Rubina Chadha | YogaScussion | Ep. 12
In this YogaScussion, hosts Brendon Orr and Gina Clingerman engage with Rubina Chadha, a trauma-informed educator and mindfulness expert. Rubina shares her journey into yoga and mindfulness, discussing the importance of breathwork, the challenges faced in the creative industry, and the significance of creating safe spaces for emotional release. The conversation delves into the personal hurdles Rubina encountered while developing her business, Inner Design, and how her cultural background influenced her yoga practice. The episode emphasizes the need for awareness, the integration of yoga into daily life, and the transformative power of mindfulness.
Key takeaways:
- Rubina’s journey: commercial artist → educator → Inner Design founder
- Yoga as removal, not addition: stripping back to reconnect with self
- Creativity, burnout, and AI anxiety in the entertainment industry
- Breathwork protocols: coherence breathing, box breathing, sighing for cortisol balance
- Trauma-informed yoga teaching: teacher as practitioner first
- Nervous system regulation: recognizing fight/flight/freeze without judgment
- Awareness, pause, and dropping expectations
- Yoga as ABC: Awareness, Breath, Connection
- Integrating yoga principles off the mat: boardroom to home
- Parenting and sharing mindfulness practices authentically
- Running, movement, and breath as yoga
- “Yoga is life living through me”
Sound Bites:
- “Awareness is pause.”
- “Practice is never perfect.”
- “Yoga has become a blood sport.”