Meet olivia duncan: Yoga Teacher at This Is Yoga
What was your inspiration for becoming a yoga teacher?
I LOVE the inner & outer healing yoga graciously offers. Ancient healing traditions like Ayurveda (Yoga included), Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tibetan Medicine, & Indigenous herbal practices all over the world are my deepest passions. Most of these traditions believe that disease starts in the energetic body— suppressed emotions & self limiting thoughts , etc.— and then manifest as physical illnesses/chronic disease. Yoga helps to release these energetic blockages and align the self with a higher pathway preventing chronic diseases from their root source.
Your favourite yoga pose if you have one?
Namaskar— I’m always amazed with the instant grounding and connection to the Divine I feel as soon as the hands connect in front of the heart.
What do you enjoy most about teaching?
The connection, the community, and the opportunity to share ancient practices.
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About olivia:
Olivia is passionate about all aspects of yoga- asana, meditation, pranayama, bhakti (devotion) & jnana (vedic wisdom), and mantra & kirtan. Liv grew up in the US, started yoga at age 15, had a consistent (4x week) practice by 17, and a daily practice since 20. She trained with yogis like Jonah Kest in the US, Nataraj Chaitanya in the US and Australia, and Swami Sachidanand in Rishikesh India. She loves weaving ancient wisdom & healing methods into the yogic practice.