In this conversation, Sheena and Megan explore the question “Who am I?” through yoga philosophy, ego, identity, and self-trust. Megan shares her path from early yoga practice to teaching, living in Japan and Bali, running a yoga school, and then losing that identity during the pandemic. She discusses rebuilding through teaching opportunities and then eventually taking over Niantic Yoga Studio after a healer’s prediction and a symbolic owl sighting. They contrast purpose (dharma) with job, emphasizing creating, and what it’s really like to serve without attachment to outcomes. Megan’s shares her daily practice as meditation with alternate-nostril breathing and the Gayatri Mantra. The episode closes with yoga’s guidance for the world: compassion, keeping the heart open, and yoga as accessible to everyone.
Megan can be found at @yogatrotteracademy and @nianticyoga and of course, in person at Niantic Yoga Studio.
04:34 Masks and Self Trust
12:34 Japan and Bali Journey
15:53 Pandemic Identity Collapse
21:31 Finding Purpose and Dharma
31:25 Co Regulation and Death Work
35:44 Healer Prediction Comes True
41:17 Finding the Yoga Shala
45:54 Ankle Injury Podcast Birth
47:33 Hard Times Become Beauty
49:05 Personal Yoga Practice
50:18 Gayatri Mantra Meditation
56:23 Focus Shapes Your Mind
59:27 Observing Thoughts Power
01:02:49 Origin Story with Yoga
01:03:51 Priest Teacher at Villanova
01:07:14 Embodied Poses Change Mind
01:08:13 What Yoga Pose Are You
01:14:16 Yoga Becomes Lifeline
01:15:37 Mindful Movement Community
01:19:01 Dharma Over Dollars
01:21:45 Create Without Attachment
01:27:41 Heart Led Business Balance
01:38:49 Yoga Is For Everyone