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00:00:14.560Welcome to the Branding Highway Podcast, where local businesses meet the community and share their unique stories.
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00:00:19.359Let's hit the road with your host and voice of the podcast, Mike Sadita.
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00:00:25.920Hello out there and welcome to the Branding Highway podcast.
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00:00:36.159Erica, how are you doing today?
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00:00:37.920Hey Mike, I am so great.
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00:00:47.119We are so glad to have you on because for us, uh Yoga 6, well, I've worked with Yoga Six in the past.
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00:00:50.240I've been a member of Yoga Six at periods in my life.
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00:00:54.240Uh really love the whole platform that you guys have out there.
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00:00:59.439And we we really are looking forward to learning a little bit more about the studio out there in Trinity.
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00:01:07.120Um, and if I'm understanding correctly, you're located right across, aren't they building like a giant Ashley furniture like right across the street from you?
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00:01:19.280Oh my goodness, they actually have, and we got all these brand new lovely towers put up in front of us to support all the electricity and energy that this whole city block of an Ashley is consuming.
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00:01:29.519You know, it's pretty crazy, is I've been going out there since um I started my publication out there in the summer of 2022.
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00:01:43.519And over the past three years, I have just watched it like every trip out to Odessa, there is a new building pops up, a new restaurant pops up, and now it's like filling in all the blanks in between as you go out 54.
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00:01:47.439And I mean, thankfully, the traffic's not good at all.
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00:01:50.799I can't even try to I can't even try to lie and make it sound like it's decent.
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00:01:52.159Traffic's crazy.
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00:02:00.560I actually looked up how many cars pass by in a 24-hour period, and if you can believe it, it's almost a million.
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00:02:02.319Like it's just insane.
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00:02:03.519Yeah, that's crazy.
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00:02:04.640That's out there.
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00:02:06.640So, you know, we're growing.
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00:02:09.439Hey, I mean, that's that's good for you guys.
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00:02:17.039A lot of traffic, and that intersection where you are, right where what is the Trinity Boulevard kind of breaks off, you get a lot of traffic coming in and out through there.
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00:02:21.199So I mean, yoga six is a franchise.
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00:02:22.960There's a bunch of yoga sixes around.
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00:02:26.240I know the one I previously went to was over in New Tampa.
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00:02:31.039I know there's several, there's one out in Safety Harbor, they're all, I guess, individually owned and operated.
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00:02:34.719But tell us a little bit about the location out there in Trinity.
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00:02:37.039Yeah, so we are independent.
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00:02:40.240Our owner, she just owns the one studio.
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00:02:42.560She's an amazing woman, single mama.
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00:02:46.719Um, she's had the studio since June of 2021.
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00:02:51.840So we're coming up on our four-year anniversary um on June 6th.
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00:02:53.599It's called Yoga Six Day.
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00:02:57.680So we're gonna be celebrating lots of fun stuff, but it's really cool to see the growth.
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00:03:00.240And I love that we're a part of the Starkey community.
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00:03:02.319We're right in front of Starkey, so it's really nice.
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00:03:04.479People ride their bikes here, super family.
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00:03:07.120It's just a really nice environment.
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00:03:09.120So, so how long?
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00:03:15.360I mean, how well, first off, how long you've been out there since you guys opened, or how long have you been out there with the with the team?
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00:03:18.560Personally, I actually came from the New Tampa studio.
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00:03:25.360So I was over in New Tampa, popped over to Trinity, and then I managed New Tampa, then I came back over to Trinity.
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00:03:34.960This has been my home studio for a while now, and I've been back here for almost a year and a half, and then I took on the managerial role back in August.
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00:03:37.680And if I remember correctly, I mean, I don't know, maybe it's different.
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00:03:44.800The owner of the New Tampa Studio, I think, lived like down in Sarasota or like you know, it was down there.
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00:03:46.719He yeah, he did.
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00:03:49.759He owned that studio and uh St.
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00:03:58.319He's since sold, and now actually a member of the New Tampa studio purchased it, and they're just doing incredible over there.
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00:04:00.080I'll tell you, I had a great instructor.
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00:04:01.360I wish I could remember her name.
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00:04:02.719I have such a bad back.
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00:04:04.879Um, and she was fantastic.
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00:04:06.479I just I don't really remember.
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00:04:08.400I think I had yogurt for breakfast this morning.
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00:04:10.000I can't really remember beyond that.
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00:04:12.800So um, so you've been there for a while.
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00:04:14.400Tell us a little bit about your journey.
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00:04:17.600I mean, how do you how do you have you always been a yogi?
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00:04:21.439Have you like how do you get into this this line of fitness?
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00:04:22.959Good question.
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00:04:25.600So I've always been a part-time yogi.
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00:04:27.920I kind of dabbled in it for many years.
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00:04:32.879I have a cheerleading and dancing background, and I took that love into teaching bar.
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00:04:42.560So I started as a bar instructor, and then unfortunately, the bar studio that I worked at, bar three in Wesley Chapel, closed its doors, and then COVID happened.
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00:04:56.480So I got my yoga training during COVID and then started teaching a sculpt class, which is with weights, maybe some bands, lots of fun, maybe add some sliders in.
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00:05:02.879And I started teaching that and then grew my love of yoga and just transitioned into teaching yoga as well.
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00:05:04.399All right, so let's back up.
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00:05:07.199So you you got your start cheerleading.
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00:05:09.199Tell us a little bit about your cheerleading bagger.
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00:05:12.240You threw it out there, so now we got to go down that road a little bit.
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00:05:13.519So wow, yeah.
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00:05:19.600So I danced in my younger years, um, realized that bodies are limited.
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00:05:25.439That doesn't mean we can't do everything, but limitations sometimes prevent you from doing everything that you love.
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00:05:32.079So I have some interesting hips, the way that I'm built, my hips just don't open as they should for a dancer.
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00:05:43.360So I took my dancing skills, moved it on to cheerleading, competed, doing that for a while, stopped that in high school, went to college, all the things, and then love fitness.
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00:05:53.759So that's when I got back into teaching bar after becoming a mama, and yeah, transition from the bar into yoga.
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00:05:57.759And and the bar is is kind of it seems like it's a natural transition.
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00:06:13.279You're talking about the just so I understand, because I'm not super educated on, but we're talking about the bar that I see like in Black Swan, that you like dance off of that bar, like there's certain movements and stretches and holes and positions to kind of get a workout off of that.
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00:06:14.319Exactly.
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00:06:20.240So it's the bar that goes around the room, you hold on to it, lots of tiny little micro movements.
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00:06:23.839So you're you're getting a really good workout from that.
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00:06:33.759Now I will tell you, so when I lived in Atlanta, the gym that I went to at the time had a studio upstairs, and I had had really bad back issues.
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00:06:37.360And uh a friend of mine had said, look, why don't you try taking hot yoga?
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00:06:45.839Uh, we don't call it bikram yoga anymore because it it, you know, because of the the stuff that went on with uh bikram, but uh hot yoga was great.
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00:06:51.600So I would train with weights heavy, you know, three days a week, and then I would do yoga two days a week.
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00:06:59.360And at the time I had a spinal cord stimulator in my back from a motorcycle accident that was sending a signal to my back.
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00:07:06.560The hot yoga got me so pliable and loose again that I just I stopped using the spinal cord stimulator.
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00:07:07.839That's amazing.
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00:07:10.079That's a great testimony to hot yoga.
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00:07:14.879So our studio is a heated and warm studio, so we offer the best of both worlds.
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00:07:21.759And what that heat does is it helps your body to open up more quickly, so you're able to stretch a little bit deeper.
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00:07:22.160Yeah.
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00:07:28.160So it's just it's great to have we've actually just opened up.
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00:07:33.680So yoga six, the six behind yoga six means that we have six different class styles.
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00:07:38.639We should be called yoga seven now because we're actually introducing a new modality.
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00:07:43.360Um and that one is called mobility.
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00:07:47.279So that's speaking of what you have coming from an injury.
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00:07:50.560So we want to be mobile, we want to be pliable, we want to be flexible.
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00:07:51.439So that's really cool.
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00:07:54.720So that's getting in there, it's also in a warmer room.
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00:08:00.639We're taking our signature hot sequence, and we're also adding a warm sequence.
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00:08:01.920So, same sequence.
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00:08:05.600We do have a hot sequence, kind of like the bick room that you were talking about.
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00:08:07.759That's our only sequence that is set.
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00:08:10.639So now we're offering the hot and a warmer temperature.
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00:08:14.240Great for newbies to come to, or just you know, we live in Florida.
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00:08:21.120I'll tell you a funny, funny story about taking hot yoga.
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00:08:26.399When I first, the very first time I really took it, I was I had an apartment in New York City.
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00:08:33.679I was living in Hell's Kitchen and I was looking up places to take hot yoga, and I went to this little studio.
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00:08:39.840And when I tell you, Erica, it was maybe 600 square foot studio.
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00:08:40.720It was packed.
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00:08:44.879I had never been to hot yoga before, and I was a little bit bashful, right?
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00:08:51.440So I'm wearing like a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt, and I got in there the first time.
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00:08:54.080I mean, I wanted to tap out and die.
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00:09:07.759And it was January and it was freezing outside, so I had to wear warm clothes to walk to the studio, and then I got there by the second, by the second session, like I had little tiny shorts on, no shirt on.
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00:09:11.279Like, I'm never coming back and wearing clothes again because this was miserable.
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00:09:14.480But that's how I was indoctrinated into hot yoga.
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00:09:16.720It was it was trial by fire, literally.
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00:09:29.519So yeah, so we definitely love when people come in and they're like they're not quite sure what to expect, but you get in there and you just have like the best sweat session of your life.
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00:09:33.840It's like you're in a sauna, so you're getting that benefit too, which is really amazing.
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00:09:41.919No, I was gonna say, so I'm along those lines, like that was kind of like I didn't know, I was uneducated on the process.
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00:09:43.679You've been doing this for a long time.
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00:09:49.600What is one of the biggest myths or misconceptions that you run into when someone comes in?
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00:09:54.720Do they think it's gonna be like like Jane Fonda or like Olivia Newton John?
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00:09:57.759Let's get physical, or do they think it's gonna be sleeping?
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00:10:01.679Like, what's the main thing you're educating a newbie on?
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00:10:03.200So, good question.
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00:10:11.840So, one of the things that we get is people think that they can't do it, it's not for them, which yoga is accessible to everybody, which is really cool.
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00:10:17.840It doesn't matter what level of fitness you're at, it doesn't matter anything about you.
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00:10:18.879Just come in and try.
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00:10:23.840We have so many different classes that it fits the mold to meet you where you are.
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00:10:29.279So, one of our primary classes is a restoration, a restorative practice called That's the one I would go to.
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00:10:32.240That that was my I after I would work out, that's what I needed.
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00:10:36.080And it really was it, it wasn't a lot of movement, it was a lot of holding and stuff.
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00:10:42.879Yeah, so that helps to open up the major muscle groups of your body, such as your hips, your back, your shoulders.
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00:10:47.360So, you know, a lot of people on the computer all day long, not doing a lot of movement.
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00:10:52.080So it's like come in, move your body so you're able to open up and get some relief.
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00:10:56.799And then I love at the end of every class, we have a quiet session called Shivasna.
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00:11:00.080That gives your body time to rest and truly restore.
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00:11:05.519So we shut off the lights, you have some light music playing, we get an old lavender towel.
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00:11:06.639It's so beautiful.
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00:11:15.039You just sit there and you kind of let gravity just pull you down, and you truly get to some people have a hard time shutting off their minds, so they might be fidgeting, and that's okay.
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00:11:24.879But it helps you to learn how to become into that meditative state because throughout meditation, you can truly heal yourself mentally and physically.
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00:11:25.759Yeah, all right.
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00:11:29.440So I'm gonna tell an embarrassing Shivasana story at Yoga Six.
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00:11:39.360So normally I would try to get to Yoga Six and get there a little early so I could get a spot in the back because I'm about six foot, 230-pound guy.
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00:11:44.240I'm big, you know, I'm in like tights or whatever, I'm wearing shorts.
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00:11:53.279And there's a bunch of these petite women in the room that are like flexible and they can bend their arm and head behind, you know, they got all these moves, and I'm I'm not that flexible.
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00:11:54.879I can make I can manage.
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00:12:01.279And I always loved my instructor would always say, This is your practice, you know, how you do it, it's it's at your pace.
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00:12:03.600So it kind of took the pressure off, which was great.
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00:12:05.759That is a thing.
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00:12:07.919Sorry to interrupt, but no, go ahead.
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00:12:14.720As a teacher, when I see so many variations and so many people doing so many different things, because it is that's what it's about.
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00:12:17.440It's about you and your practice, it's not about anybody else.
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00:12:18.240I'm just there.
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00:12:22.159The instructors are there to just guide you, and then you do you in there.
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00:12:23.519So that's pretty cool.
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00:12:32.799So, this one particular evening, and I would do it in the evening after I'd, you know, work all day and try to try to go to like clear my mind before I could fall asleep.
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00:12:35.039And I get there a little bit late.
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00:12:37.759Now I'm in the very front of the room, it's packed.
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00:12:39.600You know that studio in New Tampa.
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00:12:42.960You walk in, I'm all the way to the mirror in the front of the room.
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00:12:50.799We're doing shivasana, and I fall asleep, and I I farted and woke myself up.
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00:12:53.840And I I kind of looked around like surprised.
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00:13:00.399Like I woke myself up after I had fallen asleep, and I looked up at the instructor and like with sheepish, I'm like, was that me?
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00:13:06.080And she was trying not to laugh at me, but then I look in the mirror and I see everybody kind of chuckling.
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00:13:12.559So in the middle of a yoga six session from Shavasana, I was so relaxed.
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00:13:20.240It happens, and that's one of the cool things is like when you're doing those twists, you're actually getting all that stuff to move around, which is what you want.
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00:13:28.399You want that stuff to be released, and hey, sometimes it happens, but that's yeah, it is great to get the bowels moving for sure.
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00:13:35.759Yeah, it was definitely one of those fun, uh, interesting evenings leaving with all these women like chuckling and laughing.
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00:13:37.120I'm like, all right, uh, you got me.
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00:13:38.000Ha ha ha.
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00:13:50.240So with that being said, I mean, we we talk about your work and what you do and what you enjoy when you're working, when you're not in studio, what kind of hobbies and activities do you do outside the studio?
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00:13:51.600Or do you like going to the beach?
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00:13:52.799Do you like to skydive?
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00:13:55.279Do you you know, do you like to juggle flaming knives?
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00:13:57.120What is your what is your hobby?
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00:14:00.720Never have tried skydiving, although I would.
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00:14:10.559Flaming knives, I don't think that's for me, but I love to hop on a paddleboard and go out to just a crystal clear river, um, go paddleboarding.
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00:14:15.600Of course, love the beach, love live music and dancing, and then just anything with my kiddos.
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00:14:17.279They're growing up so fast.
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00:14:22.879So, any moment that I can get to kind of capture that time with them, I will take it.
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00:14:26.399Okay, so how old are the kids, boys or girls?
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00:14:30.159So my son is 17, about to be 18.
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00:14:32.799He's going into his senior year high school.
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00:14:37.360So this is the summer where we get to go tour colleges and all that fun stuff.
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00:14:40.559And my daughter's 13 going into eighth grade.
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00:14:42.559And they get along good.
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00:14:46.159Big brother is protective, or is big brother beat the crap out of her?
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00:14:47.600Yeah, he doesn't beat her up.
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00:14:51.039He just he's like, nah, she's bothersome, like nah.
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00:14:58.879And like in five more years, when all her girlfriends are coming over to the house, uh, he'll probably have a lot more interest at that point.
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00:15:09.039Um and then when you talk about music, live music, if you're if we jumped in your car and you turned the radio on, what's the what's coming on the radio?
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00:15:13.279Are we listening to uh shady uh shade 45?
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00:15:14.240Is it 80s?
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00:15:15.679What do we what are we listening to?
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00:15:31.840Probably listening to a little roof is do soul or some like post hip-hop is like tribe called okay, a little world tour, a little word tour, and a little uh scenario.
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00:15:34.960What uh that's uh that's tribe called quest back in the day.
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00:15:36.720Um all right, yeah.
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00:15:41.679I'm kind of in right now, I've been in a little bit of a mix between I mean, not even.
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00:15:43.600I've been in a lot of yacht rock lately.
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00:15:45.919I've I've been kind of in the yacht rock mode right now.
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00:15:48.000So I'm I I'm going on vacation soon.
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00:15:51.039So I'm I'm maybe I'm mentally preparing for that.
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00:15:51.759Far.
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00:15:53.039All right, where are you going?
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00:15:56.720Uh just a quick little getaway to Cazumel.
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00:16:08.799I mean, it uh in Tampa with a cruise ship, you have limited options of where to go, but just to get away for a few days, um heading out to I'm actually leaving tomorrow to go.
00:16:09.039 -->
00:16:16.399And this this isn't gonna air until probably uh a little behind the I'll break down the fourth wall here, like Deadpool.
00:16:16.559 -->
00:16:20.399Um, probably not gonna air until sometime next week.
00:16:20.559 -->
00:16:23.279By the time I get back from this trip, I will be engaged.
00:16:23.360 -->
00:16:26.000So my girlfriend doesn't know she's gonna get a ring.
00:16:26.159 -->
00:16:28.639You're hearing it first on this podcast.
00:16:28.879 -->
00:16:31.039She's gonna find out probably tomorrow.
00:16:31.120 -->
00:16:35.039Well, not probably, she's gonna find out, you know, uh on the first night of the cruise when we get there.
00:16:35.120 -->
00:16:36.799So Mike, that's awesome news.
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00:16:38.480Yeah, so it's funny.
00:16:38.559 -->
00:16:41.919We um we were gonna just go, it was her birthday, her 50th birthday.
00:16:42.000 -->
00:16:50.559Her son just graduated high school, so it was gonna be like uh me and her and the her boys and and her folks, and then she's like, Well, it's my 50th.
00:16:50.639 -->
00:16:55.039I'll just tell my girls and see if any of them want to come, not expecting any of them to come.
00:16:55.200 -->
00:16:58.000And now six of her girlfriends are coming on this trip, too.
00:16:58.159 -->
00:17:03.200So in front of her friends and her family and everybody, she's gonna and she embarrasses easy.
00:17:03.279 -->
00:17:08.640I don't embarrass easy, so we'll see if the whole dining hall goes crazy, and then this is gonna air.
00:17:08.880 -->
00:17:09.440What's that?
00:17:10.000 -->
00:17:10.720That's so cool.
00:17:10.799 -->
00:17:11.519I'm so excited.
00:17:11.680 -->
00:17:14.240Yeah, so it should be interesting, so it'll be good.
00:17:14.319 -->
00:17:16.079So, all right, so so paddle boarding.
00:17:16.160 -->
00:17:20.240Oh, the other thing I wanted to ask you, are you not worried about like alligators?
00:17:20.880 -->
00:17:24.880No, no, I'm I can you can you're in clear water.
00:17:24.960 -->
00:17:28.960I like to go clear into clear water, and you can see them if they're coming along.
00:17:29.039 -->
00:17:30.880You just stay away, they have no interest in us.
00:17:30.960 -->
00:17:34.400I'm a native Floridian, so I'm so used to being around that.
00:17:34.640 -->
00:17:42.400No, my girlfriend says the same thing, she's a native Floridian, and then there was a whole thing about a woman, they bumped the alligator, an 11-foot alligator.
00:17:42.480 -->
00:17:48.000The alligator flipped the boat, took her under, and now she's she's had no shot at getting me into that water.
00:17:48.240 -->
00:17:52.079Yeah, I I hear that, but I think they were in like a foot of water.
00:17:52.240 -->
00:17:53.039Yeah, yeah.
00:17:56.000 -->
00:18:01.359Sorry, I'm sorry that that happened to her, but yeah, it was terrible, but it it's kept me out of the water.
00:18:01.440 -->
00:18:03.039We sharks and alligators.
00:18:03.440 -->
00:18:03.839Let's go.
00:18:03.920 -->
00:18:05.359She's like, let's go scuba diving.
00:18:05.440 -->
00:18:07.200I'm like, I'm not going scuba diving.
00:18:07.279 -->
00:18:11.119I and then I'm like, You're tiny, a shark's not even gonna want to eat you.
00:18:11.200 -->
00:18:12.720I'm like a whole meal for a shark.
00:18:13.200 -->
00:18:14.000They would go after me.
00:18:14.079 -->
00:18:14.640I'm bigger.
00:18:14.880 -->
00:18:17.440Maybe in Cosmell, because the water is clear down there.
00:18:17.519 -->
00:18:18.160So give it a try.
00:18:18.240 -->
00:18:19.599At least go snorkeling.
00:18:19.759 -->
00:18:24.720You know, I was in South Africa once, years ago, and the guy's like, Hey, do you want to go swim with sharks?
00:18:24.799 -->
00:18:26.640And I'm like, Do I want to go swim with sharks?
00:18:26.720 -->
00:18:31.440I want to drink cafe americano on this cliff and look over table island.
00:18:31.519 -->
00:18:34.480I don't want table mountain, I don't want to go into the water with sharks.
00:18:34.559 -->
00:18:35.359I'm crazy.
00:18:36.000 -->
00:18:37.039That's funny.
00:18:37.359 -->
00:19:01.920So, so what I like to always ask people that are involved in business, because it really helps other business owners and people in management to kind of overcome, has there been a time in your life, whether it was going through COVID or you know, the real estate crash or a time with your kids growing up and relational stuff where you've experienced a hardship where you're saying to yourself, you know what?
00:19:02.079 -->
00:19:04.880I just don't know if I'm gonna make it through this.
00:19:05.440 -->
00:19:11.519And then you, you know, you kind of persevered to get to the other side and give like an example of that and how you overcame.
00:19:12.000 -->
00:19:17.200So, yeah, so there's been quite a few of those moments in my 48 years.
00:19:17.359 -->
00:19:23.680But the thing that comes to the forefront of my mind would be when I went through a divorce, very amical divorce.
00:19:24.000 -->
00:19:29.759But um, I was a stay-at-home mom, and then you're like, oh, oh, all of a sudden it's just me.
00:19:29.920 -->
00:19:30.480What am I doing?
00:19:30.640 -->
00:19:30.799Right.
00:19:31.519 -->
00:19:48.160So just navigating, finding that passion within, and that's when I kind of stepped up into the leadership role and got into management, and then just found a little piece of myself that I was missing, didn't think that I could, and then perseverance kind of kicked in, and then I developed skills that I didn't think I had.
00:19:48.880 -->
00:19:58.799And yeah, it's really nice that growth path because sometimes we get stagnant and we forget how freaking amazing we are, and that we are truly capable.
00:19:59.119 -->
00:19:59.680And yoga.
00:20:00.240 -->
00:20:07.119Is actually a really good place to kind of remember that because we're in the business of uplifting people and empowering people.
00:20:07.519 -->
00:20:11.680We have a motto called strong, calm mind, strong vibe.
00:20:11.920 -->
00:20:21.680So we want to be able to allow you to just kind of chill out for a minute, give yourself that time to fully focus on you and really find that strength within.
00:20:21.759 -->
00:20:32.960So it just kind of came full circle to where I got into this industry and empowered myself and through the amazing community that we built here, feel empowered from all these other really cool people.
00:20:33.279 -->
00:20:34.400Yeah, you know what it is?
00:20:34.480 -->
00:20:39.039It's like I don't want to say it's it's I mean it is, it's like complacency.
00:20:39.119 -->
00:20:51.839You kind of get in a routine of what your life is or what you think it's gonna be, and then someone throws a rock in the water and these ripples start to happen, and now you kind of have to ride the wave to figure out how you're gonna get to shore.
00:20:52.000 -->
00:21:03.359And you know, the cool thing about it is from that experience, whenever you go through the next trial or tribulation, you can draw from that experience.
00:21:03.440 -->
00:21:12.319Like I know for me, there was a period from in 2019 leading up to COVID, actually, like before COVID leading up to COVID, where just the world was on fire.
00:21:12.400 -->
00:21:13.440Like there was just chaos.
00:21:13.519 -->
00:21:19.519It was like a 45-day window of like just stuff being thrown at me left and right.
00:21:19.680 -->
00:21:30.559And when I get in a mode now where stuff is kind of going that way, I just think to myself, like, I made it through that, which this seems really bad now, but I made it through that.
00:21:30.640 -->
00:21:33.759And this is nothing even close to as bad as that is.
00:21:33.920 -->
00:21:35.920So I know I'm gonna get through this.
00:21:36.079 -->
00:21:40.319It gives you that that benchmark of success to know that you can persevere.
00:21:40.640 -->
00:21:41.200That's true.
00:21:41.279 -->
00:21:41.759I love that.
00:21:41.839 -->
00:21:43.119The benchmark of success.
00:21:43.200 -->
00:21:43.440Yeah.
00:21:43.519 -->
00:21:45.759And I mean, it's life is a roller coaster.
00:21:45.920 -->
00:21:47.839We're up at the top, we're down at the bottom.
00:21:47.920 -->
00:21:51.759It's that constant flow, and it's you just gotta keep moving.
00:21:51.920 -->
00:21:56.079You gotta keep moving in your mental psyche, and you got to keep moving physically.
00:21:56.319 -->
00:22:04.799And that's why I love to like welcome people here because once we stop moving, whether it's in our mind or our body, we're on that ride down.
00:22:05.039 -->
00:22:08.480Yeah, we want to keep moving, keep trying new things.
00:22:08.559 -->
00:22:09.839Like, and that's another thing.
00:22:10.000 -->
00:22:15.119People come in, and maybe sometimes people call, but then they don't make that first step in because it's it's scary.
00:22:15.200 -->
00:22:15.680It's scary.
00:22:15.759 -->
00:22:19.039Like, even going to a big box gym, you're like, I don't know, I'm scared.
00:22:19.119 -->
00:22:21.839I don't, I don't out of my comfort zone.
00:22:22.079 -->
00:22:29.039But I would just encourage everybody to just try, whatever you're interested in, whether it be yoga, paddleboarding, anything, just try.
00:22:29.200 -->
00:22:37.599Take that first step, and you'll be surprised at the community of people that are there to uplift and help support and share their knowledge and want to see you succeed.
00:22:37.920 -->
00:22:39.279You know, it's funny you say that.
00:22:39.359 -->
00:22:42.319It's one of the things that is a little bit scary for the future.
00:22:42.480 -->
00:22:43.920And I mean, maybe not for you and I.
00:22:44.000 -->
00:22:53.680We're in a generation of kind of that Gen X generation where you almost were like, you learn to swim by being thrown in the deep end of the pool and you just kind of figured it out, right?
00:22:53.920 -->
00:23:01.359Um, but one of the things that scares me and and and seeing like kids, like my my girlfriend's kids are 18 and 15, and they're great kids.
00:23:01.599 -->
00:23:16.880Um, but kids are so reliant and there's community robust, and like you said, it like all it takes is for you to walk in, like walking in yoga six.
00:23:16.960 -->
00:23:20.559I you know, I just walked in the door and say, tell me a little bit about what you have going on.
00:23:20.799 -->
00:23:30.720Once you break down that initial, just that breaking of the ice, it it the rest of it's easy, especially with you guys, and this is kind of a plug for ease of use.
00:23:31.279 -->
00:23:32.799Calendar is online, right?
00:23:32.880 -->
00:23:41.839Like I can go to the yoga six app, I can go to the yoga six website, find my studio, find my class schedule, book it, and reserve a spot in that studio.
00:23:41.920 -->
00:23:44.160Like it is really easy to use.
00:23:44.240 -->
00:23:47.519I don't have to pick up the phone, I don't have to go, hey Erica, this is Mike.
00:23:47.599 -->
00:23:49.119Uh, what availability do you have?
00:23:49.279 -->
00:23:50.319What classes are coming up?
00:23:50.400 -->
00:23:52.559It's it's super easy, right?
00:23:53.039 -->
00:24:02.079But nowadays it's tough for people, younger kids, younger adults, you know, even 30s and under, to be like, they're kind of afraid of that.
00:24:02.240 -->
00:24:05.599Like they're afraid of that personal interaction, and it's a little scary.
00:24:05.920 -->
00:24:10.559It is, and then you think about oh boy, like AI is coming on board.
00:24:10.720 -->
00:24:16.880It's like, oh man, we're gonna re be replaced by some sort of artificial intelligence.
00:24:17.039 -->
00:24:22.160Like, you guys, like, look up the sky, there's birds, there's clouds, there's a sun, it's gorgeous.
00:24:22.319 -->
00:24:26.000Look down, there's there's all kinds of things that we need to be grateful for.
00:24:26.079 -->
00:24:39.200So it's just pausing and taking a moment, putting the phone away, taking the earbuds out, and just being grateful that you're here to kind of live, you're here to have experiences.
00:24:39.759 -->
00:24:58.160So, yeah, I am a little bit fearful for this um generation, but we need to just keep the hope alive and just just allow them to understand that there's so much more than devices, right?
00:24:58.319 -->
00:25:02.400Just get out, try something new, be active, come do a yoga class, and that's another thing.
00:25:02.480 -->
00:25:10.000We welcome children um 13, 8, 13 years of old, 13 years old and older to come and try it.
00:25:10.240 -->
00:25:21.039You can come, you can come with your parent, you can come with your friend, but come into the community, see all these different age groups that will support you and help you feel empowered.
00:25:21.200 -->
00:25:23.519And we do lots of modifications here.
00:25:23.759 -->
00:25:26.960So that just goes back to anybody can do yoga.
00:25:27.279 -->
00:25:36.400Just because you might go into a hot yoga class and you're seeing somebody else do something, like get out of your head and just get into okay, what can I do?
00:25:36.480 -->
00:25:39.920Like, we need to quit worrying about what we cannot do.
00:25:40.079 -->
00:25:41.200What can we do?
00:25:41.359 -->
00:25:45.680Okay, maybe we can sit in a child's pose today, and that's enough.
00:25:45.839 -->
00:25:49.519I've had people come into class, literally lay there and sleep and snore.
00:25:49.839 -->
00:25:51.599I've done it, I've totally done it.
00:25:51.759 -->
00:25:53.119Yeah, how are you?
00:25:53.279 -->
00:26:04.000Do it if this is your place for refuge and you need to take a moment, take a beat, come here, relax, feel empowered, and join the community.
00:26:04.079 -->
00:26:16.559We we have just got the it just gives me the chills, the most amazing people that come together and support and share their stories, and we are just all here to uplift each other and to help each other grow.
00:26:16.799 -->
00:26:17.440It's funny.
00:26:17.519 -->
00:26:21.200So, Yoga Six, where I was in New Tampa, it was right around the corner from my house.
00:26:21.440 -->
00:26:29.119At the time when I was taking those yoga classes, when I was just doing restore, I had both my parents were alive at the time and I was taking care of them.
00:26:29.200 -->
00:26:30.319I was married to my ex-wife.
00:26:30.400 -->
00:26:31.359We had two dogs.
00:26:31.599 -->
00:26:34.400My house was chaos, like always chaos.
00:26:34.559 -->
00:26:45.440I literally was paying for a subscription to go and some days just sleep in the studio where it was quiet and there was music, and I could zone out and like it's funny.
00:26:45.519 -->
00:26:46.799I mean, it's crazy.
00:26:46.880 -->
00:26:48.240It's funny, but that's kind of what it was.
00:26:48.799 -->
00:26:49.519That you did that.
00:26:49.599 -->
00:26:59.839And in we're a full sensory experience, and what that means is as soon as you come in the door, you're gonna see a warm, friendly smile, you're gonna smell some delicious wild orange.
00:26:59.920 -->
00:27:01.359It's like you're in an orchard.
00:27:01.519 -->
00:27:03.359We've got some cool beats going.
00:27:03.519 -->
00:27:11.039Once you get into the classroom, you're gonna find your spot, you're gonna hear some more awesome music, the lights change.
00:27:11.119 -->
00:27:16.240So we have like a warm purple glow, a blue glow, and you're just gonna feel the love.
00:27:16.400 -->
00:27:24.480You get that cold lavender towel at the end, you're just gonna feel fully supported in your little cocoon and just do what you can and have the best time.
00:27:24.720 -->
00:27:27.519So if there's one thing, I mean, there's a bunch of things.
00:27:27.599 -->
00:27:29.440You just touched on a bunch of them right there.
00:27:29.519 -->
00:27:42.559But if there's one thing you want people to know, they're listening to this, if they're out in West Pasco or you know, or they're looking for a new studio, they're looking to change things up, or they live in Starkey and they just want to get find some like-minded people in the community.
00:27:42.720 -->
00:27:48.319What's the one thing they need to know about Yoga Six Trinity that you want to convey to them here?
00:27:49.119 -->
00:27:56.720Wow, there's so many things, but I think the most important thing which I've touched on is we are just a supportive community.
00:27:57.039 -->
00:27:59.599We, I just I love what we're building here.
00:27:59.759 -->
00:28:05.920We truly are building a safe space, a safe refuge for you to come in.
00:28:06.000 -->
00:28:07.440Just take that first step.
00:28:07.599 -->
00:28:09.599You know, I like hug strangers.
00:28:09.680 -->
00:28:15.039I've cried with strangers that I don't even know because they get in here and like it's gonna make me cry.
00:28:15.200 -->
00:28:17.680They're going through, you know, we're all going through something.
00:28:17.839 -->
00:28:19.839We are all going through something.
00:28:20.240 -->
00:28:31.359This one particular person was going through cancer and she needed a space to just detox and relax and build herself back up from what she went through.
00:28:31.440 -->
00:28:43.680I didn't know her, but I felt her, and we just sat there and hugged, and we just had a moment to just feel supported, feel accepted, and just to feel loved and encouraged and to know that you can do this.
00:28:44.079 -->
00:28:50.400And if I want to sign up, I'm here in this podcast and I, you know, I've driven past there a hundred times and I want to sign up.
00:28:50.640 -->
00:28:54.880What is the best way to get into the system to reach out?
00:28:54.960 -->
00:28:55.680Is it calling?
00:28:55.759 -->
00:28:56.480Is it stopping by?
00:28:56.559 -->
00:28:57.279Is it the website?
00:28:57.359 -->
00:28:58.880What information can you give us?
00:28:59.200 -->
00:29:12.559So if you're listening to the Good Neighbor podcast, just refer the podcast and give us a shout on the phone or text at 727-674-1750.
00:29:12.960 -->
00:29:15.039We've got a free class waiting for you.
00:29:15.200 -->
00:29:26.319You can also hop online at www.yoga6 y-o-g-a-si-x dot com backslash trinity.
00:29:26.799 -->
00:29:29.519And we just reach out to us via there.
00:29:29.599 -->
00:29:36.720You can also find us on Instagram or Facebook at yoga six underscore trinity, and just connect with us.
00:29:36.799 -->
00:29:43.359We'll get you a free class, we'll have you come in, just give you a little studio tour, and just you know, make you feel loved and supported.
00:29:43.680 -->
00:29:51.119So, folks, if you're listening to this, watching it on YouTube, seeing it on Facebook or one of our posts or some of our social media, check out Yoga Six.
00:29:51.200 -->
00:29:58.480They're easy to find, they're the franchise, but the location out in right where Trinity Boulevard breaks off.
00:29:58.559 -->
00:29:59.200You can't miss it.
00:29:59.279 -->
00:30:03.039There's a giant Ashley furniture being built across the street.
00:30:03.200 -->
00:30:06.559Um, reach out, touch space with Erica, go check them out.
00:30:06.720 -->
00:30:13.200727-674-1750, Route 54 out in Pasco County, 54 West.
00:30:13.519 -->
00:30:16.319Contact Erica and get started on your yoga journey today.
00:30:16.480 -->
00:30:17.599It is your practice.
00:30:17.759 -->
00:30:25.039You don't need to keep up with uh the yoga chick next door to you that is bends in 17 different directions.
00:30:25.279 -->
00:30:27.279Just go and get started on your journey today.
00:30:27.440 -->
00:30:30.799Erica, thank you for taking a ride down the branding highway with us.
00:30:30.880 -->
00:30:32.400You have an amazing afternoon.
00:30:32.720 -->
00:30:33.359Thank you, Mike.
00:30:33.440 -->
00:30:33.759You too.
00:30:33.839 -->
00:30:35.119I appreciate your time.
00:30:36.079 -->
00:30:39.599We hope you enjoy your ride down the branding highway.
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