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When Christa lost her dad as a teenager, she felt a loss of control and battled with an eating disorder. Her body, mind and spirit felt disconnected. Christa discovered yoga, which made her feel alive and taught her to be comfortable with what is. Today, she creates a safe and trusted space through yoga, where she teaches and empower others to feel whole and united, through unconditional love and acceptance. Christa shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom:
– be comfortable with what is
– find a trusted space, where you come home to yourself
– get to know all of the wonderful richness that is there to be held
– sometimes, we have to hold the hard stuff
– we are strong
– we are here to live with all facets of life
– be present and alive for all of it
– yoga can enable us to churn out the issues from our tissues
– we are so much alike
– if we can see our bodies in new way, then perhaps we can see all of life in a new way
– enjoy the places of stillness and movement
– keep showing up
– with time and patience, the disconnected pieces in our lives, can become united again
– let go of burden
– let go of stories that do not serve you

https://www.jalayogaflow.com/

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Jane was always there for her spouse and her mom. Her external life was so rich, but internal life was aching and empty. Jane wasn’t content. She knew it was time to look inside herself, to clear up conditions, thoughts and beliefs that were limiting her. Also, Jane began to honor her own desires and giving them priority. She learned to let go and began to focus on what she really wanted.  Jane shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom:

– as children, we are dependent on our parents and conditions
– those conditions depend on time and culture, they impact who we become and who are
– sometimes the things that parents impose on us as children are not aligned with our natural state of being
– therefore, we may have work to do to reclaim who we truly are
– everything on the outside comes from our beliefs, beliefs create our feelings, our feelings create our choices, our choices create our action
– to be truly content, you must be authentic and develop an awareness of what’s inside of you, not what’s outside
– meditate, be still, journal, listen to your inner voice and walk, so that you can learn about yourself
– sustained happiness is result of awareness and willingness to listen to what’s happening inside of you,
– listening to yourself guides you
– everyone deserves happiness
– you need to be conscious to be content

In her memoir, Soul Selfish: The Awakening of a Good Girl, Jane Wyker shares the vast experience of her 46-year inner journey. Working in over a dozen disciplines, she had the courage and faith to follow the guidance of many teachers and, ultimately, her own soul. She models a life prioritizing happiness that sources from within. A graduate of Cornell University and former elementary school teacher, Jane was a pioneer in parent education. This led her to her Family Counseling practice that dealt with marriage, parenting, self-development, career and loss. She presented seminars in Fortune 500 companies, raised four children, managed a thriving career and pursued her own spiritual growth. Jane saw that when selfish enough to live from her soul, love and wisdom flow. She believes that is true for all of us.

https://janewyker.com/

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https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Selfish-Jane-Wyker/dp/1619614189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465827084&sr=8-1&keywords=soul+selfish

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April experienced domestic abuse from her former spouse. She learned to recognize, what she calls, ‘pinpoints of light’ (a caring smile from the cashier, an opportunity, a coupon) in the darkness. April started collecting these pieces of light and hope. She successfully escaped the abyss of abuse.

April shares this wisdom:
– there is light and hope everywhere, even in the abyss
– hope is eternal
– we should try to illuminate the light, so that we can become beacons of light to others
– if we can become beacons of light and hope, imagine how many people we can save and rescue

April T. Giauque escaped the abyss of abuse through pinpoints of light. She shares her success story with others to encourage Victims to become Victors, for Advocates to understand their impact, and for supporters to understand their value. April is the mother of nine children and helps the battered, beaten, and broken discover their strength to heal so that they become a beacon of light in life!

www.apriltribe.com

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