Purposeful Power

The hype of a fresh start fades quickly—and that's not failure, it's a turning point. In this grounding solo episode, we talk about what comes after the reset: how to stay oriented when life gets real, clarity fades, and motivation drifts. You'll be gently guided to choose one focus, one direction, and one structure that supports your growth—not just in theory, but in practice. ✨ Perfect for spiritual seekers, wellness entrepreneurs, creatives, and anyone walking a path of intentional living. 🎧 Listen now and share with someone who needs a reset that lasts. Learn more about our courses at Mindful Purpose Institute: https://mindfulpurposeinstitute.com/.

In this special New Year's episode of Purposeful Power, we dive into planning your most aligned, empowered year yet — 2026. Explore the energy of a "1 Year" in numerology, reflect on 2025 with compassion, and create a vision rooted in identity, intention, and strategy. Learn how to shift your mindset before you set goals, and why right now is the most powerful time for clarity and recalibration. ✨ Ready to start fresh? Explore our Success Mindset Course — practical, transformational, and affordable. https://mindfulpurposeinstitute.com/products/success-mindset-transform-your-thinking-transform-your-life 🎧 Tune in and plan your purpose-led 2026 today. https://mindfulpurposeinstitute.com

This powerful Purposeful Power episode guides you through a December mindset reset designed to help you end the year aligned, clear, and grounded in your next-level identity. Inside this episode, Kiki leads you through: ✨ Honoring your truth without judgment ✨ Closing energetic and emotional loops so you can reclaim your power ✨ Future-self embodiment to accelerate your next chapter ✨ A guided reflection ritual to align with who you're becoming If you're ready to release what no longer fits and rise into a more embodied, confident, spiritually aligned version of yourself, this episode was created for you. Mentioned in this episode: Success Mindset Course — packed with tools to help you build a powerful new year from the inside out. https://mindfulpurposeinstitute.com/

Today's Purposeful Power Podcast episode dives into a powerful tarot message pulled just for our listeners: the King of Pentacles from the Rider deck and the Crossroad from the Magic Lenormand. Together, these cards reveal a moment of choice, grounded leadership, inner sovereignty, and the clarity needed to move forward with purpose. We explore what these cards mean individually, what they unlock when paired, and how you can use their guidance to make aligned decisions in your career, relationships, spiritual path, and personal evolution. Whether you're standing at a pivot point, feeling called into a new chapter, or seeking validation for a path you already feel in your heart — this episode is for you. Tune in for: ✨ Practical spiritual insight ✨ Deep leadership wisdom ✨ Guidance for navigating crossroads ✨ Empowered decision-making ✨ A message meant just for you Step forward with grounded confidence. Your next chapter is calling. Love the Tarot and want to learn more? Check out the Online Decoding the Tarot Course Want to transform your life? It starts with changing how you think. Develop a Success Mindset and unlock power and growth in 2026! Discover our Online Yoga Teacher Training Courses & Certification Programs

This week on the Purposeful Power Podcast, Kiki dives deep into the real work of gratitude—not as a fleeting feeling, but as a frequency-raising lifestyle. Explore how gratitude shifts your nervous system, uplifts your vibration, and becomes a radical act of power in everyday life. From walking with a friend through cancer to finding light in silly sayings like "at least my feet don't stink," this episode blends storytelling, science, and soul. You'll learn five real-world practices to ground gratitude into your body and breath—no fluff, just tools that work. Perfect for spiritual seekers, coaches, creatives, and anyone craving a reset rooted in joy and truth. Listen now, breathe deep, and raise your frequency. 🔗 Resources: MindfulPurposeInstitute.com Join the Mindful Purpose Institute community to get weekly motivation, special offers, and guidance on how to live a purposefull life. SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Subscribe, review, and rate this episode! Whether you're listening on your daily commute, before you step on your mat, or as part of your spiritual practcie, follow @mindfulpurposeinstitute on IG and FB.

AI isn't here to replace your sacred work—it's here to amplify it. In this Purposeful Power Podcast episode, Kiki breaks down how yoga teachers, reiki masters, massage therapists, coaches, and astrologers can use AI not to replace their gifts, but to expand their impact. You'll hear real-life use cases, inspiring mindset shifts, and soulful business strategies that help you work smarter without losing your magic. Plus, learn how to personalize your client experiences in a way that AI simply cannot replicate—and why the world needs your intuitive gifts now more than ever. ·       Explore practical AI tools ·        Learn to deepen your offerings ·       Reset your mindset for soulful success ·       Tap into our Success Mindset Course Learn more about Mindful Purpose Institute and our courses: https://mindfulpurposeinstitute.com/.

In this inspiring episode of the Purposeful Power Podcast, Kiki unpacks the art of living with intention—beyond vision boards and morning mantras. Discover how awareness, alignment, and action transform everyday moments into sacred practice, why intention is both scientific and spiritual, and how it can evolve as your energy and day unfold. You'll also hear a touching story about turning rest into a sacred act of healing—and learn simple ways to re-intention throughout your day so you stay connected, clear, and conscious in everything you do. Perfect for yoga teachers, astrologers, life coaches, healers, and seekers ready to embody purpose with presence. Discover more at https://mindfulpurposeinstitute.com. 

In this episode of the Purposeful Power Podcast, Kiki explores what it truly means to lead in the emerging Age of Aquarius. Discover how Aquarian energy — rooted in collaboration, authenticity, and innovation — is transforming the way we show up as teachers, healers, parents, and conscious leaders. You'll learn: Why leadership is influence, not authority How energy alignment shapes the way we lead What "holding space" really means in practice The Aquarian Leadership Blueprint for modern spiritual leaders This is leadership beyond control — leadership as vibration. Tune in and step into the frequency of conscious influence. ✨ Visit MindfulPurposeInstitute.com to explore programs that help you embody your purpose and lead through energy.

In this episode of Purposeful Power, we explore how to recognize, trust, and partner with your spirit guides in daily life. Learn practical ways to connect through intuition, dreams, and mystical tools like astrology and tarot. Plus, a guided reflection inspired by The Star card. 🔮 Explore the Mystic Bundles → https://mindfulpurposeinstitute.com/collections/mystic-bundles-for-october  🎧 Listen to more episodes → https://mindfulpurposeinstitute.com/blogs/purposeful-power-podcast 🌙 Learn more about MPI → https://mindfulpurposeinstitute.com

What if the parts of yourself you've been hiding are actually holding your power? In this episode of Purposeful Power, we dive deep into the art of shadow work — the sacred practice of transforming your unconscious fears, patterns, and emotions into wisdom and strength. Join Kiki as she explores: The psychology of the shadow and why integration leads to wholeness How your astrological chart reveals your hidden patterns Mystical tools — from tarot to chakras — to safely navigate transformation A guided reflection with The Moon card for intuition and healing By the end, you'll see your shadow not as something to fear, but as the doorway to your power, purpose, and truth. ✨ Perfect for: spiritual leaders, coaches, mystics, and seekers ready to embody their light and their darkness. Want to go deeper into Astrology or Tarot? Check out our special Mystic Bundles now available! Learn more about the Mindful Purpose Institute and our courses >> click here.

Have you ever felt like you're standing at a threshold — called to step into something deeper, but uncertain of the path? In this episode of Purposeful Power, we explore what it means to walk your Mystic Path using three ancient tools:  ✨ Astrology as your map  ✨ Spirit guides as your compass  ✨ Moon rituals as your practice   You'll learn how to align with your cosmic blueprint, trust your inner guidance, and embody transformation through ritual. Plus, discover how the Alchemical Astrology Certification can help you step fully into mystical leadership. And when you sign up in October, you receive over $1,000 in bonuses with the Mystic Bundle here. 👉 Explore the Alchemical Astrology Certification here.

Think your studying days are over? Not so fast. In this inspiring episode, Kiki shares why lifelong learning and CEUs are the secret to staying fresh, confident, and impactful as a yoga teacher, spiritual leader, or wellness pro. Discover how continuous study strengthens your skills, deepens your confidence, and helps you serve clients at the highest level. We'll talk CEUs, mentorship, the mental kosha, and why investing in yourself is the best ROI you'll ever make. Plus, hear how Mindful Purpose Institute certifications give you both credibility and transformation. It's time to see learning not as a chore — but as a sacred invitation to grow. Want to continue your learning? Check out our new courses that expand your practice, deepen your understanding and earn you CEs: Pathways of Practice: Exploring the Many Types of Yoga Awakening the Layers Within: The 5 Koshas Reflexology Foundations Certification  

Ever notice your breath only when you're running or stressed? In this episode, Kiki explores how breathwork transforms your energy, calms your mind, and balances your whole being. You'll hear real stories — from a naturopath's insight to a client's healing journey with cancer — plus a guided practice you can do right now. We'll explore six core techniques from MPI's Breathwork Certification, including Ujjayi, Nadi Shodhana, Sweet Dreams Breath, The Drift, Energize & Focus, and Samavritti. By the end, you'll know how to use your breath to shift your energy anytime, anywhere. ✨ Want to go deeper? Check out the Breathwork Certification Course at Mindful Purpose Institute 🌐 Explore more certifications at Mindful Purpose Institute.

What if you're more than just your body… more than your thoughts? In this episode of Purposeful Power, we explore the koshas—the five layers of being from yoga tradition—in a way that's simple, practical, and easy to apply to real life. From your physical body to your breath, your mind, your intuition, and finally the deep well of bliss within you, you'll learn how to connect with each layer and bring yourself back into balance when life gets messy. This is your introduction of practices and reflections that can change the way you see yourself. If you love this conversation, you'll want to dive deeper into our Awakening the Layers Within: The 5 Koshas course at the Mindful Purpose Institute. ✨ Take a breath with us. Explore your layers. And remember—you are layered, luminous, and whole.

Burnout doesn't just drain your energy — it can take over your health, your mind, and your life. That's what happened to Ronda… until she discovered a new path forward. In this raw, inspiring conversation, Ronda opens up about her health crisis and the energy-based practices that helped her heal — Reiki, sound therapy, and chakra healing. You'll hear how she moved from total exhaustion to deep alignment and balance, and the surprising lessons she learned along the way. If you're struggling with burnout (or guiding others through it), this episode offers hope, tools, and real-life proof that recovery is possible. ✨ Go deeper and learn how to use these tools in your own life and practice: Burnout Recovery Course Chakra Activation Method (CAM) Check out Episodes 1-4 on Burnout 

This is the message you need to hear today. If you've been feeling flat, uninspired, or just a little "meh," the cards have something powerful to say. In this episode of Purposeful Power, I share a unique reading from two of my favorite decks: the Four of Cups from the Rider–Waite Tarot and the Ship from the Magic Lenormand. One card reflects the stuck energy of disengagement. The other calls you into movement, possibility, and new horizons. Together, they reveal how to shift from stagnation into flow. I'll guide you through reflections, stories, and even a meditation to help you lift your gaze, notice the invitation in front of you, and take your next step forward. If you've been waiting for a sign… this is it.   Want to learn more about reading the Tarot, check out our Decoding the Tarot course.

Join us on Purposeful Power as we dive deep into the transformative world of reflexology and energy healing with Pamela Cooper — licensed massage therapist, Reiki master, yoga master, and expert energy healer. Discover how reflexology works on both physical and energetic levels to promote balance, reduce stress, and support natural healing. Pamela shares her inspiring journey into energy work, busts common myths about healing arts, and reveals practical tips to start tuning into your body's energy today. Learn about the Reflexology Foundations Certification course available now — perfect for beginners and wellness professionals eager to expand their healing toolkit. Whether you're curious about reflexology's science, looking to deepen your holistic practice, or ready to start your healing certification, this episode offers invaluable insights and encouragement.   👉 Don't miss your chance to join the course and become part of a supportive healing community. Sign up for updates and exclusive offers via our email list and follow us on social media! FB - https://www.facebook.com/alannakyoga IG - @mindfulpurposeinstitute

Feeling the urge to realign, release, or rise to your next level? The Lion's Gate Portal is here — and it's more than just cosmic hype. In this solo episode, Kiki shares the grounded meaning behind 8/8, how to reflect on your growth, set aligned intentions, and activate your soul purpose with clarity and courage. Expect a mix of mystical insight, practical journaling prompts, and a guided meditation to help you step fully into your light. Whether you're a spiritual seeker or just craving a reset, this episode offers a sacred pause to reconnect with your true path. ✨ Includes: What the Lion's Gate Portal really means Mid-year soul check-in prompts Purpose-driven intention setting A heart-opening visualization to walk through your personal portal

You may have noticed a new name and brand as we've changed to the Purposeful Power podcast. Discover our story and why we focus on physical health, mental well-being and spiritual wholeness and how it impacts everything we do. From the food we choose to how we move our bodies. Whether you are a spiritual leader, yoga teacher, chakra/energy healer or you incorporate meditation, breathwork, spirituality into your daily practice, we are here to empower you to take the steps to all-around health with purpose and intention.

In this final episode of our burnout series, we help you see the signs because burnout doesn't crash in like a crisis. It's a slow drift into numbness and disconnection and the signs are sneaky. Tune in and see if any of these elements show up for you so you can take steps to find joy again. Want to learn more about the signs of burnout and what you can do about them? Click here to get our free ebook: The Science of Burnout and discover the real reason your energy never seems to bounce back—and how to begin healing today. Discover more at Mindful Purpose Institute IG @mindfulpurposeinstitute  

Let's talk about something so normal that we often fail to see it as a problem - the constant connection and 'always on' energy that comes with your PHONE. The quick checks, nonstop notifications, and digital overload can be exhausting and lead to burnout. Find out how you can prevent tech from taking a toll on your physical and mental health! Want to learn more about the signs of burnout and what you can do about them? Click here to get our free ebook: The Science of Burnout and discover the real reason your energy never seems to bounce back—and how to begin healing today. Discover more at Mindful Purpose Institute IG @mindfulpurposeinstitute  

Is burnout something new to our modern society with technology, insane job expections or 'hustle culture'? No, it's really not. Burnout has always been around. BUT today's world does have something different...something that is increasing burnout in so many. Tune in today to get personal and find out how today's world is impacting you! Want to learn more about the signs of burnout and what you can do about them? Click here to get our free ebook: The Science of Burnout and discover the real reason your energy never seems to bounce back—and how to begin healing today. Discover more at Mindful Purpose Institute IG @mindfulpurposeinstitute  

Let's talk about what burnout really is because it's so much more than being stressed or tired. It's deeper, dangerous and incredibly destructive. Listen in and discover the signs of burnout before it impacts you and you stop caring about any of it! Want to learn more about the signs of burnout and what you can do about them? Click here to get our free ebook: The Science of Burnout and discover the real reason your energy never seems to bounce back—and how to begin healing today. Discover more at Mindful Purpose Institute IG @mindfulpurposeinstitute  

In the yoga tradition, we are taught about the five kleshas, or the five reasons we don't experience ourselves as joyful and connected human beings all the time. This podcast episode outlines these five basic obstacles to bliss and gives some practical spiritual tools for overcoming them.

If you've ever felt anxious about teaching yoga, or guiding people through a transformative experience, then you have suffered from imposter syndrome. Alanna talks about overcoming your fears and anxiety and ensuring you have everything you need to create the greatest impact possible with your gifts. Whether you're a yoga teacher, astrologer, tarot reader, reiki master, or any other kind of spiritual leader, make sure you are armed with what you need to step into your full power and potential!

Carrie Montgomery, creative director and somatic stylist for nearly a decade, discusses the empowerment that comes from dressing based on how you need to feel, rather than how society thinks you should look. She talks about the importance of authenticity and agency in our personal brands and how dressing for success is truly an inside job guided by our heart and spirit.

Geneva Montano, a midwife for more than 20 years, discusses the power of putting the authority of pregnancy and birth back into the hands of women and removing the shame around birth. Learn more about the spiritual path of birth, how to connect with baby, and how to step into this work yourself if you feel called to dive into the wisdom of the womb!

As yoga teachers and spiritual leaders, we desire to help everyone ... but can we? The success of our business and the impact we are able to make on the world is contingent on our ability to clearly define exactly who we can help ... and how! In this podcast, Alanna discusses the importance of niching down and getting super clear on the audience you can best serve and the pain points you can best solve in their lives.

It happens to us all ... we become triggered by something life throws at us, and we can't get out of a negative, downward spiral. In this podcast, Alanna reveals the psychology and spirituality behind our negative mental chatter and mindset, and gives a simple, four-step process to turn your attitude around! Gain clarity, stress relief, and the perspective you need to see a way forward.

We all need answers to our biggest questions in life. As a spiritual leader and modern mystic, the best tool we have for getting those answers is with the tarot deck! If you've never considered this powerful method of divination, this podcast will explain why it works so well and help demystify it for you so that you can dig in and get the answers you need.

As spiritual practitioners, we engage in rituals regularly ... but are you aware of how ritual works, and how to make it work even more effectively? Through the power of proper ritual, we can usher our psyches into a new phase of being, creating potent and lasting transformation. Learn the parts of ritual and how to intelligently craft a ritual for the greatest change.

Astrology has been an age-old skill for mystics and spiritual practitioners. Astrology is psychology, and it gives us insights into our patterns, habits, and tendencies. Understanding astrology allows us to emphasize the highest expression of our true nature and manifest our fullest potential. The most important part of our natal charts are the sun, moon, and rising sign. Learn what these mean, and why they are such important elements of what makes you you!

We are more than just a body and mind. We are spirit, too! While modern psychology typically overlooks the spirit, we can reintegrate all the parts of our psyche through a deeper understanding of spiritual psychology. In this podcast, Alanna shares insights into spiritual psychology, the parts of the psyche, the importance of depth psychology, and weaves it together with an understanding of yoga philosophy, and modern alchemy.

More than ever before, yoga teachers and other spiritual practitioners are being called into spiritual leadership. People need guidance, and support on their biggest life questions: Who am I? What is my purpose? Am I on the right path? The spiritual leader is primed to provide this guidance, but proper training is required. Learn more about what skills and training you need, and how to step into your role as a spiritual leader.

In July of 2005, Alanna released her very first podcast. Over the years, this podcast has evolved and grown to serve the needs of the yoga, spiritual, and modern mystic community. Hear Alanna talk about her podcast journey, and the intentions for this new iteration of the program!

While 2020 seems to continuously bring us conflict, elevating anxiety, and wreaking havoc on our mindscapes, there is a way to escape it all: through a carefully crafted gratitude meditation. This particular practice has long been the balm on the weary soul of students, and this meditation will bring light and joy to your heart. Note: The music portion contains the chant, Gam gam gam ganapataye namaha, Ganesha Sharanam. This chant invokes Ganesh, remover of obstacles.

Struggling as a yoga teacher? This podcast clearly outlines five ways you can boost your income and serve your students with tools you have right now. Learn to pivot your business to go online and reach a wider audience!

As a career yoga teacher, making a decent living is truly challenging. However, moving our yoga business online paves the way for true success. Going online is even more important in 2020, as fellow yoga teacher, Jory Serota, shares with us in this podcast. Hear his journey of going online and his $55K launch, and how you can do it, too!

2020 brings with it so many challenges, so much grief, and so many reasons to connect to our sensuality, eros, and wildness. The practice of embodied sexuality is deeply therapeutic in order to help us overcome grief to achieve greater states of pleasure. Kait Singley teaches us the importance of erotic embodiment as a spiritual practice, and offers practical tools to embark on the journey!

We all dream, but did you know that working with your dreams unlocks the power of your psyche? Melissa De Los Santos teaches us how to delve into dreamwork and understand what messages are encoded in our dreams. There is great personal growth to be had by diving into dreams...especially for the spiritual leader!

Spiritual leaders and yogis often struggle with what to eat based on ethics and belief systems. Registered Dietician, yogi, and funcitonal nutritionist, Kylie Fagnano, walks us through how to ethically make the best decisions for your health to keep you strong and fit to serve others with your gifts. She provides practical advice on discovering a new level of health and guidance on the warning signs of how what you eat may be impairing your wellbeing.

As a yoga teacher, it is likely you have experienced the perils of working in the yoga industry. Whether it be wage theft, devaluation, shady hiring practices, or something else...you deserve better. Emily Stewart, founder of Group Fitness Instructors United and The Kaivalya Yoga Method Academy lead mentor, is creating a groundswell of support for her union that helps to protect yoga teachers and raise their level of work to a legitimized and protected career path.

The primary tool of the yoga instructor and spiritual leader is the voice! How do we ensure that everything we say in class lands with compassionate direction? We tune up our cues, refine how we say things, and elevate our speech (and silence). Director of The Kaivalya Yoga Method Academy online teacher training, Andrew Hoffman, joins the podcast in this episode to give his essential insights!

On our journey to becoming extraordinary yoga teachers and spiritual leaders, we often receive feedback and support on how to grow and become better. Whether it be via tests, video uploads, or one-on-one coaching, the ability to take feedback and use it for growth, rather than as an obstacle is critical. Alyssa Arroyo, lead mentor on The Kaivalya Yoga Method Academy online teacher training, shares with us unique ways to grow and change as a spiritual leader -- and human! -- in the midst of challenge.

The Heroic Journey is talked about often in spiritual circles, but how does it really relate to our spiritual practice? Learn how the Hero's Journey informs our yoga practice and guides us toward the transformation and fulfillment we seek.

The four main types of yoga: Bhakti, Raja, Karma, and Jnana, give us the opportunity to bring yoga into our everyday life and make the state of yoga (psychospiritual wholeness) our new normal. Learn the four main yoga paths, and how to practice and teach them for greater wellbeing!

So many things are coming to the surface in 2020...the pandemic, social justice issues, climate change..what are we to make of them all? Diana Vilas, the Cosmic Cheerleader walks us through astrology's viewpoint on what is happening to the world right now. Receive guidance from the stars about how to move through 2020 with grace as a spiritual leader.

Mythology and ritual help us discover more about ourselves, move through challenging times, connect to something greater than ourselves, and engage us in our community. No one knows this better than Kwame Scruggs, founder of Alchemy Inc., an organization that works with youth to give them a mythological structure within which to grow and thrive. Learn how spiritual leadership is a required element of the process of growth and transformation!

One of the ways in which we participate in activism daily is through our food choices. As yogis and spiritual leaders, we want to make the most compassionate choices possible! One of these choices is supporting regenerative farmers like Jenni Harris, and her family. They have been running White Oak Pastures for five generations and challenge themselves to be the best stewards of land and animals possible. Hear Jenni talk about holistic farming, and how she and her family honor the purpose of the animals, plants, and people on her farm!

Veterans and active duty military put their lives on the line for the benefit of others -- an ultimate act of selfless service. In turn, as spiritual leaders, we must step up to provide safe, healing space for this community to participate in yoga practice. Justin Blazejewski, founder of Vetoga, talks about the best ways to do this and work with military and veterans.