#36 - MATT GIORDANO - International Yoga Teacher and Teacher Trainer

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02/17/21 • 54 min

World renowned yoga instructor, Matt Giordano (@theyogimatt) gives credit to an influential figure from his teenage years--his high school art teacher-- for sparking within him the curiosity and tenacity that eventually led him to yoga. It was Eileen Walk who told Giordano: "You are not allowed to say 'I can’t.' You must rephrase to a question: 'How?"

That inquisitive and unrelenting spirit laid the foundation for Matt to begin a devoted yoga practice. When coupled with his passion to understand anatomy, biomechanics and the deeper philosophical and meditative practices for the mind, Matt’s path as a teacher came into focus. Matt has a unique talent of taking a complex, challenging concept and simplifying without taking away its potency. This approach provides the revelatory "aha moments" that many of his students rave about.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Starting days at 4am

-Sleeping on city park benches to owning a farm

-Reaching burnout from the ‘NYC grind’

-Building an Instagram following

-The reality of being a travelling yogi

-Making money as a yoga teacher

-Practicing self awareness

-Discovering meditation in an unexpected place

-Falling in and out of love with yoga

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WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Starting days at 4am

-Sleeping on city park benches to owning a farm

-Reaching burnout from the ‘NYC grind’

-Building an Instagram following

-The reality of being a travelling yogi

-Making money as a yoga teacher

-Practicing self awareness

-Discovering meditation in an unexpected place

-Falling in and out of love with yoga

10% off Liforme yoga mats with code THEHUSLERS (we get commission)

Code HonestlyUnbalanced30 gets 30% off any packages on thehuslers.com online yoga, meditation and sound platform.

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#35 PUNNU WASU - Musician, Meditation Teacher and Reiki Grand Master

Punnu Wasu (@punnuwasu) is an Indian vocalist, musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was born and raised in Hyderabad into a family that has a true love for Kirtan (devotional music) and spirituality. He began studying harmonium and singing at the tender age of 5. At age 10, he moved on to learning the Hindustani (Indian Classical Music) while traveling with his father throughout India singing the beautiful verses of Kirtan. Later on, his knowledge of mandolin and tabla became his focal point. Nowadays he performs Kirtan, Xtatic Kirtan, Indian Fusion, Indian Classical music, Sufi, Bollywood music as well as Sound Healing around the world. He has his own Kirtan Academy Bhakti Bliss as well as Sound Healing Academy and also leads music workshops in combination with yoga & meditation.

From early age Punnu was interested in learning and practicing meditations. He has studied with different masters all over India, Indonesia and Philippines. He shares his vast knowledge and experience of more than 35 years in his meditation classes, workshops, Meditation Teacher Trainings, Advanced Meditation Trainings and Yoga Nidra Teacher Trainings all around the world.

Furthermore, he is a Reiki Grand Master offering Reiki Trainings, Spiritual Awakening courses, Holistic Healing Sessions, Spiritual Counselling and is co-founder of the Bhakti Bliss Fest which is a festival of meditation, yoga, music & dance in the mountains of Switzerland

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Chanting as food for the soul

-Keeping the ego in check

-The gift of going within during lockdown

-Quitting the business world to pursue passion for healing

-Reaching higher consciousness in meditation

-What is enlightenment?

-Deities representing aspects of ourselves

-The 8 step process to spiritual awakening

-Advice for making a life change

-‘God’ is what you want him/her/it to be

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#37 - WAZ ASHAYER - Leading UK Fitness Trainer and Entrepreneur

In the two short years that Wassim (Waz) Ashayer (@wazashayer) has officially worked in the fitness industry his achievements are extensive. Co-Founder of boutique fitness business Raise LDN, Group Fitness Manager for global fitness brand Equinox, Trainer for leading on-demand fitness app FIIT, and a Brand Ambassador for Gymshark, to name but a few.

Although a fully qualified Personal Trainer at just 17 years’ old, his successful modelling career with Select Model Management took precedent in his earlier years. Choosing sobriety in August 2016, fitness has become his driving passion, preferring to work with group fitness rather than on a one-to-one basis.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-From partying hard in celebrity hospitality to going sober into the fitness world

-Making the hard decision to change your life

-The importance of having a mentor

-Comparing on social media

-Working on the internal conversation

Working and succeeding in group fitness

-Dealing with criticism

-Growing a street fitness business in lockdown

-Movement as medicine for the body

-Willpower, hard work and consistency for success

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