Self-Love: A journey of mind, body and spirit with, Johanna Benavides, Founder of Luna Serenity

Excited to share a beautiful guide and healer, a client that I’ve gotten to know in the process of months, someone that truly walks their talk, please welcome- Johanna Benavides!   Johanna shares her journey from her first real job in anti-sex-trafficking where she was exposed to self-care and yoga through work wellness programs.    How Johanna experienced self-doubt and going in her head during the first yoga classes and how that led her to understand that her body needed healing.   How she started chasing that shavasana (final resting pose in yoga)  feeling of releasing stress and leaning into physical practice.   Connecting with her spiritual self through the physical practice of yoga and meditation.   Being pregnant during the pandemic and how she managed stress, fear and anxiety.   Getting past the fear of asking for help, the stigma of therapy and the myth that we’re supposed to “do it all on our own.”    Johanna shares insights on how to get support for yourself if you feel that you’re family may not be supportive.    The importance of not settling when looking for a therapist.   The energy of “aguantar” or “putting up” with things that translates into people pleasing.   How Johanna’s dreams guided her to cacao and to many realizations.   Her first retreat in 2022 allowed her to connect with self-love and the land of Mexico in deeper ways.   Johanna’s deep connection to her grandmother and her dreams.   How as Latinx and BIPOC are still holding back from owning their intuitive knowledge and other soul gifts.   Johanna shares what people would be experiencing on her Luna Goddess retreat- leaning into rest, relaxation, sound healing, yoga, community and empowerment photoshoots and on her  Self-Love Retreat we explore all the ways in which we can love ourselves and receive pleasure in our lives.   The addition of belly dance with Jannelle Cortes and the joy in connecting with our bodies.   Capturing the magic of what happens on the Self-Love retreat in an 8 week course that Johanna is creating!    The importance of Mother Nature and connecting to earth.   The ancestral patterns that needed healing around visibility and being afraid to be seen. Checking off the boxes of: What do my parents need me to be?    Learning and putting it into action and how that has helped Johanna grow.  Breaking the  martyr pattern, releasing guilt and shame around nourishing ourselves! Leaning into gifts through hypnosis healing and connecting with Ancestors and then receiving validation through a family photo!    Syay tuned and follow Johanna! She has a free event coming up 8/27! It's an event that will introduce you to her work and you'll be the FIRST to hear about her 8 week course!  For more information visit www.Lunaserenity.com or connect with Johanna on Instagram @lunaserenityyoga. Johanna Olivas 500 RYT//RPYT Reiki Master & Sound Healing Practitioner LunaSerenity.com IG: @lunaserenityyoga   BIO: Johanna Benavides   Johanna offers a range of services with the intent of helping you find your way back to self love. Her goal is to help you reconnect with yourself through yoga, vibrational sound therapy, and different energy healing modalities. All of Johanna's yoga and energy healing work touches on the physical, vibrational and emotional aspects of yourself.  The physical practice is a chance to explore connection to yourself, the vibrational level is a way for you to connect to your emotions and move energy in the body and the emotional level allows you to explore growth. All sessions with Johanna are a way to come home to yourself. Johanna is a first generation daughter of parents from Ecuador and Nicaragua. As a mother of two, her path to self discovery was set in motion more than 13 years ago. Her practices have formed the foundation of reconnecting and reclaiming her ancestral roots. Johanna is 500 Hour Registered Yoga teacher with specializations in Prenatal and Fertility Yoga, has completed Meditation Teacher trainings, is a Certified Usui Reiki Master, Crystalline Consciousness Technique Practitioner and has completed several Sound Healing Trainings over the years.  For more information visit www.Lunaserenity.com or connect with Johanna on Instagram @lunaserenityyoga.