Leadership and Yoga Eva Vriens on Listening to Your Body, Dreaming Big & Teaching Yoga
This conversation with yoga teacher Eva Vriens explores embodiment, discerning gut feelings, teaching yoga in other languages, why there is no such thing as going backward, and much more!
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Time Stamps:
00:00 intro
03:53 moving to Italy
07:19 teaching yoga in other languages
12:23 it’s exactly what makes you nervous that will bring the change you desire
16:28 interpreting gut feelings: trusting what your body is telling you
20:49 what did you want to be when you grew up?
25:06 the magic of yoga as a return to self & to presence
26:54 how was teaching your first yoga class?
31:18 breakthroughs in teaching yoga
34:29 retracing our steps can actually help us move forward
35:59 how do you prepare yourself to teach?
37:58 morning routine
42:16 creating our realities
43:53 how can we start to believe something different is possible for us?
45:59 book recommendations?
51:16 qualities of an exceptional leader?
53:14 if you could chat with anyone over coffee or tea, who would you invite?
57:16 the billboard question