Episode # 1 1: Balancing the Corporate World and the Power of your Voice on the Path to Becoming a Yoga Teacher with Nicolle Spohn

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In this conversation I sit down with Nicolle Spohn a 200 RYT Vinyasa Yoga Teacher.  Nicolle loves the fluid aspect of Vinyasa as it allows for a lot of creativity and freedom in movement.   Nicolle started her yoga practice as an outlet for depression and anxiety.   The world can be a crazy place, but through regular yoga practice, Nicolle learned to stay grounded, let go of fear, embrace trust and live in the heart instead of the mind.  

Nicolle starts this conversation with her personal journey into yoga as a way to explore her emotions and to find what was present in the heart not just the mind.  As a newer teacher to Yoga,  Nicolle discusses how she finds balance in her Corporate Advertising / Marketing Job and being a yoga teacher.   We discuss the challenges of showing up in different roles and the skills she has learned as a result of both. 

We move into discussing the financial challenges of leaving a corporate position to become a full time yoga teacher.  She shares her personal desire to feel more inspired from the heart.  Nicolle shares her personal experience with asking for money after volunteering her time to teach for free and the importance of being compensated.  Nicolle views this as a sign of respect for those teachers that are pursuing Yoga as a full time profession. 

Nicolle stresses the importance of Yoga continuing to become a more respected profession and the desire for honest conversations around money and finances to take place.  Nicolle leaves listeners with her wisdom for her personal untapped power of discovering her voice, speaking her truth and showing up as herself in all areas of her life.   She believes that all of us coming together to share our truth through using our individual voices can create change.   

To connect with Nicolle you can visit her website: www.letyourshadowshine.com or find her on Instagram @letyourshadowshine.