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5Q Interview @YogaBranch

5Q interview with Lisette, Owner of @YogaBranch

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you?

Yoga has made my life better on every level… physically healing my neck injury & making my body feel great to spiritually filling me with compassion.

2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position?

I started teaching yoga in 1999 with the encouragement of very special teachers.

3. What makes your classes unique?

The hands-on adjustments I give & my attentiveness to the students.

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class?

Having live music being played by someone who is tuned into the ebb & flow of energy in the poses uplifts the intense moments and softens the relaxing ones and makes the whole experience more special and memorable.

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online.

It is an honor to and serve as the Owner of Yoga Branch. I am devoted to the well-being and vibrant health of our community of students. I teach several public yoga classes per week and am currently training promising student teachers in my Annual Yoga Teacher Training Program, ‘Roots and Wings’ which is a nationally registered school with Yoga Alliance.

JOIN US: Saturday March 25th 1-3 pm at Yoga Branch Studio

1241 East Vista Way
Vista CA 92084With DTO!!

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5Q Interview @Gypsy_Yogini

5Q Interview @Gypsy_Yogini!

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you?

Yoga has always been special to me for it’s ability to help you connect with the deeper parts of your being. Yoga helps you to unify with all levels of yourself, then helping you to unify with all that surrounds you.

2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position?

I actually began teaching when I began practicing. I’ve always had a passion to help others, along with a passion for spirituality. So teaching yoga was my opportunity to combine the two.

3. What makes your classes unique?

I use my classes as an outlet for my passion to help heal each other. I work to help my students find the same self-awareness that I have found so that they can begin to make positive shift to change their lives.

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class?

Music helps to bring a specific energy and emotion into each section of the class; music makes the class an experience.

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online.

I currently coach in Hot Yoga Healthy You’s 200RYT trainings. Come join us in our next session this fall! You can follow me on instagram @gypsy_yogini

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5Q Interview @Heatybug

5Q Interview @Heatybug

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you?

I have been a fitness instructor for 18 years and am passionate about helping my students change their life. I believe in balance, I am the first to get in your face as a spin instructor, get down beside you in bootcamp to push you to finish those last 5 push-ups, and as your yoga instructor I will hold a safe space for you to let your guard down breath and honor your body within the 4 corners of your mat. Yoga is important to ME because YOU are important to me. It is the best gift I can think of to give to my students.

2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position?

I began teaching yoga 13 years ago when I completed the first level of YogaFit training with Beth Shaw the creator of YogaFit. It is a fitness based yoga that is easily encorporated into a gym setting which was perfect for the path I was on as a fitness instructor. I knew I wanted to dive in deeper and complete my 200 RYT so I could teach in a studio. Fast forward to spring of 2016 when I finally accomplished this goal and have been teaching at my home studio Hot Yoga Healthy You for almost a year now!

3. What makes your classes unique?

I deeply want to create an experience for you to be able to escape for an hour, and then return to your day feeling a sense of calm, connection and confidence. Know that you are important and you deserve an hour to reconnect with YOU! And yes I also want you to build strength sweat a ton smile and have fun!

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class?

I am CRAZY about my music!! It sets the tone of your class, it inspires me as a teacher and hopefully inspires my students as well. I’ve been know to dance a little in class,

yoga does not always have to be so serious invite in a little fun and have an open mind sometimes you just have to turn the music UP and just “LET GO”.

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online.

You can follow me on instragram @heatybug or Facebook Heather Young-Burleson

Check out my teaching schedule on Mindbody: Hot Yoga Healthy You and My Garage

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5Q Interview @Ambez_MotoYogi

5Q Interview @Ambez_MotoYogi!

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you?

I came to yoga about 7 years ago. It was initially a social workout with my colleagues at lunch time. It soon became much more than that and transformed into a lifestyle. I enjoyed learning the intentions and nuggets our teacher would share during class that would spark a movement within to be better and stronger as an individual. It gave me a drive to be the best version of myself. Now as a teacher I try to give my students those same “aha” moments and give them new motivation to evolve and grow as an individual.

Having a blast in Turks soaking up all this beauty. Can’t get enough! “Be shore of yourself. Come out of your shell. Take time to coast. Avoid pier pressure. Sea life’s beauty. Don’t get tide down. Make waves! #livepositive #turksandcaicos #beachesturksandcaicos #MrandMrsOrmando2015 #vrkasana #treepose #nofilter

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2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position?

I began teaching almost 2 years ago. I embarked on the teacher training journey more so for myself than to teach, but quickly began to enjoy the role of teacher. It not only holds me accountable to maintain my practice, but also gives me so much satisfaction to see and hear the progress in my students.

Take me back!!! #negril #jamaica #justmarried #wifey #hubs

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3. What makes your classes unique?

I am fully invested and present in the space with my students and feel the energy I bring really connects to them. The environment in the studio is most important to me. Giving them a safe place to practice, themed with well thought intensions and music to coordinate and tell the story each class.

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class?

I’ve always been guided by music. I love the sounds and beats and how they take over inside. I spend a lot of time on my playlists crafting them to have the energy that I’m looking for in each class. Whether it be slow and mellow, earthy and grounding, meditative, etc. I feel the music sets the tone and pace and completes the class.

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online.

No events scheduled at the moment, but you can visit me every Wednesday at HYHY for a candlelight HPF at 7:30pm.

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3Q Interview @PiYogaPants

DTO 3 Question Interview @PiYogaPants

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. What is it important to you?

My journey with yoga began when I was a sophomore in college, 6 years ago. I grew up playing many sports growing up. I played varsity basketball and volleyball for three years in high school so sports and fitness have always played an important part of my growing process. I always remember I was the one who would always make sure we stretched before practice and games. It was Coach Mello in high school who really got me addicted to deep stretching before volleyball. Before practice every day we would do 30 minutes of stretching, core strengthening, and warm ups to get up physically and mentally prepared. Volleyball was the first season, and basketball was the second season, and by the third season we were back playing outdoor club volleyball. It was amazing! The sports high and being in tune with your body with coordination, flexibility, and confidence was amazing, but when college came and I wasn’t playing sports anymore it was much harder to maintain. To be honest I got a little depressed for a while. I missed the full body and mind involvement. I tried forming a volleyball team in college but with all the studying and partying I couldn’t find a consistent team like what I had in high school. People had other things on their agenda and I realized that not many women played sports! It was fun to play with the guys, but there’s nothing like playing with your group of girls. I ended up just going to the gym and lifting weights, when one day my friend asked me if I wanted to go with her to yoga after the gym. I went to SDSU so I would work out at the ARC gym and there was a fitness classroom area in the gym. It was convenient so I agreed, even though I had never tried it before! I figured, how hard can it be? “It’s just stretching” I thought. We went into the class and joined the back row so no one could watch us.

Are you ladies ready for our next Yoga Challenge? 🎉🎉🎉 Details will be released tomorrow! 😉😄 Double tap if you would like to participate! 🌛 Hair by @theroxyexperience 💁 #piyogapants

A post shared by 🌴Pi Yoga Pants ૐ (@piyogapants) on Nov 7, 2016 at 10:25pm PST

Everything was going fine and dandy until we got to side plank. It was then that my arm started shaking and wobbling, I couldn’t control it! I was determined from that moment on to get the strength I would need to hold side plank. I hardly ever turn down a challenge and the fact that there were some things in class that I couldn’t do, made me want to practice until I could do them flawlessly. Also, during that yoga class I really was surprised by the idea of shavasana. I really knew nothing about yoga and was confused when we were told to just lay there, to let our thoughts come in, recognize them as thoughts and nothing more, and then to let them pass by. I realized at this point I never really stopped. I was always go-go-go growing up. Running around, making friends, playing sports. It was only in my journal that I really took me time, but this new idea of shavasana introduced stillness to my life. It was a weird things to comprehend. You would think that after alive for 20 years you would take a break to meditate. You don’t know until you try, and since then my world started to change. My yoga practice picked up from there. I finally got a yoga mat and slowly transitioned my work out clothes to yoga clothes. I found that I was meeting the same group of girls that I so longed for, and missed from playing sports, to be the girls who showed up on their mat. Yoga started to fill the hole in my heart that was missing since high school. Since then, I feel like I have used my company, Pi Yoga Pants, to leverage this friendship, and give me more excuses to attend yogi social events and to meet more and more like minded people in the community. Whereas before, I would feel somewhat intimidated, I started to feel more and more included, and to be honest like I was the one bringing friends together! I love everything that yoga has brought into my life. The physical strength, the courage to try my first handstand (yes- at age 25!), the mental clarity that I knowingly longed for, the friendship of motivated women, and the community embodying love, acceptance, and personal freedom to be the best version of you.

✨Giveaway Alert! ✨ To ⋙WIN⋘ follow @piyogapants & tag 2 friends in the comments below! ▾▾▾▾▾↓↓↓▾▾▾▾▾▾ We will be Giving Away a pair of Pi Yoga Pants ⋆⋇FREE⋇⋆ This is the final week as we countdown to our Kickstarter Launch on ⋆🌺March 14, 2017⋆ a.k.a. National Pi Day! Winner will be announced on Tuesday! #piyogapants Photo: @blackarmstudio

A post shared by 🌴Pi Yoga Pants ૐ (@piyogapants) on Mar 12, 2017 at 6:10pm PDT

2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position?

I made my transition into a leadership very young. I am the oldest child and always took leadership with my brother and made sure to protect him from anyone that even thought about giving him a hard time. While in high school, I loved being the person on the team to encourage everyone on the court and to take the situation into my own hands. When I turned 19 I started managing my own promotional team of 10 people for SD Social Presents. This was the first real opportunity I had where someone financially entrusted in me to be a leader which gave me confidence that I was on the right path. I loved creating a team, making sure everyone was happy, and getting the job done. When I turned 22 I started managing marketing events for two major nationwide companies, BARetc and GMR Marketing. I was managing up to 5,000 employees nationwide and executed over 3,000 events in less than a year. The leadership role came naturally with empathy and ability to quickly make executive decisions calmly with the most efficient form of action. By the time I turned 25, I began to feel overwhelmed with the corporate world. I thought I could do it all, but in the meantime my personal life and health were quickly getting pushed to the perimeter. I decided to take a breather and departed December of 2015 to travel the world for a year.

🌈A new year is all about new beginnings, a new perspective, a blank slate. It’s up to us to decide what to put in it, to make the most of every moment, create intention and follow through. 🕉 What is something you are looking forward to achieving in 2017❔ 🌟Our goal for the year is to be in 100 yoga studios internationally! 🌏🌞🌘 ❤️ Double tap if you think we can do it!! ❤️ We are already in 9 yoga studios across the United States! ✈️ If you have any recommendations of great yoga studios anywhere in the world for us to collaborate with, let us know in the comments! ✨ We love working together with amazing people to make magic happen. ✨ Cheers to a year full of growth for us all! #piyogapants

A post shared by 🌴Pi Yoga Pants ૐ (@piyogapants) on Jan 3, 2017 at 11:41pm PST

After 4 months into my journey my mind was finally still. Bubbles of creativity began to fill the hole that was once was occupied by my corporate life style. I grew this deep desire to finally put my efforts towards something for the greater good and I really wanted to create something that would creative a positive and healthy lifestyle for myself to the point where, when asked what I would do when I retire, I would say, “I’m already doing it”. Similarly, I wanted to bring my friends and family along with me on this journey. I wanted to prove to them that they too, could break free of this corporate world to the point where they wouldn’t dread waking up on Monday, but rather wake up every day excited to put their ideas into action. I wanted them to know that if they have an idea it may actually be a good idea! I wanted to encourage them to put their ideas into action, because believe it or not an idea they, or even you, may have can be successful! A lot of people that I have worked with face this impending fear that if they are the ones to make the decision, it will not be a good outcome. The first decisions in business are the hardest, not because you don’t know which direction to go, but because you are afraid that no matter which direction you go, you are afraid you will fail. I’ve seen it over and over again, and I give these friends patience and encouragement to break this ceiling they have created for themselves. Everyone has ideas and the odds are that if you objectively evaluate your ideas and check the competition you can narrow it down to one idea that really has potential! Trust your instinct! I dare you to try it.

After all that I have learned and experienced, I am humbled to have acquired leadership qualities and am grateful that I can lead by example. I am so proud of all my friends who have started pursuing or better developing their business ideas since I started Pi Yoga Pants. The best part about collaborating and being a team player is helping each other succeed. When we help each other along the way we can ultimately help the community flourish into a better and more successful place for everyone.

Join us today and all this week at Kundalini Wind & Sea for some Kundalini yoga! @kundalini_windansea carries Pi Yoga Pants in store now! Stop by today and your first class is FREE! 7405 La Jolla Blvd, San Diego, California #piyogapants #kundaliniwindansea

A post shared by 🌴Pi Yoga Pants ૐ (@piyogapants) on Nov 19, 2016 at 3:10pm PST

I decided to incorporate this very crucial phenomenon into the mission of Pi Yoga Pants. Like the mathematical symbol pi, that continues forever, the mission of Pi Yoga Pants is to “Continue infinitely in the direction of your dreams”. At the end of the day, the faster we fail, and learn, the quicker we grow and succeed. Take action and motivate others along the way. You will never be disappointed.

“Do something today that you’ve never done before” 🌴 Never stop learning. 💕Featuring our beloved @namastekyrie 💕 Featuring ‘I Dream of Coachella” available online at www.piyogapants.com #piyogapants

A post shared by 🌴Pi Yoga Pants ૐ (@piyogapants) on Sep 24, 2016 at 10:07am PDT

3. Tell me more about your next event and where we can follow you online.

Every Tuesday I have events at EVE Encinitas for Inner Temple Tuesday from 10am-6pm. It is a free community event with vendors and wellness practitioners alike to add a little something extra to your Tuesday afternoon vegan lunch.

However, the next BIG event for Pi Yoga Pants is at the San Diego Yoga Festival coming up Friday, January 27 to Monday, January 30, 2017. We will be there all 4 days, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday on the grassy lawn in Ocean Beach right out front of Wonderland and the Ocean Beach Hotel facing the ocean. Even if you do not have a ticket to the San Diego Yoga Festival you can still stop by our booth! This area is FREE and open to the public!

https://www.piyogapants.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/701395186701674/

http://www.bit.ly/fund_piyogapants

Pi Yoga Pants Kickstarter Launch Party is THIS TUESDAY!!

We will have an epic launch party and I would love for you all to attend!!!!!!!! ♥

Day:
This Tuesday

Date:
March 14, a.k.a 3.14 a.k.a. National Pi Day

When:
6:30pm-9:30pm

Where:
Elka Wellness (in Point Loma)
4166 Voltaire St,
San Diego, CA 92107

What:
We will have lots of fun activites!

What to bring: A smile and your yoga mat

5Q Interview @_beckyoga_

5Q Interview @_beckyoga_, aka Becky Franczyk!

1. Tell me about your personal journey with yoga. Why is it important to you?

My personal journey with yoga began years ago when my friend introduced me to heated vinyasa. It changed my whole perspective on yoga. Recently I decided to honor my desire to become and instructor after I began to heal and recover from some emotional wounds. This journey is important to me because it has given me the self confidence and health I have been craving and seeking my entire life.

Day 6 #unwrapyoga !! #sideplank #vasisthasana is the pose of the day. It’s only recently that I was able to feel comfortable enough to start playing with my top leg. This posture is a great posture for beginner yoga students to see their own progress in! #momyoga #yogachallenge #yogainspiration #yoga #yogaaddict #yogaflex #averagepeopleyoga #yogamom #yogainstructor #yogateacher Hosts:  @move_yo_asana @kdhoferyoga @chelseasyoga @missyogagirl  Sponsors: @aloyoga @liforme @infinitystrap @openheartwarrior  @dharmayogawheel

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2. When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position?

I began teaching yoga in May of 2016. Part of what inspired me to take on this leadership position was the ability to share with people my process of healing combined with a physical practice that can bring on a higher self esteem.

Just a few months ago I couldn’t lift my legs, I had to come through tripod egg to headstand. Next goal- to lift my legs from prasarita. #headstand #sirsasana #prasaritapadottanasana #danapoint #temecula #orangecounty #hotyogahealthyyou #iloveyoga #yogaeverydamnday

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3. What makes your classes unique?

My classes are unique because I am unique. My personal history brings about a perspective in my teaching style that is based in recovery, healing, personal growth and challenging the body for my students. I offer a whole mind body experience to my students.

4. How does music benefit your guidance in a yoga class?

Music benefits my class by adding a personal element to it. I have the opportunity to express myself as a teacher though the genres of music I incorporate into my sequences.

#Growth #8anglepose #eightanglepose I’m blown away by my strength! 🌈💪💟 #yogachallenge #astavakrasana #yogainspiration #yogainstructor #yogateacher #yoga #yogi #yogaeverydamnday #yogaaddict #yogaathome #yogafitness #yogafit #iloveyoga #hotyogahealthyyou

A post shared by Becky Franczyk (@_beckyoga_) on Feb 25, 2017 at 12:30pm PST

5. Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online.

My next event is with DTO on March 18 at Hot Yoga Heathy You in Temecula. I can be followed on my IG page, @_beckyoga_

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