Oh my goodness, what a conversation we had with Kim for this week's episode!
Kim Fischer is a Manifesting Coach, Radical Ritual Queen, Yoga Leader & CEO of Lotus Life Yoga Center and we are SO excited for her to share her wisdom with you.
Kim first started teaching yoga in 2007. She opened her own yoga studio, Lotus Life Yoga Center, for the first time. The business was thriving, had two locations, 30 employees, and a very large student base. Lotus Life offered yoga teacher training programs, retreats to Costa Rica, and workshops on many different topics. It was the gem of the community.
Little did she know at the time, and as she puts it in the episode, she manifested the studio incorrectly.
Around 2011, she started to feel a strong call to finish her undergraduate degree and dive back into student-hood. “I have always identified as a life-long learner and so I knew better than to ignore my soul and heart’s desires. Sometimes you need to leap and trust the Universe. So, I sold my business’s assets to another local yoga studio that happened to be looking to expand at the same time (talk about great timing!). Although I was excited to pursue education and love risk, this was a very difficult time for me and the community. My identity was completely changing and I was leaving behind something that I loved deeply. Little did I know that fate would have me resurrect something I thought was buried, almost five years later,” she said in her bio.
After completing her undergraduate degree, she continued on to receive her Masters's in Human-Computer Interaction and began working as a User Experience (UX) Designer at a local tech company. But she never stopped teaching yoga.
“In fact, I taught a lot of yoga and really started to ramp up my social media presence and email campaigns. I also started up an online community, taught remote classes, and offered a few in-person retreats. Then, in August of 2021, it all came to a head. I was exhausted from basically working two full-time jobs. I knew, deep down, that I wanted to dive back into full-time entrepreneurship. So I did what worked once before in my life - I asked the Universe for help. Literally, I will never forget the moment. I threw my arms into the air, and with full humility and faith, said the following ‘Universe, I need help. You know what I want. Give it to me in a way that when I see it, I will know it’s from you. And I promise I will take action.’ That evening, a friend messaged me, wondering if I was aware that my previous location was once again available for lease. Chills ran up and down my spine and I knew I had received the help I asked for. I made good on my end of the bargain, as I promised. I called my former landlord and ended up securing financing and signing the lease all within 9 days. I quit my amazing job as a UX Designer and Lotus Life was resurrected. It bloomed out of the mud, once again.”
And this time, she manifested her studio in a much more aligned way.
“This second time around feels different. I’m in 100% alignment and trust with myself and the Universe. I know that I responded to the RSVP from something higher. And so I work, teach, and lead now from an elevated and sacred place.”
In this episode, we discuss:
- Manifesting from the mind vs. from the heart
- Kim’s concept of yoga on and off the mat
- Stepping into the energy of the life we want
- Manifesting unselfishly
- Radical rituals
- Tangible tips for handling the dark side that comes with growth
- Finding our feminine energy
- Allowing ourselves to show up as our whole self
- Holding space for duality
You're definitely going to want to listen to this episode!
"Trust the tempo of your life because anything is possible at any moment." - Kim
