Empowered Human Academy

Our guest today is Xiomara Araruz. Xiomara is a yoga teacher, holistic wellness counselor, and yoga programs coordinator at the Art of Living Retreat Center in North Carolina. As you’ll soon discover, Xiomara is a deeply grounded and calming guide for those ready to take the journey within.

Throughout this conversation we discuss how to balance planning for the future while also remaining present, transforming negative energy into a different flavor, and how breathing techniques can help support you in showing up with your full self.

If you’ve been curious about cultivating more calm in the midst of such a wild year, then be sure to listen through the end where Xiomara leads us through some breathing practices in real time. We loved this timely conversation and are truly stoked to share it with you.

Show Notes

Our guest today is Xiomara Araruz. Xiomara is a yoga teacher, holistic wellness counselor, and yoga programs coordinator at the Art of Living Retreat Center in North Carolina. As you’ll soon discover, Xiomara is a deeply grounded and calming guide for those ready to take the journey within.


Throughout this conversation we discuss how to balance planning for the future while also remaining present, transforming negative energy into a different flavor, and how breathing techniques can help support you in showing up with your full self.


If you’ve been curious about cultivating more calm in the midst of such a wild year, then be sure to listen through the end where Xiomara leads us through some breathing practices in real time. We loved this timely conversation and are truly stoked to share it with you.

Full show notes, downloadables, and links are also available at empoweredhumanacademy.com/8

Keep the conversation going...

1. Table Question: Does your mind tend to live most in the past, present, or future? If it’s a nuanced combination, then how would you breakdown the percentages to reflect where your mind lives most days?

2. Journal Prompt: When your mind begins to slow down, where does it go? Take a few minutes to explore the internal landscape that emerges in the stillness.

3. Action Step: Every other day this week, carve out five minutes to practice the breathing exercises provided by Xiomara at the end of the episode.


View the printable worksheet on Google Docs 

Further Reading
The Sky Breath Workshop via The Art of Living  
Follow Xiomara on Instagram: @xiomaraarauz_com

This is a production of Lightward, Inc. Like everything we do, this show is Pay-What-Feels-Good.

What is Empowered Human Academy?

We believe that we’re all meant to live our most expansive lives possible—but it can be overwhelming knowing where to begin, and feeling stuck is real. Empowered Human Academy exists to unlock your imagination with real conversations with inspiring humans of all different kinds, sharing the wisdom they've gained in their respective fields. Throughout these episodes we’ll explore holistic wellness, activism, self-discovery, emotional intelligence, and more. We’ve gathered some of the most heart-forward humans we know all in one place—and we can’t wait for you to meet them. The truth is, we find ourselves in each other’s stories—and learning is ultimately just remembering what we already know. We hope you’ll join us and become the empowered human you’ve always been inside.