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5Q Interview @YogaAndArtJourney

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

It was only “physically” love at first vinyasa back in 2006… then years with no practice as I made up excuses one after another as I transitioned to motherhood. Fast forward to 2010 one Wednesday am, I fell SPIRITUALLY LOVE, DEEPLYat first breath of that first practice back. I remember saying in my head during class ~ It’s no longer a challenge to stay the course, it’s a DECISION.~ It’s important to me for many reasons, but the if I need to narrow it down to 3 at least..it would be as follows: 1) Becasue of my relationship to myself, 2) The mother I want to continue to be for my daughter. 3) Yoga and Art Journey, a new art and soul expression that entered my life like a covenant since I took a yoga challenge in 2011.

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

I’m not a regular yoga teacher, but I am a Mini Yogi (TRADEMARK) certified. I decided to take the certification to help me do yoga with my daughter at home. As for leadership position, I’d like to think that through yoga I’ve found a way to be a leader for myself in all that I do…because in the past I use to take more into account what others thought best I should do in regards to “big scary” decisions that I feared making all on my own. And today, taking that leadership position for my own has given me a chance to experience almost seem-like magical results from deciding to do things that I feared most before. Taking leaps of faith that I otherwise wouldn’t have done had I not taken the leadership role for myself.

3.) What makes your classes unique?

The classes I take are unique each time. The teachers I take have such a beautiful way of expressing their own convictions behind teaching yoga. I get different greatness with each teacher I go to regularly or some that I am fortunate to catch and align with every now and then.

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

Music plays a big role for me in my practice. It is my sail during class…it directs me through the entire flow of the class. Without music, for me, personally, is like listening to my playlist where the lyrics are read not sang. Something would be missing and the inner voice (ego) would sneak in. I need music to help me quiet the inner critic. Music floats me on and off the mat.

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

I’ve participated at the Annual ESAW (El Segundo ArtWalk) in the last couple of years, and I hope to continue and have the opportunity to showcase the art pieces that literally wouldn’t be here today if I hadn’t taken on a yoga challenge back in 2011. A short film was created sharing the story of my journey on YouTube under the title ” A Yoga and Art Journey: Filter ” .

You can also connect with me via Instagram @yogaandartjourney and new website www.rhonnadelrio.com

The photos of me on the yoga mat are my own art in collaboration with Sankalpa Yoga Mats. Check them out for all your awesome Yoga Mat needs!

Attention Yogis and Yoginis: Are you interested in doing a 5Q Interview? Fill out your unique responses here.

5Q Interview @San_Diego_Yoga

5Q Interview @ San_Diego_Yoga!

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

Yoga is medicine: it is what I chose when I was anixious out of my mind and put on anti-depresants. It is the “pill” I pop now to keep my off the anit-depressants. I found it when I was desperate, and now I cherish it every day: It is not stretch pants and headstands: it is a life stye, something I do every second of my life: striving to be in the NOW grateful for the second that is the gift in which I get to live.

I thank the stars every day that the yoga has stood the test of time and has been passed down lifetime to lifetime and ended up in my life.

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

I began teaching only about 6 years ago…the transition to leadership was without intention and happened immediately: I had an idea and that idea turned into this magical, peaceful protest of a movement: truly all I like to do is TEACH and be a spiritual activist: I never wanted to be a “leader” but we are ALL creators, and to be create something and to make change, we must LEAD. So I’ve come into this leadership roll truly because it was my destiny…and I’m working my hardest to lead from the only place that is real (a place that no business school can teach you): my heart.

3.) What makes your classes unique?

I talk about the REAL stuff: the rawness…what’s in my heart and soul flows out of my mouth.i find the yoga class a place to be able to use the words that we feel deep in our soul and share them to have a transformative experience: we talk about life, we get real and we evolve…every-class…..you get a more than poses…you get TRUTH and the inspiration to live that truth.

I always add in all the elements and healing from everything my heart and soul feels too: every compoent of my class is purposeful: physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually you will be stretched and (en)lightened… I call on sound healing, reiki, plant medicine, crsytals, oracle cards, and invite these magical presenes into the class as well to support the healing process…

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

Sound is everything. They say if you want to cure all aligments all you need is sound: sound is the highest medicine. Why? Well we are vibration: everything is vibration, so sound and music can be used to bring us back in TUNE with our lives, allowing us to VIBE where we need to be. Our lives are songs: we make music with our words, vibrations and actions….when we are out of alignmet, our song becomes flat or out of tune (depression/aniexty make our way) I’ve studied sound healing and use it every day: there are beats, rythms, sounds corelating with all things and the right HZ will bring you right back to PEACE or LOVE where you need to be and you can do this any time: just AUM. The sound of peace is literally in our throats..

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

San Diego Yoga Festival!!! I’m Namastoked, and I’m doing EXTRA yoga just so I can sleep at night. This festival came to me in a meditation, I asked a friend and colleague of mine to assit me with it, and now it’s turn into the most exciting thing: 4 days of nonstop yoga and holistic healing classes in San Diego, on the beach, the pier, and sunset cliffs, along with indoors at the coolest areas: we’re having virtuallye very style of yoga and healing class you can think of plus more!!! Beach bonfires, drum circles, partner yoga with your DOG, skateboard and yoga, surf lessons….we are holding space for 1008 yogis, Jan 27-30. Classes are filling but spots are still left and you have to be there: it truly is a peaceful protest: people coming together to work on being healthy…I’m stoked for the classes I’ll be leading: in my one class we are literally marrying ourself: that’s right: you will get down on bended knee and propose to yourself (we’ll even have a kombucha toast after). The class and the festival is about commiting to the LOVE for the self. I sure hope you all come. It’s going to be epic:

www.sandiegoyogafestival.com

promo code: namastoked ($108 off)

I’m not a manager, but I do run my own business: Yoga WIth Shawna (www.yogawithshawna.com). This business and SDYF have been such great YOGA TEACHERS to me: they remind me to come back to TRUTH, to stay pure, to meet EGO with heart: to see the abudnance and infinite limitless that is all things and to face all blockages within myself or my students with love. It’s the best damn “work out” of my life.

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5Q Interview @BrittaRael

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5Q INTERVIEW WITH BRITTA RAEL!

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

I started practicing yoga in 2008 when I met my husband. The perspective shift it provided revitalized my Perspective on spirituality. For me, Yoga is the ultimate pursuit of complete wellness, because it is not seeking after something but creating it from within. It’s my religion, my lifestyle, my cultural framework. I believe that the more people experience the power and science that yoga & mindfulness provides, the more potential we have to live in our personal alignment and thus truly improve or impact our surrounding circumstances.

unnamed-3 2) When did you first begin teaching yoga? What made you transition into a leadership position?

When I was first exposed to yoga, there was no other clear path for the direction of my professional life. I received an incredibly clear “YES”, and knew that I was designed to lead & support people along the spiritual path. I began teaching within a year or two of practicing, which has been one of the most challenging and fruitful experiences of my life so far.

3) What makes your classes unique?I’m humorous; yet poignant. I try to teach as straight forward as I can to create the container for people to experience their own practice fully. I teach a range of styles, from traditional hatha yogasana to exhilarating, strength forward movement classes, to deeply therapeutic, gentle classes. But besides the physical variety, I suppose what sets my classes apart is I always create opportunities for students to connect to others in safe & supported ways which I feel helps extend the personal practice into a community practice.

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

I integrate a LOT of my own music into my classes (I’m a music snob!) and I curate playlists for every type of class to support the themes that I teach. The music is never something that LEADS the class, but rather SUPPORTS the container for people to go deeper in their experience. I feel that soft, inspiring, groovy or contemplative tunes can contribute to this best.

5.) Tell me about your next event and where we can follow you online.I am super excited to be leading a 4-day AcroYoga Elemental Immersion in Point Loma, January 13-16th, 2017. Its a 25 hour intensive that provides students a well balanced, hands on foundation for partner acrobatics and thai yoga massage. Besdies the amazing content, its SUPER fun and is an amazing chance to make lifelong friends and experience the incredibly transformative practice of AcroYoga.

More information about this can be found here.

Here’s how you can follow me/spread the word:

WEB: brittarael.com

IG: @brittarael

FB: facebook.com/brittaraelyoga

Spotify playlist: “Insta Yoga Chill” (Your song ‘Breath’ is my fav & last song)

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