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Hosted by reika_alexi · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 121 episodes
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Welcome to the Full-Time Yoga Teacher Podcast! I'm Reika, your host from Long Beach, California. Join me weekly for insightful conversations with everyday yoga teachers who've embraced the challenging journey of making yoga their full-time profession. Whether you're a seasoned yogi or just starting, our episodes offer valuable insights, inspiration, and practical advice. Explore the diverse tapestry of the yoga world with us. Welcome to the Full-Time Yoga Teacher Podcast!
reika_alexi hosts Full-Time Yoga Teacher, a health show with 121 episodes published.
Can you build a sustainable career as a yoga teacher without compromising your values? In the final episode of this three-part series, Sunny and I dive into one of the most challenging conversations in the yoga industry:
In Part 2 of our Navigating the Politics of the Yoga Industry series, Sunny and I continue our candid conversation by exploring what happens when yoga becomes a business. We talk about studio culture, teacher autonomy, n
In this episode, I sit down with yoga teacher, mentor, and educator Tara Alperin to explore what it really looks like to build a long-term career in yoga. From her beginnings as a competitive figure skater and dancer to
In this episode, I sit down with yoga therapist, yin yoga teacher, and teacher trainer Nyk Danu, who has been teaching since 2004. Nyk shares her unlikely path from hairstylist to full-time yoga teacher and how injuries
In this episode, I sit down with Klaudia Paletta, founder of Pink Means Go, bilingual wellness facilitator, and yoga teacher dedicated to making yoga more accessible to Latinx communities. Klaudia shares her journey from
In this episode of the Full-Time Yoga Teacher Podcast, Reika sits down with Maria Wada to explore her journey from growing up in Japan and Mexico to becoming a professional dancer in Los Angeles, performing with artists
In this episode, I sit down with Chase Bossart to explore what it really means to practice and live yoga beyond the mat. Chase shares his journey from studying philosophy to becoming a longtime student of T.K.V. Desikach
In this episode, I’m joined by Brenna Barzenick, yoga teacher, studio owner, and physical therapist with over 30 years of experience. Brenna shares her journey from traditional PT to yoga and how she now bridges both wor
In this episode, Sunny returns to share how her teaching career has completely shifted, from teaching over a dozen classes a week to intentionally scaling back for a more sustainable and aligned life. We talk about the r
In this solo episode, I share a real-time update on my teaching life: what my current schedule looks like, the different streams of income that support my work as a full-time yoga teacher, and a continuing education prog
In this episode of the Full-Time Yoga Teacher Podcast , Reika Shucart speaks with longtime yoga teacher and yoga therapist Rebecca Sebastian , the host of the podcast Working In Yoga . Rebecca shares her unconventional p
In this episode of the Full-Time Yoga Teacher Podcast , host Reika Shucart sits down with Elizabeth Clark , a full-time yoga teacher, prenatal and postnatal yoga specialist, birth doula, and founder of Looma Birth . Eliz
In this episode of the Full-Time Yoga Teacher Podcast, Reika sits down with Lauren Cohen, a San Francisco-based yoga teacher and retreat leader, to talk honestly about what it takes to build a sustainable life in yoga. L
In this episode, Reika sits down with Aimee Echo , a yoga teacher and educator devoted to preserving the integrity of classical Yoga while making its tools accessible to modern practitioners. Aimee is the owner of Commun
In this episode, I sit down with Jivana Heyman, founder of Accessible Yoga, to reflect on over 30 years of teaching, learning, and evolving within the yoga world. Jivana shares his journey into yoga, early influences fro
In this solo year-end episode, I reflect on 2025, a year shaped by endurance, teaching, travel, and honest observation. I share highlights from running my first marathon and first 50k ultra, leading a SmartFLOW 200-hour
In this episode, Reika sits down with Amanda Kingsmith: 500-hour RYT, yoga business coach, podcast host, author, world traveler, and mom of two, for an honest conversation about building a sustainable yoga career while l
In this episode, Reika interviews Francesca Cervero, a yoga teacher and mentor with over 20 years of experience teaching yoga and working one-on-one with students. Francesca shares her journey from dancer to full-time yo
In this special 100th episode of the Full-Time Yoga Teacher Podcast , Reika reflects on the journey of creating the podcast over the past two years and the many lessons learned from interviewing over 65 yoga teachers fro
In the final episode of this anatomy mini-series, Reika and Olga dive into the importance of understanding movement patterns and what they reveal about how the body truly functions. They explore why there is no one “corr
Chase Bossart
1 appearance on this show
Elizabeth Clark
Spine Nurse Practitioner, team leader of the Back and Neck Center · Marcus & Millichap
1 appearance on this show
Lauren Cohen
international lawyer, realtor, and global investment immigration expert · Cohen Leadership Group
1 appearance on this show
Jivana Heyman
certified yoga teacher and author · Accessible Yoga
1 appearance on this show
Amanda Kingsmith
1 appearance on this show
Brian Hyman
author, yoga and meditation teacher, recovery advocate · High Meadow Solutions
1 appearance on this show
Michelle Garcia
Digital Communications Manager · Weslaco EDC
1 appearance on this show
Kelly Smith
Founding Chair and Dean for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program · Southern University New Orleans
1 appearance on this show
Jordan Ashley
TEDx speaker and human rights advocate · Souljourn Yoga Foundation
1 appearance on this show
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