During this episode we interview Tracy Madigan about her AA community and recovery process, her certifications as a yoga teacher, her Enneagram personality, and the new non-profit, Sattva, she has co-founded with friends.
Tracy Madigan is a certified RYT 500 yoga teacher certified through Yoga Alliance. She is a former spin instructor, and personal trainer with SPENGA (spin/strength/yoga). She currently teaches heated vinyasa at Yoga Landing in Chattanooga, TN. Tracy has previous experience teaching yoga in the formats of vinyasa, yin, and restorative yoga as an instructor with Peach Out Power Yoga, and Lift Yoga in metro Atlanta, GA. She is also certified in self-awakening, hot elemental, and trauma-informed yoga. She possesses extensive experience in breathwork and guided meditation.
Her teaching philosophy lies evenly in the crosshairs of the Sakyong Mipham quote, “The body benefits from movement, and the mind from stillness”, and she finds incomparable joy in holding space for leading others home to themselves…toward love, equanimity, and the universal law that reminds us “we are all one”. She draws inspiration for her classes from nature, yogic spirituality, therapy, literature, and learnings from her own recovery from alcohol addiction. She is part of a small group of local yoga practitioners who are creating a non-profit, Sattva, whose mission is to empower individuals through the healing power of yoga and to hold space for resilience, growth, and community through life’s trials. Currently Sattva’s programming takes place at CADAS (Council for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services) and Hamilton County Jail & Detention Center where yoga classes are currently being held to provide a sense of calm, strength, centering, and safety.
Tracy lives in Chattanooga, TN with her 8-year-old French Bulldog, Muchacha (Moo), and cats, Scout and Mowgli. She cherishes her communities here in town of Yoga Landing and AA. In her free time she enjoys hiking, adventuring, writing, dancing, all forms of yoga, meditation, eating plants, walking around downtown, and having crushes on books and skillfully placed words.