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Woman Wednesday: Valeria

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Q and A with Valeria, born in Budapest, Hungary, living in Costa de Sol, Spain

“I will spend the rest of my life with myself, so self-care and wellness for “my time” both physically and mentally have become a focal point.”

Q: What are you passionate about?

A: Awe my passions! My passions embody different paths: First, about my and your health, functional fitness, and how we can all age gracefully…I know it is a huge challenge for all of us to stay fit, flexible, and healthy.

I am an avid hiker with my puppers, and I love my CrossFit classes (both of which tighten and shorten my muscles and ligaments). My yoga really helps to balance it out and reverse the harmful effects of aging, but with that said, I am more interested in taking ownership of the health and aging of my body and mind (than nailing the perfect headstand or arm balance).

I have been doing yoga for the past 25 years and teaching for the last 15 years and have been fortunate to have studied under Baron Baptiste, Ana Forest, John Friend, and my beloved teacher, Shiva Rea.

Teaching yoga led me to study to become an Ayurvedic practitioner. I owned a yoga studio in Vancouver, Canada (I lived there for 30 years), and after classes, I had students come up and talk about their health concerns.

As a yoga teacher, I could only help so much, so I decided to embark on the journey to become an Ayurvedic practitioner. Ayurveda can be traced back some 3,000 years and is the sister science of Yoga.

My second passion would be about animals, by way of example my pets serve as a comforting escape like they do for so many of us…almost meditative at times. Lots of work, but also immense fun!

And a third passion would be as simply articulated as “my time.” I will spend the rest of my life with myself, so self-care and wellness for “my time” both physically and mentally have become a focal point as does continuing forward with a work-life integration (more realistic than a work-life balance in my mind).

As far as what I’m working on, my focus has been to create affordable, accessible, and easy-to-follow yoga classes and Ayurveda recommendations that we can all do in the coziness of our own spaces.

As the on-demand membership continues to grow on my website, I now continue “spreading the word” about my on-demand yoga classes (yin–restorative–flow) and Ayurveda articles to help you and me with a work-life integration; after all, “We are all in this together, stay strong, healthy and flexible.”

Also, as I get quite a few questions about how to begin yoga as a counter-balance for training from runners, swimmers, cyclists, bodybuilders, CrossFit participants, physique contestants, I have started to bring together a six-part, three-video yoga series aimed at beginners, those coming off an injury, in rehab, or those who just want to revisit some of the fundamentals.

Q: What were your younger years like?

A: Growing up in communist Hungary meant we could not travel at all, but my dad was a diplomat and so, we were stationed in different countries (Russia and Iraq).

We were privileged to see different parts of the world. I really think that was such an advantage compared to many of my friends living in Hungary. For this, I feel I had a very lucky childhood.

I was privileged to meet and have fun with other children of different races and nationalities–a formative time of innocence to shape a young mind that has embodied my life to this date. That really opened my eyes and framed, I am sure, some of my passions and formed the yogic idea of acceptance in varied forms at a young age. My dad, now 91 and still plays tennis every day, is very open-minded and loving like my mother.

Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?

A: I got quite sick at the age of 45; that’s when I discovered Ayurveda. Ayurveda is preventative medicine.

The great thing about Ayurveda is that its treatments always yield “side benefits, not side effects.”

What I would like others to learn from my story is to stay fit, flexible, and healthy, and find for yourself your own work-life integration toward your own self-care and wellness in whatever form it takes shape–and remember to enjoy the journey despite the ebbs and flows.

Q: What does feminism mean to you?

A: To me, feminism is that we all need to find our own individuality. We can accomplish and enjoy a lot on our own, but of course, it is beautiful to be in a relationship to share your life with somebody.

Thank you for reading!

Namaste,

Valeria

Woman Wednesday: Ginny J.

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Q and A with Ginny J. from Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

“I believe every one of us has a mission here, to be kind, compassionate, and to treat others how we would like to be treated ourselves.”

Q: What are you passionate about?

A: My passion, well, I have more than a couple:

1. I am passionate about helping people heal, have an open heart and a positive mindset, as I know this raises the whole human collective and the earth, creating a path to a new earth.

2. I am passionate about tapping into higher states of consciousness to explore multidimensional pathways.

3. I know this might sound strange to some, but I am passionate about gaining deeper connections through higher states of awareness to extraterrestrial beings and higher dimensional beings from the spirit world. I am in a physical mediumship group, and I facilitate ET contact groups.

4. I am passionate about coaching others to be the best version of themselves.

Q: What were your younger years like?

A: I was born very near Stonehenge in the UK, and I was an extremely sensitive child. I have always sensed energy and spirit—back then it used to frighten me. I could sense things about people and had a natural calling to help if I could. I have always been creative. I think it was natural to me; I had really amazing parents and an older sibling. I was always very good at art, pottery, creative studies, and loved environmental studies. I ended up training as a hairdresser and barber; I was in that industry for many years (15 of those years I had my own business).

As a hairdresser, you tend to become like a counselor, often knowing very deep personal things about people. I always had the energy that seemed to help people feel safe so they could open up and discuss things. I met my husband in 1987, and we married in 1990. A few years later, we had two children (who are now in their late 20s 30s). My husband and myself are still very happy, we have one grandson, and we moved to New Zealand just over 20 years ago.

Once we moved here, the spiritual flood gates seem to open. There is something special about the land and nature here; it has the most amazing energy and life force here. I know fete brought us here. We had never been here before, yet we ended up selling our house in the UK. My Hubby got a job over here, so we all came over, brought three cats with us. We arrived here on New Year’s Day, once we settled into life here, I got a strong calling to pursue my psychic intuitive side. This is when I trained as a Reiki master teacher, life coach, medical intuitive, and intuitive reader and medium. Allowing my creative artist side to be free helped me open to my intuitive gifts. I have been healing and coaching people for many years now and love it.

Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?

A: One of the main things I would say to people is to trust your own intuition; it is your compass that will help you through life, keeping you safe and leading you on your true path. I believe every one of us has a mission here, to be kind, compassionate, and to treat others how we would like to be treated ourselves. Once all of humanity starts to live like this, we will truly create the new earth. It is our destiny to make this world a better place for our children and grandchildren.

Q: What does feminism mean to you?

A: Feminism, to me, is about creating a world where everyone is equal, living in unity, women and men standing together equally. That’s what I feel the feminist movement originally stood for. There has been, over the years, varying degrees of this. It used to be, many years ago, what was known as a “man’s world,” but not anymore; we are heading into the age of Aquarius, which is the feminine age. Women are extremely spiritually and intuitively powerful, as we reach an era of expanded consciousness, more soul-lead life, expanded awareness, all leading into quantum mechanics, multidimensional awareness and connection, and self-empowerment and sovereign embodiment. This is where we will lead humanity forward, women and men together.

MORE FROM GINNY: I know now that I am a gifted healer and intuitive whose passion lies in transforming lives and empowering others on their healing journey. With a deep love for my work, I am dedicated to helping individuals clear unwanted negative energies, release old beliefs and patterns, and step into a place of renewal and empowerment.

Through my unique healing sessions, I can tap into ancestral patterns, past lives, and old negative thoughts, transforming anxiety and depression into uplifted and lighter ways of being. My sessions are a harmonious blend of energy healing and spiritual healing, working on multidimensional levels to facilitate profound transformation. With my intuitive gifts and compassionate approach, I create a safe and nurturing space for individuals to release what no longer serves them and embrace a new way of being. I love my work.

I feel I have always been ahead of my time as my healing sessions are truly transformative. I know I am an activator.

I have that energy about me and am a natural nurturer and encourager of others, but it runs deeper than that. I know I am a soul and intuitive gifts activator for others. All my work is done with pure love, light, and integrity.

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Woman Wednesday: Maja

December 2, 2020December 3, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged advice for women, Croatia, Croatian, Free meditation class, Free meditation classes, Maja, meditate, meditation, Meditation blog, meditation class, Paris, Paris France, support women, woman crush wednesday, woman empowerment, woman wednesday, woman wednesday blog, women, women blog, women crush wednesday, women empowering women, women empowerment, women entrepreneur, women help, women helping women, women stories, women today, women wednesday, women wednesday blog, womens rights, womens storiesLeave a comment

Q and A with Maja from Croatia, living in Paris, France

“I learned to trust my inner guidance; whenever I followed it, it led me to amazing places and opportunities I wouldn’t have encountered otherwise.”

Q: What are you passionate about?

A: I am passionate about inspiring people to follow their heart and live their best life! I teach meditation, breathwork, energetic alignment, and law of attraction [in order] to manifest a life of your own design that is aligned with your purpose. I’ve been living this way for a really long time, and I honestly couldn’t imagine my life in any other way.

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Ever since I broke through my fear of visibility as a teenage girl, I have been able to tap into my passions and share my gifts with the world. I’ve been pursuing my passion for music and singing for a long time and teaching others to free their voice, which led me to coaching and healing work. I’ve had my first spiritual awakening in my late teens and living in a spiritual way has truly helped me manifest amazing things from magical opportunities, performing in front of thousands of people, having my on radio show on national radio, traveling to amazing places, my life in Portugal and to today in Paris! I believe it’s all about energy and what you emit into the world. When you are aligned with your heart’s desire, everything flows effortlessly. In the past year or so, I have decided to expand my visibility so I started my podcast and YouTube channel, published several meditations on Insight Timer, I’ve been featured on many summits, blogs, and have done many guest-speaking gigs. I feel like that’s a better use of my energy, as I am able to help more people, so this where I’m heading next.

Q: What were your younger years like?

A: I grew up in a socialist country, and I have been through many hardships, [including] war, which affected me deeply and turned me into apatriot and a hippie. Ever since that moment, I stand for peace, love, compassion, and kindness towards all beings. I believe we all deserve to be loved and there is plenty of abundance for everyone. That is what everyone really wants: to be loved and accepted, and I like to help people find that love and peace within. Happy people=happy world, and that’s the kind of world I want to live in. I realized that if we work on ourselves and become better people, we are able to influence our inner circle and possibly more if we’re willing. One person can make a difference, and we all matter.

There was one activity in particular that helped me break through my fears quite a bit, and that is improv theatre! By making a fool of myself in front of other people many times, I realized I can do anything. It gave me a confidence boost I needed and honestly, without it, I wouldn’t be able to do anything I loved…as everything I do involved interacting with people. I also learned that by facing my fear over and over again, I get better at what I do and am able to handle it much easier.

Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?

A: Anything is possible if you believe it is. I was surrounded with nonbelievers who tried to put me in a box many times (some still do!). I learned to trust my inner guidance; whenever I followed it, it led me to amazing places and opportunities I wouldn’t have encountered otherwise. A big part of my success is faith, trusting in Divine timing and that I’m being guided all the time. I observe, listen, and act when inspired. It just works! It’s not always easy, as our mind and doubt interferes, but if you learn to be in the present moment and tap into your intuitive guidance, it becomes easy. I have manifested things many thought were impossible or unrealistic, just because I believed. Many told me that my example inspired them to do the same and pursue their dreams. That, to me, is worth the effort.

Q: What does feminism mean to you?

A: I have been supporting women for many years now and believe that, if women support each other, we can do amazing things! We have a long way to go to get equal rights, but we are doing the work and I feel more and more women are stepping into their power and owning it. This is what is needed to take our place in the world, which is why I am very passionate about helping women tap into their inner power. We are much more powerful than we think, yet we have been lead to believe we are the “weaker sex.” I’d like to contribute to changing that perspective and doing whatever I can to inspire women to be their own superheroes.