This conversation with yoga teacher Eva Vriens explores embodiment, discerning gut feelings, teaching yoga in other languages, why there is no such thing as going backward, and much more!

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Time Stamps:

00:00 intro

03:53 moving to Italy

07:19 teaching yoga in other languages

12:23 it’s exactly what makes you nervous that will bring the change you desire

16:28 interpreting gut feelings: trusting what your body is telling you

20:49 what did you want to be when you grew up?

25:06 the magic of yoga as a return to self & to presence

26:54 how was teaching your first yoga class?

31:18 breakthroughs in teaching yoga

34:29 retracing our steps can actually help us move forward

35:59 how do you prepare yourself to teach?

37:58 morning routine

42:16 creating our realities

43:53 how can we start to believe something different is possible for us?

45:59 book recommendations?

51:16 qualities of an exceptional leader?

53:14 if you could chat with anyone over coffee or tea, who would you invite?

57:16 the billboard question