Ashley Turner Team
A global community of yoga teachers, therapists, and wellness professionals where science meets soul fusing yoga, therapy & neuroscience
12/01/2023
Do you know the psychology of success?
It starts with building a rock solid Wealthy Money Mindset.
It’s about pinpointing priorities.
It’s about staying accountable.
It’s about knowing your worth and understanding the A, B, C and D of deservability.
And so much more…
Do you know the psychology of success?
11/01/2023
We had a Vision Casting Workshop with some AMAZING yoga teachers and wellness entrepreneurs last week.
We focused on diving into what our soul TRULY wants.
You can make goals.
You can develop the strategy.
You can do, do, do…
But if you don’t have a clear vision, understanding and feel completely in alignment with what your soul wants and needs…will it be worth it?
For me, there was no worse feeling than setting these “goals” that I thought I should be setting, to only achieve them and not feel accomplished.
Why was I pushing myself to do these things and hit these milestones that I didn’t really care about, that didn’t fuel me or my passion?
I vowed to never lead my business that way ever again and when I did, everything changed.
In the Vision Casting Workshop I felt it was most important to lead these amazing humans into FIRST finding what they truly wanted…
What was deep in their soul.
When you find that, you develop a plan to achieve it, and achieve it…that’s Soul Satisfaction.
And there’s no better feeling.
To build your business that continues to run, grow and fulfill based on your truest wants and needs is the greatest accomplishment.
I opened up the Wellness Business Booster last week to our Vision Casting participants as a guide to find and GET that for themselves.
But it’s just too important to me to just add it in that workshop.
If you weren’t in that workshop, I want you to see it’s possible too.
I have added the link to the Wellness Business Booster in the link in bio.
I would love to see you inside so you, too, can grow and build a business that is full of impact, love, and service that supports your dreams, income and life that YOU want.
10/01/2023
What would a clear soul-based mission, vision, and business plan with STRATEGIC action steps on how to achieve those do for your business?
It’s easy to want to focus on the strategy.
To go and do what that successful person or that expert is doing…
But what works for you?
Do you have a clear idea of what your mission and vision is?
Are you clear on your niche and who it is that you help?
Do you have a game plan for YOUR business, tailored for your strengths in action?
You can’t skip the first step…
Being clear on what YOUR soul wants for you and your business is essential.
Do you know what that is?
07/01/2022
The aim of our practice is to learn how to control & direct the functions of our mind 🧠
is transparency among the layers of the mind to create the most conducive environment for clear, undistorted perceptions to naturally arise. To a degree, this mirrors psychology’s aim of wholeness in integrating the unconscious (impulses, complexes, emotional residue, defense mechanisms) with conscious awareness...
In short, the layers of the mind can loosely be
translated from the yogic view to Western psychology as follows:
Chitta (consciousness) unconscious, but also potential higher conscious
Manas (mind) subconscious
Buddhi (intelligence) conscious
Ahamkara (ego or self) self-conscious
Swipe above to read more on the 4 functions of the mind as it pertains to Yoga Psychology 🤓
Cognitive therapy believes that our thoughts dictate the way we perceive ourselves & the world around us...
Common mind traps ("thought ruts") like outlined in the graphic above...can hold us mentally captive & spinning in an unnecessary whir of negativity. They are typically rooted in pessimism + sometimes may affect our mental health. These negative perceptions are common issues that can contribute to symptoms of mood + anxiety disorders...
What are the effects & how can we breakthrough? ⤵
1. Emphasizing the negatives + discounting the positives
❎Effects: Critical + Judgemental, Anxiety + depressed moods
✅Solution: Replace "but" with "and" to give equal weight to both. Train the mind to recognize + register the good in people. Practice a gratitude meditation
2. Negative self talk
❎Effects: Shame + insecurity, intense self-criticism leading to fear + procrastination
✅Solution: Learn to treat thoughts like mental events rather than facts. Practice a loving-kind meditation + affirmations
3. "Shoulds"
❎Effects: Guilt + stress when you don't live up to your expectations. Endlessly comparing yourself to others.
✅Solution: Movement from "judgement" to understanding. Practice compassion + forgiveness meditations.
4. Catastrophizing
❎Effects: Automatically imagine the WORST possible outcome, anxiety, fear, panic attacks
✅Solution:Practice clear perception "what is true?" practice mindfulness meditations: seeing things 'as they are' + present moment awareness
5. Mind Reading
❎Effects: Convincing yourself you know what other people are thinking without actual evidence, Can spin into negative self-talk, anxiety + depression
✅Solution: Try a "maybe not, maybe so" practice and 3rd agreement: "not taking things personally"
6. The Eternal Expert
❎Effects: Righteous, rigid, narcissism , perfectionism, pride, defensiveness
✅Solution: Humility, practice seeing things from another person's perception. Practice So Hum Meditation: 'I am that."
7. Blaming
❎Effects: Blame, resentment, codependence
✅Solution: Taking ownership + responsibility for everything in our lives. Practice a serenity prayer. releasing control, forgiveness meditation + write a 'F U' letter
Our Crown Chakra aka Sahasrara ("Thousand Fold") is our seventh Chakra and the center of our understanding 🙏🏽
When balanced we hold the ability to perceive, analyze, and assimilate information. We're intelligent, thoughtful, aware, open-minded, able to question, hold a sense of spiritual connection, wisdom and master, broad understanding
🪞 Identity: Universal Identity
📍 Location: Top of Head
💭 Element: Thought
🕉 Color Associated: Violet/White
🧠 Psychological Function: Understanding
👤 Shadow: Attachment
🌱 Food to support balance of this Chakra: Fasting
🧘🏻 Yoga to support balance of this Chakra: Jnana
→ When this Chakra is out of balance it shows up as over-intellectualization, spiritual addiction, confusion, dissociation from body.
→ A deficiency in this Chakra looks like spiritual cynicism, learning difficulties, rigid belief systems, apathy, excess (in lower chakras) materialism, green, domination/power over others
→ Traumas + Abuses: withheld information (adoption), education which thwarts curiosity, forced religiosity, invalidation of one's beliefs, blind obedience (no right to question or think for oneself), misinformation, lies, spiritual abuse
→ Mantra to incorporate for healing: "Gratitude awakens the good to unfold in my life.”
That concludes our chakra series!! We hope you've enjoyed it - take a look at our feed for a breakdown of the 7 main chakras & share with us in the comments what you'd like us to cover next!! ⤵
18/11/2021
Acknowledging the complex emotional history of our students & recognizing the signs of when they are being triggered are fundamental responsibilities in our role as yoga teachers 🙏🏻
Swipe above ⤴ for examples of common symptoms of unresolved trauma then head to the link in our bio for an opportunity to learn the best practices, cutting-edge science and essential tools for teaching yoga classes, meditations, workshops and trainings that are healing and trauma-informed in our 1-day trauma-informed immersion led by ...
Link is in our bio ✨
14/11/2021
➡️The world is going through a reckoning…
As we discussed in the EPIC , the yoga industry has been slow to address its white washing, cultural appropriation, diversity and accessibility issues.
While things are changing, it is only ever up to us to turn the tides.
“As a white woman, I've made MANY mistakes...and will no doubt continue to. Admittedly, I came to this conversation a little late in the game – working to dismantle my own unconscious bias, understand my privilege, white fragility and how it showed up, unpack my internalized racism, listen deeply and learn how I needed to do better and teach others to do the same.” -
The truth is...this is ENDLESS work. We can never stop – for the rest of our lives.
The status quo no longer serves.
DOORS TO YPS-300 close tonight. If you’re a yoga teacher who wants to up-level, expand your mind AND teachings then THIS IS THE TRAINING FOR YOU.
We need to ruthlessly examine every system we participate in to understand how the very system itself perpetuates bias, power and oppression and what to do instead.
This includes our yoga spaces and our yoga teacher trainings.
Yoga is a practice of liberation for ALL beings and ALL bodies.
Book a FREE clarity call to help you decide now. Link is in our bio - class begins 12/1 ✨
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