Peaceful Power Podcast

What happens when choice feels harder than being told what to do?

In this reflective solo episode, Andrea Claassen yoga teacher of 19 years shares a moment from a recent yoga class that opened a deeper conversation about autonomy, embodiment, and why so many of us feel uneasy when invited to listen to our own bodies.

A student's comment about "too much jargon" revealed something more profound: a discomfort with choice itself. Andrea explores how modern yoga, fitness, and wellness often prioritize compliance over self-trust—and why that approach stops working, especially in perimenopause and midlife.

This episode is for women who are tired of rigid rules, one-size-fits-all programs, and constantly outsourcing their inner knowing. It's an invitation to slow down, tune in, and reclaim yoga as a practice of discernment not obedience.

Connect with me:

Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea Perimenopause Support Quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/681d3069f79fde0015c88d8c 8 Week Perimenopause Reset https://andreaclaassen.com/8-week-perimenopause-program 5 Day Stillness Challenge https://andreaclaassen.com/sacred-stillness-challenge

In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Rachel Murphy, a marketing strategist who helps spiritual entrepreneurs and healers craft magnetic messaging rooted in their personal story and values. Rachel shares soulful, practical tips for stepping away from cookie-cutter marketing and instead leaning into what makes you and your journey uniquely powerful. Drawing on her experience blending corporate strategy with holistic intuition, she highlights why your own story is your greatest asset in creating marketing that feels good and actually converts.

In this conversation you'll learn:

• Why storytelling is the backbone of authentic marketing — and how to start telling yours with confidence. therootedstrategy.com
• Strategies for soulful content creation that speaks directly to your ideal clients without forcing or hustling. Facebook
• How to align your marketing with your values so your business feels like service, not sales.

Whether you're a healer, coach, or heart-centered creator, this episode invites you to trust your voice, show up with honesty, and let your story lead your growth.

Connect with Rachel

Instagram-www.instagram.com/rooted.strategy therootedstrategy.com Rachel's newsletter: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6320fc3a461ab140427b8b95 Where to connect with Andrea

• Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea
• Perimenopause Support Quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/681d3069f79fde0015c88d8c
• 8 Week Perimenopause Workout Program https://andreaclaassen.com/8-week-perimenopause-program
• Free 5 Day Stillness Challenge https://andreaclaassen.com/sacred-stillness-challenge

Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and personal trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. She specializes in perimenopause. Her mission is to help women learn how to slow down, tune in and connect to their inner wisdom. The three pillars she focuses on are movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

In this episode, we explore:

• How perimenopause changes stress tolerance, recovery, and energy

• Why workouts that once felt empowering may now feel depleting

• The myth that "more discipline" fixes hormonal and nervous system shifts

• Why strength training is still essential in perimenopause—but needs to be done differently

• How yoga, pranayama, and stillness support the nervous system during hormonal transition

• What Ayurveda teaches us about listening to the body instead of overriding it

• Why rhythm, awareness, and attunement matter more than intensity in midlife

Where to connect with Andrea Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea Free Trial Week of Perimenopause workouts: https://andreaclaassen.com/8-week-perimenopause-program

Perimenopause Power Hour Workshop (Virtual)

Date: January 17th- 9am CST

Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and personal trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. She specializes in perimenopause. Her mission is to help women learn how to slow down, tune in and connect to their inner wisdom. The three pillars she focuses on are movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

Wise Woman Energy: Listening Differently at the Threshold of a New Year

As the year comes to a close, many women find themselves standing in a quiet in-between tired, reflective, and sensing that the old ways of pushing and powering through no longer work. In this episode, Andrea invites you into the liminal space between what has been and what's emerging, naming burnout not as a failure, but as a wise, body-based message. This conversation speaks directly to women in perimenopause who are "doing all the right things" yet still feel off, exhausted, or disconnected from their bodies.

Together, we explore what Wise Woman Energy truly means: rhythm over hustle, strength with recovery, stillness as power, and devotion to the body instead of control. Andrea shares how perimenopause amplifies the cost of overgiving and overtraining, and why this season of life often brings grief alongside profound initiation as old strategies fall away. Through the lens of seasonal living and nervous system safety, this episode reframes rest, nourishment, and intuition as essential, not optional.

This episode also gently opens the door to what's possible in 2026 a year rooted in sustainability rather than self-sacrifice. Listeners are invited to imagine training with their hormones, resting without guilt, nourishing instead of restricting, and asking for support along the way. The episode closes with a simple reflective ritual and a soft invitation to explore deeper support through January offerings designed to help women listen differently and move forward with wisdom and care.

In this episode, you'll hear about: ✨ Why burnout is a body message, not a mindset problem ✨ How perimenopause changes the rules and why that's not a failure ✨ What Wise Woman Energy really looks like in daily life ✨ The grief and initiation that come when old strategies stop working ✨ Reimagining health, strength, and rest as we step into a new year

If your body is asking for a different way forward, this episode is an invitation to pause, listen, and remember the wisdom already within you.

Connect with Andrea

• Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea
• Perimenopause Support Quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/681d3069f79fde0015c88d8c
• Wise Woman Reset
• 5 Day Stillness Challenge https://andreaclaassen.com/sacred-stillness-challenge

Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and personal trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. She specializes in perimenopause. Her mission is to help women learn how to slow down, tune in and connect to their inner wisdom. The three pillars she focuses on are movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

What I'm Holding Dear as We Move Into December: Ritual, Promise & Intention

As we move into December, something ancient stirs.

The days shorten. The light thins. The nervous system if we let it begins to exhale.

December is not meant to be conquered.

This season asks for fewer resolutions and more reverence. Less striving, more remembering. And as I sit with what feels most essential right now both personally and in my work I keep returning to three quiet anchors:

Ritual. Promise. Intention.

Where to connect with Andrea

• Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea
• Perimenopause Support Quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/681d3069f79fde0015c88d8
• 8 Week Perimenopause Reset https://andreaclaassen.com/8-week-perimenopause-program
• 5 Day Stillness Challenge https://andreaclaassen.com/sacred-stillness-challenge

Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and personal trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. She specializes in perimenopause. Her mission is to help women learn how to slow down, tune in and connect to their inner wisdom. The three pillars she focuses on are movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

Episode Overview

In this episode, Andrea is joined by Kristina Masyte for a grounded and thoughtful conversation on what it means to evolve through yoga. Together, they explore yoga as a living, breathing practice—one that matures alongside us through different seasons of life, identity shifts, and inner inquiry.

Kristina shares her perspective on honoring yoga beyond trends and performance, returning to its roots as a tool for self-study, nervous system regulation, and embodied wisdom. This conversation is especially resonant for practitioners and teachers who are feeling called to slow down, deepen, and relate to yoga in a more authentic, sustainable way.

In This Episode, We Explore:

• Yoga as an evolving practice rather than a fixed identity

• Moving beyond perfectionism, hustle culture, and aesthetic-driven yoga

• How life experience, aging, and self-inquiry shape our relationship to practice

• Honoring the nervous system and subtle body through mindful movement

• What it means to teach and practice yoga with integrity and presence

• Listening inward and allowing your practice to change with you

Why This Conversation Matters

Many women especially those in midlife or navigating transition, feel a quiet pull to relate to movement and spirituality differently than they once did. This episode offers permission to soften, adapt, and trust your inner compass rather than external expectations.

If you've ever felt disconnected from mainstream yoga culture or sensed there's more beneath the poses, this conversation will meet you right where you are.

Connect with Kristina Masyte

Website: www.yogakos.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/yogakos_

Where to Connect with Andrea

Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea

Explore Andrea's Offerings: Perimenopause Support Quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/681d3069f79fde0015c88d8c 8 Week Perimenopause Reset: https://andreaclaassen.com/8-week-perimenopause-program 5 Day Stillness Challenge: https://andreaclaassen.com/sacred-stillness-challenge

About Andrea Claassen

Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500-hour yoga teacher, and personal trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. She specializes in perimenopause and supports women in slowing down, tuning in, and reconnecting to their inner wisdom.

Andrea's work is rooted in three core pillars: movement, mindfulness, and Mother Nature—woven together through an Ayurvedic lens. Through her Peaceful Power Podcast, she shares actionable, heart-led tools to help women live more holistic, sustainable lives.

Learn more at www.andreaclaassen.com

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How to stay grounded when the world speeds up

As we enter the holiday season the parties, the full schedules, the expectations our nervous systems often feel like they're moving faster than our bodies can keep up. For many women over 40, this time of year can amplify the stress already present in perimenopause: sleep changes, mood swings, inflammation, and a general sense of being maxed out.

Where to connect with Andrea Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea 5 Day Stillness Challenge https://andreaclaassen.com/sacred-stillness-challenge

8 Week Perimenopause Workout Program https://andreaclaassen.com/8-week-perimenopause-program

Andrea Claassen Bio

Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and personal trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. She specializes in perimenopause. Her mission is to help women learn how to slow down, tune in and connect to their inner wisdom.

The three pillars she focuses on are movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

How to stay grounded when the world speeds up

As we enter the holiday season the parties, the full schedules, the expectations our nervous systems often feel like they’re moving faster than our bodies can keep up. For many women over 40, this time of year can amplify the stress already present in perimenopause: sleep changes, mood swings, inflammation, and a general sense of being maxed out.

Where to connect with Andrea

Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea

Join the Ayurveda Holiday Survival Workshop on December 11th at 7:30pm CST. https://andreaclaassen.com/ayurveda-holiday-help

5 Day Stillness Challenge https://andreaclaassen.com/sacred-stillness-challenge

Andrea Claassen Bio

Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and personal trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. She specializes in perimenopause. Her mission is to help women learn how to slow down, tune in and connect to their inner wisdom.

The three pillars she focuses on are movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

How to stay grounded when the world speeds up

As we enter the holiday season the parties, the full schedules, the expectations our nervous systems often feel like they’re moving faster than our bodies can keep up. For many women over 40, this time of year can amplify the stress already present in perimenopause: sleep changes, mood swings, inflammation, and a general sense of being maxed out.

Where to connect with Andrea

Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea

Join the Ayurveda Holiday Survival Workshop on December 11th at 7:30pm CST. https://andreaclaassen.com/ayurveda-holiday-help

5 Day Stillness Challenge https://andreaclaassen.com/sacred-stillness-challenge

Andrea Claassen Bio

Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and personal trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. She specializes in perimenopause. Her mission is to help women learn how to slow down, tune in and connect to their inner wisdom.

The three pillars she focuses on are movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com

Kathy Páez is a yoga teacher with over two decades of experience, a published author and an assistant to functional Yin Yoga founder Paul Grilley.

Connect with Kathy-www.kathypaezyoga.com

www.instagram.com/2yfunctionalyogaschool

Where to connect with Andrea

Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea

Perimenopause Support Quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/681d3069f79fde0015c88d8c

5 Day Stillness Challenge https://andreaclaassen.com/sacred-stillness-challenge

Andrea Claassen Bio

Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and personal trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. She specializes in perimenopause. Her mission is to help women learn how to slow down, tune in and connect to their inner wisdom.

The three pillars she focuses on are movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com