#186: Jessica Ryan - Rogue Vinyasa

About this episode

Derek Pang interviews Jessica Ryan about her journey in yoga, her new studio, and the importance of community and self-care.

On episode 186 of Welcome To The Winners Circle, Derek Pang interviews Jessica Ryan (www.jessicaryanyoga.com; IG: @jessicaryanyoga) a Yoga teacher who since 2010 has taught thousands of classes all over North America. In addition to having completed over 1,500 hours of Yoga specific training, she’s attained her Bachelor of Kinesiology degree and became a certified Athletic Therapist in 2016. Most recently, her passion for healing and movement led her to co-founding Rogue Vinyasa (www.roguevinyasa.com; IG: @roguevinyasa), Winnipeg’s newest yoga studio, this past Spring. Here are some of the subjects we touched on: - what she loves about her personal world right now - origin story of her Yoga journey - what inspired her to do her first Yoga teacher training - pursuing her kinesiology degree - living Yoga beyond the mat - hyper-mobility amongst yogis - key mentors that’ve positively influenced her - what meditation means to her - the importance of community - how all athletes can benefit from Yoga - most common Yoga injuries - her bicycle accident - recovering from a traumatic brain injury - Love Your Brain initiative - foundations to her personal self-care - how the pandemic…

People in this episode

Host: Derek Pang

Guest: Jessica Ryan

Topics covered

• Yoga
• Mental Health
• Community
• Injury Recovery
• Self-Care
• Kinesiology

Keywords

• Yoga teacher
• Kinesiology
• Traumatic brain injury
• Community
• Self-care
• Rogue Vinyasa
• Meditation
• Injury prevention
• Hyper-mobility
• Athletic therapy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rogue Vinyasa, Love Your Brain, www.jessicaryanyoga.com, www.roguevinyasa.com

Places: Winnipeg

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