Best Rebecca Sebastian Podcasts (2025)

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Yoga Business Trends 2026: Data, Service, and Building Confidence with Michael Jay 1:00:54

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✨ Yoga biz isn’t just about mats and malas anymore—it’s about data, confidence, and community. In this episode, we’re diving into why your studio needs a clear point of view, how COVID secretly did us a favor with tech, and why vibes alone won’t keep the lights on (sorry, not sorry). We’ll talk rethinking service, making “giving back” the hottest t…

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James Baldwin: Prophet of Love (feat. Clark Moore) 1:35:49

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We all know James Baldwin the high priest of Civil Rights, but what about Jimmy B, the extremely horny homosexual? JB was a chain-smoking, vodka-swilling romantic who fell hard and often—usually for straight men he could never have. This week, Bash and his bestie guestie, Clark Moore, crack open Baldwin’s chaos: from his Harlem childhood all the wa…

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I'm Every Woman. A Feminist Resistance and Yoga Deep Dive with Anjali Rao 57:03

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✨ What if yoga history forgot half the story? In this episode, we dive into the missing voices of women, the power of everyday acts of resistance, and why who tells the tale of yoga matters just as much as the practice itself. Spoiler: every pebble counts, and radical love is the real revolution. 💥🧘‍♀️ 🔑 Key Takeaways Who tells history matters. Whe…

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Frida Kahlo Pt. II: Portrait of the Artist As A Young Slut 37:54

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"Make love, take a bath, make love again." That was Frida Kahlo’s motto—and sweetie, she LIVED by it. We all know about Frida’s messy, horny marriage to Diego “Toad Face” Rivera and her revenge fling with Leon Trotsky. But what about the women? The affairs, the crushes, the rumors, the gossip that turned her into Mexico’s most iconic bisexual? This…

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Frida Kahlo Pt. I: Patron Saint of Bisexual Chaos (feat. Carla Gutiérrez) 1:11:36

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"Love was the foundation of everything for Frida. This bisexuality, this eroticism was fundamental to her character." She’s on your ex-girlfriend’s tote bag, your niece’s notebook, and probably a few questionable dorm-room tapestries. But behind the unibrow is a Frida Kahlo you don’t know: a bisexual, communist, pain-embracing rascal who painted fr…

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Starman or Salesman? The Truth About Online Yoga Teacher Trainings. A Training Conversation with Katlyn Greiner. 56:40

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Have you ever wondered what those $300 online teacher trainings were like? Well, I asked someone who both teaches online and also has looked through more than one of these. What really makes a yoga teacher training “good”? In this episode, we explore the realities of online vs. in-person YTTs, why pacing and feedback matter, and how affordability i…

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Isn’t It Ironic? The Real Numbers Behind Yoga Studio Profitability. A Conversation With Gina Ward. 1:18:52

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This week I am chatting with yoga trainer, studio owner, and data maven, Gina Ward. Gina ran some data for yoga studio owners, so she could better inform her yoga teacher trainees what the realities of studio ownership are like. Wanna know what the data said? Yeah, I did too. Take a listen find out. KEY TAKEAWAYS: 1. Studio profitability isn’t guar…

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Queer Georgians: A History of Gay Homemaking (feat. Anthony Delaney) 1:09:29

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Powdered wigs. Satin breeches. Candlelit salons. And of course: sodomy. This week we’re swanning back into Georgian England (1714–1837), a century of empire, cholera, imperialism, and very flouncy coats – but also one of the gayest domestic revolutions in history. With special guest Dr. Anthony Delaney (author of Queer Georgians, out today!), we ex…

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Medieval Arab Lesbians (feat. Labia Gas & The Saffron Massage) 36:12

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The Dark Ages: Rome has fallen, the Church won't shut the fuck up, there's a killer plague for every season, and everyone else is dying of BOREDOM. Right? WRONG. Western Europe may have been a shitshow for much of what we ridiculously call the "Dark Ages," but the rest of the world had its act together. Specifically: Baghdad around the 800s AD. At …

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We're Going The Distance? A Conversation with Kris Maul on Licensure. 59:31

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For those of you following the topic of licensure in the yoga space, this is for you. Should we be a licensed profession? Should we leave it all up to self-regulation within the industry? What would that even mean for us? I ask a literal licensing expert, Kris Maul, and he provides us with all the details. KEY TAKEAWAYS Gatekeeping with integrity N…

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The Hanky Code: A Quickie History 35:15

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Welcome to The Hanky Code, aka Grindr for Boomers. Following on from our cruise through history last week, we've delved deeper into the notorious handkerchief code. The code was a form of flagging, which used different coloured bandanas to signal sexual / kink preferences. In this bonus Quickie episode, Bash unpacks the extremely colourful history …

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Ep. 8: Body Mass Index vs Body Fat Percentage as a Predictor of Mortality in Adults Aged 20-49 Years feat. Arch G. Mainous III, PhD, and Frank A. Orlando, MD (Vol. 23 Iss. 4) 32:45

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In this episode, researchers Arch G. Mainous III, PhD, and Frank A. Orlando, MD, discuss their recently published study, “Body Mass Index vs Body Fat Percentage as a Predictor of Mortality in Adults Aged 20-49 Years." The study found that body fat percentage is a stronger predictor of 15-year mortality risk among U.S. adults than body mass index (B…

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What I Learned About Our Labor. AI, Tech, And Working In Yoga. 18:12

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It’s a wrap, friends. I have finished my talks about AI and tech, for now, and here is what I learned. Working In Yoga Website Working In Yoga Newsletter Discussion Guide How Yoga Competes With AI. An AI's ResponseBy Rebecca Sebastian

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Cruising: A 4,000 Year History (feat. Alex Espinoza) 1:10:38

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You know the feeling: when you lock eyes and the look lingers just a little too long. His hand brushes over his fly. And boom! A small smile confirms it: You're about to be cruising, my king! And all it took was a public park, centuries of sexual shame, and a little bit of courage to get you there... Now it's no surprise that the elegant and much-e…

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Code Away With Me. A Conversation on AI & Tech with Ram Bhakt 46:47

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This final interview in our AI & Tech series is one of my faves. It isn’t often I meet someone so decidedly pro-tech in the yoga space, so chatting with Ram Bhakt was a true breath of fresh air. KEY TAKEAWAYS *AI can undoubtedly help us with our businesses. Ram listed a whole lot of things AI can help with–marketing, emails, scheduling, and more. W…

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Emperor Nero: Portrait of a Bottom on Fire (feat. Andrew Lear) 1:00:07

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He fiddled while Rome burned. He married two men. He may even have kicked his pregnant wife to death. But he ALSO invented animal pelt kink, so could he have been THAT BAD?! This week, Bash is joined by classicist and queer historian, Professor Andrew Lear, to discuss the scandalous, salacious, and slanderous life of Emperor Nero — Ancient Rome’s m…

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398: Closing This Chapter with Rebecca Sebastian 1:05:07

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The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 398: Closing This Chapter with Rebecca Sebastian Description: Change is a natural part of every process and sometimes, that means ending things and stepping away. For the Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast, it is almost time to close this chapter - this is the second-last episode of the podcast. Rebecca Sebastian join…

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Butt Pirates: A History of Queer Piracy (feat. Rebecca Simon) 1:04:40

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🏴‍☠️ Before there was BRAT, there were Butt Pirates. 🏴‍☠️ This week we're hoisting our slutty sails – that's what I call my underpants – to plunder the treacherous homosexual deep, with pirate historian and author Dr. Rebecca Simon (Pirate Queens; The Pirate’s Code) to answer the age-old question: Why are men on a ship always kinda gay? First of al…

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Ep. 7: Prescribing Cascades Among Older Community-Dwelling Adults feat. Ann Sinéad Doherty, PhD, and Emma Wallace, PhD (Vol. 23 Iss. 4) 31:08

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In this episode, researchers Ann Sinéad Doherty, PhD, and Emma Wallace, PhD discuss their recently published study, “Prescribing Cascades Among Older Community-Dwelling Adults: Application of Prescription Sequence Symmetry Analysis to a National Database in Ireland.” The study identified five potential prescribing cascades in Ireland’s national pop…

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Leonardo da Vinci: Prince of Sodomy (feat. Professor Catherine Fletcher) 1:15:03

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Leonardo da Vinci? More like Leonardo da Fist Me. We've all heard of the man behind the Mona Lisa. But did you know he was also one of Florence's sodomitical sweethearts? In this episode, we pull back the vajazzled curtain on Leonardo da Vinci to reveal a homo neither tormented nor repressed, suffering dramatically for his art, but a messy, charism…

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A Queer History of Vampires (feat. Sacha Coward) 1:09:30

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Hot, rich, European, emotionally unavailable... sound familiar? It's your Hinge profile all over again. No, silly, it's vampires! We are thrilled to welcome back folklorist and queer historian, Sacha Coward (author of Queer as Folklore) this week, as we trace the gloriously queer history of vampires—from ancient blood-sucking demons to modern brood…

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Do We Need To Calm Down About AI? An Intellectual Property and YTT Convo w/ Melissa Adylia Calasanz. 1:00:04

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So there are definitely some ethics things we need to talk about in regards to AI. Intellectual property rights have long been an issue in the yoga space (I can’t be the only one who has had stuff blatantly stolen), and this issue carries over to AI. Key Takeaways: *Labor unions are a particular love of mine. I have a deep desire to see us collecti…

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Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (feat. Kit Heyam and Marty Davies) 1:14:39

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Heads up! This is the episode where we solve gender. Famously a "construct," it turns out Mx. Gender has been around for hundreds of thousands of years. This podcast is only 70 minutes long so we're sticking to the last 5,000... but still. Not bad. Join Bash and his honoured guests this week – Kit Heyam and Marty Davies – as they delve into the dee…

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Was Marie Antoinette A Lesbian? (feat. Eleanor Herman) 56:38

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She was young, she was hot, and she was hated. But did she eat pu$$y? Marie Antoinette was many things: a teen bride, a fashion icon, and according to Sofia Coppola, a big fan of The Strokes (I knew I liked this bitch!) She's famous nowadays for losing her head, but did she also give it? And to whom / with what degree of relish? In this week’s epis…

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Gay Marriage Was The Gayest Love Story Ever Told (feat. Jeremy Atherton Lin) 1:08:38

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Once upon a time—aka the 90s, when I bravely decided to be born—gay marriage was the only thing we queers could talk about. But why? Why were we so hell-bent on getting married? And how did the fight for marriage equality impact real people on the ground? In this episode, Bash is joined by writer and memoirist Jeremy Atherton Lin, author of Deep Ho…

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Is This Our Real Life? A Tech Rhapsody and Conversation with Kimberly Searl 58:30

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Where do we see ourselves after the tech revolution happens? Well, in one of the most thoughtful conversations I have had about this topic, Kimberly Searl and I get into it. KEY TAKEAWAYS *How do we discern what is “Real” and what is not? This is a huge question, and we need to unpack it. Especially as we look at marketing and online representation…

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Tchaikovsky Comes Out To Mother Russia (feat. Simon Morrison) 1:23:34

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Imagine a world where you're Russian, gay, and happy about it. No this is not propaganda from the ultra-secret "Pinko" department of the Kremlin (they def have one of those). This is the very real story of the magnificent Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of the world's greatest composers and a big old homosexual. He wrote the 1812 Overture, The Nutcra…

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A Queer History of Food (feat. Rachel Cleves) 1:05:40

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What's so gay about food? (Besides the fact that you use your mouth for it.) The answer, OF COURSE, lies in 18th century France. In fact, food's sexy origins go even further back, all the way to the ancients: from Eve's naughty apple to Ancient Roman oysters (they made their orgasms more intense!). But it was the invention of the restaurant in 18th…

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Toxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology: Part II (feat. Liv Albert) 1:10:34

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Why do bottoms always die in Greek mythology? If you're a fan of Greek myth, you know the gods love to act like humans: they love, they fuck, they fight...they throw dinner parties. But they also love to kill us. When gods show up on Earth, it typically means someone's about to get pregnant or dead, real quick. (Or both.) And the pattern holds for …

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Sending Out An AI S.O.S. How We Can Use Tech and Still Be Human. A Chat with Justin Deangelo. 43:56

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This conversation holds two places we need to talk about. First, how can we use tech and still be human? What do we need to adjust in order to use what tech can give us, while also being our most human selves? Secondly, what practical ways can tech help up in our yoga businesses? Check out this conversation and find out. KEY TAKEAWAYS *Springboardi…

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Eleanor Rykener: Trans Sex Worker of Medieval London? (feat. Dr. Mireille Pardon) 1:02:28

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The year is 1395. The city: London. The crime: an "unmentionable, ignominious vice" commonly known as sodomy. And the perp? A rascally, resourceful enigma named John Rykener, who enters the court records "calling herself Eleanor," wearing women's clothes, and defying gravity / everything we know about medieval gender. But John/Eleanor Rykener – or …

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The Future of Queer Communism (feat. Eman Abdelhadi) 54:43

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What comes after the collapse of capitalism? Mass famine? Global war? Environmental destruction? Oh wait, all of that's already happening! It seems like, as a species, we're at a bit of a breaking point. Which means revolution is afoot, and we have to wonder: what the hell happens when it gets here? For most of us, though, it's not easy to project …

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A History of Gay Communism (feat. Josh Rivers) 51:59

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What if it's actually your butthole that will lead the revolution? This week, we're getting penetratingly political with writer and podcaster Josh Rivers (⁠Busy Being Black⁠), as we explore the radical legacy of Mario Mieli's ⁠Towards a Gay Communism⁠. Here's the thing: Capitalism doesn't just steal your time and money—it also reinforces the gender…

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Ep. 6: Neighborhood Determinants of Primary Care Access in Virginia, feat. Hannah Shadowen, PhD, and Dr. Alexander Krist(Vol. 23 Iss. 3) 35:01

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Primary care improves the health of communities and decreases health inequities, yet workforce shortages have worsened in the United States. This study, titled "Neighborhood Determinants of Primary Care Access in Virginia," aimed to identify geographic disparities of the primary care workforce in Virginia and identify factors associated with primar…

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Historical Homos: Season 4 Trailer 3:37

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We're back my little Hormones! Join Bash and his heavy flow of genius guests this season for another no-fucks-given romp through humanity's Big Gay Past. (We all have one!) Come for the history, stay for the laughs, and if you're lucky, leave with a boner. Please note: Erectile Gift With Purchase (EGWP) not guaranteed. First cum, first served. We'l…

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397: How to Suck at Marketing with Brea Johnson 1:15:04

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The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 397: How to Suck at Marketing with Brea Johnson Description: Do you feel overwhelmed by marketing your yoga? It is something that many yoga teachers struggle with - especially when it feels like the world often prioritizes being polished over showing up authentically. Brea Johnson shares her insights about how to …

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Is AI Like The Karma Police? A Yoga Philosophy Convo with Mandi King 50:58

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Someone once told me that hanging around with yoga people was like having all of those late-night “what is the meaning of life?” conversations with full adults. Enter Mandi King to the chat. She and I recreate hanging out at the coffee shop ‘til 3 a.m. drinking black coffee, listening to Radiohead, and talking about deep conversations—this time abo…

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396: Yoga for Abortion Care with Sasha Sigel 1:02:02

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The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 396: Yoga for Abortion Care with Sasha Sigel Description: We live in a time when access to abortion care is increasingly under threat and attacks on reproductive health are intensifying. What does yoga have to do with abortion care and how can yoga teachers support people going through abortion care before, during…

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AI Kills The Studio Star? A discussion of yoga, tech, and AI starring J Brown. 1:13:58

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What is the impact AI and tech have had, and are going to have on teaching yoga? J Brown and I have thoughts. KEY TAKEAWAYS: *I do think we need to pay homage to some of the old ways, even as we adapt to new tech. When yoga, as an industry, sort of came of age in the 90s, we were using old shoe boxes, tissue boxes, or cigar boxes to store our money…

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395: Anticolonial Philosophy & Yoga with Shyam Ranganathan 1:02:15

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The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 395: Anticolonial Philosophy & Yoga with Shyam Ranganathan Description: Yoga philosophy can sometimes feel overwhelming, inapplicable to the modern problems we face today, or just too abstract. Dr. Shyam Ranganathan, a repeat guest on the podcast, has a gift for breaking philosophy down in a way that we can relate…

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Daydreaming About A Disposable Workforce? Here come AI & Tech in Yoga. 13:57

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Buckle up, friends. We are about to get into how artificial intelligence and tech can impact our futures near and far. It isn’t all bad news, but we do need to be prepared. Also, download our discussion guide for this series! Working In Yoga Website Working In Yoga Newsletter Discussion GuideBy Rebecca Sebastian

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394: A Pep Talk to Share Your Yoga with Shannon Crow 36:30

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The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast 394: A Pep Talk to Share Your Yoga with Shannon Crow Description: Taking a big leap can feel scary and overwhelming, and you may be filled with doubt and hesitation. You may feel imposter syndrome creeping in, start procrastinating, or simply feel unable to take the first (or next) step. In this episode, Shannon s…