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. 3d ago

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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)

  6. Sep 9

    Deepika Mehta on Creativity and Devotion in Ashtanga Yoga

    This interview with Deepika Mehta, one of India's most prominent yoga teachers, is all about creativity and devotion within the practice of yoga. Deepika is a Level 2 Authorized Ashtanga teacher, trained directly under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, is a global speaker, and has also worked in television and media. We talk about her creative process, spiritual practice, movement as expression, embodiment, and about the essence of yoga, which she describes as "arriving at stillness through movement." She also shares about a serious rock climbing accident that changed the course of her life, and how she found her way back to movement and yoga after being told she may never walk again. Deepika’s Instagram @deepikamehtayoga Practice with Deepika (Retreats and Offerings) 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 03:01 Yoga Trade & Offering Tree 08:52 childhood memories  11:50 spirituality growing up 13:18 spirituality now 16:59 archetypes 19:16 early impressions of yoga  20:55 rock climbing accident 26:01 creative expression  29:45 what is your creative process? 32:55 first ashtanga practice 42:04 qualities of a yogi? 46:11 working in media and television 55:44 how do you prepare to teach or lead? 01:00:36 rapid fire questions 01:02:01 billboard question

    Deepika Mehta on Creativity and Devotion in Ashtanga Yoga

  7. Sep 4

    when everything changes, the right help is already on its way

    Today’s episode is a lifeline and wake up call to stop fighting change (or wishing for it but procrastinating it) and a reminder that often the miracle is already in motion.  Change isn't a sign that you failed or that life is falling apart; it’s proof that life is making room. Before any miraculous manifestation or quantum leap occurs, the universe clears out what can no longer fit in your next season. The right help, the right people, and the exact resources you need are already on their way to meet you halfway. My guided journal:  https://www.ritualofwritingjournal.com/  Original writing by Victoria Hutchins I mentioned: “For the ones who left” from MAKE BELIEVE.  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBwWfhQv4kU/?igsi=MTY2ZmIxNzZmYXhlZA==  People I’m enthusiastic about writing of mine:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Db_JM3Dm9M4/?img_index=7&igsi=YTV5ZWs3Z242c29m  Yoga Teacher Roundtable application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1OLW6ewNcsIy8OX7rjlWOTvCNavZ3U9uHgYgcyj1RfGI/edit   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)

  8. Aug 26

    Yoga Teacher Roundtable

    This roundtable episode brings together three yoga teachers from around the world to share stories of their most memorable yoga teachers. Those who have, in some way, made a real impact on their practice and their lives. These anecdotes offer valuable insights into meaningful leadership, along with a peek into some moments that have shaped their yoga journeys. Šárka Bobotová’s Instagram @sarka.bobotova and podcast Elle Minty’s Instagram: @iamelleminty and Elle’s Teacher @annekluit.respace Samantha Mora’s Instagram @samanthacmora and Substack 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 08:55 making mistakes while teaching (Elle Minty) 14:45 music & the yoga of service (Sam Mora) 23:20 teaching from presence & devotion (Šárka Bobotová) 32:10 Sam Mora: message & offerings 34:52 Elle Minty: billboard message & offerings 37:32 Šárka Bobotová: billboard message & offerings 44:34 closing thoughts

    Yoga Teacher Roundtable
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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
    263
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Shawna Krueger
  • Show Website
    Leadership and Yoga

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