Ep 46: Trust Series w/ Danae Robinett - From Yoga Mat to Yogi: Trusting the Transformation

Imagine a journey that not only challenges your body but transforms your outlook on life. This is the story of Danae Robinett, who, from an unassuming invite to her first yoga class, embarked on a path intertwining the disciplines of dance and yoga, leading her to become a beacon of guidance for others.

In this episode, we delve into Danae's evolution from a novice to a master, exploring the resilience and personal growth that blooms from a committed yoga practice. As a caregiver and entrepreneur, Danae's experiences illuminate the power of self-trust and the transformative impact of yoga on personal and community well-being.

Three takeaways from this episode:

1. The Multitasking Myth: We tackle the pervasive myth of multitasking, revealing how it dilutes our focus and effectiveness. Through Danae's insights and our discussion on yoga and coaching, we uncover the virtues of self-awareness, intentionality, and the art of being fully present.

2. Holding Space for Transformation: Learn about the profound effects of holding space for others and how our personal transformations can create positive ripples in our community. This segment offers a deeper understanding of how personal growth and community impact are interlinked.

3. Breathwork and Clarity: Discover the role of breathwork in overcoming overwhelm and unlocking moments of clarity to build trust with ourselves. Danae shares her invitation to inner tranquility and her 'aha method' for stress management, providing listeners with practical tools for navigating life's challenges.

Are you ready to transform your life, trust yourself with one breath at a time? Whether you're a yoga enthusiast or someone seeking peace in the chaos of daily life, this episode offers invaluable insights into finding balance and serenity.

Join us as we explore Danae Robinett's inspiring journey and uncover the practices that can help us lead more centered, trustful, and mindful lives.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Journey of Self-Trust Through Yoga
• 17:03 Multitasking and Inner Transformation
• 23:49 Benefits of Holding Space and Breathwork
• 35:39 Overcoming Overwhelm With Nikesha

Transcript

Nikisha King: 0:00

Welcome to Leading Her Way podcast, where we see the human, evolving and resilient spirit in you. I'm your host, Nakesha, and on today's episode we dive into the transformative world of Danae Robinett, a beacon of tranquility and self-discovery through the art of yoga. Danae's rich background in dance and years of yoga teaching invites us into a realm where each movement and breath is a step towards unlocking our inner peace and potential. Her sessions are not just yoga, but deeply personal journeys of self-trust, joy and community. So, whether you're seeking to release stress, embrace your potential or simply find your calm, Danae's story is a testament to the resilience and evolving spirit within all of us. So tune in and let's discover together the boundless possibilities that await when we connect with ourselves.

Nikisha King: 0:55

Your journey towards wellness and self-belief starts right here on Leading Her Way. Hey Danae. Thank you so much for joining the Trust series. I'm so excited to have you here and, as a yoga professional who's been doing it for over 20 years, I am so interested in learning about your journey. And how did you even start trusting yourself in this journey? So, first, if you could introduce yourself and pretty much let people know how long you've been doing it, what's your style and how did you start?

Danae Robinett: 1:40

Well, firstly, Nikisha, I am truly delighted to be here with you today. Thank you for this opportunity. Well, I like to say my name is Danae it sounds like Renee and yoga came to me on a whim, I'd say. In 1999, a coworker dragged me to a class. I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know what it was in fact, all I knew was this coworker thought I would be good quote unquote added whatever that means because of my dance background. And I quickly discovered that there was a lot of heat and a lot of sweat, which, as a dancer, I am OK with, but also found the teacher to be rather mean and even a drill sergeant Throughout the class.

Danae Robinett: 2:24

It was 90 minutes and I chose to do something a little bit different, but still within the same family. It was standing on one leg, it looked a little different than what they had offered and I was scolded. And in dance culture we are supremely respectful of the teacher. And yet I also knew I didn't want to hurt myself by doing what was offered. So, thankfully, that last little bit of yoga, where we lay down and rest it's called Shavasana was so relaxing and I just sort of sunk back into the floor and little did I know that that is actually considered a hard pose in yoga, walked out to my car thinking, you know, hopefully there is more than just this one style and this one type of teacher out there. And it began a curiosity and an exploration that continues to this day.

Nikisha King: 3:16

Is this your main business? By the way, Is this the thing that you do as your full time?

Danae Robinett: 3:22

Yes, it is my main business to teach yoga and public classes, private yoga support, even taking people on global retreats and by non-business, but it's still a work is. I am my father's caregiver and he's facing cancer a third time, so it is my gift to give to him, to be in service to him and his needs.

Nikisha King: 3:41

I love that you have the flexibility, through your company, to be your caregiver for the person who brought you into this world and loved on you when you were younger, right, so that's always a gift to be able to do that and have the ability to serve in that way. And in regards to your journey of starting yoga like now, first and foremost, I know I trust my friends, right, and this is a colleague and they're like let's do yoga. Did they even tell you it was a hot yoga to begin with?

Danae Robinett: 4:10

No, not at all. They just said come to this class. I was in my 20s, they were in their 40s, not that that matters, but just to give background, they thought just come along. Basically, and I mean credit to your 20s, you're going to try and be curious and not question necessarily the process. And I came along and yeah, I wasn't dressed properly. Less clothing is better in a hot class. I didn't bring water I struggle with hydration still to this day so I'm sure I was not well hydrated. I was able to do the class and I think that person who brought me along it really opened my eyes to what's possible in the world and the realm of yoga.

Speaker 3: 4:58

And.

Danae Robinett: 4:58

I absolutely credit that teacher who taught me later, much, much later, when I decided to become a teacher myself that there's always more than one way to do something. First of all and second, let's be a nurturing, uplifting, encouraging teacher, so that students feel welcome.

Nikisha King: 5:19

Right, exactly, exactly Now, since this colleague and like you said, I love the point that you said at 20, you're willing to do anything and you don't question it. Right, there's such a high value of trust in your younger years than your older years. It's a very interesting dynamic, which I love that you brought up, Because when I was young, I was going to do anything without really thinking about it.

Nikisha King: 5:44

Totally like a lack of discernment. And I mean, yes, there's a risk factor, but at the same time, you got to live, you got to be present, you got to be in the moment. So when you did this 20 years ago or so, you didn't know where the path would have led, to you having your own company. So what I want to first do is understand your definition of trust, trusting yourself. What does that mean to you, and do you feel like you've always had that, or do you feel like it's growing?

Nikisha King: 6:18

I want you to tell me more about what that looks like for you.

Danae Robinett: 6:21

Well, I think, if I'm going to be really honest and raw, I struggle with it from time to time. As a woman, I feel it's fair to say we do struggle with that self-trust piece, that choosing to do right by denay, to do right by Nakisha, all day, every day. My dad likes to say all days that end in Y right and through the practice of yoga, right. Because not only am I a teacher, I am a student first. I get an opportunity every time I go to the mat or the meditation cushion to learn, to listen and to be with myself, to trust myself a little bit more. It's scary, but it's worth it because you're doing right by yourself.

Nikisha King: 7:08

What makes it scary?

Danae Robinett: 7:09

That you might get it wrong, that you might offend, you might disappoint. I think of a lot of students I've had in the past where they grew up in families of being lawyers and doctors and yet they decide that's not what they want to do. And yet they don't want to ruffle feathers but they have a yearning or a desire to actually be an artist or an author or something totally different from the lawyer-doctor path that their parents were, maybe even grandparents were, and they have to decide what's true for themselves and be okay with it and step into it.

Nikisha King: 7:47

Right. Right when it comes to trusting yourself. There was a part where you mentioned not disappointing, not getting it wrong, as you said that to me. Yes, I am very aware of that journey because when I started my journey, I wanted to be a physician. I wanted to be a doctor. When I made that decision, maybe at five or seven years old, I was adamant to stay on top of it. What that means is I excelled in the healthcare world. When I'm at 16, I worked in a nursing home and I worked in a hospital, becoming a certified nurses aide At 17, I went into a law firm. I learned how to because I did my first real job at 17 when I was in high school. Then, after that, I started my sciences and undergrad and my pre-med program. I was adamant of doing all of it cadaver labs, all of it, no problem eating around a dissecting a pig. I made myself really comfortable around this whole healthcare.

Nikisha King: 8:42

Then, in 2006, after I graduated my pre-med, did undergrad, I had a change, a change of heart. The change of heart came about because I worked for physicians, but their personal lives were not the lives that reminded me of what I wanted my life to be. I wanted to be a present parent. I wanted to be available to my children. I didn't want to raise latch-key kids as I was raised. I didn't want to go into science for a primary doctor or a family practice doctor. I wanted to go in hardcore cardiothoracic. Open up chest History would have been my thing because I like it. I'm a type A human being, so we're always perfectionists. I knew it would take a lot of time because of the specialty, because of the residency time, because of the on-call time In my journey. I trusted myself a lot when I made that decision. Once I let go of that idea, I didn't know where I wanted to be. If I didn't know where I wanted to be, I didn't know how to trust myself because I didn't make a decision.

Nikisha King: 9:50

When you mention the trust part about disappointing others, when we come into the conversation about trust, sometimes trusting ourselves really doesn't have to do with us, but it has to do with are we letting someone down who had high hopes for us? Are we ruffling feathers? If I make this decision, will that be a moment for them to go? I told you so. Yes, trust sometimes has nothing to do with us. It's always what we think about the other person that's close to us. It's a very interesting dynamic. People always think about trust as a personal journey, and it's not Usually when you don't trust yourself. Like you said and you're 100% right the disappointment, the letting down, all of those thoughts but they're not even about us, it's about someone else. Isn't that crazy? What's your take on that?

Danae Robinett: 10:55

It's wild. Actually, it's wild when it is someone that loves you, someone close to you, it makes sense. But when it's people on the sidelines, on the fringes, that we're still being so concerned with what they think or feel about the work we're choosing to do or the path we're deciding to go down, that's where we get our—I feel like I need to step back and go, take a pause, take a beat in a, take a breath. Is this really necessary? We need to listen to the people who have done what we are hoping to do and achieve, and not be concerned with the people in the peanut gallery, if you will.

Nikisha King: 11:41

Right Now. What I'm going to share with you about trust and what I've come to understand in my present and this was a revelation, I think, last year for me was that no longer will I allow any of my trust within myself be dictated by anyone. The people I love, far near friends because their journey is their journey and my journey is my journey, right Love my family. But when I released the doctor, I'm grateful my mom didn't make me feel pressured. She didn't do that. She didn't put anything on me and I think she didn't because she started to trust me based on my education and what I did and how I did things, based on her request of me. She asked a lot of me for schooling because she's not from here, I'm a first gen and I think her seeing me be able to go to school, do it on my own, take care of my documents, she started to trust me. So when I made my decision, she trusted my decision Right.

Nikisha King: 12:46

But what I learned is that no decision I make is right or wrong, because there is no such thing as right or wrong. Any decision you make is going to lead you down a path. Every decision you make, it just creates a new path and for me, a new path is exciting because I have no idea what's going to come from that. But instead of dwelling on the negative, I dwell on all the possibilities. Go as you went through your journey of yoga. What kept you moving forward? What kept you in that realm and said this is what I want to give to the world, this is my legacy.

Danae Robinett: 13:29

The deeper discovery of myself and how it truly has supported me in times of struggle, such struggle. Interestingly enough, the year I chose to participate in initial yoga teacher training was 2005. It was June. It was 30 days, very intense program, emotional, physical changes left and right. And returning back to my home, my parents' home, in July I found my mom super sick and didn't know what was happening. And ultimately in July we discovered her ovarian cancer diagnosis and at that time I don't recall the staging, I know it was very advanced and thankfully we had her for four and a half years, even though a doctor passed by my dad in a hallway and said she's got three to six months to live. So that really was a present that's not in a shiny wrapped box, but it is present of being in the moment. That time, those 30 days of learning about myself and my possibility and to build strength on a physical and emotional level prepped me. I didn't even know to receive this knowledge and to step in and step up as a secondary caregiver right, my father was the primary caregiver at that time.

Danae Robinett: 14:54

Flash forward to the year 2009, when she did ultimately transition, leave her physical body Two weeks before I came to visit her. I had opted into another training and this was a totally different style than I was accustomed to and it really fortified me and strengthened me and pushed my edges in terms of learning about what is possible. And I came home because I was living in Arizona at the time and I would fly back every month or as often as I could and I saw her and I was grateful for the visit. And then, on 831, she left and again I thought, wow, how is this possible that yoga is coming in with open arms and wrapping me up in a hug and an embrace and lifting me up and making me stronger and capable of managing these really hard things? And now I'm my father's caregiver and again, yoga just is such a force for me.

Danae Robinett: 16:05

And knowing that and receiving that, I knew I wanted to give it to other people. I had to give it to other people on some level to be able to manage reactivity and situations, to have a steadiness about you even when life is chaotic and frenetic. So just the simplicity of returning back to your breath, that is the piece that comes with just a noticing and an awareness of your breath, a touch of peace can be there for you.

Nikisha King: 16:33

Right, right, so good. And the reason I find it so good is because your yoga practice, the different forms, the different things you learn. It kept teaching you how to trust yourself in every experience you were having, even the hard ones, and how to show up and be present because of the breath, the breath work you're doing right, because when you focus on something, you can't focus on anything else.

Nikisha King: 17:03

Yes, multitasking is the biggest lie out there, folks, it is, and some people really believe it because they believe if they're watching TV and doing work at the same time, they really think that they're doing both. But you're not. You're listening to something while you're working on something else. It's just sound. I before didn't believe. I believed heavily in multitasking. I was like I'm really good at it but all it did was stop me from being really good at focusing and being really intentioned about the work. It created busy work more than focus work.

Danae Robinett: 17:34

So true, it diffuses our attention and our awareness.

Nikisha King: 17:38

It does, and it happens in different ways. It doesn't only happen in work ways. It happens when you're speaking to someone. Your kids are speaking and engaging with you. It happens a lot of ways, but people are not mindful of it. You're only mindful of it if you make the decision to want to change it or improve your focus right, and that's what yoga is. When you're doing this, you're actually made a decision to do this, to learn from it, to allow it, to help you build a relationship with self. That's what it is. It's just you, no one else, and it's trusting you and loving you. Therefore, your decisions are clearer. There's not a lot that's in those decisions, you know, and that's one thing I feel like.

Nikisha King: 18:24

Yoga is something that and yoga can be for everyone. But if it's not the people who do accept it, they do have a really good transformation. But I feel like there's so many different things that's available to us through human beings that we can do, because another form for me is my coaching. That has helped me clarity and growth right when people ask me questions and of course, I get defensive, but they stick with me. It's like they're helping me learn how to be me, like how to understand me and you can grow from that. You know you can really grow from that and I love that.

Nikisha King: 19:01

What you got from yoga, you want to give that gift to others. It's your legacy. You wanna leave that part of you on this earth to help other people who are fully signing up for it and choosing it and knowing that it will help them. And I don't know when they will know that, because you didn't know that until a colleague said to you let's go, and you were like yes, which is always gonna be my favorite thing. You're like let's just do it, I don't have any questions, I don't care, I'm just going. And as we mature, I think that becomes harder for us. We get really in this complacent place where we're like I didn't wanna do that, I just wanna watch Netflix, I'm a cow to eat. Much of that, I don't wanna do anything with no one. And then we complain the next second I have no friends, no social life. You know what I mean? It's a very interesting. I could see it play. Sometimes. I'm like I love this, like I love how people desire for things to happen without putting the work in it.

Danae Robinett: 20:02

Ooh, yes, the work. Yes, it is a work in, not a workout, as I like to call it.

Nikisha King: 20:09

Yeah, oh, that's a really good one.

Danae Robinett: 20:12

Working on the self, the inner work, yes.

Nikisha King: 20:15

I love inner work. It comes for me in different ways my walking being grounded. It comes now where I do energy work and I'm learning what that is. Would never had known about this younger, like this is all brand new to me. But I had to make a decision right and the decision started with me. I'm a mom, I'm a partner. Yeah, I could put everyone in front of me, but I promise you when I chose that I didn't know who. I was right, totally. Yeah, go ahead.

Danae Robinett: 20:44

How lucky that we get to have all these iterations of ourself right. That is the beauty of growing older and becoming wiser. I have some wisdom streaks, as I like to call them, in my hair.

Nikisha King: 20:57

Yeah.

Danae Robinett: 20:58

Some grays or silvers. I often think of that with my partner too, my fiance. We've been together for over 10 years and, wow, there've been so many variations of the Neyendario and how lucky that we get to see that unfold and get unpacked and unraveled.

Nikisha King: 21:14

and, yes, and I believe your iterations came from your practice of yoga, because every time you did something, you got better at it. You shifted, you transformed, and that's the gift that Dario received too the transformation. That's what people don't realize. When you love yourself and you trust yourself, you transform in a way that the people around you have now the opportunity to transform as well.

Danae Robinett: 21:43

Yes, absolutely Right. When you give that space, when you are exuding your light, when you are radiating, then people see that and it's almost as if it's an invitation To do the same for the second person. They see it as an example and and I often say, you know, you can't make a change until you've shown the light of awareness on the thing, whatever it is. You know, I'm going for a walk, stepping onto the yoga mat, deciding to speak in a calm way during a challenging conversation.

Nikisha King: 22:13

Yes, yes, I've got so. True, you just mentioned about giving space. Let's talk about what that means for you. When you think about giving space to your partner, to others, what does that translate into?

Danae Robinett: 22:32

Holding space. I think it's, it's a phrase, it's very popular now and yet it has a lot of reality. Right to hold space for yourself, your partner, a group is to be the witness, to be the active listener, to Create a space or a place where there's a judgment-free quality and so that that person feels safe to share, whether it's verbally or non verbally.

Danae Robinett: 23:04

Right right a lot of cues can come from posture Right, witnessing the breath, how it may be more short, shallow or really robust and steady and spacious. So just paying real close attention, you know being in the present moment with the person when you're having that conversation, when they're speaking, not thinking about what you're gonna say is the response. Right and we all do it, of course, from time to time.

Nikisha King: 23:33

But that's not holding space, that's not allowing for whatever needs to be said by that second person, so freely and that's similar to pretty much what I believe with whole space, non judgment, mm-hmm on judgment territory, and I love that place. That place took a while because before 2021, I was judgmental as heck. I Would just see you, you would say something, judge me right away. Oh, and don't talk about conversation and waiting to get my word in all the time, all the time. Okay, I was ready with my answer and there was times I was upset because I didn't have a really good rebuttal like.

Nikisha King: 24:12

Let's be honest about that, right.

Nikisha King: 24:13

Let's be honest yes, so when you say holding space, I learned about that recently in my coaching role, when I became a certified coach in 2023. But I went through my journey 2022, 2023. We learned about holding space because, as a coach, we're not supposed to be we call it in the pool with anyone. We are standing out the pool, we're helping them learn how to flow and stay afloat and figure it out. And it felt really good because when you do judging and you're always in that space of let me answer you and fight you it takes a lot of energy and when I learned how to hold space, the amount of energy I didn't have to give anymore was like oh, this feels so good. I Don't have to judge you because whatever you do is, for me, it's neutral. Whatever you do doesn't have a good or bad. It's a neutral act and I'm just inquisitive and curious of why you're choosing that Instead of this. I just want to understand because that choice you're making that has you in turmoil or have you indecisive, it doesn't actually come from you. It's because you're scared of something. There's a fear underneath it all and when I'm just curious, there is no judgment. I get to actually just be present and be like what's happening. Let me hear. I want to listen, I want to hear the story. I'm like it's like a movie with like a Like um, what do they call those movies? Like some things happen but you don't know what it is and you're just like in it, like not even a thriller, because I don't like those, because that's that's something you know coming. But just curious about what's this, what is this? I want to know what this is, is and that's what holds in.

Nikisha King: 25:57

Space has been for me and I've learned how. When I learned how to hold space, the amount of and I didn't think about the non Um, verbal cues, because I'm assuming when people tell me things for the first time meeting them, they tell me things that they I don't think they tell a lot of other people, but when they're making that decision, there's something about my presence that makes them feel safe and I never know what that is and I just go. I don't really, and when I say I don't, I don't know, but I know it's. It's a gift that I have and that trust, when you learn how to hold space, is so valuable for them and for me, because they're they're a gift to me, is it just stays with me. It's not, it doesn't belong to anyone else, you know. So I loved how you share holding space. Do you teach your clients how to hold space? Do yoga?

Danae Robinett: 26:54

I don't, actually not formerly. Okay, they might receive Some possibility around it without it being spoken or said or identified. Just help with them one-on-one. And I just want to offer, I think, this idea of non-judgment, but also like the fix or the advice piece. Yeah, like like to Strip that down Right, it's a hold space, is to to no judgment and, and no, no need to give the advice.

Speaker 3: 27:29

Yeah yeah, we don't fix, yeah, yeah.

Nikisha King: 27:32

Yeah, no, for me it normally has gotten easier because, once again, fixing takes energy and Fixing when you try to fix there is a back and forth, because they don't believe in the fix you're giving them, because the fix is not possible In their eyes in that moment. So I don't usually fix. I ask questions because I want them to discover what's happening for them. Right, it's a very interesting thing. I learned that fixing is Unnecessary. The only time I do fixing and I see it is when I'm talking to my partner. And when I do fix him there's a reason I'm motivated to have that partner, my, my partner, do something so we both can be good together quicker.

Nikisha King: 28:12

So, once again, I'm in the pool with them because it's about me, it's not about my partner.

Nikisha King: 28:17

So when I'm in fixing mode, it's not to make my partner better, it's something I want. So I'm asking my partner to do it so we can get it together. You know what I mean, and that's what fixing is about. Fixing is not about you caring about the other person, it's about you want something out of it. So you're giving advice, right? Yes, you either want them to stop complaining to you, so let me give you advice and fix it. That's usually where it starts from or you want to get somewhere faster and you're fixing it. That's how my partner, that's how it is for me. So anytime I'm given advice, it's not about a person that I care for, it's, it's personally, me being selfish. So true.

Nikisha King: 29:03

So I learned not to fix anymore and if I, I like questions more. But if I ever choose for advice, I have to ask for permission. But half of the time I don't want permission anymore. I don't even want to fix, because there's another thing I would hear when people go yeah, you're right, and for me, right doesn't give me any and I don't want, I don't want it. Sometimes I'm like I don't want your rights because I know you're not getting it, and Then I have to back off because they're right. You know you're right, that's a hundred percent, I agree, and I just go yeah, but you still not getting it. You're appeasing me Because you don't want to hear it. You're appeasing me because you think that's what I want to hear. You don't realize the right doesn't mean anything to me. It's a very interesting Analyzing I've done and I'm like oh okay, I see what this is, but the advice and the fixing and the judgmental holding space removes those things, which is about very valid.

Danae Robinett: 30:01

And it prevents them from their own discoveries. Got it right. If they are agreeing, they want to get out of the conversation there, as you said. Yes, they wanted to be over. Yeah, then they're. They're missing that opportunity of an unraveling inside and the big revelation that has the potential to come right, yeah.

Nikisha King: 30:25

Question in regards to breathing Is there any breathing techniques that you can share with us, one or two that helps us to get present? Yes, there's a point where we have any doubt and we're struggling with a decision how to get into our body, rather into our head. Do you have any for us?

Danae Robinett: 30:46

absolutely, absolutely. So I Believe touching hands to heart is so important, so you can take a hand and a hand and place the thumbs together. Mm-hmm as you hold the heart, and this would be a clearing breath, so it'd be in through the nose, out through open mouth. Make a sound, make a sigh. It's okay to make noise. Yes, a full inhalation, yeah, yeah, three more please.

Speaker 3: 31:35

Yeah.

Danae Robinett: 31:41

And of course you could do it three, you could do 10 as many as you need to kind of get back in touch with yourself, and hands at the heart really helps us get there fast. You know, if you want to hold hands on the thighs, that's fine, or arrange the arms in a way that feels good is also fine. This can be done sitting in a chair, you know more to the edge of the seat of a chair, tall spine, seated on the floor. You could do this standing. If you had to, maybe you could do it laying down on top of bed or on the floor. It's all right for you to get down on the floor and back up, so it's accessible to anyone.

Danae Robinett: 32:23

And then another one that comes to mind involves a mudra or a gesture of the hands, but for practical purposes I'm just going to teach what the mouth is doing. So this is known as Braumery or the humming bee breath, and it does have the mask, the mudra, but it can also be done this way, just using the mouth. So I'll inhale through my nose and I take the exhale with the lips pressed together to create a humming sound.

Speaker 3: 33:02

Right.

Danae Robinett: 33:03

You can close your eyes if it's comfortable for you to do so. You can lower the eyelids just a touch if that's better for you and I would recommend four to seven of those and then just sit quietly and notice what unfolds for you. Let's try.

Nikisha King: 33:23

I want to do two of those and the person listening can feel it and you can do it with us. And then I would like you guys and I'll let my community know Try to do this in your morning. Five minutes of this is. This is easy, like four of these. All right, let's try it. So close my eyes. I'm going to close my eyes.

Danae Robinett: 33:40

Yes, close your eyes, Full inhalation Lips come together as you exhale and you produce the humming sound. Okay, as you're ready, inhale.

Speaker 3: 33:56

There we go Cool.

Nikisha King: 34:22

That is so good, that is so good For me, that is so relaxing. Yes, good, good I can feel it in my body, I can feel the calm. I wonder if I want to practice that, like if I get agitated and I just like let me give me and just let me do that two or three times. Yes, I can come back to this conversation. Or like an email. You get that trigger like make sure you're like what, just minimize that screen, do four of those and then ask yourself how would you like to respond.

Danae Robinett: 35:03

Outstanding. Yes, yes, that was really good.

Nikisha King: 35:06

Yeah, it felt really good. I hope you guys did it and let us know how it felt. That was really good. Sine, thank you so much. Thank you for sharing your journey, Sharing how you started your yoga business, Sharing that trusting yourself is still a process. Yes, it's a. I believe it's going to always be a continuing process. It's because it's how we grow right. If we always felt comfortable doing everything, I don't think that would be an opportunity for growth.

Danae Robinett: 35:38

Totally.

Nikisha King: 35:39

Yes, Usually people who do feel comfortable. You realize they have become stagnant.

Danae Robinett: 35:44

Yes.

Nikisha King: 35:44

Right, and then you have to be engaging and snacking. That is so much comfort. But there are moments in time where uncomfort brings you new lessons, growth, and it happens through all experiences.

Danae Robinett: 35:58

Absolutely.

Nikisha King: 35:59

Absolutely. You have shared that with us and I thank you for that. Thank you for the yoga breathing techniques to help our community, just have those moments to hold space for themselves, and I thank you for that. Thank you for sharing spaces, because, even though you don't think you practice or teach your clients, you do, because when you do it, they learn from you how to do it Right. It's one of those osmosis things your behavior becomes their behavior when they're, you know, working with you.

Nikisha King: 36:33

And that's a gift. Usually people tell me I'm always calming, but I realize my calming gift. It's my gift, because when people are in my presence they get really calm, Like my energy brings them to that state, and then we could just have a really good time in that state, you know. So I thank you for sharing, giving and just being here and even just inquiring to be here. That was a really, really bold move and I loved it. There was no way you would get an O for me, because I'm like this is good, Like anyone just comes into your world. You're like, can I? And I'm like, yeah, let's do it, you know. But thank you.

Danae Robinett: 37:11

I love that. I want to offer my gratefulness for your platform, your podcast, all that you've been sharing with your community and to have welcomed me so warmly. And I can attest folks that we had a pre-chat as very customary to have a pre-chat before recording and there is something tremendous about Nikisha's energy, her presence to create calm and diffuse any anxiousness, even for a yoga teacher who did feel nervous before going on. She really put me at ease and we had a most beautiful conversation and for that so grateful.

Nikisha King: 37:52

Yes, sure did. I loved every minute about it and I'm thank you for that. Thank you, it's a gift that I I believe I recently discovered, but I think I always had it. I just didn't know it, just like everyone else will have a gift. Yes, you have it, you've been born with it. You just don't know until that moment you decide to see it.

Danae Robinett: 38:12

Oh yes, that's so good yes.

Nikisha King: 38:14

Yeah, and yoga can help you see it. There's a lot that can help you see it. So, Danae, thank you once again to my community. I thank you for always showing up and supporting us on this journey and the guests that I have, and I will see you next Tuesday. But what if I told you I can help you get rid of that feeling forever? Not only five minutes, 10 minutes, but forever. Yes, to the point where working on your newsletter website, creating content, feels like a breeze. This week, I only have four exclusive spots for a one to one opportunity with me. It's not a webinar, it's not a workshop. It's only you and me for 60 minutes. But I'll teach you my aha method to get rid of that overwhelmed feeling forever. Listen, don't walk, but run over to focusnikishakingcom it's in the show notes and grab one of my limited spots. It's limited and so many people keep asking for it, so it's going to be gone in a second. And remember, don't tell anyone about this great opportunity. It's just between you and me.