Life as 'Yoga Girl' feat. Rachel Brathen

Back in 2016 I was living a life completely not meant for me. Founded on the basis of people pleasing, I was In the wrong relationship, working a soul draining 9-5 I had no interest in, living somewhere I didn't want to plant roots at...life was backwards.During this time, I found Yoga Girl, aka Rachel Brathen, on Instagram and immediately felt seen. Felt heard. Her captions felt like they were written just for me. I felt like her and I were so similar, and that if she could make her Caribbean dreams come true... I could too.She was on a nation wide yoga tour when I first shared a room with her. There were hundreds of people, so she didn't notice me. Nor did I wait in line to introduce myself after. I walked out of the auditorium after Shavasana in tears... because that was the life I so desperately wanted to live. I wanted to impact and influence that many people to connect back to their hearts. I wanted to travel. I wanted to catch a flight early the next morning to my beautiful home on an island. But I wasn't. I was so far from it, it seemed like it just wouldn't happen in this life. Fast forward five years.... her and I are sharing a podcast stage together, talking about the journey to success. Enjoy.Rachel Brathen is a Swedish native, New York Times best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, and international yoga teacher living in Aruba with her husband Dennis and their baby girl Lea Luna.Rachel is the founder of one of the first online yoga platforms, the now-retired oneOeight.com, which was the most successful crowd-funded yoga project of all time. That platform has since grown and transformed into the Yoga Girl site and is now made up of a vast community of dedicated practitioners from all over the world looking to cultivate balance, create space for inner healing, and to deepen their yoga practice.Rachel is also the owner of Island Yoga - the largest yoga studio in the Caribbean, where she hosts yoga teacher trainings, retreats, workshops, and classes year-round.Giving back to the community has always been at the center of all of Rachel’s initiatives. She runs two non-profit organizations: Sgt. Pepper’s Friends; an animal rescue foundation based in Aruba, and Yoga Girl® Foundation, an organization benefitting women and children in need.Stay Connected with Rachel!www.YogaGirl.com Instagram: @yoga_girlFacebook: Facebook.com/yogagirl   *Want to book a reading with Stephanie? www.lightworkers-lounge.com Intro song:The Light - Sol Rising. *Check him out on Instagram, @solrising Outro song: Celeste  - Pete Kuzuma *All Songs Featured in Lightworkers Lounge can be found on our Spotify Playlist! To Subscribe to Premium Channel:  https://www.podbean.com/premium-signup/cerip-252e03/Lightworkers+Lounge Follow us on Social Media!Instagram: @stephanies_destiny and @lightworkerslounge Support the Show.