EP 26: Ash Smith | Healing The Heart Through Yoga And Community

Ash found her pathway to yoga about a decade ago, but it really became a passion when she was in college at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. She studied Communication Design and Advertising, and through her studies in school she also developed a deep appreciation and soon to be passion for the entirety of the 8 limbs of yoga. Ash discovered the importance of the practice when she was learning more about her ADHD in college, it was yoga and meditation that helped her through depression.

Soon after graduating, she decided to pursue a 200HR Yoga Teacher training at Yama Yoga in the Third Ward of Milwaukee. There she further explored her niches of interest, such as creative sequencing, her love of anatomy, hand balancing postures, and yoga philosophy. Upon graduation, she started teaching at multiple yoga studios around the city to further develop her voice as a teacher, and to continue learning through experience.

Eventually after one year of teaching professionally, she became employed at Ascent Wellness Program. There she learned how to take all that she had learned to the next step, and finally became able to apply yoga and meditation to help people who were healing through mental health recovery or substance abuse. Ash discovered a lot about herself as a teacher, and learned so much through all of her private clients that she was so thankful to be assigned to. Recently she left this position, and is now pursuing new and exciting endeavors more related to what she wants to build in the future.

Ash's Plugs:
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