great way, but it was like, really it felt like

1233
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:25,959
Speaker 1: very connected. And that's like probably one of my top

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01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:28,200
Speaker 1: favorite classes. And the last one and this is a

1235
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:31,880
Speaker 1: sad one but also very special for anybody that needs

1236
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:34,000
Speaker 1: like if you're feeling sad, this is a good one

1237
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:37,320
Speaker 1: to take. My dog died and it was during the

1238
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:40,080
Speaker 1: pandemic and he was with my parents and I, you know,

1239
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:42,760
Speaker 1: it was just like it was not expected and it

1240
01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:45,000
Speaker 1: kind of hurt that, you know, I couldn't be there

1241
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:47,360
Speaker 1: and I found out my dog died, and then I

1242
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:51,600
Speaker 1: had to teach, and I was like, so not in

1243
01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:54,240
Speaker 1: the right mindset. I was like, Okay, I'm going to

1244
01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:56,600
Speaker 1: pull it together and teach, which was like not really

1245
01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:58,800
Speaker 1: going to happen. So then I was just really honest

1246
01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:01,240
Speaker 1: with everyone. I was like, look like I'm not feeling okay.

1247
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:03,200
Speaker 1: This is the truth and what's happening. And then I

1248
01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:05,240
Speaker 1: talked about my dog for the whole class, and it

1249
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:09,200
Speaker 1: felt so wonderful to share that with you know, our

1250
01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:11,600
Speaker 1: Halton family. But I think it's like a it's a

1251
01:01:11,680 --> 01:01:14,200
Speaker 1: nice one for because you're not no one is always

1252
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:16,640
Speaker 1: happy and every class is not you know what I mean,

1253
01:01:16,680 --> 01:01:18,360
Speaker 1: Like you don't have to you might not be in

1254
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:22,160
Speaker 1: the mood for like a cheerful class, and that's okay. Yeah,

1255
01:01:22,320 --> 01:01:23,880
Speaker 1: it was a really special class for me. It was

1256
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:25,840
Speaker 1: super personal, and so I would I would put that

1257
01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:28,120
Speaker 1: up there with like, you know, if you need it,

1258
01:01:28,120 --> 01:01:28,760
Speaker 1: it's there for you.

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Speaker 3: I will make sure to grabblings of all these and

1260
01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:32,960
Speaker 3: throw them in the show notes when this episode goes live.

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Speaker 3: I meant to ask you this before when you had

1262
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:37,520
Speaker 3: mentioned that your parents are still in India. Are they

1263
01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:40,360
Speaker 3: doing okay? As everyone in your family doing alright? With

1264
01:01:40,440 --> 01:01:43,320
Speaker 3: how COVID had kind of really gotten into that to

1265
01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:44,959
Speaker 3: that region not so long ago.

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Speaker 1: Now, yeah, thank you for asking. It was really tough

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01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:52,200
Speaker 1: for me earlier this year. They're okay now they're my

1268
01:01:52,280 --> 01:01:58,160
Speaker 1: parents are vaccinated and they're just really isolated. So, I mean,

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Speaker 1: my my most of my family lives in India, and

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01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:04,439
Speaker 1: like a lot of people have gotten COVID, I'm very

1271
01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:07,520
Speaker 1: lucky that I haven't lost anyone. For me of course,

1272
01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:11,040
Speaker 1: like my parents is the big one and they are safe.

1273
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Speaker 1: So I'm just counting my blessings.

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Speaker 2: Great. I'm glad to hear it.

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Speaker 3: Right now, my friend, as we wind down, you have

1276
01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:24,200
Speaker 3: an opportunity to offer the adit who has just moved

1277
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:26,880
Speaker 3: to New York with a half a suitcase and a prayer,

1278
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:31,400
Speaker 3: a piece of advice going through what is arguably a

1279
01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:34,840
Speaker 3: very legitimate hurdle moment. You have an opportunity to offer

1280
01:02:34,880 --> 01:02:37,320
Speaker 3: her one piece of advice. Looking back on it, now,

1281
01:02:37,560 --> 01:02:39,520
Speaker 3: what do you tell her.

1282
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:42,560
Speaker 1: I would tell her to talk to herself the way

1283
01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:45,439
Speaker 1: that she would talk to a friend. Don't give up,

1284
01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:49,960
Speaker 1: don't beat yourself up, keep growing, keep practicing. Resilience comes

1285
01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,520
Speaker 1: to those who endure. Stick with it. All the things

1286
01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:54,320
Speaker 1: that you would say or I would have said to

1287
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:58,320
Speaker 1: a friend, I think say those things would I would

1288
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:00,760
Speaker 1: say those things to myself, and to be fair, to

1289
01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:03,800
Speaker 1: give myself credit like I did, stick with it. But

1290
01:03:04,320 --> 01:03:07,960
Speaker 1: that's that's the advice for big transitions like that.

1291
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Speaker 2: A DT.

1292
01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:11,560
Speaker 3: How do the hurdlers follow along with you? How do

1293
01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:14,640
Speaker 3: they keep up with you? Give me all of your details.

1294
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:18,760
Speaker 1: I'm at DT twenty two on Instagram, so you can

1295
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:21,200
Speaker 1: find me on there, and I do have a website.

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Speaker 1: It's just a depyshow yoga dot com. But I'm definitely

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Speaker 1: like I'm on Instagram a lot, so if you send

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Speaker 1: me a message, I'll probably get back to you.

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Speaker 2: Does the twenty two have any special meaning?

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Speaker 1: It was my number, so I soccer number growing up,

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Speaker 1: and then my track number. It was my it was

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Speaker 1: my sports number, and then I was like, I guess

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Speaker 1: this is the number.

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Speaker 2: Now we'll stick with it.

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Speaker 3: I'm over at Hurdle Podcast and over at Emily body,

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Speaker 3: another hurdle conquered.

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Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.