Yoga Strong

I love watching women claim themselves.  The process. The unfurling. The courage.  Today I'm fired about it. Weekly stories by email from Bonnie HERE Connect with Bonnie: Instagram , Email ( hello@bonnieweeks.com ), Website Produced by : Grey Tanner

Jamie Heron, a movement teacher and personal friend, joins us. We laugh a lot, and we talk about authenticity, taking up space, and challenging societal expectations as forms of resistance and empowered development.  We explore how movement practices are interconnected and why it can be empowering to move beyond identifying with certain labels and dogmas, to create freedom for exploring their esse...

Steph Alston joins for the first episode in a new series dedicated to yoga studio ownership. We're here to offer support to current and prospective owners and fill in some of the gaps in the larger conversation about not just studio ownership but the entrepreneurial life. Some of what we explore: The importance of knowing your why Practical advice and seeking guidance from mentors, lawyers, a...

In this episode, we explore the difference between vinyasa and power vinyasa yoga.  I share my personal definitions of vinyasa and power and how I teach them as well as some community comments and definitions shared in a recent conversation on my Instagram. We also talk about the lack of standardization in the industry; the importance of clear language in class descriptions and marketing; the orig...

Today we talk the messy middle of life and the importance of acknowledging the challenges and losses we face. About the need for teachers to recognize that everyone is navigating their own internal landscape and to approach their students with empathy and understanding. I also share my approach to teaching handstands in a yoga flow, with focus on creating a sense of success and expansion for stude...

Iona Holloway, a breathwork facilitator and creator of Brave Thing, joins us today.  We talk how bravely taking action and embracing heartbreak and imperfection to catalyze personal and professional growth. We talk about how breathwork can be a powerful tool for self-discovery and transformation and a supportive add-on to a yoga practice.  We  also dig into business building, including the importa...

We're joined today by Rodrigo Souza, a teacher of adaptive and accessible yoga. He shares his evolutionary journey since sustaining a life-changing spinal cord injury at the age of 33, paralyzing him from the chest down.  Some episode highlights: Embracing imperfection and overcoming the fear of sharing your voice Identity is not fixed and can evolve after life-altering events Yoga can be a p...

Today I'm reflecting on the concepts of restoring and re-storying ourselves, inspired by some big transitions I'm navigating as the parent of a child soon to be leaving home for college.  He will become a new person and I will, too. But what happens before then--and now?  This is about grief and love, and choosing to rewrite certain stories about ourselves as a way to honor our unique ti...

Trisha Durham joins us today! She's a movement trainer who "helps curious people to move more comfortably, kindly, competently," and we talk about the process of finding her voice as a teacher.  We talk about her journey from Ashtanga to vinyasa, finding freedom in movement, how to develop and make money as a teacher, and so much more. Connect with Trisha through her website or Inst...

There are so many things to pay attention to while teaching--movements, words, people in the room, music, where to stand in the room, and why. And more. It's a lot.  Today we talk about what I think is one of the most important aspects to pay attention to and cultivate--and it may surprise you.  Weekly stories by email from Bonnie HERE Connect with Bonnie: Instagram , Email ( hello@bonnieweek...

Today we talk Flow School, my online program designed to help yoga teachers tap into their creative sequencing and find their authentic voice. Flow School helps you understand the why behind your choices, offers a supportive community of like-minded, rule-bending teachers, and provides tools and resources to support you in leading the kinds of classes that light both you and your students up. Next...

As we near the end of the year, some questions are alive for me and I share them with you, along with some insights from a trip this week to a clothing-optional hot springs. We explore the themes of letting go, having conversations with our pain, and how embracing uncomfortable spaces can expand us.  And if you'd like to give it a listen, here's the Sexy Sunday episode on my Naked 40 pro...

Today, we're talking about voice, y'all! The power of voice applies to everyone, not just yoga teachers. Today I share three practices to help you own the hell out of your voice by building safety and trust in yourself. We also talk body language because that's a big part of voice, too. PS: Yoga Strong merch is here!  Support the show by snagging some here . Weekly stories by email...

Have you ever painted a wall in your house and felt like the experience of the entire room was transformed-- from a can of paint? Today we talk about how the little things are the big things. And how it often doesn't take much to shift us-- how we move, how we think--even our whole damn lives.  Weekly stories by email from Bonnie HERE Connect with Bonnie: Instagram , Email ( hello@bonnieweeks...

Have you ever gotten to a place where you're tired of you getting in your own way? Today is about that. I share about the process of getting a new tattoo and how it relates to keeping promises to myself. And all the things that can get in the way of that, like procrastination and comparison and perfectionism. This is about meeting and befriending the parts of ourselves that are holding us bac...

Today I share a game-changer practice. For some of y'alls, this episode might be all you end up needing from me--to propel you, to do the thing that is inside of you that wants to get out. This is Five Minutes to Move, and this is how I come to my mat. It supports this connection to my own movement, and to my own flow, that greatly informs how I teach, why I teach, what I teach.  This practic...

I'm here to help yoga teachers own the hell out of their voice.  Today, I share ten of my top practices to support new (or returning) teachers to do just that.  Which is really about supporting you to become the biggest and most impactful version of yourself. Because you can't step into your becoming as a teacher and have it not permeate the rest of your life.  These are ten ways of show...

"This is bigger than me, but it needs me." I share how these words came to me, and how they've guided me the last couple of years as a teacher, and in the creation of leading of Flow School. I think this idea applies in our leadership, as teachers, and other spaces in our lives too. We need to show up and do our part--and be able to hold ourselves in order to hold a container--but w...

When we teach something new, something that demands a different attention, it gets us out of our heads and into our bodies. As teachers, I really believe that part of the gift that we get to give is that of moving   people, not just through space but within and through themselves.  We get to witness as they move and are moved. Part of how we're able to support this is through keeping things i...

We're all gonna experience things in life that are difficult and sludgy--things that we maybe wouldn't have chosen for ourselves. And while it's important for us to feel and experience what we feel, we also have choices as to how we frame things, where we put our attention.  Because if we pause, if we shift our perspective a little, we can find things to love about even what is hard...

Today's share comes in response to a question from one of y'all: What's the yin to my yang?  I do and hold a lot of things. I've got a lot of ideas and projects and business things going, where I'm showing up for a lot of people. And I'm a mom to three kids. I've got a lover. I've got this pod.  There's a lot of yang--assertive, leading kind of energy--...

Today is my first day back to IRL studio teaching--and with a new studio! It's got me pondering student-teacher and teacher-owner relationships, along with my own relationship to the teaching of flow yoga.  Today I offer lots of questions for your consideration, like: What does it mean to you to practice vinyasa? Does it mean the same thing(s) to your students?  What's the difference bet...

Sometimes getting what we want can be terrifying. And sometimes we feel terrified even when we know deep down that we can do the damn thing. Even if it may not seem like it, I know these feelings well. Even after close to a decade of teaching and showing up on Instagram. Today I talk about the journey from teaching in my garage to teaching and working with people from all over the world, to highli...

I often say that I help people own the hell out of their voice.  Earlier this month, the day before my 40th birthday, I lost my voice for the first time ever. It got me thinking about what exactly it means to own our voice--and all the ways, audible and not, that we speak. Join me for some thought experiments, a story about a woman who lost her hearing but gained her listening, and reflections fol...

One of my favorite parts of this podcast is the fact that I get to introduce you to cool people, out in the world being leaders and doing cool stuff. My guest today is a person I used to work with and who now has a studio of her very own. Steph Alston is no stranger to leadership—just like me, Steph grew up in the LDS church, where she had the opportunity to try on different forms of leadership li...