Ava Johanna on the Power of the Breakdown
Description
On today’s episode of Embrace Your In-Between, we are in conversation with Ava Johanna - the CEO and Founder of The Academy of Breath - a breathwork and meditation certification that has trained hundreds on these life changing practices.
As both Scorpios, we go deep in this episode. Ava shares her story of allowing her life to come undone in 2021- the dissolving of her marriage, the ending of longtime friendships, and starting over after moving to a new city. We chat about the power of self trust and radical self honesty, especially in moments of massive transition. We also chat about how to receive and money mindset shifts she now embodies after experiencing homelessness as a teenager. She's so powerful, and I can't wait for you to hear her story.
The next round of the Academy of Breath opens in late June. Check out details here!
In this episode, we connect on:
13:15 | The duality of the fear of being seen and a deep desire to be seen at the same time
14:00 | Sharing her story of allowing her life to come undone in 2021- dissolving her marriage, moving to a new city and, the changing of longtime friendships
18:00 | Finding herself in the moment of choosing a life that’s “good enough” or one that truly lights her up
22:00 | Practices that helped her step into the “unknown”
26:00 | Moments of massive transition can lead to us outsourcing our power or looking for validation on our decisions
29:15 | How to build self trust
32:15 | On mindful consumption
33:45 | The difference between fear and our intuition
40:15 | Questioning if we need moments of contraction in order to expand
41:00 | The power of being radically honest with ourselves
44:30 | How we can use activating breathwork practices to better manage stress in our lives
48:30 | Her internal and external shifts that she took to create financial success after experiencing homelessness and financial trauma
56:45 | Practices that open you up to receiving
01:01 | How to move from the comparison trap
More on Our Guest - Ava Johanna:
Where to Find Her: @avajohanna and The Academy of Breath
What’s Next: Ava’s *free* Iconic Coach training starts on 6/14. The Academy of Breath opens June 29th! Check out details here.
Ava Johanna is the founder of the international breathwork teacher training, The Academy of Breath™, 7-figure business coach, and host of the top wellness podcast: The Alchemized Life.
Ava’s Academy of Breath™ has certified hundreds of healers & visionaries from around the world in breathwork & meditation so they can create a soul aligned & profitable business with service at the forefront of their purpose. Ava has helped her students leverage meditation and breathwork as a tool for deeper self trust, intuition and creativity to help grow their careers. Today Ava is sought after for her expertise in teaching healers & visionaries how to take ancient practices into the modern world to enhance their spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical states.
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