— “My dharma is to make visible what without me might go unnoticed and needs to be noticed. And, to encourage the same in others. We each have something sweetly specific to us, our dharma, that longs to take the stage. It's that luminous part of us that, when experienced, we fall wildly in love with our Self, put on our best dress, and take a giddy bow with the Divine.
Valeria Teles interviews Barbra Brady — a ParaYoga Teacher, Meditation, Yoga Nidra Teacher, MA, E-RYT-500, YACEP, Director Of Education, Blue Door Yoga & Wellness.
Barbra Brady has a vast curiosity about yoga and life! She has been teaching since 2000, and has an established private yoga practice where yoga is designed specifically for the client. Barbra’s classes are all about adding calm into your life while building strength and confidence. Classes are a hatha yoga flow, but the flow is noticeably slower than power vinyasa classes. They are powerful, it is a power that comes about through effortless awareness on the body, breath, and mind.
You’ll find yourself discovering yoga in a mindful way that has long lasting effects. You are sure to feel calm and alert. Barbra’s classes are very meditative and breath-centered, with pranayama and meditation woven in. She is highly skilled in leading yoga nidra, a deeply restorative guided relaxation done while lying down in savasana. It is delicious!
To deepen the scope of working one-on-one, Barbra is training in Yoga Mindset Coaching (YMC), a client-centered approach which brings the yoga "mindset" into the field of coaching.
A YMC inspired yoga coaching session begins with checking in with the client--How are things going for you today? What seems to be active? Let's say the client shares that they are overwhelmed with everything they have to do. After reflective listening, the coach reflects the client's words back to them, and asks the client to consider the possibility that they are not completely in overwhelm, but a part of them is, and that part is just trying to do its job of taking care of us. This is based on Internal Family Systems (IFS) in the field of psychology, and "Parts Work." IFS believes that everything that causes us to react in our life is a field outside of us, and does not define us.
To learn more about Barbra Brady and her work, please visit: https://www.barbrabrady.com/
— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.
