I know I’ve shared Shelby’s journey before, but reflecting on her transformation during last month’s 50hr Sound Practitioner Training + Retreat in Costa Rica deserves its own moment.

When I first met Shelby nearly 13 years ago, I was mic’d up, teaching a high-energy group fitness class, yelling something like, “If your butt’s in the air during a plank, I’ll come sit on it!” 😂

Somehow, that moment inspired her to sign up for my yoga teacher training years later.

Back then, she was shaky—literally and figuratively.

She handed me a personal check on the sidewalk outside my apartment after taking out a loan to enroll in the 200hr YTT.

She was in a hard place—filled with doubt, insecurity, no clue how she’d get out of that chapter, but she knew she wanted more.

And that knowing? It changed everything.

Over the last four years, Shelby has:

• Completed her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with The Embodied Warrior School of Yoga
  
  
• Returned the following summer as a mentor student
  
  
• Traveled to Costa Rica as an assistant teacher and apprentice for our HYBRID 200hr YTT
  
  
• Graduated from the in-person 50hr Sound Practitioner Training
  
  
• And most recently, co-taught the same 50hr Sound Practitioner Training + Retreat in Costa Rica as a lead assistant teacher
  
  

And while I could go on and on about how incredible Shelby is, here’s the truth:

If I hadn’t seen something in her—and if she hadn’t shown up for herself over and over again with courage, heart, and grit—this path wouldn’t have opened the way it did.

Does she still doubt herself sometimes?

Yes.

Does she still battle insecurity?

Absolutely.

She’ll call or text mid-spiral, unload her fears, and then laugh, saying, “Sorry—that was the old Shelby trying to make a comeback.”

You see, the fear doesn’t disappear. The insecurities don’t magically vanish.

The difference is: now, she recognizes them.

She catches herself. She sees her patterns.

 And then she makes a choice:

Will I let the old version of me take the wheel again, or am I ready to step forward as the woman I’m becoming?

This is what these trainings are about.

Not just becoming a yoga teacher or sound healer.

But becoming the you that already exists deep within—waiting to be uncovered.

If you’re stuck in a loop of doubt, fear, people-pleasing, and self-sabotage, you’re not alone.

But you don’t have to stay there.

Here are 5 ways a Yoga Teacher Training or Sound Practitioner Training can help you get unstuck and rewrite your path forward:

 1. Break Old Patterns of Self-Doubt

These trainings illuminate the stories and beliefs you’ve been carrying—often unconsciously. When you finally see them, you can start choosing something different.

 2. Gain Practical Tools for Emotional Regulation

Through yoga philosophy, breathwork, meditation, and sound therapy, you’ll develop an internal toolkit to calm your nervous system, move through grief, and meet yourself with compassion.

 3. Build Unshakeable Confidence Through Experience

You don’t gain confidence by thinking about doing something—you gain it by doing it. Speaking in front of others. Leading practices. Holding space. Failing, trying again, and growing.

 4. Find the Community You Didn’t Know You Needed

One of the most healing parts of this journey is realizing you’re not alone. Being witnessed, supported, and held by a community of others doing the work alongside you is transformative.

5. Step Into a Life That Feels Aligned, Authentic, and Alive

You might sign up thinking you just want to learn yoga or sound healing. But what you’ll really uncover? Yourself. Your voice. Your power. Your next step forward

When you say yes to your healing, everything changes.

And when I think about what I’m passing on to my daughter—who I’m preparing to birth into this world—I realize this is the greatest gift I could have ever given myself... and now, her.

A deep understanding of how to come back home to myself.

A way to move through hard seasons with grace.

A reminder that we are never stuck—we just need the right tools to shift.

If you’re ready to meet your future self…

Say yes.

To the version of you who already exists—whole, wise, and powerful.

She’s waiting.