1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,120 Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Within Range Coaching podcast. 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,200 I'm Ranger, certified holistic success coach. 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,000 And in this podcast, I'm breaking down the journey that entrepreneurs face 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,920 as they start their organizations, find solutions to the roadwalks in their way 5 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:21,640 and create an impact that lasts. 6 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,280 So if you're an entrepreneur, nonprofit leader or purpose driven community 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,840 member that wants to learn how to grow your impact and develop yourself 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,880 as the person behind the mission, then this podcast is perfect for you. 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,040 I know you're just as eager to get started as I am. 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:37,080 So let's jump right in. 11 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,880 Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, everyone. 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,760 And welcome to today's episode. 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,000 I hope everyone's having a great day. 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,320 You're working towards your goals and making an impact in any way you can. 15 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,920 Because today we have a very, very special episode. 16 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,160 This is part of our Walk Across America series, where I'm kind of working 17 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,160 with people, interviewing them, learning from them, all the people that have 18 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:09,920 either contributed to the walk as a sponsor that I am walking to raise money for, 19 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,240 or just people that have helped me kind of along my way. 20 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:19,600 And today we're joined by my personal yoga instructor for the track. 21 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:25,480 Today I am joined by my good friend, fellow coach, colleague, so many other things. 22 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,160 But today I am joined by Miss Steph Alston. 23 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:29,960 Steph, how are you doing today? 24 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:34,680 Woo, so excited to be here and talk with you about your Walk Across America. 25 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,000 Yeah, of course. 26 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,400 No, I'm excited to have you here. 27 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,000 I know that all of our conversations are really great. 28 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,760 And even just chatting a little bit before the episode on our 29 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:44,560 our own little calls here and there. 30 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,800 I mean, I have like, what, four or five ideas written down for 31 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,160 co-star episodes that we have. 32 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,560 And I think at one point it might even be kind of the Stephen 33 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,360 Ranger show or it's there's so many things that we can talk about. 34 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:00,240 But I'm glad today that we can kind of focus up on one thing 35 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,840 and really highlight you as the yoga person. 36 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,640 Thank you. That is my main title. 37 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,480 Some people know me as Yogi Steph, so I own it. 38 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,200 Perfect. Well, then let's just kind of jump straight into that. 39 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,160 Do you want to go ahead and give us a quick description? 40 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:16,600 Like, who are you? Why are you here? 41 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,360 What is of the many hats you wear? 42 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:19,880 Why yoga or yogi? 43 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,960 Yeah, I'll give you a quick description. 44 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:23,680 Wow. All the big questions. 45 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,320 So I'm Stephanie Alston. 46 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,160 I am a yoga teacher and a studio owner. 47 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,800 I'm a certified professional coach and coach mainly to leaders 48 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,960 and wellness professionals or entrepreneurs. 49 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,200 My big goal with both being a yoga teacher and then in the 50 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,080 profession of coaching is to help other people that really connects 51 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:46,640 back with their divine source of inspiration, of wisdom, 52 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,160 help give people back to themselves, really. 53 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,360 So ever since I started the yoga journey, that's 54 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:52,560 that's really what it was about. 55 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,560 Gotcha. And can you kind of go a little more deep? 56 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,560 What do you mean by your divine self? 57 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,280 What is that? What does that mean exactly? 58 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,560 So I do believe that every person has a soul, a spirit, 59 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,760 however you want to define it, that this time on Earth 60 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,800 is our physical experience. 61 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,640 But there's something bigger at play for each of us. 62 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:17,200 And whether we believe in a life before or after this one or not, 63 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,240 I think that everybody has something to learn 64 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,680 while here on this human journey and something to give. 65 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,480 And so the main thing for me in being a yoga teacher 66 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,720 and wanting to connect other people with that practice was, 67 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,240 how do I help other people feel so well in their bodies 68 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,120 that they can live their best life? 69 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:40,960 I actually came to yoga because I wanted to be able to keep up with my kids. 70 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,280 I wanted to feel physically well. 71 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,840 Running wasn't doing it for me. It just killed my knees. 72 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,120 And so, like many people, I came to yoga for the physical benefits. 73 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,760 It felt like movement with purpose. 74 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,040 I also dabbled in nutrition coaching for a bit. 75 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:54,440 So we can talk about all of that. 76 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,560 But holistically, I started to find a passion for helping people 77 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,440 and individuals to meet their goals. 78 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,840 It's like, if you want to be able to be a marathon runner, 79 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,040 let's figure out how to get you there. 80 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,400 If you want to walk across America, let's figure out how to get you there. 81 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,600 And if you want to age well so that you can keep up with your grandkids 82 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,080 and get down on the floor, let's get you there. 83 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,360 So that was really kind of the genesis of all of it for me. 84 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,800 Yeah. And what I really like about what you're saying there 85 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,280 is it's very much a parallel between what you're saying 86 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:26,800 and what I've heard from other people that have been on the show. 87 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,920 Just yesterday, I mean, whenever these air, I don't really know. 88 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,160 But yesterday I had the lady that's helping with my nutrition coaching, 89 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:35,480 Mardi Sol. 90 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:41,000 And her big thing was also that holistic approach to wellness. 91 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,720 And it's really interesting that it sounds like you both are very aligned 92 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,080 on that holistic approach. 93 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,480 But for her, she focused a lot more on the nutrition side. 94 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,240 It sounds like you're focusing a lot more on the yoga, the movement, 95 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:53,640 the body side. 96 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,480 So what drew you specifically to... 97 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,160 So it sounds like that personal experience did. 98 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,160 But what's kept you there? 99 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,120 Well, yoga is a mind-body practice. 100 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,840 So I think you touched on that really well, 101 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:09,200 where some people may focus specifically on the science of nutrition. 102 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,920 And that absolutely is such a huge part of our well-being as humans. 103 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,320 But we're so much more than one thing. 104 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:20,360 And so in that holistic way, even yourself being a holistic success coach, 105 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,800 you're going to look at the ecology of change for people, 106 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,800 like all of their different facets of being. 107 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,640 And what really kept me in yoga specifically, diving down this rabbit hole, 108 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:36,200 is that I found that movement and maybe even exercise 109 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,080 is not just something you do for the sake of it. 110 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:39,560 It is movement for life. 111 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,640 And when we continue to move our bodies and find ways to feel well, 112 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,160 within our bodies, then we're not ruled by our body. 113 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,440 It's sort of like a mind over matter type of thing. 114 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,600 But when you can find peace of mind and peace within yourself, 115 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:58,000 connecting back to that really divine being that's in there, 116 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000 then you start to see, I'm not my physical body. 117 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,160 I'm not my thoughts. 118 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,600 Like these things happen to me, 119 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,120 and I may experience chronic pain or illness or disease, 120 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:12,120 but I can have embodied experience of peace and contentment, 121 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,040 even while all of these other things are swirling around me. 122 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,040 So that's what yoga really became for me. 123 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,000 And this gift, I see it for other people, 124 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:24,000 is it's that peace that we feel within when we're living in alignment, 125 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,080 even though we don't have control over so many other factors 126 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,160 of things happening outside of us. 127 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,320 Yeah. And Steph, it sounds like you're sharing a lot of really great tidbits. 128 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:37,400 I think what you're saying there is there's a lot more to us 129 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,840 than just the physical aspects. 130 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:41,920 We are not our clothes. We are not our thoughts. 131 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:46,240 We are not this human, I guess, accumulation of all these things. 132 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,880 There's something greater, something higher than that in each of us. 133 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,920 And yeah, and I grew up very spiritual, very religious, actually. 134 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,640 So I grew up in a very conservative Christian home. 135 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,440 And those teachings did really connect with me when I was growing up. 136 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,080 I know not everybody has great relationships with their religion of origin 137 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,280 or their family of origin. 138 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:09,000 But for me, when I found yoga, it just made sense. 139 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,960 A lot of the aspects of mindfulness, 140 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,320 and it comes from a lot of different traditions. 141 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:18,120 Buddhism, Taoism definitely influences this tradition, Hinduism. 142 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:23,440 But I found that the practice itself, the application of yoga and movement 143 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:28,320 and the way that it scientifically worked with people, body, mind and spirit, 144 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,160 just drew me in. I felt like, oh, this is it. 145 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,400 This is the thing that really combines all of the things that I love 146 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,280 and I think is a good access point for other people to find some benefit, 147 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,920 whether they come for stretching, 148 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,240 whether they come because they're athletic, but they need support 149 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,880 so that they can keep doing the things that they're really passionate about. 150 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,920 Like yoga is for everyone. 151 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,240 And I truly believe that, like it's meant to be for human beings. 152 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,760 And I get to talk about it all day. 153 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,400 There's so many things we can go down, but to center us, to kind of figure out 154 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,520 which which are these rabbit holes I want to go down with you for today's episode. 155 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,280 What would you say is really your intention for being here? 156 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,920 My intention for being here, other than supporting you on your walk 157 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:13,440 across America, is really to share just a little bit more of of yoga with the world 158 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,440 for people who maybe haven't heard of it yet or kind of feel like, 159 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,560 ah, it's not for me. I hear that a lot. 160 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,720 People think they have to be something before they can do yoga. 161 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,640 There's a definitely a stigma around it. 162 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,600 Like it's a contortionist thing. 163 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,720 It's like for circus performers, you need to be an acrobat 164 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,640 to do a freestanding handstand in the middle of the room. 165 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,320 And I would love for people to see its benefits 166 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,160 for every stage of life, for every activity level. 167 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,000 And like in the way that you asked me to do this stretch plan for you, 168 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,720 like, absolutely, that's what it's meant for. 169 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,560 It's it's for everyone. 170 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:52,160 So if there are people out there thinking like, oh, yoga, 171 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:57,120 I tried it when I did P90X once and I hated it or like yoga is not really for me. 172 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,360 My aim and what we do through my studio is we're for the people who think 173 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,120 they can't do yoga or that there's not a place for them and help them see 174 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,440 that it actually is for you. 175 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,200 And here's the way that you can get the benefits. 176 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:14,400 Kind of just lifting the veil of these beliefs and stories 177 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,040 and things that people are telling themselves about yoga, 178 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,160 that they need to be something before they can get started. 179 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:25,000 Simply just being means that you can do yoga. Absolutely. 180 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Yes, I love the way you put that, because it makes me think of the Wizard of Oz, 181 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,280 like lifting the curtain. 182 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:33,320 And they think there's some kind of like magical thing happening back there 183 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,840 that we keep it sort of like a mystery. 184 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:40,480 And so I would love to demystify it for people and have people be able to see 185 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,840 that it absolutely is accessible. 186 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,440 And one of my favorite quotes is where there is breath and mind, 187 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,760 there can be yoga. That's all you need. 188 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,280 Interesting. So if you were to kind of 189 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:58,160 have that conversation with someone that has those beliefs, like, how would you? 190 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,400 I guess at its core, like barebone, like what is yoga? 191 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,280 What is it? It's so easy to define and also so difficult. 192 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:10,360 I really like Bonnie Weeks's definition, which is that yoga is the practice 193 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:11,960 of paying attention. 194 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,200 So whether that's paying attention to what's happening physically 195 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,440 when you're doing asana, the actual postures on the mat, 196 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,920 or you're paying attention in any of the other limbs of yoga, 197 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,040 which are really like your meditation, the way that you show up in life. 198 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,200 Yoga is a varied practice. 199 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,440 So there's lots of different limbs or routes that you can go in and yoga. 200 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:37,360 I would say that at its core, yoga is mindful movement. 201 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,360 So whether that involves watching your breath in the way that it moves 202 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:46,560 or watching your thoughts in the way that they move or walking meditation, 203 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:49,400 noticing your physical body as you're in different postures 204 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,560 and the way that energy is moved. 205 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:55,480 That's really what we're doing, shifting energy so that we can live optimally 206 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,960 and reduce suffering in the body and the mind. 207 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,880 So it's much more than just 208 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:05,320 sit standing or contorting yourself in weird positions to get a good stretch. 209 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,840 It's doing those stretches and doing those movements and postures, 210 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,680 but focusing on what's happening in those different body parts. 211 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,560 Yeah, yoga is really a practice of internal healing. 212 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,680 And so at its core, it's about a remembering of who we are. 213 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:29,280 So the body, like whether it's muscle memory or like memory of previous functionality, 214 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:35,040 the whole goal of yoga postures is to help the body connect to its natural repair response. 215 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,480 And so much in the same way that you'll find in the walk plan that I made for you, 216 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,080 there's a restorative element to every evening, 217 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,720 reconnecting back so that you can get optimal rest, 218 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,440 because that's where so much of the healing work in our body occurs from. 219 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:50,040 And there's many traditions of yoga that will teach, 220 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:54,160 like be in these postures so that your body can repair itself, 221 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,680 even from some major injury, major illnesses. 222 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:03,680 So at its core, yoga is really intended to be a healing practice from the inside out. 223 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:08,000 And when you say a healing process, what is that healing exactly? 224 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,080 What does that mean? 225 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,760 Well, on the very literal sense, the physical aspect of healing, 226 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,080 like whether it's the connective tissues and muscles in your body, 227 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:24,000 whether it is providing healing in a sense of relief or healing in reversing effects of 228 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:29,320 maladies of the mind, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, 229 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,400 all of these things that we suffer from because it is a normal human experience. 230 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:40,560 Like anyone going through life is going to come across any number of these kinds of experiences. 231 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:45,480 And so yoga teaches us that they're not something to be resistant to. 232 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:51,840 But rather to face and embrace, like we hear a lot, I think, in everyday culture about shadow work. 233 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:57,560 Yoga is really huge about looking at yourself and really seeing all of those, 234 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:02,760 like the dark parts that we want to hide, the parts that we want to avoid or pretend are just like undesirable. 235 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:08,760 And instead, honoring both of those experiences as part of the of the human experience and how we live. 236 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:14,160 And so healing could be I literally go to the mat every day and practice these movements 237 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,720 so that my muscles and my joints work well. 238 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:22,040 But it could also be I go to the mat every day and because of that, I am free from addictive habits. 239 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:28,680 Or I go to the mat every day and because of that, I'm able to witness my grief and allow it to move through me so that it doesn't control me. 240 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,200 You know, there's that quote like what we resist persists. 241 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:37,960 And I find that so true in in many modalities of science, healing, self-help. 242 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:39,240 You know, you hear it all around. 243 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:45,400 But yoga is a very tangible way that gives you practices that actually promote that in the body and the mind. 244 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:50,560 Yeah. And I think what's so important there is just the intentionality of what you're doing, 245 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:58,680 like giving yourself that space to connect with your body, to really feel what's going on. 246 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:06,400 Because there's not much you you don't really have the energy when practicing yoga to resist. 247 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:13,400 That's that's what I have found, at least that it's it's a very humbling experience, 248 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:19,120 especially from the sports that I did were not graceful. 249 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:26,400 So the first time I stepped in a studio and the first time I did a few, it's intense, just the physical, the mental, the whole thing. 250 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,720 So it absolutely is humbling. 251 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:35,200 And I appreciate that you mentioned that, Ranger, because I will have a lot of people say like, oh, yoga, like it's so fluffy. 252 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,400 I think it kind of gets a rap, too, for being like a practice for women, 253 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:45,480 because it is, especially in the West, very dominated by women in our industry and seen as like being a graceful thing, 254 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:50,040 as you mentioned, especially vinyasa styles of yoga, which are the flow based classes. 255 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,680 You're connecting breath with movement. 256 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:58,000 It can feel very dance like and very athletic, but it is a discipline and it is intended to be challenging. 257 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,760 And so when you come into a yoga practice and you're not used to moving your body in that way to balance 258 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:08,240 or your proprioception is challenged, so your sense of your surroundings, like you're connecting breath. 259 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:13,600 You're doing all these things like it is a full body, mind, immersive exercise. 260 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,280 And I'm not even saying exercise as in just fitness exercise, like a workout. 261 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:22,760 My daughter recently got interested in Sudoku and I was telling her how like, yeah, it's a mind puzzle. 262 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:29,280 So it's a brain game and you're intending to challenge your mind to look at things differently and to really think. 263 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,840 And yoga definitely does that body and mind and everything all encompassing. 264 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,200 Like you're going to be challenged when you get on the mat. 265 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,800 Challenged in so many different ways. 266 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,720 I also don't think it helps. 267 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,280 The first time that I stepped in the yoga studio was to do hot yoga. 268 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:51,800 That was yeah, I was not hydrated enough to survive that entire 45 minutes. 269 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,000 But oh, my gosh. 270 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:58,400 And I don't know if you have ever read that post where it's like the Craigslist yoga mat for sale. 271 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,040 No, I know I haven't. What is that? 272 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:01,240 OK, I will send it to you. 273 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,400 It's been around the Internet a few times, but it's quite funny. 274 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,400 It's like someone who went to their first yoga class and it was a hot yoga session. 275 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:15,880 And so they go minute by minute about what this yoga mat was used for and how how their experience was and why they're now selling their yoga mat. 276 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:20,440 But I think you highlight something really wonderful there, Ranger, because I have worked in hot studios. 277 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:27,840 I've practiced in hot studios and still do sometimes the studio I'm at currently and the one that I own is not a hot yoga mat. 278 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,480 Not a hot studio. 279 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:36,480 And one of the big things that was important to me in sharing yoga was to help people see that it doesn't always have to be hot yoga. 280 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:46,800 And I think, too, to understand that there might be a different modality of yoga that's actually the one for you, for your body, for your dosha. 281 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,800 You know, we could go down the Ayurveda route and talk about the life wisdom science of yoga, 282 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:55,760 but different practices are going to suit different bodies and also at different stages of life. 283 00:16:55,760 --> 00:17:02,240 And that's one thing I really wanted to highlight at our studio and through the work that I do and that I teach is I have people come in 284 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:09,080 and their goals are to do arm balances and be really strong and go upside down and they want to be challenged and sweaty. 285 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,960 And I also have people that come in and they're like, I just had a hip replaced. 286 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,760 I'm 90 years old and I have nerve damage in my feet. 287 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:20,400 Like, these are the kind of people that we have come to our studio and it's where's the yoga for them. 288 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:26,600 They're not going to go to a hot yoga studio and, you know, do that style of yoga that's extremely intense on the body. 289 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,240 But there can still be so much benefit in the practice. 290 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:34,640 So I tell people when they've had maybe a bad first experience with yoga, I'm like, try it again. 291 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:40,040 Like, keep going, find the studio that's right for you, because I promise there is a place for you in yoga. 292 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,720 And and you may just not have discovered what it is yet. 293 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,120 There's something there I also want to highlight. 294 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:52,160 There's so many stories that we tell ourselves about different aspects of life. 295 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,840 Like yoga is yoga is for girls. It's for it's graceful. 296 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:04,960 It's this it's that. But those are just probably what's highlighted in media or what a friend has told us or a family member or just, 297 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:09,720 I don't know, and something that we came up with that we're using to define what something is. 298 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:16,200 And what I'm hearing from you almost is be open to learning more about it, 299 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:20,920 because there might be something there that you just might actually need. 300 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:28,840 And it might be a good segue for that, but it sounds like if you're curious about whether or not yoga could be useful for you, 301 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:34,160 stepping foot in a studio is really the best first step to figure it out. 302 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:39,520 Talk to a representative, talk to someone that works there, talk to a yogi, see what you're saying earlier. 303 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:46,240 What are your goals? And be open to the possibility of some. 304 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:53,440 I can't pronounce half the words that you've been saying, but see if one of those types of modalities of yoga would work for you. 305 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,880 Absolutely. And I talk to people very often as you brought this up a few minutes ago. 306 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,640 What would I even say to someone who was walking in day one on a weekly basis? 307 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:06,440 I talk to people who are total beginners, like first time ever stepping foot in a studio. 308 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:13,320 And the first thing I want to say is that's like really brave to put yourself in a beginner position, to try something new. 309 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:18,040 I mean, you're doing this walk across America. You've never walked across America before. 310 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:25,800 Like you are totally putting yourself in this brave space of standing out front and saying, I'm going to learn this as I go. 311 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:31,440 And when people walk in and tell me, like, I'm not flexible, I can't touch my toes, can I do this class? 312 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:37,920 I say, when you want to learn how to paint and if you're not an artist, you go take an art class. 313 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:42,680 And if you want to learn how to be flexible and feel well in your body, you come to a yoga class. 314 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:49,720 You don't have to already be that. And we don't test you at the door to see if you can touch your toes and stand on one leg. 315 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:59,360 We're going to walk you through the process of wherever you're starting at and meet you there and then pace with you as you build into what you want to achieve in your body and your mind. 316 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:05,840 And I've seen some amazing transformations on the mat and with people at our studio and also outside of it. 317 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:13,520 So absolutely, I would recommend anyone go talk to someone who does this practice and be curious and find out what could be in there for you. 318 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:18,240 You can't take a picture of what's happening inside someone's mind. 319 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:23,480 And I think that's why media, it becomes such a like what you take a picture of is the shapes. 320 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:31,840 You take a picture of the Austin apart, the part that looks so so fun and cool, like, oh, my gosh, they can stand on their hands like that's exciting. 321 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:35,600 But then it is also limiting because you have those people who say, oh, I can never do that. 322 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:40,960 My body's never going to do that. And so they immediately write it off as that's not for me. 323 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:50,880 Yeah, it's interesting what people will allow themselves to be bad at and be open to being a student for. 324 00:20:50,880 --> 00:21:04,760 Like, it's very pick and choosy is what I've kind of seen throughout, you know, people I've worked with or, I don't know, just just people I've run into that being a student is something that is such a. 325 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,360 I guess, challenge for some people. 326 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:09,200 Yeah, you have to be willing to be bad at it. 327 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,920 You know, I think you nailed it right there. 328 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:17,480 And just like when we were learning coaching and going through training together, like you have to be willing to be in that growth mindset. 329 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:22,320 And that's why yoga is called a practice and the practitioners are students. 330 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:27,840 You learn from a teacher, they guide you through the steps to do it and to empower you to do it on your own. 331 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,240 You know, traditionally, yoga was an oral tradition that was passed down from teacher to student. 332 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,000 And it was intended to be a life practice. 333 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:40,440 Like, this is what you do for your life, for your well-being all around. 334 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:47,760 And I think when we don't connect it that way, especially in modern society, and we say, well, yoga is something I do. 335 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,120 Yoga is something I go to on the weekends. 336 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:52,960 Yoga is something I dabble in for fun. 337 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:57,200 It really shifts when you start to see it as, oh, I need this. 338 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,880 Like, I remember when it shifted for me of I can't go without it. 339 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,280 I need this in my day to day life. 340 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,520 And I noticed the differences when I'm not on the map for a while. 341 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,760 If I haven't been in my practice, like my emotions are erratic. 342 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,240 Like everything shifts. 343 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:16,000 And so when we see it as a lifelong practice, that can really change a lot of things for people. 344 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,080 Yeah. 345 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:22,800 Lifestyle sustainability is something that's come up a lot in the episodes that I've had so far. 346 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:29,400 With Spencer a few weeks ago for the Look Like an Athlete coaching, with Mari for her nutrition. 347 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:34,120 It's not just you don't just show up to the studio once and you're set forever. 348 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:40,960 It's a continued practice, just like everything else when it comes to wellness and that approach to it. 349 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:45,560 Yes. And I would think too, with your walk across America, like you're trying to build a model 350 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,800 that is sustainable so that you can do this for months. 351 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,880 And so you're not going all out day one and two. 352 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:56,840 In fact, the journey is going to look pretty short, I would imagine, no matter how many miles you walk per day. 353 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:01,240 At first, it's going to be like, well, I made it from this little town on the map to this little town on the map. 354 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,720 I could have gotten here in a car in like half an hour, but I walked all day. 355 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:10,320 But over time, you do this for five, six months. 356 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:16,320 Incredible. Like the distances you can cover and the progress and then people are going to say, oh, I could never do that. 357 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,520 And I think even like you had mentioned that first thinking of this walk, right? 358 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,960 You looked at other people who had accomplished the same thing and said, oh, I can never do that. 359 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,360 They must have something I don't. 360 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:33,640 There's some magic recipe that I don't know of that has gotten them to this point when really it's intention and practice. 361 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,520 Intention, practice, community, so, so many things. 362 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:42,280 And it's just really looking for what is it you're committed to. 363 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,320 Great. How do we get there? 364 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:52,080 And speaking of commitment, you've mentioned it a little bit briefly, but you also do own your own yoga studio. 365 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,080 What has that commitment looked like for you? 366 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,280 What have you learned about yourself owning the studio? 367 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,920 Well, first you asked, what has that commitment looked like for me? 368 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:06,480 It's a huge shift from being a yoga teacher to being a yoga studio owner. 369 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:14,880 And without going into too much of the whole story about it, I will say that the commitment to show up as a studio owner means that 370 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:22,160 I need to be in the practice of a teacher in the willingness to be there more than just the wish of being a teacher. 371 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:27,160 And so what I mean by that is you might look at yoga teaching or any of these professions, 372 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:31,640 you know, even being like a nutrition coach and all of the different things and people you've talked to. 373 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:37,920 Like there's something that first comes up when you have the inkling of an idea and probably your walk across America was the same thing. 374 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,880 There's like maybe in the distance. I wish I could do that someday. 375 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,880 That looks really cool. I'd love to do that for people. 376 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:48,480 But when you are a studio owner, and I heard this a lot from the previous owner before me, 377 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,960 I bought the business from a studio owner who was there before me. 378 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:59,800 And she would say how, you know, showing up for your community in this way is so immersive, 379 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:05,360 like the friendships that you make, the long time relationships that you build with people, 380 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:10,840 the opportunities that you have to connect with people on a really deep life level. 381 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:16,880 But I recognize, like my commitment is keeping the studio open every day, to keeping the studio running, 382 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:21,400 to be a good steward, a wise steward of the money that's invested in our studio, 383 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,840 to provide the space and to make it quality for people. 384 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,600 So the same with my teachers that teach for me. 385 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:34,160 It's no longer just, hey, I'm going to show up. I'll teach a class and leave. See ya. 386 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:43,080 It's am I facilitating the best possible environment for my teachers to come and thrive and live out their purpose as yoga teachers through the studio? 387 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:48,640 Do the students feel held well in this space and are we cultivating a place of safety? 388 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,000 I'm also a trauma informed yoga teacher. That's one of my specialties. 389 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:58,040 And so I take the practice very seriously of holding space, of running this space. 390 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:05,160 So as a studio owner, like what am I facilitating and what responsibility do I have to the people who work for me 391 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:11,520 and the people that come practice here to create that space that really serves them and make it sustainable long term? 392 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:18,520 Like I want to keep showing up for it for a long, long time and have the studio last beyond me would absolutely be my dream. 393 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,480 So there's that piece of it. 394 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,560 Yeah. What I was trying to get out there, I think. Well, thank you for sharing all that. 395 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,600 It's we'll put a pin in that. Come back to that in a second. 396 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:33,600 It was really just like, what has that commitment taught you about yourself? 397 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:34,960 Oh, that's right. What did I learn? 398 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:43,480 So the second part of it, the what have I learned about myself is for one that I am my own biggest barrier. 399 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,160 And I think coaching has really highlighted that a lot for me, too. 400 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:53,280 We know as coaches that our job is to illuminate the mental map of someone else to help them see their own thoughts, 401 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:58,960 their own self-limiting beliefs and help them get to the places that they really want to be. 402 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:06,080 And what I've learned about myself is one, much more clearly on my own purpose and my own drive and motivation. 403 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:12,800 But two, to be able to see that the only thing holding me back from being really successful was the belief that I could be. 404 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:17,760 And also maybe a little fear of success. And that could be a topic for another time. 405 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:22,920 But I had a business coach at the beginning of taking over the studio when I bought it from the previous owner. 406 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:29,120 And there were a lot of things that we were revamping just in the setting it up for sustainability long term. 407 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:32,280 The studio had already been there 10 years, but my goal was expansion. 408 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:40,520 So from the beginning, I knew that I wanted to broaden our offerings and take over more of the building that we were renting, which we have now done. 409 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:46,520 But in order to set it up for that, I started like putting the pieces in place, kind of like you did preparing for your walk. 410 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:52,360 You bought the cart, you hired a nutritionist, you figured out how many miles do I have to walk every day and all that. 411 00:27:52,360 --> 00:28:00,280 I started putting the pieces in place. And then when the magic started to happen and opportunities came that I didn't feel ready for yet, 412 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:06,280 I almost sabotaged it like many times and said, oh, OK, wait, I wasn't like really serious about this yet. 413 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,080 I was like, it was a cool idea. But now I like have to actually show up and do it. 414 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,680 And I don't know that I want to do this right now. 415 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:18,960 And I've noticed that pattern for myself over and over again. It's just like being on the map. 416 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:23,320 You get into these comfortable ways of being, these comfortable habits of movement. 417 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:28,520 And then when you're asked to do something different, when you're asked to drive home a different way from work, 418 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,920 when you're asked to detour humans, we go, what? This wasn't the plan. 419 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,760 This isn't the way I'm supposed to be going. 420 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:41,880 And so that has been something I really learned about myself is when those signals start to come up, I go, oh, I need my community. 421 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:48,720 I need my resources like you mentioned earlier. It is intention and practice, but it's also the people that you surround yourself with. 422 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:54,160 And the resources that you know you have to be able to say, OK, I need to run this by you. 423 00:28:54,160 --> 00:29:01,680 You're really skilled at this. I see my job as being a coordinator, really starting to pull the strings of like, OK, you're talented over here. 424 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,800 I'm going to hire you to do this thing because it's not my strength. I see you over here. 425 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:13,760 You're passionate about this. I don't love the idea of planning retreats and being a retreat teacher, which many yoga teachers do. 426 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:19,080 But I have people that want to do that. And I say, absolutely, I will facilitate that for you. 427 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:24,160 You go forth, plan the whole thing. I give you my blessing. I will help put it on the website. 428 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:32,360 So when we each find our our specialties and leading from every seat, I love the way that like Brene Brown talks about it and dare to lead. 429 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:36,680 And it's like everyone is a leader and can be. And it's about like leading from the right seat. 430 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:42,880 And you find the thing that is the thing that lights you up. And I see that as my job. My learning has been I don't do it all. 431 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,560 I don't want to do it all. I can't do it all. 432 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:53,360 So getting really good people around me to support me in the journey and helping them to be the rock stars in what they provide. 433 00:29:53,360 --> 00:30:00,800 It's just made the entire studio experience so much greater because I said from the beginning, I want to hire people that do it better than me. 434 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:08,560 And I have and I do. Yeah. And there's again, there's so many things I want to ask you and so many other tracks we can go down. 435 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:16,280 But just to kind of wrap up everything you've said so far, my main takeaways have been yoga is for everyone. 436 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:24,040 If you don't believe that, go into a studio and ask a few questions, limiting beliefs for yourself. 437 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:28,160 For me, that sounds like something that really got in your way at first. 438 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:37,160 But once you are working through those, have led you to be the leader in your business that you knew you could be from the beginning. 439 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:42,960 What else was there? It sounds like there's an aspect of everything is easy when it's on paper. 440 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:48,200 But once you're in it day to day to day, there's all these new challenges, things go wrong. 441 00:30:48,200 --> 00:31:01,320 And it's really your job as a entrepreneur, leader, whatever, to be willing to roll with those punches and be open to the possibility of finding solutions. 442 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:09,080 Absolutely. I think you nailed it there where yoga and also the practice of business is experiential, not theoretical. 443 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,200 And I would maybe broaden that even to the experience of life. 444 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,720 Life is meant to be lived, not just thought about. 445 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:24,920 And I think we end up missing out on a lot of amazing life opportunities to live a life worth remembering when we're just staying in our head about it. 446 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:30,640 But when we jump in and we experience it and we try new things, those self-limiting beliefs are going to show up. 447 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:34,120 I'm sure for me they are going to show up again. In fact, I'm expecting them to. 448 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:45,440 I can't even imagine all of the ways that I have not yet met some of my self-limiting beliefs because I think with big goals also comes big barriers and big responsibilities. 449 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:49,960 And so absolutely being an entrepreneur means I'm going to solve this puzzle. 450 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:56,880 I know what I'm committed to. I see deeper purpose in here and I'm going to stick to that even when there's a detour. 451 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:08,240 Was a Sudoku puzzle of of life being an entrepreneur, constant mind games, constant problems and just really diving in headfirst every day. 452 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:14,680 Absolutely. I got to speak at Career Day for my kids school recently and I spoke about entrepreneurship specifically. 453 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:25,320 So I said entrepreneurial work may be the right fit for you if you see yourself as a creative and someone who is always willing to learn and never take a skill that you learn for granted, 454 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:34,000 whether you are working as a cashier at a grocery store or you're working in food service or you're working like as a photographer. 455 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:46,360 It doesn't matter what you do because all of these skills have contributed to the business I run now and where I'm at because I can pull from so many different past lives that I've lived to infuse into this purpose now. 456 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:53,840 So, yeah, entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart, but it's also the most fun and most exciting because I get to choose my job every day. 457 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:59,600 Again, so many parallels come up between people that run nonprofits or own their own business. 458 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:15,280 But being open to using those hats that you've collected over the years and not getting rid of one or thinking one's not as useful just because it was like you were saying, like a cashier or these like beginner level jobs, like there's still skills there. 459 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:20,640 There's opportunity, there's skills that will come into play at some points. 460 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:24,080 So don't be afraid to use them at some point. Yeah. 461 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,720 And I would not be where I am today without those all those other versions of me. 462 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:36,560 And I think similarly in any yoga practice, let's say that your goal is to someday do a handstand, free standing in the middle of the floor. 463 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,200 You would not be able to get there without all of the other practices that lead you to it. 464 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,600 So I think life is a practice. 465 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:47,440 And I also think it's a team sport. Shout out to one of my other favorite podcasts, the happiness playbook. 466 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:55,000 But it really is true when you look at all of the things that we learn and gain throughout life, like their skills everywhere. 467 00:33:55,000 --> 00:34:00,200 And so you want to play the game of life well and you want to play the game of business well. 468 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:10,080 I think that secret sauce, that magic that people say, oh, they must have something I don't have tenacity, but also like the willingness to fail and say, I learned from that. 469 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,600 Now I'm going to go again and roll the dice again. 470 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,880 Throwing in the dice metaphor, huh? 471 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,560 There'll be an episode on that later. Tell you all that right now. 472 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:24,400 But to really just kind of like take what you said there, the magic, the learning. 473 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:32,800 If people want to continue learning from you and want to get a little bit more magic from Miss Steph, where can they find you online? 474 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:38,840 So I'm on Instagram at Steph teaches yoga and there's an underscore between each of those. 475 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:44,560 So Steph underscore teaches underscore yoga is my main yoga teaching page. 476 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,440 My studio is called Santoshia Yoga Lumis. 477 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:54,680 So we are in Lumis, California, and you can find us on that handle on Instagram, just straight Santoshia Yoga Lumis. 478 00:34:54,680 --> 00:35:00,400 And I think you're going to put these things in the show notes, so that might make it a little easier for people to click on. 479 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,600 But yeah, our studio is based out of Sacramento. 480 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:07,880 So if you're in northern California or come up this way to travel, I'd love to see you in person at the studio. 481 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:12,360 But you can also check out our website and connect with us virtually in a number of ways. 482 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,960 I do coaching for anyone anywhere in the world. 483 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:22,560 So I've had clients in Texas and in Arizona and wherever you are, we can connect coaching wise, too. 484 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,080 So I do offer that and mentorship as well. 485 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:26,840 That's a great thing about technology nowadays. 486 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,760 No matter where you are, you can connect. 487 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,360 And yes, I will be putting everything in the show notes. 488 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:40,680 Go follow Steph, go hang out with her, see how she can help you and use that to, as she mentioned earlier, build a life worth remembering. 489 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,160 Miss Steph, thank you so much for hanging out with us for a little bit today. 490 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:45,560 I appreciate it. 491 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,840 And thank you for sharing your magic with our listeners. 492 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,480 Thank you so much, Ranger, for having me. 493 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,720 And I know that the Step in Ranger series is going to continue. 494 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:59,200 I'm very excited to talk with you more about all the other fun wish lists of topics that we've come up with. 495 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,320 Yeah, wish list item number one is now checked off. 496 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:03,920 Several more to go. 497 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,480 New things being added every single week. 498 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,240 So we'll have you back on at some point. 499 00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:10,520 Thank you. Good luck with your walk. 500 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,760 Thank you. I appreciate it. 501 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:18,760 Thank you for investing your time with us today to continue on your journey of building an impact driven life. 502 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:28,360 Go ahead and check the description and show notes for a few freebies from within range and all of the links that Steph mentioned during today's episode. 503 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:33,280 Be sure to like, subscribe and rate the podcast on whatever platform you're listening to. 504 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:38,080 This will help the podcast grow so that we can help more people help more people. 505 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:42,680 As always, have fun, stay safe and be yourself. 506 00:36:42,680 --> 00:37:09,680 Bye.