“ Keep doing the work to stay connected the universe, god….faith. Stay grounded especially when times were good”
Why do you practice yoga?
While the path of yoga ultimately leads to the union with our oneness (true nature), the journey there is as colorful as the flora and fauna of this Earth.
Yoga may mean different things at different times in your life - maybe at one point practice because it’s a good stretch and at another you want to press your body to new limits. Still, as your practice evolves you may move away from asanas (postures) altogether and become interested in the mindfulness and meditative part of the practice.
Sometimes, circumstances like a difficult challenge shifts your intention for practicing.
Today’s episode is a story of how yoga helped one woman through one of the toughest challenges of her life. In 2011, Nichole Hines’ young daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. Life as she knew it changed in the blink of an eye and the following year became about chemo, relapse and the children’s hospital.
Nichole Hines shares with us her journey, how her yoga practiced helped her stay anchored as she not only took care of her daughter but also run two businesses at the same time. Nichole shares with us her lessons learned on how to get through challenging times and her insights about human connection, faith, letting go and giving back.
This episode is so relevant right now because we’re all experiencing a challenging time worldwide. Nichole says “when you connect with others, you’ll find that your story isn’t so different from theirs”. I hope you find connection in this story. Happy Listening!
Topic Summary:
- Letting go/surrendering
-Staying grounded through challenging times
-Insights about how to move through challenging times
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Key Nuggets:
Lessons From The (Yoga) Mat
Yoga (specifically Yin) taught Nichole to be in stillness. To settle into surrender event through a challenge like her daughter battling through cancer.
To allow herself to be held and trust that not everything will fall apart (or maybe that’s exactly what had to happen and it’s okay).
Her big takeaway from her practice is to keep doing the work to stay connected the universe, god….faith. Stay grounded especially when times were good
Letting Go
Nichole shares her story of having to let go in order to maintain her sanity, especially during the first night of her daughter’s chemo. She had to let her daughter go. To tell her daughter that “this is your journey and these are the lessons that you need to learn”
One of Your Biggest Lessons So Far:
People are innately good. When you connect with others, you’ll find that your story isn’t so different from theirs.
You may not know who you affect and who you touch along the way.
What is one nugget of wisdom that you would share with fellow seekers who are on this journey of growth and transformation?
Follow your gut and your heart. There’s nothing more freeing and wonderful than to not be on pause from your authentic self. She started seven different companies and so many iterations of it, that if she cared about what people thought about that and maybe think that she’s crazy then she wouldn’t have had the opportunities that she’s had and not live her truth. Doing the wonderful things that she’s done and meet the amazing people that she has met. That she didn’t stop: I wish I could but I’m not going to.
Be true to yourself and don’t worry about the rest. If you do that you won’t have your greatest happiness. You won’t be the most fulfilled that you can be if you don’t be your true self.
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If you have any questions for Melanie or want to learn more, connect with her through:
Website: www.bellabar365.com
Facebook: @BellaBar365
Instagram: @thenicholehines