Welcome to season 7 of Podcasting Is the New Kink! This season is all about Black women yogis and it will be filled with many different yoga practitioners who have one thing in common: being committed to wellness and healing. To start it off, I interviewed Ebony Molock, Founder of Empowered Rest Yoga, and we talk about taking up space, yoga extending off the mat, expanding your knowledge, being empowered and rested, and much more!

We talk:

The difference between Shakti and empowered rest - 3:56

Steps Ebony took to pivot her business - 19:08

Benefits of yoga - 28:49

One thing everyone needs to know about yoga - 40:04

Advice for yoga beginners - 51:20

One of the main themes that kept coming up in this interview was the notion of getting unstuck and making a change. Have you ever felt stuck? Like you were running on autopilot doing the same thing over and over, and couldn't make any changes? Like you could see the path you wanted, but you couldn't take the steps to get there? I've felt like that at multiple points in my life, but I felt it the most right before I got laid off. If you've heard my story then you know that I was miserable working full-time in a job I hated and having multiple side-hustles just to have a creative outlet. Instead of making a choice, I waited for something to change.

That layoff was my wake-up call. I started my podcasting business shortly after that, and this podcast shortly after that. I was sort of, pushed out of my comfort zone. But, you don't have to wait for that push. You can choose to get unstuck and change to your life, and in this episode, Ebony talks about the steps she took when it was time for her to do just that:

1. Found a new job that paid more
2. Cut off multiple yoga classes/hustled less
3. Took more yoga classes/deepened education
4. Dove in!

Now, she never said it was easy. She actually said that it wasn't easy to follow this calling, especially at first. But, once she let go and trusted in God and put herself in the position to receive, she got a flood of support, letting her know that she made the right decision.

Check out Ebony's website yogawithebony.com and Instagram @blackyogi_magic

Episode references:

Sanskrit Moon Yoga

Yoga & Mimosas - Every Sunday in May!

empwrd.rest.yoga

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