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

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03/02/21 • 60 min

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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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

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

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

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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#38 - DANIEL RAMA - International Yoga Teacher and Trainer

Daniel Rama ( danielrama_) is the fusion of authentic hatha yoga and modern functional movement. His journey began with a life changing injury and a grim diagnosis. Told by doctors that he would never be able to run again, Rama moved to a simple yoga ashram and began dedicating himself to a life of sincere sadhana (spiritual practice).

After a miraculous recovery, Rama has now made it his life purpose to share valuable techniques associated with yoga, movement and mindfulness. Together with his partner, Rama offers international workshops, retreats and YTTs; and operates a successful online studio by name of Becoming Balance.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Finding a work/life balance and ways to relax

-The pros and cons of being a travelling yogi

-The discipline of a daily practice

-The importance of space in a relationship when together 24/7

-Recovering from an injury doctors said wouldn’t heal

-Transitioning from someone who used to upset people, to someone who lives to serve the world

-Harnessing interests and skills to serve the world

-What it means to be ‘awake’

-Living in an ashram surrounded by inspirational mentors

-Tapping into a collective consciousness by training the mind

-Stepping away from a destructive lifestyle into a holistic one