Awe Stories

Zoë spent most of her life in motion, running between the sports field & the ballet studio. During a gap year before college, Zoë enrolled in a YogaWorks 200 hour teacher training. She was enchanted by the philosophy & physicality of the yoga practice, and quickly realized that yoga was more than just stretching & strengthening but that it was a way to heal.

During Zoë's time as a Psychology Major at Barnard College, she taught weekly yoga classes to her peers, and found meaning in the connection she experienced with her students. But she wanted to impact a larger population than just the individuals she taught. During her senior year Zoë set the wheels in motion by creating Exhale to Inhale, a non-profit organization that brings trauma-informed yoga to survivors of domestic & sexual violence. 

Upon graduation, Zoë joined a boutique management consulting firm and spent the next two and a half years in a business suit flying across around the globe. Although there were parts of the work that she loved, Zoë began to feel more and more disconnected from herself. In the spring of 2016, she decided to leave the corporate world behind and focus on Exhale to Inhale.

Zoë is proud to be the Founder, and to serve as the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Exhale to Inhale. She is committed to curiosity & to choosing joy and gratitude. Zoë is thankful to all of her teachers both on and off the mat.

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• Being a ballerina and feeling disconnected from her body
• Taking life too seriously
• The creation of Exhale to Inhale
• Trauma Informed Yoga and what it is
• Healing stories of women that have practiced trauma informed yoga
• How to show love and kindness to ourselves and our bodies
• Being our own teachers and looking to ourselves for wisdom

Personal Instagram- @zelepage

Instagram- @exhale2inhale

Website- http://exhaletoinhale.org

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Tracy Roberts is the founder of The Circle Center located in Nashville, TN. In this episode of Awe Stories, Tracy discusses being a social worker working in residential with teenagers, feelings of being burned out from his job, and how he found his calling when he was sent to a training to host restorative circles. Upon seeing how circles were being used in businesses during this training, Tracy came home and took a leap of faith establishing The Circle Center. Tracy presently works with businesses, nonprofits, and trains individuals who are interested in facilitating circles. He discusses the art of circling and importance of building trust, how we can utilize circles to talk through hard conversations, and provides great examples of how circles have been used as a process to connect, build relationships, and ultimately create a community in which individuals, and the businesses in which they work, thrive.

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• The art of circles
• The format of a circle
• Trust building amongst unlikely people
• Utilizing circles in business settings
• The value of storytelling in circles
• Examples of how circle has worked in problem solving
• From isolation to inclusion

Nonviolent Communication

The Four Agreements

The Little Book of Circle Processes by Kay Pranis

The Circle Center Reading List

The Circle Center Website- www.thecirclecenter.com

Facebook- The Circle Center Consulting

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Lindsay Kirsh is a entrepreneur, coach, and mother. In this episode of Awe Stories, Lindsay shares her personal story of navigating a heartbreak and becoming a single mother. As she stepped into this new season, she pushed past pain and pushed into survival mode. Upon attending a yoga training, she found relief from the panic attacks and anxiety that had overcome her during this time. She shares her daily practices of meditation, her "yoga closet", and other practices that have helped her to step into her power and her calling to be a life coach.

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• Anxiety and overcoming fear
• Becoming a single mother and navigating the loss of a relationship
• Pushing past emotional and physical pain
• Living in your head and not in your body
• How Lindsay experienced a relief from panic attacks
• Practices of yoga and meditation that are daily practices
• Finding freedom and her calling of life coaching

Baptiste Yoga- https://www.baptisteyoga.com

Baptiste Meditations- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_a6EYgVd_U&list=PLe852f1kKBEOoPVA_YwFzEAsFXeSthsZC

Gabby Bernstein- https://gabbybernstein.com

Gabby Meditations- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFIWj9LkhsB57ru2-Qjm7dXdGz-IZ4wn5

Tara Brach- https://www.tarabrach.com/guided-meditations/

Rick Hanson- http://www.rickhanson.net

4 Agreements- http://amzn.to/2u6AL5r

Lindsay's Website- www.lindsaykirsch.com

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/lindsaykirschperformance/

Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/lindsaykirsch1/

Email- [email protected]

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Juliana Ericson is a speaker, trainer, Life Enhancement Coach and Forgiveness Coach for over 22 years.  Her approach is unique in that she specializes in birth and prenatal psychology, in addition to Conscious Breathwork.  In this episode of Awe Stories, we discuss the process of forgiveness and difficulty of forgiving those who have 'wronged' us.  Juliana shares her personal experiences of forgiveness, and the practices of breathwork and gratitude that she utilizes to step into joy, freedom, and positivity.  

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• Forgiveness and the process of forgiving
• How ego plays a role in forgiveness
• The practice of breathwork
• Positivity and affirmation work
• Stepping into freedom and our truth
• Personal stories on forgiveness
• A special offering at the end if you want to start you own practice in forgiveness!

Facebook: Breathe to Heal: Breathworks

Twitter: joyfulRX

Podcast: A Joyful Life-  http://juliana.podomatic.com

LinkedIn: Juliana Ericson

Instagram: joyfulessentialoils

A Course of Miracles

The Joyful Life Project

As Juliana shared in the episode, if you are on your own forgiveness path and would like support in this process, please email her at [email protected].  She can pray for you during your forgiveness path, and she can mail you an essential oil to support your healing!

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