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 conscious entrepreneurs. 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 interested in impact, personal growth & business, into a major nucleus for self-development. She enjoys interviewing even “non-yogis” from a yogic perspective.

  1. 2D AGO

    stop feeling stuck: 3 step life reset to get your momentum back

    Here’s me telling the truth about how stuck I’ve felt over the last 4 months and what finally set me free. Feeling stuck, living at home, my parents are selling the house that raised me, and all our excuses. We paint reasons in our minds about “why we are stuck” or “why now isn’t a time that I am capable of breaking a cycle.” Which is NOT TRUE. Today is the day you get UNSTUCK: motivation with a side of humor and funny stories. What’s the point if literally everything we do makes us stressed and negative? Let’s talk about how to experience true JOY. Being stuck is the grey area in which you are holding some part of yourself back, not fully allowing yourself to feel or see what is right in front of you.  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ 30-day trial: Join YogaTrade Council & take workshops with me (March 13th - “Find Your Voice part 1” w/Shawna live, my sponsor)  ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠ Substack I mention on feeling stuck by scarcity and lack time stamps: 00:00 intro  03:00 you cannot wait on anything external 05:50 indecisiveness  07:00 revealing my earnings on substack 09:30 i woke up “paralyzed” physically  12:20 slipping back into my old self 16:50 yoga trade!! find your voice workshop with 19:00 number 1: how much room for the unknown do you have? 21:00 toxic algae  23:30 how i unstuck myself 25:30 joy, actual JOY. experience it.  26:35 number 2: what are you not seeing? 28:30 a total fail 33:00 hoping and wishing implies that you DON’T have it 34:20 gratitude, what it means really 38:00 musical send off :)

    42 min
  2. Jarrett Green on Mindfulness in Leadership, Stress Resilience, & Yoga Beyond Asana

    4D AGO

    Jarrett Green on Mindfulness in Leadership, Stress Resilience, & Yoga Beyond Asana

    In this conversation, Jarrett Green, lecturer in law at USC Law School and internationally recognized well-being, stress resilience, and peak performance consultant, shares how mindfulness and yoga extend far beyond the mat and into the world of leadership. Working with major law firms and Fortune 500 companies through NBK Consultancy, Jarrett helps individuals and organizations lead with intention. In this conversation, we explore his journey from practicing law to teaching the “yoga of the mind.” Whether you lead a team, a company, yoga classes, or yourself, this episode invites a reframing of yoga as an internal practice. This conversation offers an expansive view of both yoga and leadership. ⁠Jarrett’s Linkedin⁠ ⁠Jarrett’s Website⁠ Jarrett’s book recommendation, ⁠“Loving What Is” by Byron Katie⁠ Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor)  ⁠Ayurvedic consultation with Art, TEND ⁠(My sponsor)  ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠

    48 min

  3. MAR 6

    the dragonfly's dream: your transformation, an immersive special experience

    Through breath, visualization, musical poetry and storytelling, I guide you through a meditation for personal transformation: the dragonfly’s dream. If you’re feeling called toward something new, questioning your direction, or experiencing a period of growth in your life, this immersive special / meditation episode is an invitation to reconnect with your energy. You are the dragonfly. Everything I’ve learned from Richard Rudd of the Gene Keys, Frederick Dodson of Levels of Energy and Parallel Universes of Self, and even some Dr. Joe Dispenza. And from endless hours of contemplating consciousness and who I am, really.  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ 30-day trial: Join Yoga Trade Council & take workshops with me https://community.yogatrade.com/leadership  (March 13th - “Find Your Voice part 1” w/Shawna live, my sponsor)  ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠ time stamps: 00:00 intro 01:50 back story: from scribbles  04:10 gene keys 55 (not 22!) 05:15 monkey story 07:05 yoga trade!!!!  10:20 creating is a massive driver of joy 13:15 dharma style sun salutations and writing 16:37 it matters, even when you don’t feel like it does 19:00 the guided experience START

    43 min
  4. The Future of Yoga: Power, Governance & Education for Yoga Teachers with Andrew Tanner, CEO of the American Yoga Council

    MAR 4

    The Future of Yoga: Power, Governance & Education for Yoga Teachers with Andrew Tanner, CEO of the American Yoga Council

    “Yoga doesn’t need governance, it needs leadership.” American Yoga Council is like LinkedIn for Yoga and Ancestry.com for lineage, an alternative to Yoga Alliance. We talk the whole yoga ecosystem: power, money, education, technology, ethics, and impact. Can we step away from 200 hour teacher trainings?? A yoga retirement plan? What does the future of yoga and teaching yoga look like?  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor)  ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠ Join American Yoga Council FREE or Code “SHAWNA” for 15% off first year of premium & pro membership   https://ayc.yoga/shawnakru  Andrew’s Berkshire yoga festival: https://www.berkshireyogafestival.com/ AYC on instagram: @americanyogacouncil Andrew on instagram: @andrewtanneryoga   time stamps: 00:00 intro 01:20 OfferingTree 04:45 yoga ecosystem: power, money, education, technology, ethics, and impact 05:45 yoga teachers’ future is bright despite ai 09:15 the future of leadership is inner power, yoga in leadership 11:45 what is American Yoga Council 13:15 like LinkedIn for Yoga and Ancestry.com for lineage 17:45 why are so many teachers i know part of AYC? 19:15 wonderful people FIRST, first who, then what thing/money. 20:45 Andrew’s journey working at Yoga Alliance 26:45 no more 200 hour trainings? 29:35 Andrew’s story of power dynamics and experiencing a cult 30:35 how to know if you’re in a cult 39:15 putting out candles from across the room 43:15 leadership roles 48:45 money and greed in yoga 52:15 retirement fund for yoga teachers? 56:45 why can you tell me what i can and can’t teach? 1:02:45 how does AYC avoid falling in the same trap 1:06:15 anti yoga: instagram. yoga is attention. 1:09:15 a leader must have a mission 1:14:30 billboard message

    1h 18m
  5. Maria Mir on Imagination, Reality Creation & Manifestation

    FEB 27

    Maria Mir on Imagination, Reality Creation & Manifestation

    My typical Friday bedside chat episode has a special guest today: Maria Mir! Maria is a long-time listener of the Leadership and Yoga podcast who joined my last retreat in Costa Rica. I was thrilled to discover her work, the Pensando Nada podcast many months ago, and to meet her in person. Maria teaches us about Reality Creation and is from Argentina.  Today we talk about what is ACTUALLY possible for us, beyond what we may allow ourselves to believe. We talk imagination, manifestation, law of attraction, levels of energy, consciousness, creating our realities and bts of our time together in Costa Rica. Find Maria on instagram - @pensando.nada Maria's podcast - Pensando Nada Maria’s website: https://30-dias.com/terapiaderedes  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ GIVEAWAY: 1 YEAR OF OFFERINGTREE. Enter here by March 5th.  Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor)  ⁠Ayurvedic consultation with Art, TEND ⁠(My sponsor)  ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠ 00:00 intro 01:24 free year giveaway!! OfferingTree 03:05 my trusted guide: TEND 04:30 animation  07:00 your podcast was a reflection of what was possible for me 10:00 Maria’s story 14:45 dopamine & creative consistency 16:30 Maria’s creative process 17:45 creating content for social media growth journey 20:30 how to step into new realities of ourselves & manifestation 25:00 finding your true mission 27:30 stability is an illusion 29:45 jealousy and worry from friends when you step into a new version of yourself 33:00 imagination  38:30 exceptional leader 40:00 billboard message: you are so powerful that if you think you’re not, you’re not

    42 min

  6. FEB 25

    Lana Wedmore on Yoga, Mother Earth & the Changing Consciousness of the World

    Lana Wedmore tells us that yoga and nature are more alike than we realize. She has hosted presidents of Costa Rica in her lodge, and fights for systemic change, but she also teaches yoga and helps heal individuals. She speaks to the animals and teaches us how to see the subtle realms of nature we may be missing, and what happens when we are reconnected with them. “The longest journey you will ever take is the six inches: from your head to your heart.” This episode is a powerful reminder that when you do the thing you’re called to do, you don’t just change your own life, you help change the world. Lana’s Whitehawk Foundation: https://www.whitehawkfoundation.org/  Visit Luna Lodge https://lunalodge.com/  Join Lana and Tommy’s retreat: https://www.wetravel.com/trips/we-are-rising-lana-and-tommy-7812198380  Find Lana on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lana_wedmore/  Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ GIVEAWAY: 1 YEAR OF OFFERINGTREE. Enter here by March 5th.  Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor)  ⁠Ayurvedic consultation with Art, TEND ⁠(My sponsor)  ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠ Time stamps: 00:00 tour of Lana’s house 01:34 my sponsors, check them out!  04:18 who is Lana? 09:13 cacao toast 11:15 yoga & nature have in common 15:00 fear of spiders: universe doesn’t understand “no” 18:00 46 years earlier… Costa Rica story 23:00 responsibility is freedom 25:40 ashtanga yoga, yoga saved Lana 28:40 do the thing, and you will have the power 31:15 how to breathe 34:30 mother earth wants to give you something 37:50 triumph is try with umph 43:00 gratitude and feeling enough - really.  44:30 everything is reaching for the light 47:00 plant meditation  49:40 humans, what are we really? 51:30 the world is changing, consciousness is changing  53:00 shaking hands with presidents 59:20 president of costa rica coming to luna lodge, Lana’s lodge 1:06:00 political leaders - getting through to them 1:08:00 leaders: look people in the eye 1:10:00 feel good in your body 1:13:50 “buy this land” whitehawk foundation 1:16:00 are you sure? yes I am.  1:18:00 a Lana in every town? 1:19:00 billboard message: ongest journey is 6 inches from your head to your heart

    1h 25m

  7. FEB 20

    so you want to host a yoga retreat: 7 steps to get ready

    So you want to host a yoga retreat. Behind every beautiful retreat is a human like you. A yoga teacher navigating money, nerves, imposter syndrome, leadership decisions, and pivots... so I have some yoga retreat planning tips for ya. In this episode, I’m sharing the real story of hosting my last retreat, the shaky anxiety before it began, the moments where the experience didn’t match my expectations, the double-booked shala, the breakfast pivot, the unexpected abundance, and the leadership lessons that no one talks about. This is more than “how to host a yoga retreat.” This is about the energetics of hosting, and some stories that will keep you company. :) Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ GIVEAWAY: 1 YEAR OF OFFERINGTREE. Enter here by March 5th.  Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor)  ⁠Join Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠ Time stamps 00:00 intro 03:00 bold! year of the firehorse  04:30 7 steps to getting ready to host your retreat 08:30 backstory  13:50 giveaway!! 1 year free of offeringtree 15:50 number 1 nothing to hide, nothing to prove 20:55 taxi driver wisdom, don’t fixate on pain 24:30 number 2 carving from edge to edge 31:00 100 points allocation theory  33:00 number 3 leading is recognizing talent in others 36:40 number 4 abundance and budgeting 38:50 money as appreciation  43:40 number 5 see the people 45:30 notes advice 48:20 scholarship programs 50:00 number 6 how to be decisive  51:00 my first time driving in latin america 54:50 number 7 on the other side of that dream 57:00 regret & the magic gardener

    1h 2m
  8. Carling Harps on Yoga Community, Collective Liberation & Joyful Movement

    FEB 18

    Carling Harps on Yoga Community, Collective Liberation & Joyful Movement

    In this episode, Carling Harps shares her journey through 15 years of teaching yoga and how her practice has evolved over time. She reflects on cueing, identity, accessibility, and learning to trust the different seasons of practice. Carling speaks to the importance of yoga community, joy and play in a movement practice, and why there is no self-liberation without collective liberation.  Carling’s Instagram: ⁠@carlingnicole⁠ ⁠Carling’s Website⁠ Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠ ⁠Shawna’s website⁠ GIVEAWAY: 1 YEAR OF OFFERINGTREE. Enter here by March 5th.  Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor)  ⁠Ayurvedic consultation with Art, TEND ⁠(My sponsor)  ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠ Time Stamps: 00:00 intro 01:10 offering tree  04:02 when you think about yoga, what do you see? 06:25 consistency in yoga practice  08:00 trusting the different seasons of your practice 11:00 identity in yoga 12:25 the misconception that yoga will heal you 14:41 hyper-individualism in yoga 16:51 self-realization vs self-obsession 18:00 “there is no self-liberation without collective-liberation” 20:14 fostering yoga community  26:00 walking alongside your students 28:55 cueing, alignment, & injuries  36:38 diversifying your movement practice  40:36 weightlifting & energy 46:23 play & joy in movement as an adult 48:37 as yoga teachers, what is our responsibility to address what’s going on in the world? 52:27 do you think yoga can change the world? 56:10 both systemic change and individual change 01:00:00 yoga is political 01:02:22 expand your yoga worldview 01:08:00 billboard question

    1h 11m
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Leadership and Yoga by @shawnakru is the go-to hub of interviews and episodes for yoga teachers and conscious entrepreneurs. 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 interested in impact, personal growth & business, into a major nucleus for self-development. She enjoys interviewing even “non-yogis” from a yogic perspective.

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  • Creator
    Shawna Krueger
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    218
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Shawna Krueger
  • Show Website
    Leadership and Yoga

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