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Leadership and Yoga

Shawna Krueger
Leadership and Yoga
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  • Leadership and Yoga

    flirting with life: how to romanticize life & overcome numbness

    01/05/2026 | 46 mins.
    Aren’t we all looking for that feeling of energy of waking up happy to be alive? That’s what it feels like when we learn to flirt with our life, to romanticize things enough to pay attention to the details. Flirting with your life is about patience, rather than convenience and instant gratification. It’s about being ornate, not ikea. And when we do this, we overcome numbness and feeling stuck and replace it with creative flow, and freshness. Flirting is about freshness, about putting flowers on our wall even though we know they will wilt. Freshness reminds us that we must allow for constant evolution and change in our lives. We wish to hold onto our inspired, high on life states once we have them, but they must be constantly refreshed. 
    This episode speaks to the way that presence itself is a sensual thing, it’s what allows us to connect to the natural magnetism that exists in everything. Let’s talk rituals, solo-dates, exploration and reconnecting with the magic of life.

    Substack I mention: How to flirt with your life by Le Secret Club 
    Poem by Victoria Hutchins from MAKE BELIEVE
    Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠
    ⁠Shawna’s website⁠
    ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠
    ⁠Ayurvedic consultation with Art, TEND ⁠(My sponsor) 

    Time stamps:
    00:00 intro 
    01:00 romantic. 
    03:50 substack: flirt with life. 
    07:00 dating myself changed my creative outlet 
    08:00 ornate vs ikea
    12:30 newness vs freshness
    14:15 pain is caused by a lack of love
    15:15 the grass is already under your feet
    16:30 presence is a sensual thing
    18:30 it’s either gorgeous or devastating - Victoria Hutchins
    20:50 moods are internal weather patterns
    22:00 entropy, Gene Keys 
    24:00 vacuum state: black hole to white hole 
    26:30 list of ways to flirt with life
    29:30 my inspiration bath ritual
    32:00 change lighting & levels of energy
    34:30 eating slower & savoring 
    37:00 TEND - ayurvedic guidance 
    39:30 other ways to flirt with your life
    42:00 musical poetry on creative urge
  • Leadership and Yoga

    the thrill of getting over embarrassment: from awkward to confident teaching yoga & everything else

    24/04/2026 | 1h 17 mins.
    5 steps to let go of your embarrassment whether that’s in life, teaching yoga, or creating. Let’s talk embarrassment, fear, perfectionism, how to be confident, self-compassion, awkward people, self-conscious people, and why highly embarrassed people are also often highly judgmental people. Public speaking is a major part of teaching yoga, so let’s dissect in thrilling detail how we can confidently share what we know. 
    “The minute that we stop overstating our own self-importance, the embarrassment and tightness of trying to uphold some image of yourself, starts to fade away.” 
    Included: Gene key 26 by Richard Rudd: moving from pride to artfulness to invisibility. 

    Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠
    ⁠Shawna’s website⁠
    ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠
    Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor) 
    Join YogaTrade Council & take workshops with me (Try it free) And check out jobs on https://yogatrade.com/ (My sponsor)
    ⁠Ayurvedic consultation with Art, TEND ⁠(My sponsor) 
    TEND spring sale code for 25% off: SPRING25
    Gene keys profile I mention: https://genekeys.com/free-profile/ 
    Adam Sandler interview with David Letterman: https://www.netflix.com/title/82014002 

    Time stamps:
    00:00 intro 
    01:00 tulip story
    06:30 Myke Towers tomato face embarrassment 
    10:00 confidence teaching yoga
    12:00 don’t “just jump”
    13:00 your best is not good enough yet
    15:00 the art of getting over embarrassment 
    16:15 freestyle sponsors:
    18:50 OfferingTree
    20:25 Yoga Trade
    22:30 TEND
    24:30 5 steps to overcome embarrassment 
    26:00 Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
    30:30 defense vs offense in embarrassment 
    34:00 step 1: be seen as dumb
    36:30 Adam Sandler and David Letterman 
    42:00 judgmental people
    43:50 step 2: play with contrast
    48:00 step 3: face physical fear
    49:00 teaching yoga embarrassing stories
    55:00 pre-teaching tangible action to take
    56:30 step 4: stop restraining yourself
    59:00 decisiveness
    1:02:00 step 5: turn pride into art, and become invisible 
    1:06:00 artfulness quote
    1:11:00 invisible, why do we want to disappear
    1:12:45 when you make yourself self-important
    1:15:00 you don’t need a life ring
  • Leadership and Yoga

    time-traveling self-love & light after anxiety: “immersive special” for creators

    17/04/2026 | 48 mins.
    This is an immersive special episode, brought to life with music and sound effects. Listen for spoken word and storytelling written by me, Shawna Krueger, on the nature of time and anxiety, sending love to past versions of yourself, healing your past, finding hope in mental health darkness, and finding a way to create and show up as a creator for social media, or as an artist despite your own suffering. 
    Today you will learn how to send prayers to YOURSELF, forward and backwards, and I will warn you, this episode is a little bit like the rabbit hole of the red pill in the Matrix. You can listen to it with eyes closed like a guided meditation visualization if you want. Today I tell you my story, from agony to greatness, from sadness to success in a raw, vulnerable way. But this is what my heart felt called to do, this is what I wrote, so here we go. 
    Inspired by Richard Rudd and the Gene Keys, and Zach Bush.

    Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠
    ⁠Shawna’s website⁠
    ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠
    Join YogaTrade Council & take workshops with me (Try it free) And check out jobs on https://yogatrade.com/ (My sponsor)

    time stamps:
    00:00 intro
    05:47 start of immersive special
    09:00 dear past self
    11:27 into the darkness
    14:46 climbing out of the hole
    17:46 love letters to your past self across time
    22:38 when no one is listening vs thousands are listening
    25:08 your dream come true feels like this
    28:00 versions of yourself that got you here
    33:00 witness your past self fully
    37:01 a ripple in time: the nature of time
    40:40 how to get out of the insects of the mind
    45:00 inspiration is actually you, speaking to yourself
  • Leadership and Yoga

    Ashish Arora on Teaching Yoga in the West and Honoring Yoga’s Roots

    15/04/2026 | 1h 5 mins.
    Ashish Arora is a yoga teacher based in Seattle, Washington, originally from Delhi, India, and currently leading teacher trainings and retreats around the world. In this episode we delve into the art of teaching, what tradition actually means in the context of yoga, yoga philosophy, and navigating cultural appropriation as a yoga teacher. Ashish also shares tips for remembering your students' names and finding your teachers. If you're a yoga teacher thinking deeply about why you teach, where the practice comes from, or how to bring more joy into the practice, this episode is for you!

    Practice with Ashish

    Find Ashish on Instagram: @ashishyoga

    Listen to the previous episode with Ashish

    Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠

    ⁠Shawna’s website⁠

    Try OfferingTree for free⁠ ⁠with my link here⁠⁠ (My sponsor) 

    30-day trial: Join Yoga Trade Council & take workshops with me
    (my sponsor) Get a job teaching yoga abroad? https://yogatrade.com/ 

    ⁠Ayurvedic consultation with Art, TEND ⁠(My sponsor) 

    ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠

    Time Stamps: 
    00:00 intro
    01:40 OfferingTree
    3:41 presence while teaching
    5:33 tips for remembering your students’ names
    10:06 growing up in India
    15:01 laughter breathwork
    17:11 the vastness of yoga
    19:20 peacock pose & joy
    23:45 finding your teachers
    28:16 tradition in yoga
    37:40 breath & energy
    42:22 what is your definition of a yogi?
    46:32 cultural-appropriation in yoga
    55:57 what is our responsibility as yoga teachers?
    59:55 rapid fire questions 
    01:03:17 billboard question
  • Leadership and Yoga

    my story: starting a podcast that changed my life & the years you didn’t see, that built everything

    10/04/2026 | 1h 27 mins.
    I started a top 5% Spotify video podcast without being an influencer, and the years that you didn't see, built everything. Truthfully, I feel like I'm just getting started, but when I pause, I see that I have come a long way! This podcast is my "true north" and the reason I wake up and get to "work" writing, interviewing and creating every day. I believe in the power of inspiration, especially in times like these. I wanted to tell my full story, for those who are asking. I hope you feel inspired to think about telling (and creating) your OWN story, whatever it may be. I believe in you. :) And thanks for being part of the Leadership and Yoga fam.

    Find Shawna on instagram: ⁠@shawnakru ⁠
    ⁠Shawna’s website⁠
    ⁠Ayurvedic consultation with Art, TEND
    ⁠Yoga Teacher Roundtable free community events & mailing list⁠

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About Leadership and Yoga

Leadership and Yoga by @shawnakru is the go-to hub of interviews and episodes for yoga teachers and conscious entrepreneurs. Shawna explores creativity, confidence, and presence through conversations with top teachers, artists, creators, and thought leaders. She also creates captivating musical and poetic solo episodes. Over the past 3 years, Shawna has lovingly grown an intimate, niche following of fellow yoga instructors interested in impact, personal growth & business, into a major nucleus for self-development. She enjoys interviewing even “non-yogis” from a yogic perspective.
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