Kids & Family
#013: This week's guest is Liz Baghaei, who lives in Burbank, CA with her soon-to-be 5 year old son. In this episode, Liz shares her incredible story of becoming a single mom. She talks about her unexpected, yet healthy, pregnancy, how pregnancy positively impacted her relationship to her body, and her easy, unmedicated, doula-supported birth. Liz describes the loneliness and anxiety of her first year as a mom and what helped her stay connected to herself despite having very little support. She also tells the inspiring story of how she persevered into business ownership by breaking ground for her hot yoga school, Stretch when her son was just 7 months old. Liz gets honest about what she found surprising about motherhood, the rewarding relationship she has with her son, and what is challenging her the most as a mother right now. She also talks about how she stays grounded, what drew her to studio ownership, and how she defines authenticity. Finally, Liz explains how yoga, breath, and meditation show up in her real-life moments of anxiety and/or mothering stress.Liz Baghaei was born in Iran and raised in Vancouver, Canada. She is the owner and lead teacher of Stretch, a high-end yoga school with authentic teaching of the therapeutic Bishnu Ghosh lineage. She has been practicing yoga for over 18 years and has been a Bikram certified teacher for over 13 years. With her educational background in literature and communication, she created the unique opportunity to immerse herself in working with teachers through secondary education through labs and feedback. Her passion has always been how to improve the teaching of posture mechanics, operational command, conscious precise language, and energetic connection. Through this work, she realized her potential in her ability to mentor others and so began her journey to open her school. Liz built her custom 5000 sq ft school from the ground up, and while she faced incredible struggles and obstacles along the way, she believed in this school and persevered. During this time she unexpectedly became pregnant with her only son. What drove her to continue was that each time she stood on her mat it was evident that this was her calling. Her passion for helping her students flourished even as her challenges increased. She continues to use the same skills and techniques she teaches her students: to breathe, to lean into discomfort, to surrender, and to allow the path to unfold as it should.For the links and show notes for this episode, head to: http://beingmompodcast.com/podcast/episode-013