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Aligned Yogi Podcast
At about 4 a.m. on the last morning of a retreat in Nicaragua, a massive troop of howler monkeys came down through the forest and settled directly over our retreat center. If you’ve never heard howler monkeys, know this: no one was sleeping through it. So we didn’t try. We got up, brewed coffee, and […]
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Aligned Yogi Podcast
When I tell people I launched a yoga retreat business fresh out of teacher training — before I’d taught much of anything on my own — I usually get wide eyes and some version of “wait, what?” It’s an unconventional path. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. This is the story of how Ambuja Yoga […]
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Aligned Yogi Podcast
If you’ve been dreaming of a yoga retreat but keep telling yourself it’s too expensive, this one’s for you. Here’s what I’ve learned in over a decade of leading retreats around the world and helping women get themselves to them: investing in yourself is essential, and cost doesn’t have to be the barrier you think […]
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Aligned Yogi Podcast
A few years ago, in the closing circle of one of my retreats, I swore in the middle of a sacred ceremony. We were doing our final release — naming what we wanted to let go of, and calling in what we wanted more of. I released the habit of holding myself back and the […]
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Aligned Yogi Podcast
I avoided making this podcast for years. Every time I thought about starting it, I’d freeze. What if people think I’m not good enough? What if they think I’m a fraud? What if they don’t like my voice? So I didn’t. For years. I let fear take the wheel, and that doubt worked like an […]
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Aligned Yogi Podcast
I said yes when my body was screaming no. And it cost me the better part of a year. Years ago, I was wrapping up a season of living in Bali — deep in my own practice, cup full — and heading home to a schedule I needed to fill. A dear friend connected me […]
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