Through yoga, Stacey Mulvey is taking time to relax within the 'green rush' boom of the marijuana industry. As founder at Marijuasana, a traditional fitness concept combined with cannabinoids, she's creating a community of one-on-one coaching and trainer certification fuelled by CBD, THC and other cannabis products.

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Stacey Mulvey started doing yoga as part of a lifestyle epiphany. She was fed up of being out of shape, in pain and living a sedentary existence. Stuck in a mindset pattern full of victim consciousness and how every problem was everybody else's fault, Stacey realised that only she could improve how she feels in her body.

She began to increase her movement through Callanetics and the healthier lifestyle created more happiness and positivity. After some time, Stacey quit her corporate job to become a Pilates instructor. This started her on a journey that's developed into a business opportunity like no other, jumping into an emerging market for a wellness and mindfulness movement that brings together two worlds.

Marijuasana promotes wellness and considers plant medicine and yoga as essential components of an integrated, healthy lifestyle. Stacey and her team support and show respect toward those that use cannabis, and through participation in mindful movement and other creative activities they foster community connection, trust, and reduce stigma.

Countering the intensity of some traditional yoga classes, Marijuasana is an open and community-based yoga movement that's welcoming anyone with an affinity to or curiosity about cannabis.

Episode highlights

• Why it's down to you to change your lifestyle if you're not happy with it, and how you can take control to change your path and eventually develop a thriving business opportunity from your passions.
• The difference between cannabis, marijuana sativa, hemp, CDB, THC, the cannabinoid and other elements of the plant.
• What the effects of CBD are and why there's ambiguity surrounding the pros and cons of its use.
• Why cannabis culture and non-psychoactive CBD use has been stigmatised, even in territories where it's been legalised.
• How important authenticity is and why your integrity depends entirely on your ability to be truthful with yourself, including in business ventures.
• How the cannabis industry is split in two, and why marketing positions are differentiating the perceived morality or ethics behind health and wellness integration.
• Why your physical body can be affected by your mental state, whether that's through your attitude to healing, your own empowerment or the way that you deal with injury and recovery.
• How the cannabis industry needs to differentiate between wellbeing and dependency, and how this will aid both corporate and consumer in the long term.
• Why the best move in business can often be to brave and follow your instinct when it comes to emerging markets, even if you can't fully-explain exactly what led you to that decision.
• How financial institutions affect the cannabis industry and how this has stunted market growth.
• What the different options of consuming THC and CBD, whether it's inhalation and smoking or transdermal or edible, and how they affect your tolerance levels differently.
• How you can transfer a lesson structure in person to offer online experiences for digital classes that progress over different paces and time periods, or by employing certified trainers in multiple locations.
• How your body's endocannabinoid system regulates neurotransmitters and receptors in your body, and affects every system of your body, regardless of if you've used cannabis before.

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