262 - Embracing Change: A New Year Reflection

01/02/25 • 27 min

Today I share my reflections on the past year, a big death and rebirth year for me. And I look ahead to 2025 that I've named my year of play.
This past year has taught me a lot about love, transformation, and the importance of authenticity. About the sacrifices necessary for growth, the discomfort of being new, and the transformative power of grief. And the joy that can be found in new beginnings, community, and creativity.
I'm so excited for this year and the bigness of the energy I feel coming into it. It's gonna be so good.

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
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Previous Episode

261 - The Play Experiment w/Grey Tanner

I've named 2025 as my Year of Play and I'm inviting y'all to join me!
I'm so excited to share today about The Play Experiment, a month-long experience that's all about building a life where play is part of the everyday. I'm joined by my friend and collaborator, Grey Tanner--a soul and somatic embodiment artist, teacher, and mentor (and queen of play!)--who I've invited to co-host with me.
Today we share about how play has come to be a vital aspect of our lives, supporting our creativity, relationships, businesses, and whole-ass selves. We explore some of what play means for us, how that's expanded and evolved through time and practice, some of the ways ways cultural conditioning and our personal stories impact our ability to play, and how so much of our play has been about giving ourselves permission.
We explore how play can be integrated into adult life, help us to discover and embody our authenticity and purpose, and how The Play Experiment is an invitation for all of it.
Learn more about the Play Experiment and sign up here
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The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

Next Episode

263 - Navigating the Complexities of Studio Ownership w/Steph Alston & Rachel Brooks

Rachel Brooks and Steph Alston are back for another installment of our yoga studio owners roundtable. These are conversations about the real stuff involved in owning and running a studio.
Some of what we explore today:
The importance of sustainable business models, long-term planning, effective communication, and asking for help.
Steph also shares about her decision and process to take on a business partner and some of the considerations involved, while Rachel shares about her process of studio expansion and some of the ongoing adjustments required.
Connect on Instagram:
Rachel, Seeking Space Yoga, and Yin Yoga Space
Steph and Santosha Yoga Collective
Previous episodes with these guests:
Steph: episodes 236, 205, 227
Rachel: episodes 236, 188

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Listen to Bonnie's other podcast Sexy Sunday HERE

The music for this episode is Threads by The Light Meeting.
Produced by: Grey Tanner

Yoga Strong - 262 - Embracing Change: A New Year Reflection

Transcript

Bonnie (00:00.942)
Hello and happy new year. This marks the first podcast of 2025 and y'all, I am really glad to be here. I'm glad to be here with you. I'm glad to be here with me and feel really reflective on this past year and on the birth and death year that I declared it as very much like the lens that I put on to see the world this past year and
How birth and death is of course a theme everywhere, but I'm thinking about that. I'm thinking about what I hope to build and who I hope to