It can be hard to navigate life after a dance career, especially when it spans two decades. But finding direction can lead to great rewards. During this episode, Natsu Sasaki, a former dancer with a twenty-year legacy and founder of Natsu Face Yoga, joins us to share her wisdom. Tuning in, you’ll hear about her early introductions to the world of dance, and the remarkable story of her unusually lengthy career as a professional dancer. We discuss her exploratory experiences where she searched for a possible path, before happening upon face yoga and finding its rewards in her own life. Learn about her introductory experiences as a dance teacher, how she learned to embrace flexibility and work with her students, and what it’s been like to start a business in an entirely new field she is equally passionate about. Thanks for listening! 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Welcoming Natsu Sasaki, founder of Natsu Face Yoga. 
• Her introduction to the world of dance as a child.
• Becoming a professional dancer and having a 20-year-long career.
• Natsu’s eventual transition to leaving the dance world and what made it difficult.
• The ten-year period she spent exploring alternative careers. 
• Her year-long experience of unemployment and teaching dance.
• Why there was so much preparation time necessary for her to teach classes.
• How she learned to be more flexible in her teaching classes.
• The importance of finding your own authenticity as a trainer.
• How Natsu discovered the power of giving her teenage students options. 
• How she first discovered face yoga by chance.
• Her experience of starting a business.
• Some of the highlights so far. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Natsu Face Yoga Studio — https://www.natsu-faceyoga.com/

Natsu Face Yoga Studio on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/natsu_faceyogastudio/

Natsu Face Yoga on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/people/Natsu-Face-Yoga-Studio/100088367675592/

Natsu Sasaki on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/natsu-sasaki-ab611b264/

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