WEBVTT

00:00:01.060 --> 00:00:09.720

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: What happens when nearly three decades of yoga, mindfulness, and movement meet a deep call to redesign life from the inside out?

00:00:09.780 --> 00:00:33.460

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Our next guest brings her wisdom, joy, and global retreat expertise into sacred redesign. And in this episode, we will explore how her chapter connects to the work she's doing now. Hi, and welcome to the UWorld Order Showcase Podcast, where we feature life, health, transformational coaches and spiritual entrepreneurs stepping up to be the change they seek in the world. I'm your host, Jill Hart, the coaches alchemist, on a mission

00:00:33.540 --> 00:00:44.330

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: To help coaches and entrepreneurs amplify their voice, monetize their mission, and get visible, leveraging podcasts and our million-plus audience on Substack.

00:00:44.390 --> 00:01:01.469

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Today, we are joined by my fellow author and contributor, Tanya Rochelle Fageton, sorry. Tanya is a yoga and bar instructor, author, speaker, and entrepreneur with 28 years as a practicing yogini,

00:01:01.470 --> 00:01:20.500

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Certified in bar vinyasa, and yin yoga, pilates and mindfulness coaching, she's known for her sold-out chair yoga classes and international wellness retreats. With a background spanning dance, figure skating, HR, and real estate, Tanya weaves creativity, movement, and mindfulness into everything she does.

00:01:20.500 --> 00:01:26.760

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: When she's not teaching, she's quilting and collecting colorful fabrics. Welcome to the show, Tanya, it's great to have you here.

00:01:27.290 --> 00:01:28.679

Tanya F: Thanks for having me.

00:01:29.690 --> 00:01:36.850

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: So, your chapter on… in Sacred Redesign, which is a book that, is… being published

00:01:37.600 --> 00:01:42.929

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: on Friday, the 20… no, the 12th of September.

00:01:43.070 --> 00:01:49.040

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: It's coming up soon. It's… it's got a powerful personal message.

00:01:49.190 --> 00:01:58.159

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: And how does this message that you're sharing in your chapter connect with what you're doing as far as yoga and mindfulness?

00:01:58.610 --> 00:02:05.250

Tanya F: Right. Well, my chapter, this is my second, I'm contributing in a multi-author book.

00:02:05.880 --> 00:02:12.840

Tanya F: This chapter is my… my title is Longevity, Love, and purpose.

00:02:13.090 --> 00:02:17.800

Tanya F: And, it really, you know, when I first started

00:02:18.130 --> 00:02:30.830

Tanya F: to decide whether I wanted to be in this project, in this collaboration. I… I really didn't know what angle I wanted to share. I thought, I'm going to just see what… what evolves and what comes out.

00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:41.150

Tanya F: And, the last 3 years, I have been teaching, chair yoga classes, yoga classes, and barf pretty much full-time.

00:02:41.260 --> 00:02:52.990

Tanya F: And, I've been… I was kind of thrust into a community, really not by my design, and, it's an over-55 community.

00:02:53.790 --> 00:03:06.829

Tanya F: I started teaching classes, and I was teaching regular yoga with a mat up and down, on the floor, up and down, and a couple of people asked me, have you ever taught chair yoga? And would you

00:03:07.160 --> 00:03:18.969

Tanya F: willing to teach chair yoga, and I said, absolutely, I've taught for many, many years, I've taught everything. So I would be happy to do that. And they said, well, we bet they won't let you teach it here.

00:03:19.030 --> 00:03:32.909

Tanya F: And I said, why not? And they said, well, because this community is real big on selling properties, and they're afraid. They've always said no to chair yoga in the past, because they're afraid that if people coming in to look at property

00:03:32.940 --> 00:03:44.990

Tanya F: see people in a class, a fitness class, seated on chairs, they'll think that old people live here. So they've said no, and my mouth dropped open, and I said, old people do live here. What are you talking about?

00:03:46.660 --> 00:03:57.920

Tanya F: This is the over 50, you know, 55 community. So I said, well, I'll ask. If they say no, that's all, you know, we'll just say no. So when I asked, I said, this is what I can bring, and…

00:03:57.920 --> 00:04:07.799

Tanya F: They said, okay, let's give it a try. Well, that was 3 years ago, and now my classes, I'm teaching 7 chair yoga classes a week.

00:04:08.020 --> 00:04:15.529

Tanya F: They're booked out over a month in advance, sold out, and it's really been an amazing process to see.

00:04:15.630 --> 00:04:36.779

Tanya F: the clients come from the beginning up till even present day. So, really, this, vitality that we want to have as we go into the last quarter century of our lives, it's just been a… it's been a lesson to me, really. And I say my students teach me so much.

00:04:36.780 --> 00:04:40.520

Tanya F: And that's really the basis of this chapter, is…

00:04:40.520 --> 00:04:51.110

Tanya F: really honoring our body, our vibrancy, no matter what age. I've had people come in age 30, right, that have injured an ankle or a knee.

00:04:51.560 --> 00:05:00.759

Tanya F: They're able to use the props and the chair as a prop, too, as an extension of their body, so they're getting the benefits of their practice.

00:05:01.150 --> 00:05:12.939

Tanya F: So it's just really learning to have that vibrancy, that energetic body that we all want to do for the rest of our lives. So that's kind of my chapter.

00:05:13.150 --> 00:05:27.400

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: It's so amazing that you're offering this… the ability for people to have access to yoga. Yoga's so good for you in so many different ways, but just being able to move, and I… yeah, we're all getting older.

00:05:27.500 --> 00:05:30.270

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: It… it just… It's happening.

00:05:30.700 --> 00:05:47.940

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: you can embrace it, or not. I have a dad who's 89 years old. He does Tai Chi every single day, and he's very active. In fact, he was just mentioning that his girlfriend, who's, like, 12 years younger than he is, is moving into an old folks' home.

00:05:47.940 --> 00:05:54.759

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: And he refuses to go. He's just like, nope, I have to find another girlfriend. He's 89!

00:05:56.220 --> 00:06:01.180

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Like, I can find another girlfriend next week.

00:06:01.950 --> 00:06:03.570

Tanya F: Well, it's really fascinating, because.

00:06:03.570 --> 00:06:04.330

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: What's that?

00:06:05.010 --> 00:06:17.409

Tanya F: then, really fun to come up with new ways to use the chair as a prop, and then to watch how these yogis… I mean, I have people in their middle to late 80s,

00:06:17.410 --> 00:06:28.019

Tanya F: that are taking the class, and they're doing a full tree pose, one leg, they're doing artificandrasana, half moon pose, one leg up on, you know, hand on a chair, and it's just…

00:06:28.020 --> 00:06:33.580

Tanya F: to see their confidence, right? Strength through balance, and…

00:06:33.590 --> 00:06:41.330

Tanya F: And then the other big part is really the connection, right? They're connecting with one another in these classes, and…

00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:46.560

Tanya F: the humor, that they, you know, I'll say something, and normally in a yoga class.

00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:50.260

Tanya F: It's pretty subdued. No one really says anything back.

00:06:50.260 --> 00:06:50.870

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Right.

00:06:50.870 --> 00:07:02.080

Tanya F: They've been fun. I mean, I'll say, you know, something is this… are you feeling this in your hamstring or something? And someone will say, I'm feeling it in my ASS. What are you talking about, you know?

00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:10.430

Tanya F: And, I mean, the whole room laughs, just cracks up and laughs, and it's that connection and bond that I think…

00:07:10.570 --> 00:07:15.049

Tanya F: They're really gaining a lot from supporting one another, and

00:07:15.130 --> 00:07:34.690

Tanya F: I mean, I watch them when they walk out of the class, and they're laughing, they're smiling, they're talking about, I didn't know I could do that. I mean, one of the most fascinating things, I had a lady in her 80s, who used to practice yoga years ago, and after class, she said, I haven't done that for over 30 years.

00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:42.750

Tanya F: I haven't done that move in over 30 years, so it's just, you know, it's inspiring. It's inspiring to me.

00:07:43.390 --> 00:07:48.909

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: It's so amazing. It just… it allows people to have access to…

00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:56.659

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: To practicing and to continue practicing without the stigma that sometimes comes from yoga classes, where you feel like.

00:07:56.810 --> 00:08:06.180

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Oh, God, everybody's so much better than I am, and I can't do that pose, because I look like a fish out of water.

00:08:06.200 --> 00:08:19.739

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: It's just like, it can be so intimidating, but when you… when you're like, okay, we're just gonna go with the fact that we all need some help now and then, and we're not gonna make a big deal about it.

00:08:20.150 --> 00:08:34.169

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Chair yoga. You know, if you need the chair to sit on, sit on it. If you need the chair just to balance you, then just use it for balance. It's wherever you are, and it's your yoga practice. It doesn't have to look any particular way.

00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:51.849

Tanya F: Right, and it's really about nourishing your body, what you need, what your particular body needs. I've had other yogis come to take a class, and they'll… they'll say, you know, that class, the chair yoga class, is actually more difficult than the yoga class with the math.

00:08:52.180 --> 00:09:10.720

Tanya F: And… and just, you know, when you think about the plane that your body's moving on, where your hips and things, it's easier to get deeper into some hip-opening stretches people can do when they're standing or even sitting on the floor. So, it's not an easy workout, but really.

00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:11.220

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Yeah.

00:09:11.220 --> 00:09:22.339

Tanya F: They get the physical benefits, they get the spiritual respects, that time to tune inward, and like I say, just the sense of connection and community is pretty phenomenal.

00:09:23.010 --> 00:09:40.850

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: I love that. It can go beyond just the yoga class. In a community like you live in, it's, like, in other areas, and people connect on different levels, and then it feels like, you know, you're coming home, and you're all doing this together, and it's fun, instead of, like.

00:09:41.710 --> 00:09:46.189

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: The chore that you have to do is you're supposed to go to your yoga class.

00:09:46.490 --> 00:10:04.850

Tanya F: Right, right. I mean, I really see it. I mean, they're in there waiting for me before I get there. I've never had a class where every spot's filled up, and they're waiting for 10, 5-10 minutes before I get there. They're ready to do it, and they're eager, and they've… I think they've really learned that it's nourishing their spirit as well as their body.

00:10:06.090 --> 00:10:09.529

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Do they know about your book that's coming out? The book that's coming out?

00:10:09.990 --> 00:10:18.420

Tanya F: Yeah, they're some of the biggest supporters, and yeah, it's really a fun, fun community to be a part of.

00:10:20.250 --> 00:10:28.610

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: That's awesome. So, if someone reads your chapter and feels called to… to take the next step with you, what would you want them to do?

00:10:29.330 --> 00:10:41.959

Tanya F: Oh, gosh. You know, I mean, first of all, just know that your body is your vessel. I want you to be able to use as many muscles, joints, and things as you can for your entire life.

00:10:42.290 --> 00:10:45.949

Tanya F: No matter what you perceive as your ability.

00:10:45.990 --> 00:10:52.839

Tanya F: I do teach chair yoga classes, I teach online as well as in person, I hold retreats.

00:10:52.870 --> 00:11:07.059

Tanya F: And I have combined yoga, yogis and chair yogis that have come to my retreats, and we… we connect and combine both chair practice as well as, using a mat.

00:11:07.060 --> 00:11:15.190

Tanya F: And then I'm also a mindfulness coach, so, practicing mindfulness and working, with private clients.

00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:22.820

Tanya F: And encouraging them to turn into meditation and more mindfulness practice in their body and their life.

00:11:23.870 --> 00:11:26.570

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: So where do you do your retreats? Are they in Arizona?

00:11:27.010 --> 00:11:40.429

Tanya F: I've had a couple in Arizona, and I'm in the works of, planning them. I've got a couple really exotic places. I'm looking at hopefully going to Greece next year, and a couple different locations in Arizona.

00:11:41.050 --> 00:11:44.490

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Very nice, very nice. And you do…

00:11:45.160 --> 00:11:51.170

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: teach some of these classes online? How does that work? How do people find you and…

00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:54.799

Tanya F: My website, we've done online classes via Zoom.

00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:55.620

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: So…

00:11:55.780 --> 00:12:13.310

Tanya F: with group classes as well as private clients. Some of the folks in my community, they have friends or family members elsewhere, and they're like, you've got to come try these classes, and so they don't live here, but they've connected with me, and we can do private Zooms to do classes and work that way.

00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:18.280

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: That's awesome. Who would… who would be a candidate for something like that?

00:12:18.560 --> 00:12:19.900

Tanya F: everyone.

00:12:21.110 --> 00:12:37.010

Tanya F: You know, I mean, anybody who's curious, they want to move their body, maybe they're not comfortable going to a gym or a class or something where it's organized in their community, maybe they want a little more personalized focus on things that

00:12:37.010 --> 00:12:44.989

Tanya F: need attention with their body, and I think just anybody who, really wants to live a vibrant life, whether you're

00:12:44.990 --> 00:12:51.130

Tanya F: in a wheelchair, whether you're able to get up and run, you know, a 5K, whatever it is, really just…

00:12:51.390 --> 00:13:10.839

Tanya F: wanting to be the best in your body, and feel good, and move freely, breathe freely, and, you know, really find that sense of peace, a place to come that you can be centered, have peace no matter what's going on in the world around you. Had a lady in a class yesterday, she

00:13:11.250 --> 00:13:20.199

Tanya F: in class made the comment, oh, the golden years. No one told me the golden years would just be so awful. They, you know, the body…

00:13:20.330 --> 00:13:36.139

Tanya F: changing and doesn't do things, and hurts, and all that, and you know, the idea really is to have anybody, everybody feel good in their body, or as much as possible, right? So that every year is a golden year, every moment's a golden.

00:13:36.140 --> 00:13:48.620

Tanya F: Bodies change, so that's okay. You know, it's really okay that our bodies change and we have to adapt, but the idea is to be as vibrant as we can, and healthy and happy.

00:13:49.660 --> 00:13:59.770

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: I think going into community classes of other people that are sort of in your age range, rather than going to a local gym where there's

00:14:00.450 --> 00:14:04.950

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: There's a range of people, and a lot of them are younger, and we're just like…

00:14:05.090 --> 00:14:11.609

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: I'm showing up, but I'm feeling weird, because, you know, you don't really fit in

00:14:11.970 --> 00:14:15.339

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Among, like, a bunch of 20-year-olds when you're in your 60s.

00:14:15.510 --> 00:14:19.450

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: But going to classes where

00:14:19.870 --> 00:14:36.619

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: the… predominantly, everybody is pretty much in the same state. Like, a yoga class that's mostly older people, you're gonna feel more comfortable just trying things and doing things, that you might feel a little…

00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:46.710

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: well, I'll just say me personally. I feel a little weird when I go to a yoga class, and there's a bunch of 20-somethings around, and I'm over there in the corner.

00:14:48.330 --> 00:14:49.570

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Looking weird.

00:14:53.010 --> 00:15:08.549

Tanya F: Well, yeah, and I think that's very common, right? And it's a deterrent for a lot of people. They don't, you know, they'll put off, they won't do it. And I'll even flip-side it. I've gone to take classes where I'm with those 20 and, you know, 20-somethings.

00:15:08.710 --> 00:15:22.659

Tanya F: I know, they kind of look, and they're like, well, what's this woman gonna do? You know, what's her practice gonna be? And… and, you know, the thing is, I've learned my practice is so different now, as I'm getting older.

00:15:23.310 --> 00:15:37.170

Tanya F: than when I was in my late 20s and my 30s. Yes, I had a beautiful asana practice. I could move my body in twists and, you know, headstands and things that were incredible, but my practice right now is so much richer

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:55.830

Tanya F: than it was then. And, so sometimes I've even taken those classes, and you'll kind of… I notice they'll kind of look and say, oh my gosh, you know, she's not young, but she's doing this, you know? And I think, as an instructor, when I've taught classes of varied ages.

00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:02.279

Tanya F: What really has been difficult is I've seen 20-somethings come to class that can't touch their toes.

00:16:02.930 --> 00:16:03.460

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Yeah.

100

00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:05.210

Tanya F: 20-somethings that have

101

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:14.489

Tanya F: very little flexibility, and that breaks my heart, because I think, oh my gosh, what's it going to be like if they're not doing something

102

00:16:14.490 --> 00:16:25.710

Tanya F: like this practice now in another 40 or 50 years. I mean, so it kind of works on the pendulum, you know, both ways.

103

00:16:25.710 --> 00:16:42.820

Tanya F: And I think just having this richer idea, knowledge of what the practice is now, and what it entails, it's not just about touching your toes, they say it's about the journey to touch your toes, right? And so, that's what's really beautiful now.

104

00:16:43.950 --> 00:16:47.800

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Yeah, that is… that is really beautiful, and it's…

105

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:57.359

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: I think that kind of goes along all of life. When we talk about a sacred redesign, it's redesigning the world to

106

00:16:57.970 --> 00:17:05.859

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Accommodate the reality that we wish to live in, rather than the reality that we've been told we're supposed to want.

107

00:17:06.109 --> 00:17:08.799

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: And I like that for everyone.

108

00:17:09.300 --> 00:17:16.159

Tanya F: need to redesign, right? It's… they say we're never too old to start something, and I think what I've learned from living here

109

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:25.739

Tanya F: The folks that stay active, not just physically active, meaning exercising, going to the gym, but the ones that stay with their minds active.

110

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:39.730

Tanya F: And that are willing, you know, to drive home a different way, go home around a different block, that, you know, will sit in a different spot in a class. You know, we always have our favorite place when we come, but I've seen those that are willing to.

111

00:17:39.730 --> 00:17:44.719

Tanya F: go out of their comfort zone, right, and expand and be expansive.

112

00:17:44.810 --> 00:17:49.379

Tanya F: Just the vibrancy is so different, and

113

00:17:49.460 --> 00:18:06.879

Tanya F: they're more interested in life, and really, they're more interesting, right? And so I think just having that… you know, we're all awkward. We're all awkward at different times, and… and so it's just really being okay with that, and, you know.

114

00:18:07.020 --> 00:18:20.049

Tanya F: I… what I love is I've seen the folks here just be willing to accept, hey, I'm gonna have my hand on the chair today for this pose, and 6 months later, they're not even touching the chair.

115

00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:27.099

Tanya F: you know, their hand's way off, and they're not even using it as a prop. So, I think it's just really,

116

00:18:27.280 --> 00:18:30.120

Tanya F: Amazing to watch and be a part of that.

117

00:18:31.210 --> 00:18:34.029

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: I love that. I love that you're doing this. I…

118

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.140

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: I just think the whole thing is so beautiful.

119

00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:44.819

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: So, how do people get in touch with you if they want to,

120

00:18:45.570 --> 00:18:49.239

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Connect with you, or take part in a class.

121

00:18:49.500 --> 00:19:07.029

Tanya F: They can contact me via my website, tanyafaction.offeringtree.com, and you have that listed for them. They can also reach out to me via email, it's yoga, Y-O-G-A-B-Y, by Tanya, T-A-N-Y-A, at yahoo.com.

122

00:19:07.080 --> 00:19:09.670

Tanya F: And they can contact me that way, as well.

123

00:19:10.190 --> 00:19:11.530

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: That's awesome.

124

00:19:11.730 --> 00:19:14.020

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Thank you so much for joining me.

125

00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:20.980

Tanya F: Thank you for having me, and good luck with the book launch. It's gonna be a blast on Friday. It's a lot of fun.

126

00:19:21.570 --> 00:19:37.919

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: It is, and we encourage everyone to go to heartlifecoach.com forward slash sacred design to purchase your copy of the book Sacred Design, and it will be for 99 cents, and

127

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:47.020

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: it starts at 9am Eastern, I believe? And if you go to that link, which I will also put in the show notes,

128

00:19:47.990 --> 00:20:02.040

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: at or after 9 a.m. Eastern on September 12th, Friday, that heartlifecoach.com forward slash sacred design will work. If you go there beforehand, it will not work, it will not go anywhere.

129

00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:15.359

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: So just everybody, if you could just go on Friday and, purchase the book. It supports all of the contributors to the book, and it helps

130

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:28.860

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: everybody else would be able to find the book later on, because there's so many wonderful chapters in there that will really help you to create a better life for yourself and redesign it. And it's never too late

131

00:20:29.280 --> 00:20:31.900

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: To start a new chapter, right?

132

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:33.670

Tanya F: For sure.

133

00:20:35.730 --> 00:20:40.030

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: To connect with Tanya, be sure to visit her website, tanya…

134

00:20:40.080 --> 00:21:04.720

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: fagaton.offeringtree.com and visit heartlifecoach.com forward slash sacred design to purchase the book on Amazon. If you have a podcast or you're interested in starting one to get your message in front of our huge, inactive audience, be sure to reach out to us at support at heartlifecoach.com. We love to help spiritual entrepreneurs and coaches amplify their voice and monetize their mission, and offer a variety of ways to do this using Substack.

135

00:21:05.050 --> 00:21:15.359

Jill Hart-The Coach's Alchemist: Join us for our next episode as we share what others are doing to raise the global frequency, and remember, change begins with you. You have all the power to change the world. Start today and get visible.