#78 - CARLING HARPS - SEATTLE BASED YOGA STUDIO OWNER, TEACHER TRAINER AND MOBILITY SPECIALIST
Carling Harps (@carlingnicole) has been teaching yoga since 2012, is a certified Mobility Specialist, Registered Pre/Postnatal teacher, and birth doula. A life long lover of movement & education, Carling has spent the last decade+ studying Yoga, Sports Mobility, Women's Advocacy & Birth. Surrounded by offerings from teachers such as Annie Carpenter, Philip Askew, Tiffany Russo, Caroline Myss, and multi-disciplinary systems such as Function Range Conditioning, Kinstretch, Postpartum Athleticism coaching, and doula training with Penny Simpkin in 2014.
As a founder of Awakening Yoga Academy, Carling has traveled the world offering workshops and facilitating trainings in the AY method as well as offers classes both online and in person with her Seattle-based studio, Commune Yoga. As a mother, teacher, and female founder, Carling strives to bring a sense of curiosity, conscious connection, and empowering education to all of her teachings.
WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT
-Morning affirmations and positive self-talk
-Realising you are not your thoughts
-College cheerleader to functional movement teacher
-What is mobility and functional movement?
-Managing students who freestyle in class
-The key to building a strong community
-Loss of identity as a new mum
QUOTES
‘I spent most of my life wanting to do it ‘right’. Most people want to do it ‘right’. There is no right!’
‘The transition from maiden to mother is so confusingly natural and deeply terrifying!’
‘I’m curious and I want to be around people who teach me things.’
PERKS FOR YOU
10% off Liforme yoga mats with affiliate code HUSLER
25% off our online platform with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
THE HOSTS
@adamhusler - Drawing from a variety of lives lived off the mat, Adam Husler brings a unique perspective to those who seek more from yoga than making pretty shapes. He offers creative, effective and clearly-sequenced teachings that focus on balancing flexibility and strength; physically and mentally. Educated by globally renown teachers, including Jason Crandell and Michael Stone, Adam specialises in a signature style of Alignment-Based Vinyasa— fuelled by a fascination with anatomy and a desire to ask ‘why?’.
Based in London, Adam teaches a robust schedule in one of the worlds top yoga studios, Triyoga, and world leading gym, Equinox. On top of this, Adam leads workshops, trainings and teaches festivals continuously around the world, leaving him with thousands of teaching hours under his belt and plenty of appearances in national and international media.
For workshops, trainings, events and retreats, find out more here.
@iamhollyhusler - From belting out original pop tunes at the London O2 stage to 20,000 people, whilst supporting Westlife, to singing healing mantras and playing magical instruments, to seas of sleeping yogis, at events and studios across the globe; Holly’s journey has led to a deep desire to help people find conscious connection and their own inner peace.
For trainings, workshops, music, events and retreats, find out more here.
