13 - Nourishing Your Mind, Body, and Soul With Pam Jones

In this episode, Pam and I talk about her journey starting in dance and then fashion and ultimately yoga.  She shares many beautiful stories of her learnings over the years with Sri Dharma Mittra.  We talk about her love for vegan cooking and her vegan workshops - including vegan pies and tarts!  We also discuss her latest venture working at Ayurprana and Ashville Yoga Center.

 

Pam is a senior Dharma Yoga teacher, a mentor for the Life of a Yogi teacher training program at Dharma Yoga Center, a vegan chef, and is part of the faculty and leadership team at Ayurprana and Ashville Yoga Center.  She is based in Ashville, North Carolina.

 

What we discuss:

 

0:00 Intro

1:50 Growing up as a dancer

6:24 Moving into fashion

8:04 Finding yoga

17:13 Struggles in the dance world

20:43 Going against cultural norms

22:51 Transitioning to full-time yoga teacher

26:15 Lessons from Sri Dharma Mittra

33:31 Vegan cooking

43:03 Ayurveda

50:02 Relationship with Andrew, a fellow Dharma Yoga teacher

59:46 Working for Ayurprana

1:05:02 Being away from your guru

1:10:14 Watch your thoughts

1:17:48 Final questions

 

Resources:

Sri Dharma Mittra - www.Dharmayogacenter.com

The Book of Dharma by Simon Haas (affiliate link)

Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide by Dr. Vasant Lad (affiliate link)

 

 

Follow Pam on Instagram: @karmacoco 

Check out Pam's website: www.karmacoco.com

Check out Ayurprana offerings: www.liveayurprana.com

 

 

 

Follow Jessica on Instagram:  @jessicahwangcoaching

Book a Free Self-Love Discovery Session with Jessica: https://bio.site/jessicahwang

 

Music co-written by Steven Murillo (@someoneinatreeband) & Jessica Hwang (@jessicahwangcoaching)