WEBVTT - You Will Rise ☀️ with Sjana Elise 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:02.880 Yeah, at the time it was really hard, I guess yeah, 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:07.400 like being bullied a little bit and just losing all 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:11.080 self worth going into the depths of depression. 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:14.120 It was it was like, I'm not going to sugarcoat it. 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:15.840 It's not it's not a fun place to be and 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:18.360 it's not something that I would wish on anyone else. 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:21.880 But at the same time, I'm so grateful for it 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:25.639 because I know now how important and pivotal that was 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:27.880 for me to experience to be able to come out 0:00:27.880 --> 0:00:31.640 of it into the person that I am today. 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:46.720 Then finally making hello and welcome back to the Rise 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.880 and Conquer Podcast. This is the podcast for my girl 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.720 gain who want to take control of their lives, gain 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:56.360 the confidence to live unapologetically, and for those who are 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:59.840 ready to make their biggest dreams into their reality. We 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.400 had a little break last week, but I am so 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:06.479 excited to be back in your ears today. In this EPP, 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:12.040 I'm joined by Sunshine Lover, photographer, content creator, travel enthusiast, 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:18.279 author and yogi Sianna Elise Siana Radio so much joy 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:23.120 and positivity and in today's chat, we dive deep into yoga, 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:28.160 travel morning routines, overcoming depression, and anxiety, and of course 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:32.240 we dive into her new book, You Will Rise. I 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.400 felt so full of life after my chat with Sianna, 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:38.640 and I hope you do too. Let's get straight into 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:42.720 the show. Hello Sianna and welcome to the Rise and 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:43.720 Conker Podcast. 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:45.560 Hello. Thank you for having me. 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:49.120 I'm so excited for you to be here and to 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:53.320 chat about your new book. But before we get into that, 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:56.960 a question that I'm asking all my Season three guests 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:02.000 is what is a daily, non negotiation, full practice that 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:06.160 you do to really step into your power and feel yourself. 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:07.600 Oh. 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.520 There's so many things that I could say here, but 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:14.480 I feel like the biggest one is probably just gratitude. 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:16.600 And so it's not even something that you have to 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:17.280 physically do. 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:21.760 It's just being open and you're opening up your heart 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.520 in your mind to being in the present moment and 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.600 to give thanks back to the universe for all of 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:30.040 the beautiful bussings that we're gifted with. 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:34.280 Ah, that's beautiful. And so do when you kind of 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.240 practice gratitude, do you write it down or do you 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.000 just think it? What is the practice for you? 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:42.320 It's different all the time, So sometimes I'll write it down. 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.560 I am a list person, and I do love writing 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:47.679 in my journal, and there's something about putting pen to 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:52.560 paper that's just divine. But sometimes it's more just in 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.040 the moment, like I will be out in nature and 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:56.880 you just take a moment to close your eyes and 0:02:56.919 --> 0:02:59.600 take a couple of deep belly breaths and to connect within, 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:02.480 or when you feel the sunshine on your skin and 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:05.200 you can't help but lift the corner edges of your mouth, or. 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:06.040 Before I eat. 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:08.480 I don't always do this, but I like to whenever 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.560 I can or whenever and I remember to, And it 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:13.960 works really well when you're making a home cooked meal 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:20.440 with really fresh produce, just giving thanks and awareness and 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.280 gratitude for the things that you're about to eat and 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:26.320 knowledge of where it comes from as well, just. 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:27.519 Giving it some recognition. 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:31.280 So like all the time that we're spent cultivating it 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:34.200 and growing it and all of the hands and the 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:37.400 energy that went into putting it in front of you. 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:44.680 I love that. That's definitely it's definitely a beautiful way 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:47.320 of doing that. And I love that it's like really 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:48.960 just being really intentional. 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.240 Yeah, yeah, exactly perfect. 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.240 So for those who don't know who you are, could 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:59.560 you give us a quick snapshot of who Ciana is. 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:02.560 That's that's like a broad question. 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:04.640 I feel like I just I feel like I just 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:08.160 want to say I am because we are apt, but 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:10.640 I guess, for the sake of. 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:12.600 It, I've I'm Siana. 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:18.960 I'm from Newcastle, Australia, little beach town, which is amazing 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:23.120 in summer and it's well everywhere, it's challenging in winter. 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.640 For me, I'm a summer bunny. I've been around the 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:30.839 sun twenty five times in this lifetime. I am definitely 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.320 a hugger, and I guess I refer to myself often 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:40.080 as like a sunshine seeking, happy being, yoga doing inventure enthusiast. 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:43.200 And now I'm also a published author. 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.280 That How amazing does that feel like to say that? 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:53.560 Honestly, I knew i'd be excited, but I didn't understand 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:57.400 how excited I would be. It literally feels like a birthday, 0:04:57.560 --> 0:04:58.799 like but so much better. 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.440 Like I don't like birthday. It's like how I imagine 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:02.440 about they should feel. 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.480 Oh, that is amazing, And so we will get into 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:10.279 your beautiful, beautiful book. I've got it sitting here right 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:12.720 beside me, and I cannot wait to get into that, 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:16.920 But before we do, let's kind of really get into 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:22.520 your background and basically how this amazing life has come 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.920 to be. So I know that you talk about this 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:31.680 experience of being in school and suffering from bullying and 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:37.200 anxiety and depression, and then leaving school at age sixteen 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.640 and going into university quite early and then really having 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:44.080 to go on a journey from a journey, sorry, to 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:47.560 recover from that. Can you tell us a little bit 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:52.000 about what that experience was like and what that recovery 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:52.479 looked like. 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.520 It was it was heavy and it was dark. I 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:59.760 think everyone's got a story to tell. And that's the 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:04.719 beautiful part about our existence is that it does have 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:08.760 so many ups and downs that in the moment they're 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:11.960 so hard to get through, but in retrospect they're just 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:17.640 beautiful curves outlining our entire lifetime. But in the yeah, 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:20.200 at the time, it was really hard, I guess, yeah, 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:24.680 like being bullied a little bit and just losing all 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:29.000 self worth going into the depth of depression. It was 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:32.039 it was like, I'm not going to sugarcoat it's it's 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:33.839 not a fun place to be and it's not something 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.919 that I would wish on anyone else, But At the 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.200 same time, I'm so grateful for it because I know 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:43.440 now how important and pivotal that was for me to 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:46.000 experience to be able to come out of it into 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:47.200 the person that I am today. 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.880 I love that and I always talk about on this podcast, 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:55.200 you know, like using using your mess as your message, 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.919 and I think that's something that you've really done. And 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:02.479 I love that you're so open about these topics on 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:06.159 your social media. I think it's really important to sort 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.359 of take the stigma and to boo away from it. 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:12.120 Yeah, transparency is key, I think because you feel so 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:14.960 alone when you're going through something like that, and you 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:19.040 don't you honestly don't think that anyone can understand and 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.320 that no one else has ever been that deep into 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:26.200 it before, and so you feel so separate and disconnected 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.800 not only from yourself but from everyone and everything around you, 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.520 and these start to become really numb. And so I 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:37.280 think transparency I've learned from experience help not only me 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:41.160 to heal myself, but for others not to feel so 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.280 alone and then be able to connect without as well 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:44.720 as within. 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:51.080 And I know that you're huge on when you're feeling 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:54.480 a certain way, and especially you know a feeling of 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:59.440 anxiety or depression. What you do now is you really 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.760 sit with the emotion and you honor it, and you 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:06.480 work through it instead of trying to push it away. 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:10.120 And I absolutely love this and it's definitely a process 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:12.840 that I have been going through myself in the last 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.680 year of seeing the psychologists and really sort of digging 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.840 into that. And I was wondering if you have any 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:23.160 tips for the R and C community on what your 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.960 process is when you are in one of those, you know, 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:28.440 ruts or emotions. 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.960 I think it's probably most important to firstly just be 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:35.719 self with yourself, be kind and be forgiving, and be 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:39.400 understanding and compassion of where you are at this point 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.839 in your life, and know that everything comes and goes 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:47.120 in phases, nothing's permanent, and that everything's temporary, and that 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:51.160 within that understanding there's actually so much beauty and comfort 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:54.480 to be found the fact that even when you're at your. 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:58.200 Highest high, that too also won't last. 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.080 Like, it's so beautiful to be able to come back 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:02.840 and be like, Okay, I'm just going to enjoy the 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:06.200 moment for whatever it is, knowing that I'm learning the 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.400 lessons that I need to, and then I can then 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:09.920 integrate those into my life. 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.880 I love that, and it's kind of like I always 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.120 think about it when I'm going through a bit of 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.920 a rough patch and kind of I call it kind 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:23.360 of like a growing phase or an evolving phase. Is 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.280 what helps me, is Yeah, like tapping into that this 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:30.160 is a season and it's okay to be uncomfortable. I 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:33.160 think a lot of us anytime we get a feeling 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:37.240 that is quite uncomfortable, we try and shy way for 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:40.760 it or push it down. So really tapping into it 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.079 and evolving that way, I think is really key to. 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:46.440 Yeah, and you've got to feel it to heal it. 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:50.240 I think if you like the little quotes like your 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:54.320 message is your message, I think you'll really like the 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.080 but you've got to feel it to heal it as well. 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.960 I love that. Okay, So I want to switch gears 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:06.640 and talk about your yoga. So I know that you're 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:10.440 a huge yogi and I found it quite funny to 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:13.839 hear that you tried it at age twelve and you 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:17.240 didn't have the best experience, and then you started again 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:20.240 at age eighteen. Could you tell us about your journey 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:23.920 with yoga and how it's helped you to become the 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:24.920 person you are today. 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.680 Yeah, for sure, I guess. Yeah. 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:29.560 Well, I did try yoga when I was twelve. I 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:31.520 tried it like once, and I think I just tried 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.640 the wrong style, So I think I tried bigram. At 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.640 the time, it was very hot, very intense. It was 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:41.960 like a carpeted floor, and yeah, it was not as 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:47.320 warm and glowy as like quote unquote I pictured yoga 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:47.560 to be. 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.440 But at the time, like I was twelve, I didn't 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:52.360 really know any better, and so I just didn't really 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:52.839 go back. 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:57.280 And then going through depression, I found yoga, or rather 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.640 I like to say that it found me when I 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:03.080 needed most, and it really was something that pulled me 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:06.160 back into what was important and what really mattered, and 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.680 it pulled me back into not only my body in 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:13.359 the senses, but into something much deeper and more important 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:16.080 as well. And so from there I started to just 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:22.240 slowly but surely refine myself and rEFInd happiness and love 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:24.679 and compassion. And I think that's a big part of it, 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:30.760 is being able to be compassionate for everyone and everything 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.559 and understanding that we all have our own journey. So 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:37.040 I know some people think that depression is almost selfish, 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:41.800 and having gone through it myself, you don't have the 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:45.599 capacity to even comprehend something like that because it is 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:49.560 an illness, and I think it's probably very misunderstood in 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.240 that way. But at the same time, it does feel like, 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.960 or for me at least, yoga was able to remind 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:58.280 me of what it felt like to hold space for 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:02.120 other things, others than your own darkness and grief. 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:07.440 I've never I've never heard someone speaking about it in 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:12.000 that way, and it's such an insight an insightful sort 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:16.760 of looking at it. And so for you, was this 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:20.520 process of you know, having a practice that gave you 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:26.520 that capacity and space super key with your mental health. 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.800 And do you still use it now for that sort 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.160 of side of things or has it turned into something 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:33.280 different now? 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:34.000 It is. 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.600 I definitely still use it for that, but it's more 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:42.520 it's just a lifestyle now, so I don't consciously go, Okay, 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.760 when am I going to do my yoga today. It's 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:49.760 like I need to do it almost and I've found 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:53.319 a way to integrate and to weave it throughout my 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:57.239 day to day movements so that I'm not even necessarily 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:00.360 practicing yoga just when I'm on my mat. Like to me, now, 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:02.480 yoga is what I learn on my matt and I 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:04.520 take with me out into the rest of the world. 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:06.720 So it's the lessons. 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:10.079 And it's breathing, and it's taking a moment of clarity 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:14.000 and calm, and it's connecting to my food before I 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.800 eat it, and it's being mindful of what I say 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.720 before I speak, and which doesn't always happen. I'm human, 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:24.040 but it's just the little things. It's Yeah, it's the 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:27.800 way that you talk to yourself. It's the subtle language 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:32.240 and the stories that we're telling ourselves constantly. Yeah, And 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:35.360 so in that way, yoga is definitely in my day, 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.800 every single day, in every single way as well. 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:39.880 Yeah. 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:42.280 So when I was going through depression, I used it 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.880 to heal and I started just taking photos on the 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:49.120 beach every morning of poses that I thought I might 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.920 be able to do that I'd seen on Instagram. And 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:54.679 I was studying photojournalism at UNI at the time. When 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.280 I left school, I went straight to university at sixteen 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:01.200 and was doing photography, but because it was part of 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:03.280 an arts degree and I didn't really know what I 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:06.080 wanted to do, so I just had to rock up 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:07.800 at UNI. That was my mom's thing. She was like, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:09.720 you just have to go to UNI. I don't care 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.360 if you were your pajamas, you just have to go. 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:11.880 So I did. 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:13.920 Most days, I wore my pajamas and my ugbits and 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:18.760 I'd rock up and yes, I'd take photos. 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.120 In the mornings of sunrise beautiful. 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:23.560 Yoga poses on the beach, or what I thought was yoga. 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.720 Turns out it probably wasn't. It was a pose, but 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:30.360 it wasn't done correctly or in alignment. And I had 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:33.520 no idea about the background of yoga or the philosophy 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:37.280 and what it's true essence was. So my mom suggested 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.880 that I do a yoga teacher training course, and so 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:41.960 I did. I went to Byron Bay and I did 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.720 it at the Byron Bay Yoga Center, which was beautiful. 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:47.280 I did an intensive one. So you go there and 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.960 you stay on the premise for I think it was 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:53.080 like three or four weeks and you just eat, breathe, 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.880 sleep yoga, and it's beautiful. And it's such a way 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.480 to fully grasp and understand exactly what yoga is and 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:02.520 how can weave so effortlessly into your. 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:03.920 Day and throughout the rest of your life. 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:07.119 And how you can share that so authentically and genuinely 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:10.120 with other people whilst honoring their own path at the 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:13.600 same time. So yeah, I did that and then started 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:17.040 teaching retreats around the world. And I guess here we 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:20.080 are today not teaching retreats around the world because of COVID. 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.600 No, yes, of course, And so talk to us about 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.320 your daily practice with yoga. I know you did mention 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:30.480 it's not just on the mat, but what does it 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.760 look like for you in regards to when you do 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.080 it and how long and that sort of side of things. 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.760 It honestly just depends on my day and what I 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:42.440 have scheduled in. But whether it be I like to 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:44.720 meditate in the morning, so I normally get in a 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.600 twenty minute meditation, sometimes a little bit longer if it 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:50.120 takes me twenty minutes to actually warm up and quiet 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:51.200 my mind enough. 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:52.800 To be able to sit there in stillness. 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.640 And other times if I'm short on time, I won't 0:15:56.680 --> 0:16:00.000 get time to meditate at all sometimes, or maybe it'll 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.400 just be like a five or ten minute one if 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.040 I get a chance. But even if you just like 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:07.880 add in public, like if I'm on public transport, which 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:08.560 I haven't been. 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.400 Since COVID, but last year. 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:12.480 Like if you're on a train or something like that, 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:14.560 I would take that as an opportunity just to find 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:16.680 some stillness within. And I think that's a beautiful way 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:18.480 to do it as well. You don't even have to 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:21.120 do it with your eyes closed, Like a walking meditation 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.760 can be great sometimes as well. And I think I 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.560 do that most or most not I was gonna say 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:28.840 most days, but a lot of days I'll go for 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:29.480 a like a. 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:31.600 Big long walk around my neighborhood. 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.520 And I love that because I do it alone, and 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:36.760 for me, it's me time, and it is a it's 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:37.720 a moving meditation. 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:39.000 Yeah. 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.040 And sometimes I just wake up and I'll just sit 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:44.680 in child's pose on my bed for twenty thirty minutes. 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:47.920 And other times it's getting on my mat and doing 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.640 a proper flow, or going into the studio and teaching 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:51.680 and or practicing. 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:58.320 And so for someone who is a complete beginner, probably 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:02.320 like myself, who you know loves this idea of yoga 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:05.840 and slowing down and being mindful and giving their body 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.879 space and time, what would you recommend for a place 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:13.120 to start you haven't done yoga before, I know, I 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:16.600 personally like I totally have, but I am such like 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:19.840 a I've got so much pitter energy. I'm like soone 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:24.199 to like sweat and like do wag and stuff. But 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:28.320 in saying that, I have recently been diagnosed with Poshimoto's, 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.800 a thioid disease, and my nature path is like, you 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:34.919 need to slow down, So I'm like, maybe I should. 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:38.439 Dry your Definitely give it a go. 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.960 But I would recommend for anyone either like you or 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:46.040 completely new to it, to know what you're looking for. 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:51.399 So don't expect your yoga practice to be a handstand 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.360 on a beautiful beach somewhere straight away. Understand that it's 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.720 a process, and that it's a divine process and an 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.600 unfolding and an opportunity to look within and to learn 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:01.919 so much more about yourself and to me. 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:02.960 Yoga's connection. 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.880 It's connection to the self, connection to source, connection to others, 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:13.399 and to Divinity itself. So yeah, know what you're seeking 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:16.600 out of you yoga practice, whether it be like you 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:20.280 would originally want to be just hot and sweaty, maybe 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.880 you prefer a Bickram class or a Nushtunger class, because 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:26.080 there's so many different types of yoga, and I think 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.200 That's one problem that a lot of people encounter when 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:32.280 trying yoga is that they try one style and they're 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:35.920 either oblivious or unaware of the other styles out there. 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:39.520 And then even within each style, you'll resonate differently with 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:43.480 different teachers and the way that they integrate their own 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:48.120 lessons throughout the classes. And then on top of that, 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:50.800 there's also different ways to be taught, so whether you 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:53.280 go into a studio or you do it online, and 0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:56.840 they're all very different experiences. So I guess just being 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.440 open minded and going into it being like, hey, I'll 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:01.840 give this a t and I'm aware that it might 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:04.639 not be for me and that's okay, Or maybe I 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.679 need to try a couple of different classes at different 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:11.640 studios with different teachers before you can actually understand what 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:14.800 you're looking for and what resonates most with you. But 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:17.760 if you're a full beginner, it can be so intimidating 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.080 to start yoga. People say to me all the time, like, 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:23.399 I really want to try yoga, but I'm not flexible enough, 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.160 And I think to myself, that's so counterintuitive. 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:27.159 That's the point. 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:32.040 It's not even flexibility of the body, but flexibility of 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:35.040 the mind. To go into it with an open mind 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:38.240 and just to just to see it as play, as 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:41.840 an opportunity to just connect and have some fun. You 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:44.000 don't have to be so serious about it. And I 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:47.320 know that yoga in the way it's originally taught or 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:51.080 traditionally taught in India is a little bit more serious 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:53.840 like that, but it makes it so much more accessible 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:57.800 the way that we've integrated it into Western society. 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:01.840 And so yeah, just have a go, just play around, 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:03.000 see what suits you. 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:05.680 I love that, all right, I'll do it. I'll do it. 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:09.359 Maybe you do need a y Inn class. Yin's beautiful, 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:12.840 but maybe if you like I love y in. But 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:16.520 I find that I need to sweat a little bit first, 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:21.119 So I'll often do a full vinaca class first and 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:23.280 then do a y in class after, and then I 0:20:23.320 --> 0:20:25.560 find that my mind's actually quiet enough to be able 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.200 to enjoy sitting in the postures for longer periods of time. 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:32.160 Interesting. I think it is something like that, Like it's 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:35.240 just something about your like getting my sweat on and 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:38.959 like moving my body. It just like it's like a 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:43.480 bit of a hie for me, if that makes sense. Yeah, 0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:46.679 So okay, I'm totally gonna do it. You've persuaded me. 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:48.919 I'm taking this as. 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:50.920 A side we went together. 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:55.159 Yes we should. We're not actually too far. I'm just 0:20:55.200 --> 0:20:57.560 on the gold co So I guess it is a 0:20:57.600 --> 0:20:58.120 little bit far. 0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:00.479 At the moment with the borders closed. 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:03.760 Yeah, let's put a pin in that. 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:04.600 That's amazing. 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:10.119 So let's talk about you know, COVID and travel, because 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:13.040 I know, like you said, you know, you've traveled the 0:21:13.080 --> 0:21:16.760 world and you've been doing retreats and oh my god, 0:21:16.840 --> 0:21:20.920 like your photos on Instagram and your experiences must be insane. 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:24.720 But tell us a little bit you know about those experiences, 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:28.040 but what it looks like currently at the moment with 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:29.920 not traveling, and how you're feeling. 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:33.639 I think, or I feel, that I am so blessed 0:21:34.040 --> 0:21:37.720