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A podcast that explores what it means to work with purpose by interviewing people who are working for more than just a paycheck.
Are you in corporate America grinding away the weeks as you watch the years fly by? Do you have that voice in your head that’s asking for something more? But you shouldn’t complain, right? You’ve got a good job, good pay, good benefits. There’s people out there that would kill for a job like that. But that little voice just won’t go away.
I’m your host Gino. And as an ex 9-5er I know that feeling all too well. I worked in corporate for 6 years before I finally decided to walk away, choosing to live my life a little differently. And since then, I’ve met some pretty amazing people who do work that positively impacts the people around them, their communities, and the world. This podcast exists to share their stories, and to help inspire you to do the same. Leave that job that you hate and to start working towards your purpose.
Welcome to working towards our purpose, a podcast that
offers a different perspective on what a job can be. For everyone
out there that's heard that voice in the back their head, asking for
something more. It's time to listen to it. I'm your host,
Gino, and join me as I interview people who have decided to
work in their own purpose. Together, we will learn, become
inspired, and hopefully find our own path towards working in our
purpose.
Joining me today on the podcast is Ali O'Kane who is a yoga
teacher, a Reiki master, astrologer, crystal healer and
founder of the Transcend Yoga and Wellness Festival that would be held
in the Powder Ridge Mountain in Connecticut September 14th
15th this year. Ally, thank you for joining me. How are you doing today?
Thank you so much for having me. I'm doing well. How about yourself?
I'm doing great and getting excited To, talk more about the
festival. But first, if we could just, like, kinda go a little bit more into
your background and, like, where you grew up and kinda maybe what your childhood was
like and education, that sort of thing. Yeah. Absolutely.
I'm born and raised in Connecticut, like, the West Haven, Connecticut
area. So That's my hometown. Went to school there.
Went to college. I have a bachelor's in accounting. So
kinda went into the corporate world, But at the same time, you know, I
kinda had a passion for yoga, which I started that
in 2013. I went for my first 200
hour training. Did that in Vinyasa yoga and
power, so I kinda just was hustling, like, at nights and weekends
trying to build myself up with that. I got other certifications
in reiki and crystal healing. And then, you know, I took a
little hiatus, a little break because I just felt like
Vinyasa wasn't the style I wanted to teach, and I just have
some conflictions with, should I be a teacher? Should I not? And
then I found Kundalini yoga, Which is the lineage I currently
teach, and I fell in love with it. It was super
transformational for me, And it was really, really
easy to step back into that teacher role. So now I'm
500 hours certified, Still always looking for new
certifications and learning and broadening, but for the most part, I
really focus on Astrology readings, crystal
healing, and Reiki, and Kundalini yoga. So what
was your experience like going to college and, like, graduating from
college and kinda first getting into, like, any sort
of work after that. Did you go into something that you had your degree
for? So I went to college. I
I didn't know what I wanted to be. I originally went to college for criminal
justice, And I thought I was gonna be a correctional officer.
Then I did some tours of prisons, and I realized, like, I didn't wanna be
a correctional That was a quick, gear change. I'm like, alright. I'm
still committed to the criminal justice path. I went to try to be a police
officer. I got up to the police academy in New Haven, was offered
a position, and then I backed out. I was like, this isn't for me. So
there was just A lot of things that was not sticking with me
at the time, my whole family is in accounting and CPAs.
So I felt as though that was a safe route because, you know,
society kinda tells you you need a 9 to 5. Your passion is really
a hobby. So I I did my certifications on the side
and tried to build it, but then I just felt like I was running
around a lot with yoga, and it was really, really hard to make it sustainable.
So I I stayed with that 9 to 5. As soon as I got out
of college, I went to a CPA firm. It beat me down
I'm working, like, 60 hours a week, running around to different clients,
and it it was just not a sustainable life. And that's kinda where yoga
was there to Catch me because it really helped me start to be
grounded and meditative and realize that life doesn't have to
be, like, go go go. Yeah. Definitely
resonate with that as far as the corporate lifestyle of, like, always
trying to, you know, be doing the next thing or never taking
a break. Something that also that I'm thinking about is this time of
year in winter and stuff. I have, like, some farming friends and, like, it's
really cool to see how they kinda, like, change their workflow with
the seasons and, like, slow down in the winter and kinda ramp up in the
summer and, like, the corporate structure doesn't really allow for
that. So, yeah, I agree with you there. So what, like,
first brought you to yoga? Is that something that, like, you've done
always, or, like, what was your first experience into it?
So I was a competitive cheerleader and gymnast for,
like, 15 years of my life, maybe even a little bit more.
And after that kind of fizzled out and ended just with age, you
know, I felt like I still wanted to, like, move and stretch my body. So
I I found yoga. I found, like, a yoga DVD that I did with one
of my and we were in a tiny apartment. We just
both did this, and I was like, This feels good. I've never done
yoga, and it kinda felt like I was still, like, you know, doing cheerleading with
the flexibility and everything, and I just fell in love. And
then I started taking a bunch of different yoga classes to
see what kind of styles were out there, and then I realized, like,
Vinyasa and power was, like, what I enjoy doing
as a student just because it really gets the cardio up. You get
to use, like, the pranayama for breath helps you kinda go into
that meditated state. And I really like the flow of just
feeling into your body. So, yeah, I mean, that was really
what kicked it off. I think I did that for a month just bouncing around
at different studios and trying different lineages, and then I started
my first 200 hour training. Awesome. I
think maybe sometime at least for me, yoga kinda seems like a
thing that is maybe a little intimidating to, like, 1st go into
a class, but, like, nowadays, YouTube is, like, so great
for yoga. Like, I've never actually been to a yoga class, But I
do, like, kind of the short YouTube videos that I'm sure you've
seen out there, and can just feel a difference of, like, waking up
and doing, like, 10 minutes of yoga and then, like, feeling like a different person
afterwards. What would you say to, like, somebody who's never been to a
class before and, like, what where should you start? Because there are so many different
kinds, and it could be maybe a little overwhelming. I would
definitely say if you're a beginner, try to research studios
because as much as I hate to admit it, we
westernized yoga a lot in this country, and some of
studios that I've been to have been not as welcoming or as
accessible to beginners. Even when I was starting out in 2013,
I found it really challenging to kinda click and feel like I
wasn't intimidated by people who were next to me doing handstands and all
these crazy, like, bends that I had no idea what they were.
So I would say definitely research your studio and do something
that is all levels. For beginner yoga,
Sometimes now, they're starting to pop up with, like, beginner series, which I
think is amazing because then you're with just fully
beginners. You're learning the framework of the poses. You're learning
how to breathe, and you're being supported in a smaller group
by 1 teacher. Okay. Yeah. That's good
advice. So what is Kundalini yoga
exactly, like, compared to maybe something else? So
Kundalini yoga, I find it more of a technology.
It's 1000 of years old. Yogi Bhajan brought it
over to, you know, the west In, I believe, the
seventies, and it's really a combination of everything.
It's pranayama, so breath work. It's mudras, which are
hand positions. It's, which is like yoga
asanas because you wanna move the energy before you go
into meditation. So we do, you know, a warm up by
tuning in and connecting, then we go through our Kriya, and we move
the body and the energy, and then we end with a A meditation,
and I was that person that always thought I cannot
meditate. I had such a hard time sitting there and closing my
eyes And, like, meditating. Then yoga,
I feel like I really, like, love doing it, and I love
sharing the practice with others because it's not a very nope lineage.
So everyone, like, when they try it, you get effects because it's
so fast acting. Like, after 1 class, You're gonna be able
to tap into these reserves that you didn't even know you had.
Interesting. So is maybe this might be uneducated
question, but is all yoga, like, some sort of energy movement,
like, throughout your body? Is that, like, the idea behind yoga?
So I would think yoga definitely goes a lot deeper than that, but it's definitely
about moving the energy, getting in touch with your breath. And I
do think there's a big Step of it to, you know, have some
flexibility, not just in the body, but in the mind. And, of
course, we fall, but it's It's really the get back up in my opinion.
So, like, yes, you may be in tree pose and you may not have the
stability yet, And you might fall out, but as long as you keep coming back
and trying, I think that, to me, is the biggest part of yoga.
Yeah. I think that's good advice for a beginner. So
where does, like, the rest of your certifications come in as far as,
like, Reiki? Because that's also energy healing.
Right? And, like, crystals and stuff like that. Tell me about, like, how
that incorporates to everything you do. Yeah.
So, energy healing came in shortly, like, after
yoga. I knew that I, you know, I loved working the
energy. I I started working with myself, and then I went through
the mastership program. So there's 4 levels for reiki.
And then I was an avid crystal collector. I think I own almost
600 crystals myself. So I wanted to find a way that I
can incorporate that because I knew that Yoga was
obviously great for healing, but I just knew that I was kinda
destined to be more of a, like, a hands on healer. And that's why I
went, like, the reiki crystal route. Because for the
client, they just lay there, and they have to be open to receive. And
then for us, It's really just finding the blockages, working through
that, giving them that universal life force so that they can have deep
healing on a cellular level. And it's beautiful. I
did a lot of treatment at, like, Milo Cancer Center. So I worked with
cancer patients getting chemo. And, you know, just kinda
as, like, you know, A study for myself, the people who had
the same types of cancer that were getting chemo versus the people who
received the brachy during treatment. The people who received brachy, you know,
they weren't as sick. They were handling, like, the medic the medication so much
well, and it's just insane to see how, like,
beautiful that it works. And I do think in society,
we're programmed not to understand that because we can't see it. It's not
real. But energy is all around us. We have this beautiful
aura that stretches out 9 feet from us at any
time. So It's constantly in an ebb and flow, and we
can, you know, change our moods. We can change elements in the body
all by just working and tapping into our energy centers.
Yeah. I like that. And that's cool to get, like, real data
and and put that to, like, what you're doing so you can Maybe
you can't see it, but you can see the results of it. And it reminds
me of this book that I'm rereading. And, it was a book that I read,
like, Yeah. I don't know. Maybe, like, 5 or 6 years ago, but it kinda
first started getting me into more spirituality and,
like, thinking about things in terms of energy. Have you ever read the
self esteem prophecy? I have not. You have not? Okay. You
should read it. I tell everybody to read it. It's like one of my
favorite books, but it really gave me, like, a vocabulary for energy
and, like, I don't know. I kinda describe everything In terms of
energy now. And it I I feel like it helps me understand more of
the world and understand those things that maybe you can't see. But, yeah, it just
kept me thinking about that. So where does astrology
come into place? Because that's I actually interviewed an
astrologer in an earlier episode of the podcast. And
that's something that, like, I kinda got into a lot recently. She gave me my
1st astrology reading, like, a little over a year ago. And it's just something that,
like, I I'm really interested in I have this app that, like,
I've used. It's called The Pattern, which is a crazy app. It's like
sends you notifications, and it seems like it's so accurate.
So yeah. Tell me tell me about astrology. So
astrology, that has been really a part of my life since I was a
child. I was so fascinated to learn, like, my star sign, and
it just felt so, like, taboo and fun. And I'm
a Scorpio sun, and I'm just naturally attracted to the taboo.
And I I fell in love with it. Once I started, like, understanding
my birth chart, and then I learned that there's so many different caveats
that you can use astrology for. Like, my readings
are pretty much full natal chart. I do astrocartography,
which is taking your birth chart and putting it over a map,
And you can look at lines against your chart to kinda see,
like, where the best place to live is, where you should work, where you should
travel to, and it's So fascinating, and I've done trial
and errors on my, like, certain lines just to kinda see how I
feel. And It's it's pretty insane.
And then I do like planetary herbalism too, which is
essentially medical astrology. So it's looking at your
chart and transits to see where you may experience potential
ailments and then treating science with herbal recommendations. So
that one's been newer for me, but I've been having a lot of fun with
it. Wow. That sounds really interesting. So that's, like, kinda
combining herbalism and astrology to predict
almost things that you may be struggling with? Yeah.
I mean, if back in time because there is a lot Judith
Hall writes great books, like planetary herbalism.
And even when we had, like, the tuberculosis outbreak, there was a huge Pluto
transit. So it just shows, like, the generation.
And It's so fascinating to look even at your life up to
current. And if you've had specific ailments or illnesses or
injuries, like, How did the stars predict that?
Yeah. That is really interesting. You can do that with the app that I
use. Like, it tells you more so just, like, you know, astrology stuff
of, like, different periods of your life or harder periods of your life. And if
you, like, look back in time, it's scary how accurate, you know,
those things can be. So that's cool. That's awesome. Look at the
CoStar app. I've never used patterns, but CoStar is kinda like my, like,
quick little reference guide. I think that one's really cool too. So I have to
check out the patterns one. So yeah. So now I'm
really interested in, like, what Transcend Fest is and, like, you know, how
it came about or, like, I'm sure it's, like, huge,
planning process and, like, I'm sure there's multiple pieces involved. But I don't
know. I guess maybe start with, like, what it is so then we can kinda
go down from there. Yeah. So Transcend Fest is
a 2 day yoga wellness Festival that is gonna be
happening at Powder Ridge Mountain. It's in this September,
so we're, like, getting into crunch time right now. It was
created because in Connecticut, you know, we don't have any of
these big festivals, and I wanted To bring
something to my home state as essentially a
retreat where everybody can gather for 2 days. They feel welcome.
They feel supported, And they can try new things because we
have all of these amazing facilitators and offerings in our
backyard that not everybody knows about. And I just think it
would be amazing to be able to show the world
and showcase these these teachers and have attendees,
you know, have that retreat experience in your
backyard. Yeah. That's so cool. So what are some some
of the types of things that, like, people will be teaching. Because I I was
looking at the website and looking at the schedule, and there's, like, herbalist and yoga
teachers and, like, what what other kinds of things are are gonna be involved
in it? We have over 90 offerings
throughout the 2 day weekend just in our day side. So you're gonna
have the opportunity to take Tantra classes, Kundalini
yoga. There's a woman's self defense class. There's hula
hooping, puppy yoga, herbalism, astrology.
And I think that's what's really cool about Transcend because you have the
movement classes, but you have these amazing lectures on
wellness topics, spirituality topics. And then, you know,
it just blends so well, and I haven't seen another yoga fest
do that. And it really is like a safe space for so many
people. And, you know, if you wanna come in, I've been the person at the
festival where I've taken a movement class From,
like, the starting class to the ending, and you can definitely
do that. But there's a lecture scheduled every single, you know,
time slot So that you could, like, take a break, relax,
and still feel like you're a part of the festival. That's awesome.
Sounds like a diverse choices of of different things you can
learn and do. So where did, like, the well, first, like,
the idea, I guess, where did it come from and, like, how did you start
implementing it into something that, like, became tangible.
So I have a strong background in teaching at yoga
festivals. I've been a facilitator all over New England, and
one of the bigger festivals would be, like, wanderlust. I taught there
years ago before they went to their one zero eight, which is kinda like a
5 k yoga class together, and it it
just felt so great. It was such a great experience to meet new
people. Everybody was so loving and welcoming
and fun, and you left with, like, a 1000000 new friends,
which is just such a great experience that you don't in a traditional
yoga studio environment, unfortunately. So I always
knew that I wanted to, and Then the pandemic
happened, and it was like, okay. Well, you know, big
gatherings aren't really gonna be a thing, but they're slowly coming
back. And I got to the point where I was like, I I need to
pull the trigger. Like, worst case scenario, it doesn't, you know, do
well and that's okay, but at least I tried. So I just
started planning. You know, I've done some back end stuff at festivals,
and I have the accounting degree, so I kinda knew how to budget
everything. And I just took a risk, and then
I found a bunch of teachers that wanted to take a risk with me and
be a part of it. And then I created a team of people
that support Courtney. We have a business consultant. We have an event
coordinator, a planner, a marketing manager, as well as
a photographer, and That's my solid core team.
Like, any decision I make, I go on a Zoom call with them. We all
kinda talk it out. We try to plan what would be best
for the festival and the teachers, and it just it
feels so great to be here. That's awesome. So a
lot of the people that are a part of it. Is it, like, people that
were in your community or maybe your surrounding community? What
does community look like for, I guess
maybe even just like yoga teachers because I know, like, that's been something that's been
big for me since leaving the corporate world is, like, finding a community
of like minded people who are kinda doing similar things and
can encourage or inspire you. And, like, I found, like, some
really close friends who I haven't known for very long, but
just because we've kinda been through similar struggles, it's like you immediately connect on
something. So was that was community, like, a big part of being
able to put this together for you? Yeah. That was my main,
like, Driving factor was for on the teacher side of
it, you know, we all when we get into studios, we get very,
very segregated. We stay with our studio. We don't branch out. We're just
really in support of our studio. So when I accepted teachers, I
took them from all over Connecticut. So we are spread. So no
matter what corner you live in, if you come to TransDigm, you're gonna have a
local teacher that is available for you with some type of offering.
And for them, I wanted them to have more exposure so that they can get
out in front of more attendees. And then for attendees to kinda see,
like, You know, you may be going to ABC yoga studio, but
you have this great teacher that teaches 5 minutes down the road, and
you get to experience them. Yeah. And I I
guess it would be a cool place even for somebody who's maybe never even done
yoga to get, like, a wide range of what is out there
and what's available, and then also get connected with people who
maybe have studios that are pretty close to them. Yeah. I mean,
we have so every class, I would say 95%,
there may be 2 or 3 classes throughout the weekend. They're all
levels. So any beginner that has never even
owned a yoga mat can get on and Really be able to
be supported in an environment. And I just think that
that's that's beautiful. Like, they're gonna meet Friends. I've met my best
friends at yoga festivals, and they're, like, my friends to this day.
And it just it's Such an amazing feeling, and I feel like you
have to go to experience it. I mean, there's so many
opportunities for partners. Like, we have acro yoga, which is
so fun to just be playful, and then you have partner
yoga where you you get to meet and pair up. You have tantra, which is
all about embracing other purpose, and there's a lot of
supported circles. You know? We're doing Something a little bit out of the norm.
We have, psychedelic integration circle to kinda
talk about experiences people may Had in case they may be
interested in trying it or if they had a difficult experience
and they need pulp processing it. We have a women's circle.
We have a red tent that is a safe space for women to kinda come
in and be supported by other women. It's It's just such a
beautiful experience. Like, there's so much going on.
Yeah. That's awesome. Like, every every every time you passion more about it, I'm like,
oh, I didn't know that. Oh, that's cool. That's cool. So what does it take
to, like, logistically put all that together? And, like, I imagine, like,
finding a venue and, like, coordinating time
slots and, like I don't know. It seems like a almost like a
overwhelming task. But you said that you have people that you're doing it
with. Is it almost like something that you guys are forming
as a business and and you plan on doing, like, year after year because this
will be the first one. Right? Yes. I would love to make it an
annual event. We are doing, like, a mini summer pop up,
June 15th, teams, which will be free to the public, and it will give them
an opportunity to meet our teachers and, like, the courts. So I think
that would be a fun offering. But, Yeah. I mean, it
was a lot, and it's still a lot. Working like a 9 to
5, and then, like, I call it a 5 to 9, which is my passion,
which is Transcend, and it's a lot of meetings,
getting content because you're supporting 90 teachers as well as you're
creating this festival. You're creating an experience for the people that are gonna
come. And, you know, the daytime with 90
workshops, we're also doing an after which is,
that's gonna be fun and exciting, so it's definitely a different vibe.
It's going to be Saturday night, and we have a DJ
like mantra music, so we're still tapping into that yoga vibes.
We have Latia who's gonna be doing a botanical mock bar,
and we have a fire performance that's gonna happen. And then we
have, of course, the spirituality aspect with palmistry readers,
tarot readers, and intuitive to plant readers so people could just stop
by and grab a reading. Wow. That's really cool. So will that be
part of, like, the festival ticket, or is it, like, a
separate after party thing? Or So if you
purchase a Saturday day ticket or the mystical warrior weekend
pass, Then the after class is included in that. Sunday is the only one that
doesn't have it, but there is an option to add that on. It really
depends on what you're looking to get out of the End. Very
cool. Very cool. So that sounds like a a
really interesting festival, I think. I definitely like leave links and stuff so people can
get to your website and, like, learn more and see all the different types of
offerings and that sort of thing. But I did wanna, like, maybe,
transition a little bit and talk about purpose. Because for me,
that's, like, kind of a a big word and something that, like, I'm
trying to figure out my own purpose and that sort of thing. So I'd like
to ask people, like, what does purpose mean to them and, like, I don't know,
any anything you're comfortable sharing with you, like, around the term purpose?
Yeah. I mean, for me, purpose is just feeling like
I I could wake up every day, and I'm happy with what
I'm doing. I'm happy with the people that are surrounding me in my life,
and I feel like I'm adding value. That's super important to
me in everything I do. And I think That's kind of
a thing in the yoga community is we really want to add
value to people's lives and help them heal because
Sometimes the world seems super scary and divided, and I feel
like this small piece when I teach a class and I can just see
somebody That may have been dealing with something super stressful, and they
get on their mat, and they either have an emotional release on their mat,
which It's completely great. You know? Nothing to be scared
of. You know? They leave feeling lighter. And to me, that that's my
purpose. I feel like my purpose is here to help others.
Yeah. I love that. And I love the, you know, adding value
and, helping people in a way that you can c. Because that
that was definitely, like, one of the biggest things that I had in my old
career was I just didn't, like, see how I was doing was
helping anything or helping anybody. So for me, it's been, like,
even just, like, getting into podcasting as a side thing, it was
like I was helping people who, you know, didn't know how to
do something or, like, wanted to get their voice out or had, like, something that
they're passionate about and, like, kinda helping them do that thing. So, yeah, for
me, it's I think it's almost something that, like, I keep trying to get closer
to maybe, and maybe I haven't quite figured it out yet. Do you have a
a similar feeling, or or is it maybe, like, you
found yoga to be, like, something that is your calling. What does
that look like for you? Because like I said, for me, it's it's almost like
a thing that, like, I feel like I keep Trying to get closer to.
Yeah. I would say it was trial and error for me
for a lot of it because I Started on a different lineage, and
I just thought I was a bad teacher, and I couldn't get it. And I
just I wasn't happy, and I thought that because yoga makes me
happy as a student that I would be even happier teaching other
people and sharing this gift with them. And then I found
Kundalini yoga, and I I found it at my lowest point in life
where, like, you know, I was seeing therapists, and I wasn't getting
any help. I was having severe anxiety. And
After a week of this practice, I felt purpose. I I
regained confidence. My anxiety diminished, and that
It really is the reason that Transcend was even formed because it
really gave me that confidence to know, like, this is what you should
be doing. And I got certified in it, and I teach classes.
And, you know, my students say all the time how, like, things are going
in their lives and how they're so grateful for this practice. And I you know,
it just it makes me, like, wanna tear up because it's like, I've been there.
I've been in, like, that really bad spot. And if This 45
minutes to an hour class can make you feel any type of relief that I
feel like I did what I came here to do. Yeah.
That's awesome. That's really cool. So so where do you teach
like, can people sign up for your classes? Do you have a studio that you
work with? Or So I do pop up workshops, but
my online class, I run a Kundalini course online
through a closed Instagram page. And, essentially, we do a
daily sadhana, like a a Kundalini Kriya meditation every
single morning, and then there's an additional class that's offered
with 9 minutes of chanting because mantra's super powerful, and
I wanna give everyone that opportunity. And then I teach, like,
a mini workshop and a mini meditation every
single week. So, essentially, like, you would just sign it.
You would Tell me that you wanna go to the class. It's 125 for the
month. I accept you in, and then you have access to all previous
classes as well as the new month. So we're getting close to the new
month, and I just gave a teaser for my class,
today. And we're working on anger. I I base a lot
through numerology as well. And the universal
energy for February is a one, Which is new
beginnings, but it also has a lot of aggressive energy. And it
seems like in January, anger has been coming up for
everyone. So I really wanted to target next month on
anger and learning how to transmute that and have a stronger
nervous system. Oh, very cool. So what is
what is a closed Instagram community? I didn't even know that was, like, a thing.
Is that kinda just, like, posting community through Instagram that's,
like, behind, like, a paywall or something like that? So, essentially, it's
just an Instagram page that I have on private. I'm working on, like,
revamping my website right now so that people can just, like, kinda go through
that. But, essentially, you know, You would just go through the website
or you would contact me through, like, the closed Instagram. I call it
closed, but it's private Instagram page. Oh, cool. If you need
a payment plan, we can work that out, and then I would accept you in
and you would have access to everything. Interesting. That's that's a
interesting way to use Instagram. I've never heard of anybody doing that before. I just
feel like some of the other posting platforms, it it's just
complicated. And I like that I can live stream it so you can catch it
live with me. But if that's not convenient for you, then the video's saved on
the page, and you can access it whenever it's convenient.
Interesting. Where did you come up with that idea? I'm curious. Have you did you
see, like, somebody else doing that? Or Actually, my, Kundalini
teacher did And it worked really well for me because I'm an early
riser, so I used to catch her alive all the time. But then I realized
that I like to meditate at night better, So now I just do her
saved classes, and it's it's really cool because when I started, she
was doing the class for, I think 2 years. So I
had access to all her videos, and I got to pick and find new
meditations for, like, what I was feeling. And it it was really cool.
So I wanted to kinda, like, go forward with that myself because I
think you know, I have a lot of friends all over, and it would be
really hard to, like, commit to A daily class in studio
with just the stress of work and driving and kids
and life that, you know, if you have it At the disposal on your
cell phone, you can do it whenever you want, and you can stay committed,
which is so important. Yeah. Definitely. And that's
this gives me ideas of, like, other things you could do like that.
But, yeah, I totally love the idea of, like, being able to do something when
even, like, from both ends, from, you know, the the teacher
or the person who's hosting the community to the person who's consuming the
content. It's nice to be able to do it whenever you feel like you're inspired
to do it or you wanna be doing it instead of being kinda forced to
do it on a routine. I think it just works better for everybody that
way. Yeah. I I love it, and my students seem to really
have some positive feedback with it. So I'm really excited to see how the
page grows and to just be able to offer Kundalini on a daily
basis. I mean, for me, it's definitely It's
a challenge because it's pushing me to show up on my mat every day to
teach classes, which I think is kind of fun. Like, you know,
when you start to get into the conscious mind, and it's like, you know, you
don't have to do it today, but you do. You have to push yourself.
Because if you can push yourself Through any struggles on your mat, then everything
else in life just gets significantly easier.
Yeah. Yeah. I like that. As we're getting kinda to
the end of our time here, I wanted to ask, I know you're probably super
busy with the Transcend Fest, but is there anything, like, you're excited
about in the future that you, you know, wanna wanna
share or anything like that. I like to always think about future and and, you
know, speak those things into existence. Yeah. I mean, I'm
excited really just for festival season this year in general
because I'm also teaching at, I think, between 8 12
festivals myself. One of them is Transcend.
I'm very excited to see Transcend come together and meet new people
and just be out in the community and watch, You know, the positive
experiences we'll have and really just growing, like,
my own spiritual practice and my Kundalini course And
just bottling and chasing everything that I wanna do in life, which I'm sort
of on that trajectory right now, and I I really am Excited for
what 2024 has in store for men. That's
awesome. And where's, like, the best place for somebody to, like, find you if
they resonated with us? Yeah. I would say on my Instagram,
it's mystical_babe_. That's
my main home page. I have Transcend link there. I have
my private Kundalini course link there. So I would definitely say
right now, while my website's under construction, that's definitely the
best place. Awesome. Well, I'll link that in the show notes as
well as the website for the Transcend Fest. And, Yeah. Thank you so
much for your time and for telling us all about yoga and your your
festival that's I'm super excited for. I'm really appreciative to be
on this podcast and to hang out with you for the last 30, 45
minutes. Yeah. Awesome. Same. Same. Thank you so much.
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