Bringing Your Daily Yoga Practice Off the Mat with Ashish Kothari and Alicia Rae Parks

In today's fast-paced world, many of us struggle to find true happiness and balance. Despite our well-being practices, like yoga, we often fail to translate its benefits into our daily lives. Many people practice yoga to relax and find peace. However, they often struggle to keep that calm feeling once they leave their yoga class and return to their busy lives. In this podcast, Ashish Kothari and Alicia Rae Parks, Manager of Happiness Squad’s REWIRE Yoga Program, talk about how to make the benefits of yoga last longer, even after you leave the yoga mat. They introduce a special program called Rewire Yoga, which helps you use yoga in your everyday life, not just in class. Alicia shares her own story about how yoga helped her through tough times. She’s a yoga teacher dedicated to bringing authenticity and a sense of community to her practice. She has transformed her life and teaching approach by shifting from fear to happiness. As the Program Manager of the REWIRE YOGA program, Alicia aims to help yoga teachers enhance their skills and deepen their practice, both on and off the mat. Her mission is to empower teachers to thrive in their profession and to make “happiness” a key element in the yoga community. Things you will learn from this episode: • Integrating Yoga into Daily Life • Why you should try the Rewire Yoga Program • Personal Transformation Through Yoga • How Yoga Brings Holistic Well-being This is your invitation to shift to a more purposeful and meaningful life! Tune in to this episode now and start making a difference. Resources: Alicia Rae Park’s Website: https://linktr.ee/Aliciaraeyoga Rewire Yoga Program: https://community.happinesssquad.com/... Books: Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life.https://www.amazon.com/Hardwired-Happ... Episode Bookmarks 00:12 - Introduction 01:31 - What does happiness mean to you? 03:38 - Alicia’s life journey 06:16 - Alicia’s journey to yoga teaching 09:35 - Using yoga to transform lives through habits and mindfulness. 13:08 - Bringing the Rewire Program to the Yoga Community 16:02 - [mid-roll break] 16:39 - The science of Yoga 18:13 - Integrating the 9 Hardwired for Happiness Practices to Yoga 19:33 - What it means to live your Yoga practice off the mat 21:20 - How the Rewire Yoga Program takes your Yoga practice off the mat 26:09 - Invitation to yoga practitioners 28:06 - Wrap up questions 30:37 - What’s your most challenging Yoga pose right now? 31:32 - What’s your favorite book and favorite show? 32:46 - What’s your favorite song? 33:47 - Outro __________________________________________________ Happiness Squad Website: https://happinesssquad.com/ LinkedIn:   / happiness-squad   Ashish Kothari:   / ashishkothari1   Instagram:   / myhappinesssquad   Facebook:   / myhappinesssquad