Happy Summer everybody!

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I would be mixing up the conversations on the podcast, including some more monolog/discussions of topics. Another way is launching today thanks to Erika Pahk. Erika has graced me with her presence in classes training and retreats over the past handful of years. This summer, she’s working in L.A., where she’s agreed to check in as our summer West Coast correspondent. In our first installment, we get to hear a little about Erika’s new home, how it is to uproot from your yoga practice place and find another, how yoga helps in the corporate environment, and we talk turkey about philosophy, as we always do.

Erika grew up in the wilds of Los Angeles and has been a yoga person since childhood. She first encountered the ISHTA lineage in 2008 at a craft school in North Carolina, with my good friend, teacher Kate Shroeder, and became an ISHTA practitioner the week she moved to NY in 2011.

Erika is an ISHTA-trained 200 hour yoga instructor with many additional specialty certifications, and she received her first Reiki attunement in 2018. She also has a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Erika's superpowers include composing emoji poems and finding the perfect collection of tools for others. She listens to A LOT of podcasts, prefers fiction to spiritual texts and learns best through active listening and kinetic engagement. Her current art project involves taking many neighborhood flower walks - check out her Instagram stories @yourgemfriend.

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