Leadership and Yoga

Shawna Krueger
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Leadership and Yoga by @shawnakru is the go-to hub of interviews and episodes for yoga teachers and creatives. Shawna explores creativity, confidence, and presence through conversations with top teachers, artists, creators, and thought leaders. She also creates captivating musical and poetic solo episodes. Over the past 3 years, Shawna has lovingly grown an intimate, niche following of fellow yoga instructors into a major nucleus for self-discovery. She enjoys interviewing even “non-yogis” from a yogic perspective. Support Shawna on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/shawnakru

  1. 2d ago

    surviving your flop era

    A flop era is a temporary period of personal setbacks, low motivation, declining popularity, or general failure. Don’t let a flop era turn you away from what you truly love. This is for you if you’ve been asking, am I special? Can I really figure this out? The answer is yes, when you live from your true genius. And especially when you learn to trust life. I have 2 pieces of homework to help you get through your flop era and come out stronger. You in your trying, you in your failing, are infinitely more wise than a you that never started, and a you that never continued. Join my Patreon to support the podcast, and for creative support & community. Upcoming guided meditations and live workshops are here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/shawnakru Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnakru/?hl=en 00:00 intro 06:00 animation 07:00 changing the podcast name 10:30 trust changed my life 12:00 friendship you wouldn’t believe 14:00 what to remember in flop era 17:45 my flop era 19:45 are you special? 23:40 10 years old 27:40 tell a new story 29:30 stop picking the wound of the flop  31:00 yoga, music & creativity bring heaven to earth 32:00 homework!

  2. Oct 21

    Jordan B on Yoga as Poetry, Teaching, & Big Sister Advice

    Jordan B is a yoga educator and content creator, known for her “big sister advice” and her gift for translating yoga philosophy into practical wisdom you can actually use. In this episode, we talk about creativity in yoga, discipline vs. devotion, what makes yoga an art form, why Jordan calls yoga “body poetry”, and how to integrate yoga philosophy into your life and practice. This conversation feels as warm and personal as Jordan’s advice, full of gems for yoga students and yoga teachers. This episode is for you if you love yoga and are looking for ways to carry it beyond the mat and into your life. Jordan’s Website Jordan’s Instagram: @jordanbyoga Jordan’s Youtube: @jordanbyoga Jordan’s TikTok: @jordan.yoga Patreon: Leadership and Yoga CLUB. To support my work on this podcast, join monthly workshops, meet fellow listeners, and more… Join below.  https://www.patreon.com/cw/shawnakru  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ OfferingTree is an all-in-one business platform for yoga teachers and studios. It handles your website, scheduling, payments, and marketing in one place. Try it free and get a discount with my link here⁠⁠! (My sponsor)  Sign up for Yoga Trade’s passport: https://join.yogatrade.com/membership (My sponsor) Time Stamps: 00:00 intro 05:56 finding yoga 11:36 deciding to change directions 16:45 what is yoga to you? 20:21 rituals 24:12 dedication vs devotion 26:20 yoga as “body poetry” 28:52 trusting 36:53 big sister advice 51:37 rapid fire questions 52:21 billboard question

    Jordan B on Yoga as Poetry, Teaching, & Big Sister Advice

  3. Oct 16

    What I Learned Interviewing 100 Yoga Teachers: Abundance & Trust

    I fell in love with yoga because of a teacher at a dirty studio down the street, because of the ones who taught me to float and fly, and because of the teachers who called me by name before I was sure I belonged. After interviewing over 100 yoga teachers—from living legends like Sri Dharma Mittra and David Swenson to daily studio instructors—I realized the real magic isn't in theory or instant gratification. It’s in the stories, the trust, and the willingness to keep figuring it out when there is no clear path. In Part 1 of this mini-series, we’re cutting through the noise and diving deep into three core lessons on Abundance & Trust: It’s in the living, not the theory  The relentless energy to figure things out (and why having "no Plan A" might be your greatest creative power). How to move with trust, drop the fear, and recognize when you already have enough. Patreon: Leadership and Yoga CLUB. To support my work on this podcast, join monthly workshops, meet fellow listeners, and more… Join below.  https://www.patreon.com/cw/shawnakru  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ OfferingTree is an all-in-one business platform for yoga teachers and studios. It handles your website, scheduling, payments, and marketing in one place. Try it free and get a discount with my link here⁠⁠! (My sponsor)  Sign up for Yoga Trade’s passport: https://join.yogatrade.com/membership (My sponsor) Time stamps: 00:00 intro 03:50 Trevor, Kino, Arundhati, Carling & future of the series 05:36 what is this podcast? 06:00 this 100 yoga teachers series 11:00 creative support 12:30 from self-imposed chaos to systems 14:45 airplane game  17:00 lesson one: it’s in the stories, not in the instant gratification 18:20 David Swenson fired from teaching yoga 21:20 David Swenson’s scrap of paper 24:20 lesson 2: the energy to continuously figure things out 28:25 no plan A, let alone B 31:38 lesson 3: trust and have no fear, mysteriously it works out 34:10 Sri Dharma Mittra on money arriving for his mission 37:50 hermit crab theory of change 39:28 Sri Dharma Mittra on not having students in his yoga class 41:20 scholarship for listeners idea 42:30 enough 44:00 writing prompt

  4. Oct 7

    Jada @flowgogirl on Trusting Your Body, Creativity & Moving Through Grief

    Jada, known online as @flowgogirl, is a yoga and movement teacher as well as a content creator. Her love of movement is a contagious energy, and her passion for yoga and dance is clear in everything she shares. She inspires her students and audience to honor the gift of life through movement and to remember how lucky we are to be able to move our bodies. In this conversation, she talks about where her creativity comes from, how she trusts her body to guide her, her morning routine, and her experience of moving through grief. Jada’s Instagram @flowgogirl - https://www.instagram.com/flowgogirl The Sol Space Patreon: Leadership and Yoga CLUB. To support my work on this podcast, to meet fellow listeners, and more… Join below.  https://www.patreon.com/cw/shawnakru  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠ Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor)  Sign up for Yoga Trade’s passport: https://join.yogatrade.com/membership (My sponsor) Time Stamps:  00:00 intro 02:03 sponsors 05:56 cultivating an energy of freedom 08:07 on confidence 09:15 what made you start? 10:54 first hot yoga class 13:28 finding motivation to move 14:28 music and movement 16:25 how do you create your flows? 18:00 how do you prepare to teach? 19:01 morning routine 21:13 childhood dreams 23:43 loss and grief 26:49 feeling untethered 28:43 quitting a job for a dream 31:08 social media 33:28 finding inspiration 35:34 creating & connecting online 38:47 what keeps you coming back to yoga? 39:49 teacher training in India 43:02 creativity & trusting ideas 46:22 trusting yourself 48:53 what makes a good leader? 53:16 rapid fire questions 54:17 billboard question 55:44 favorite emoji?

    Jada @flowgogirl on Trusting Your Body, Creativity & Moving Through Grief

  5. Oct 2

    the art of un-hurrying your life (lessons from yoga)

    Poetic lessons from yoga on not rushing. If you’ve been living on fast-forward, constantly optimization-obsessed, and terrified that slowing down means you’ll run out of energy or fall behind, this episode is your permission to stop sprinting. We’re diving into the real reason we trap ourselves in chronic busyness, why we’re deeply tired rather than lazy, and how to transition from operating on stress hormones and caffeine to tapping into true creative presence. I share stories from the mat, savasana, alongside reflections on yoga philosophy, the 8 limbs, and why yoga doesn’t take time, it gives us time. Plus, we explore poetic reflections on time scarcity, breaking the addiction to hustle, and five simple ways you can practice "un-hurrying" your everyday life this week.  Patreon: Leadership and Yoga CLUB. To support my work on this podcast, join monthly workshops, meet fellow listeners, and more… Join below.  https://www.patreon.com/cw/shawnakru  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ OfferingTree is an all-in-one business platform for yoga teachers and studios. It handles your website, scheduling, payments, and marketing in one place. Try it free and get a discount with my link here⁠⁠! (My sponsor)  Sign up for Yoga Trade’s passport: https://join.yogatrade.com/membership (My sponsor) STAmina apnea breath hold app mentioned: https://getstamina.app/  Krishnamacharya poetry: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cWwnn_nOU5FHPkqBbPRJnoicHmC6Zbzg57axeYp9M50/edit?usp=sharing  Time stamps: 00:00 yoga poetry on rest 05:10 animation 07:10 what is this podcast?  08:30 homework 1: handwritten snail mail 09:40 homework 2: salute the sun  11:20 homework 3: eat outside barefoot 12:25 homework 4: breathholds STAmina app 14:10 homework 5: sacred moment 18:30 i meditated for 1 year and then fell off 20:30 feeling out of control w/commitments 21:30 how to say yes to less  23:30 “no time” prose 27:00 Krishnamacharya poetry  28:30 diamond sutra 32:00 slow down to speed up story 35:30 bigger vision: OfferingTree & Yoga Trade  37:49 secretary quote story 40:47 grandma me poem

  6. Sep 23

    Arundhati Baitmangalkar on Practical Yoga Philosophy & Teaching Yoga

    Arundhati Baitmangalkar is a Seattle-based yoga teacher originally from South India. She is the host of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast and owner of the Aham Yoga Studio. Arundhati has a beautiful, tangible way of explaining how to teach yoga philosophy that is both practical and grounded in yoga's roots. She shares her method for measuring "success" in your yoga practice (the "three C's") and advice for teaching yoga with heart. This episode is for you if you're looking for guidance as a yoga teacher or to feel re-energized by your own yoga practice. Arundhati’s Website Let’s Talk Yoga Podcast Aham Yoga Studio Arundhati’s Instagram - @arundhati_baitmangalkar Patreon: Leadership and Yoga CLUB. To support my work on this podcast, to meet fellow listeners, and more… Join below.  https://www.patreon.com/cw/shawnakru  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠ Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor)  Sign up for Yoga Trade’s passport: https://join.yogatrade.com/membership (My sponsor) Time Stamps: 00:00 intro  02:02 sponsors 07:12 the experience of interviewing 13:44 choosing a mentor 17:59 discernment as a teacher 23:00 tangibly teaching philosophy 28:26 first asana class 31:34 what is yoga to you? 34:11 following the yoga 37:58 what do you wish more people understood about yoga? 46:30 staying close to your values 49:02 balancing tradition and student agency 53:25 yoga is not the spa 55:46 let people meet themselves 59:18 clarity, compassion, contentment 1:07:37 rapid fire q's & billboard question

    Arundhati Baitmangalkar on Practical Yoga Philosophy & Teaching Yoga

  7. Sep 18

    yoga to feel alive in the age of ai

    Today’s episode is about how yoga gives us new eyes to see life, differently. To see things as they actually are, not as we are. Because every one of us has the filter of the ego on every piece of information we take in. We have distractions preventing us from seeing the beauty of what’s in front of us. We have AI and the mental noise preventing us from hearing the extraordinary silence of being alive. The extraordinary state of being present, perhaps for the first time in our lives or the first time in a while. In an age dominated by AI, constant distraction, and hyper-abstraction, it’s easier than ever to feel disconnected from our bodies and the beauty right in front of us. Yoga is the ultimate form of embodiment, which is the ultimate antidote to feeling disconnection in the digital age of AI slop. Social media workshop for yoga-inspired people:https://www.patreon.com/shawnakru/posts/social-media-for-167218388?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ - https://www.instagram.com/shawnakru⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shawna’s website⁠ - https://www.shawnakru.com/⁠⁠ Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠https://www.shawnakru.com/yoga-teacher-roundtable time stamps:  00:00 yoga’s eyes poem 01:00 yoga is about trust 2:25 information overload 03:30 stories and embodiment instead of abstraction (ai is abstraction machine)  04:05 what ai really is 05:06 living as a machine not a human 06:45 ai fear mongering 07:54 yoga begins with listening 10:15 yoga poem 34 11:30 see through yoga’s eyes

  8. Sep 11

    how yoga healed my relationship with “God”

    This is how yoga healed my relationship with God, what spirituality is without religion, and overcoming religious trauma. I used to have a huge aversion to the word "God." Growing up with a religious background left me carrying so much guilt and fear that when I stepped away from church in college, I unintentionally shut down my spirituality and creative spark altogether. It took over a decade of yoga, deep philosophical study, and unexpected everyday encounters to reclaim what that connection actually means to me. How yoga healed my relationship with God and helped me move past religious trauma Why so many of us feel triggered by the word God or resistant to traditional religion or spirituality without religion What texts like the Bhagavad Gita actually teach about divine energy How to find sacred meaning in everyday moments, soil, and simple presence Whether you consider yourself agnostic, deeply spiritual, religious, or completely unlabelled, this episode is an invitation to think for yourself, drop the rigid rules, and step into the sweetest feeling of all: knowing the divine within you. Social media workshop on Patreon: Leadership and Yoga CLUB. To support my work on this podcast, join monthly workshops, meet fellow listeners, and more… Join below.  https://www.patreon.com/cw/shawnakru  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ OfferingTree is an all-in-one business platform for yoga teachers and studios. It handles your website, scheduling, payments, and marketing in one place. Try it free and get a discount with my link here⁠⁠! (My sponsor)  Sign up for Yoga Trade’s passport: https://join.yogatrade.com/membership (My sponsor) Here is the complete, consolidated set of timestamps for Part 1 and Part 2, filtered so that every section is spaced at least 3 to 5 minutes apart for optimal YouTube video chaptering: TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Praying to the Sun with a Stranger (Yoga Poetry) 03:59 - Who Today’s Episode Is For 06:03 - The Search for the Divine Within (Swami Vivekananda Quote) 08:29 - What Does God Really Mean? (Episode Agenda) 10:52 - Sacar Las Piedritas: Sponsor Announcements (OfferingTree & Yoga Trade) 13:13 - Is Yoga a Religion? Breaking Down the Definition 18:09 - Rethinking Worship, Devotion, and Power 22:50 - What the Bhagavad Gita Teaches About God 27:21 - Experiencing Nature as the Divine 32:01 - Returning to Presence & Unpacking Religious Guilt 36:49 - The Osho / Young Life Land Connection & Dogma 39:07 - The 6 Systems of Indian Philosophy (Shad Darshana) 41:33 - Social Media for Creators & Patreon Workshop 44:27 - Reclaiming Your Inner Power: Talking to My Uber Driver 47:12 - "Take the Word Back" (Guest Insight from Ben Kalra)

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Leadership and Yoga by @shawnakru is the go-to hub of interviews and episodes for yoga teachers and creatives. Shawna explores creativity, confidence, and presence through conversations with top teachers, artists, creators, and thought leaders. She also creates captivating musical and poetic solo episodes. Over the past 3 years, Shawna has lovingly grown an intimate, niche following of fellow yoga instructors into a major nucleus for self-discovery. She enjoys interviewing even “non-yogis” from a yogic perspective. Support Shawna on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/shawnakru

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  • Creator
    Shawna Krueger
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    266
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Shawna Krueger
  • Show Website
    Leadership and Yoga

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