Petra Lehman, founder and owner of Create Power Yoga in Providence, Rhode Island joins me around some unsuspecting ways to heal our relationship with our bodies.
Petra shares how her daughter was a catalyst for the shift in her own relationship with food and her body as she learned to take the time to nourish her body and make sit down meals a dedicated practice.
As someone who had a thin body most of her life, Petra shares the painful impact of our society’s value of a thin body. What happens when your thin body, the one that everyone notices and praises, is no longer thin? Petra’s heightened awareness brought her to the conclusion that everybody suffers under this system, no matter what our body size, because this system values our worth based on how we look, not who we are.
Recognizing how we can reclaim our power ultimately comes from what we choose. As Petra so brilliantly put it, “we have to know we have a choice to make a choice”.
Petra shares how critical inclusivity is in her business. She shares how she's made it a priority in her marketing, social media strategies and yoga teacher training. Inclusivity comes down to this: “It matters that you see potential in the world around you.”
We talk about why community is so important to women’s healing. What makes a powerful community? Feeling safe and being seen. Petra shares specifically how she’s created this container in her annual women’s retreat.
Yoga has been life changing and healing. It has taught both of us how to embrace our whole selves. Petra shares the value of being part of a yoga teacher training and the opportunity to share yourself. “You are going to share yourself to the extent you know yourself.”
Enjoy!
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