Get Loved Up With Koya Webb

Evolyn Brooks is an award-winning TV Showrunner and Experiential Events Producer. She began her versatile career on-air in television news as an anchor and general assignment reporter.  She has created successful content in live events, unscripted, food and lifestyle, home design, variety, pilot, hidden camera, and one-hour talk formats. Evolyn Brooks is also a certified 200 RYT yoga teacher, scuba diver, foodie, and host of a podcast that explores the origin stories and growth strategies of female founders, disrupters, and entrepreneurs called, Built By A Boss. You can learn and follow Evolyn Brooks on the following links below. You can also listen to her Podcast called “Built By A Boss” at the following links below.Website - https://www.evolynbrooks.com/Website - www.inmysolitudela.comFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/evolynbrookscompanyInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolynbrooksmack/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/evolynbrooks/Please leave a review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. Your thought

Zel is the founder of Rest In Power Yoga and Reiki and the creator of the Yoga for the Dissolution of Binaries Course, originally called Yoga for NonBinary Folx and Those Who Love Us. Zel is a Black, Queer, NonBinary Sacred Energy Worker. They hold a "Master Teacher" certification in Reiki (though they challenge the "title") and an M.S.Ed in Social Justice Education. They are an RYT-200 Yoga Teacher with 500hrs in training, and they have completed certifications in Yoga Nidra and Meditation. Zel also offers Sound healing and private coaching in yogic anti-racism. Zel leads workshops, classes, panels & private sessions for colonized/minoritized folks everywhere. They combine their passion for the healing arts with training + experience in anticolonial education to support their personal mission of nourishing the trees that bear the fruits of freedom. Catch them on IG @restinpoweryogareiki.You can visit their website at https://www.restinpower.yoga/?r_done=1.Please leave a review for the Get Loved Up Podcas

Kurtis is a world-class keynote speaker and corporate mindfulness trainer who spoke at the largest consciousness expos globally, some of the top colleges, fortune 500 companies, and the world's most prestigious casinos such as Foxwoods Resort and MGM Grand casino.Kurtis has been seen in photos with celebrities such as Beyonce, Oprah, Kayne West, Tony Robbins, Jessica Alba, Deepak Chopra, Sir Richard Branson, Snoop Dogg, Steve Forbes – the founder of Forbes Magazine.Kurtis is a celebrity mindfulness mentor who has dedicated his career to the powerful communion of mind, body, and spiritual healing in the workplace.You can learn more and follow Kurtis Lee Thomas on the following links below.Website - https://kurtisleethomas.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ManFromTheStars/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KurtisLeeThomas/Twitter - https://twitter.com/teamawakenedLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ManFromTheStars/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtS8bTmIdBSgSXV3oNGw1aAPinterest - https://

Laruga Glaser is a Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher at the Ashtanga Yoga Academy. After extensively researching spiritual philosophy in her teenage years, she discovered yoga in 1996 and was immediately attracted to the practice’s mental aspect. She found Ashtanga Yoga two years later and committed to being a devoted practitioner.You can find out more about Laruga Glaser on the following social link below. You can also visit her website below to check her schedule. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/larugayoga/?hl=enWebsite - https://larugayoga.com/Please leave a review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. Your thoughts light up Koya’s soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and hear more Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Tiarra Chambliss has over six years of experience in the industry and is a certified 200-hour teacher before pursuing wellness, entrepreneurship, etc. Tiarra works as an educator serving college students. Her experience as an educator heavily influences her approach to instruct in class. She empowers the needs of students and facilitators.Please leave a review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. Your thoughts light up Koya’s soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and hear more Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Tracee Stanley shares teachings sourced from more than 25 years of study in the Himalayan Masters, Sri Vidya, and Tantra tradition. The focus of her teachings is yoga Nidra, meditation, self-inquiry, nature, and ancestor reverence. Tracee frequently travels and leads training and retreats, including leading yoga and meditation on the most recent Oprah and Gayle’s Girls Getaway to the Bahamas. She is the Empowered Life tools creator, which includes oracle cards, meditations, and courses designed to inspire students to live their best life. Tracee’s first book Radiant Rest - Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity, published by Shambhala Publishing, is now available for pre-order.To hear more about Koya Webb and hear more Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Davina Davidson is E-RYT 500 Yoga Teacher building the yoga community through Teacher Training, Workshops, Teacher Resources, Apprenticeships, and Retreats. Davina offers students and teachers the building blocks to master their potential through additional education, dedicated workshops, and ongoing mentorship with a formal educational background.To hear more about Koya Webb and hear more Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

“Learn to birth out of the limits you’ve been given.”How systemic racism is affecting how the pandemic impacts people (2:45)How we can dismantle systemic racism right now (7:10)Why the approaches are a multifaceted and multilayered (12:41)What the wellness industry can do to represent people of color better (15:30)How it’s easy to be insensitive to cultural context of a certain thing rather than giving credit where it’s due (21:51)How we can change even after years of appropriating others’ culture (26:21)The tools that can be helpful to usher people through to the other side of pain (31:32)How everything we’ve been practicing is leading to this moment (35:41)How black women can help to lift each other up (41:23)Links mentioned in this episode:Own Your Glow: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen WithinOrder Koya's book Let Your Fears Make You FierceFollow Latham:InstagramTwitterWebsiteFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“Diets that are very rich in plant material and low in saturated fat are unbelievably powerful in delaying, preventing and reversing chronic diseases.”The importance of a plant-based low fat diet to helping with diabetes and pre-diabetes (3:55)What brought Cyrus to his passion for healing diabetes (5:13)How plant based low fat diets are integral to preventing diabetes (12:31)How Cyrus and Robbie met and started to collaborate (15:13)How multiple perspectives and short term evidence based diets create a challenge with growing their business (20:41)Why what seems the best way to lose weight isn’t necessarily the healthiest (24:13)The three tips to losing weight healthily (26:12)How opening your mind to the idea of reversing chronic disease means using your food as medicine (30:31)How Mastering Diabetes has been growing (35:41)How mangos are important to your health (37:14)Links mentioned in this episode:Mastering Diabetes BookMastering Diabetes PodcastThe 80/10/10 DietDouglas GrahamForks Over KnivesOrder Koya's

“Put yourself in a position to allow others to remind you of your worth.”How Tonya’s ex helped equalize her (2:32)How to maneuver through a financially codependent relationship that is abusive (5:12)How finding your safe space and stabilizing is an important step to building our next steps (10:41)How working through her creditor helped her to rebuild her credit (13:41)The steps Tonya took to mentally and emotionally open herself to live again (17:41)Where Tonya is now and how she transitioned with her family (20:25)How to create space around discussions about finances with your partner (29:46)How therapy has helped Tonya to open up and look at herself in a different way (35:11)The importance of knowing your worth (45:16)Advice on how to secure your finances (49:41)Links mentioned in this episode:My Fab FinanceOrder Koya's book Let Your Fears Make You FierceFollow Tonya:InstagramTwitterWebsiteFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“I look at sound as a pathway to the silence.”How Crystal grew to love sound and silence as a form of therapy (1:41)How the Get Loved Up yoga training taught Crystal about movement (5:31)The importance of holding space and having space held for Crystal (8:31)What it means for Crystal to identify as nonbinary (13:15)How Crystal learned to grow in relationships with a partner (16:09)The importance of being in the present moment (23:15)Links mentioned in this episode:The 15 Commandments of Conscious LeadershipEmergent StrategyBlack Girl podcastTherapy for Black GirlsUnlocking Us PodcastOrder Koya's book Let Your Fears Make You FierceFollow Crystal :InstagramTwitterWebsiteFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“It is my responsibility as a black woman to walk in infinite possibility.”How Rha found her calling (4:14)How Rha learned from the poverty trifecta (14:13)How community and family influenced her (15:11)How transforming her relationship with resources was mandatory to succeed (19:24)How the four step process helps you through your relationship with money (23:51)How giving and receiving abundance helps us (28:10)The purpose of preserving our enthusiasm (30:11)What speaking to the vision is and does (32:12)How peeling away will help us to receive (39:34)How healing ourselves is the best contribution we can make (45:23)Links mentioned in this episode:Queen AfuaThe Abundance Book - John Randolph PriceReboot PodcastKate Northrup and Mike WattsThe Creative Life PodcastMove the CrowdThe Calling Order Koya's book Let Your Fears Make You FierceFollow Rha:InstagramTwitterYoutubeFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“The more pain they inflict, the deeper into love I’ll bury myself.”Shaman Durek describes his trials in his upbringing and his spiritual influences (3:10)Why love and authenticity are so important to the shaman’s journey (10:18)How to find forgiveness through wanting to break the cycle of abuse (14:21)Why understanding abuse as an illness will set you free of it (23:20)Why taking care of our species and all nature is so important to our survival (27:31)How separation can be healing (29:51)How perception plays into how we discuss things (34:42)How entertainment and self interest can distract us from what’s most important (43:12)How owning your own space will help you hold space for others (55:09)What love means to Shaman Durek (1:02:41)Links mentioned in this episode:Spirit HackingOrder Koya's book Let Your Fears Make You FierceFollow Shaman Durek:InstagramWebsiteYoutubeFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“‘Am I enough?’ is the root to anxiety.”Notes:How discovering what anxiety was in college started Shainna’s journey into understanding mental health (4:30)Shainna describes the toughest times of her life regarding mental health (16:30)The importance of validating anxiety (20:12)Shainna describes the importance of taking suicidality seriously and getting help (24:31)How other’s anecdotes of struggle can help us through (28:41)The importance of noticing the signs (33:04)How the trouble with suicidality is the lack of resources, not the underlying causes (43:02)The empowerment of love in mental health (47:21)What love is to Shainna (51:23)Links mentioned in this episode:The Self-Love WorkbookMan’s Search for Meaning - Viktor FranklPaths to God - Ram DassTrauma - Elizabeth JaikaranOrder Koya's book Let Your Fears Make You FierceFollow Shainna:WebsiteInstagramFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“It’s hard to see the progress when you’re deep in the process.”How Diego started his meditative journey (1:31)Who Diego was before discovering this method (4:51)How the Vipassana process works (13:46)How taking care of yourself is important to helping and serving others (16:07)How rest plays a big part in Diego’s everyday (18:27)How Diego’s conflict resolution with his wife is so important to his well being (22:31)How this conflict resolution is put into play (29:13)How doing nothing will help walls come down (35:18)How juicing has changed Diego’s life (41:01)Links mentioned in this episode:Vipassana in CuencaFollow Diego:InstagramWebsiteFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“It needs to come from a place of love.”Notes:How Nick relieves his own stress through tapping (2:54)How Nick figures out the best next step in his life (10:12)How Nick sorts through things in the news to preserve his energy (19:40)How meditating factors into Nick’s practice (29:10)How the individual’s effort is important to changing the world (31:51)How to manage what is going on at home right now (35:08)How the world is moving through the mindfulness space and where it’s headed (43:41)Links mentioned in this episode:The Tapping Solution AppFreakonomics podcastBen Greenfield podcastExponential Wisdom podcast - Peter DiamandisTim Ferriss PodcastConan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcastAtomic Habits by James ClearNick Ortner’s book The Tapping SolutionOrder Koya's book Let Your Fears Make You FierceFollow Nick:WebsiteFacebookTwitterYouTubeFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“Appreciation is gratitude in action.”How to inject your history and your authentic self into your business (4:35)How Marie came to be the powerful woman she is today (7:16)How Marie figures things out through three simple rules (12:41)How negativity bias affects us (17:12)Marie’s personal precautions during the quarantine. (21:25)Marie’s lessons that she doesn’t want to forget from the quarantine (25:41)What a blessing it is to be connected during this time (28:24)The importance of keeping cash reserves (30:18)Why we need getting “back to normal” from this quarantine is bad (35:10)How we can be more mindful at this time (41:19)Why we need something from everyone (43:14)What love means to Marie (45:20)The importance of forgiveness (46:31)Links mentioned in this episode:Everything Is FigureoutableKate Raworth Doughnut EconomicsMy Brilliant Friend on HBOThe Copy CureB-schoolOrder Koya's book Let Your Fears Make You FierceFollow Marie:WebsiteMarie Forleo PodcastInstagramTwitterFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“Don’t attach dollars to your soul.”Tai explains her why in impacting women and girls (5:13)The importance of human connection in sharing herself in the world (12:14)The difference between effective and ineffective influencers (14:20)Why being intentional about goals is important (17:20)Some tips to being abundant and financially stable while pursuing your passion (18:45)How Tai has learned to invest through financial mistakes (24:35)Why having friends that offer helpful advice/criticism will help you (26:31)How being vulnerable helps to grow (situationships vs. relationships) (29:05)What love means to Tai (35:14)How return on investment affects your effort (39:13)What makes a good friend (40:41)How one journey applies to your journey (45:10)How spirituality, growth and turn up are all important to a good partner (48:35)How harmony works in imbalances in a partnership (57:10)Links mentioned in this episode:Vibe VixenRutgers University Job Training ProgramSister CircleBeyond ReadyThe Tai LifeFollow Tai:Website

“Stop being at the back of your line. Move to the front of your line.”Why you can’t give from an empty cup (5:10)What it means to be a servant leader (10:01)What Lisa wants to still do with her life (14:45)How to navigate out of the experience of domestic violence (20:33)What Lisa learned from trying to fit in when she was being discriminated against as a young girl (37:35)What IAMOR stands for (49:20)How to take challenges as an opportunity for growth (57:20)What love means to Lisa (1:06:10)Links mentioned in this episode:Extraordinary You program - May 1 - 3, 2020 - use code KOYA100 for $100 offOrder Koya's book Let Your Fears Make You FierceFollow Lisa:WebsiteInstagramFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook

“Everybody deserves to be on the mat.”How Nicole got started in Yoga (:45)How breath factors into Yoga (4:12)How showing up for yourself helps you show up for everyone (7:56)The importance of standing up for yourself and others as a person of color (10:20)How physical identity influences the wellness industry (17:20)How yoga foster works (20:43)Why Nicole started a fund for minority wellness entrepreneurs (26:52)How reaching out to your community can inform your perspective (31:20)Links mentioned in this episode:Yoga FosterReclamation VenturesSacred Chill WestChrissy CarterBecoming - Michelle ObamaFollow Nicole:WebsiteInstagramTwitterFollow Koya:InstagramFacebook