Bend so you won't break - Musings & Inspirations with Laura Bender

Hey what's up?! Can you believe we reached the last episode of the season? Thank you for listening!  This week I connect with my good friend, yoga teacher and small business owner Katie and we discuss how yoga has kept her grounded and present especially in 2020.  Check out all the details in the show notes HERE! Be well my friends, and peace out 2020!

A couple years ago (beginning of 2018) a friend of mine had suggested that I contact her friend who happened to own a yoga studio that was possibly needing teachers. Enter Jaime - while I felt we made a really great connection and she was also a great boss, she really had a lot stuff going on that I was totally unaware of. Today we talk about her journey with reiki, yoga, moving to Colorado and her current spiritual path back to Christianity. Check out more details about the show here!  Thanks again for listening, subscribing, and reviewing! Be well my friends  Laura B XOXO

I had the pleasure of connecting with Leah a few short years ago kind of by accident. I was subbing a Restorative Yoga and Reiki class that was held at one of my former studios in Brunswick. Really awesome connection that has developed into a beautiful friendship - she has also taken some amazing photographs of me (which I have shared over and over), and I even offered some of my CHI Malas as part of a retreat she did a couple years ago. Every offering a lightness and gentleness. She is currently creating a new space "Leah's Light" which include all of her passion work that she has cultivated throughout the years. Check out the show notes here -------> https://www.lbyogi.net/podcasts1-e8 for more information about Leah.

I had the pleasure of connecting with Amy through a Facebook group for Yin yoga a few years back after I had received my training.  I know in my heart that we were connected because we are both souls on some kind of adventure leading down the path of self discovery and self transformation. Amy always been passionate about working for herself and has owned various different businesses over the years. She worked online for a networking company in 2017 - 2019 which expanded her beliefs in what she could achieve as an entrepreneur. Amy radically changed her health, mindset and love for herself over the last 5 years and this year during the pandemic,  had a huge up-level in her personal & business life. To find out more about Amy and all the info about how to get in touch with her, check out the show notes here--->https://www.lbyogi.net/podcast-s1-e7 The weather here was just a tiny bit windy, and I think some interruptions in my internet connection which caused a little choppy conversation, but you know how I roll... :-) Enjoy and Be well!

For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.” ― Sharon Salzberg I’ve had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with Zella Marie, through 300 HR Yoga Teacher Training earlier this year. In fact,  I want to say she might have been the one that put a bug in my ear about podcasting. We had a great conversation about loving kindness, how just the simple act of helping someone out at the grocery store can make an impact on their life as well as yours and how her meditation practice helped her through a really tough school year.  A little bit about Zella Marie - she has spent 20 years perfecting her craft in education, yoga, and movement.   Her expertise includes a RYT® 200 Hour Yoga Certification and has developed programs for all ages and abilities.  Zella currently coaches private yoga clients and conducts workshops on her proprietary Energy Flow Yoga™ program and she is the Co-Host on the Podcast - “Indigo Tent - Conversations for Your Highest Self”.  She shares some really beautiful stories of kindness during this podcast, hope you enjoy.  Check out the show notes page HERE, for more information about Zella.  As always thank you so much for listening. Be well my friends... XOXO LB