Sep 3, 2018
My guest today is Shawna Emerick. Shawna is a dancer, gifted yoga
teacher, retreat leader, and although we didn’t talk about it in
this conversation, she is also a Thai massage practitioner and life
coach. We first met dancing together in the performance company
Moving Mantras, which blended modern dance and yoga. I soon
discovered Shawna’s unique gifts as an outstanding yoga teacher.
She utilizes her knowledge of anatomy, with verbal cues that are
expressed like poetry, she embraces yoga philosophy, while modeling
vulnerability and authenticity, she blends a childlike curiosity
with her mature spiritual groundedness, making Shawna one of my all
time favorite teachers.
Shawna was a treasured participant in a group I ran 6 years ago,
called “Cultivating Sacred Activists” which culminated in a 2 week
volunteer trip to Malawi, Africa to support Anna Msowoya-Keys’s
organization Maloto, which addresses the needs of AIDS orphans.
(Please check out Anna’s podcast conversation with me -
episode #9
in your podcast feed). Shawna beautifully describes what that
experience meant to her.
Soon after our return, her boyfriend Geoffrey proposed to Shawna -
I guess distance DOES makes the heart grow fonder! She lists all
that she admires and loves in Geoffrey and what it has been like to
raise their sweet 3 year old, son Max. Shawna openly shares the
heartache from her miscarriage, having discovered that miscarriages
are one of life’s silent sufferers. She has bonded with other women
and found great supports in the grieving and healing process. I
know you will be inspired by Shawna’s empathy and wisdom.
Enjoy the podcast!
Links:
ShawnaShakti.com
ShawnaEmerick.com
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