DC Yoga Podcast - Nancy Talley

DC Yoga Podcast Episode 41- Nancy Talley "You need to go to Yoga!" - Working and teaching in Occoquan VA- "mouth of the river." - History of Soaring Spirit Yoga - Falling into owning a yoga studio - The nuts and bolts of running a yoga studio - Working in the fashion industry...and then leaving the fashion industry - Finding Kundalini yoga in California - Yoga classes out West- pranayama, meditation, mantra. Not just Asana - Moving from 90 min classes to 75 min classes to 60 min classes over time - Yoga clearing the mind to help deal with a job you don't like but also helping to realize the job isnt worth the dealing. - How gifts can fulfill and also drain - Running a yoga studio during the explosion of yoga in the late 2000s - Offering yoga to a community that practices for stress reduction not physical fitness - Learning how to teach to the room - The Quarantine - Transitioning to Zoom classes...and seeing enrollment go up - Virtual Yoga Teacher Training - Developing studio culture without dictating content - Self Practice and Self regulation - The importance of Japppa - The importance of adductor muscles - Riding motorcycles Bio: Nancy began her yogic journey in 1997 while working in the Los Angeles fashion industry. To relieve stress and insomnia she explored Kundalini and Restorative classes but soon found Vinyasa to be her calling. She attended the White Lotus Foundation to study under Ganga White and Tracey Rich for her 200 hour RYT in Santa Barbara, CA. Nancy received her 500 hour RYT through Beloved Yoga in Reston, VA in 2012. Nancy has also studied Yin Yoga and has completed the Self-Awakening Yoga Therapeutics Teacher Training under Don and Amba Stapleton. Nancy reminds her students to work with compassion towards themselves and to stop and enjoy the journey rather than focus on the final pose they are trying to achieve. She purchased Soaring Spirit Yoga Studio in 2010 and hopes to continue to serve the growing yoga community in Prince William County and surrounding areas. On the web: soaringspirityoga.com www.facebook.com/soaringspirityogastudio @soaring_spirit_yoga