Oct 30, 2019
Lumina Gershield Cordova is a kundalini yoga teacher based in Cambridge, Massachusetts who I met when we both attended Amy Porterfield’s Entrepreneur Experience and became friends through our journey creating online courses. Since then, I’ve come to know Lumina as someone who doesn’t settle and owns what she wants, and yet she is the kind of person you can truly feel relaxed around and be yourself.
To Lumina, yoga is very much a family activity. Not only is her husband also a yoga instructor, but she also created the Be With Me family yoga online community, through which she aims to change the vibe in clients’ homes from “stress” to “sanctuary.”
In this interview, Lumina opens
up about her tumultuous growing years, explains how she finds
balance and solace through kundalini yoga, dives into a discussion
around hormones and getting older, and reveals the work she’s done
to create a program that impacts women and families.
The Finer Details of This Episode:
- Breaking down how Lumina’s yoga courses can comprehensively help out not only individuals but entire families.
- How Lumina’s experiences in the foster care system shaped her personal and professional philosophies.
- What does it mean to be a “highly sensitive person,” and what is it like for Lumina to process the world while having this condition?
- The reason turning 40 was such an important milestone for Lumina.
- Why Lumina advocates that pre-menopausal women make a point of tracking their cycles.
- Exploring the unexpected impact the menstrual cycle can have on productivity and creativity.
- Lumina recalls the moment when she realized yoga could be a powerful tool for healing and self-control.
- How does kundalini yoga stand out from the more widely-known yoga forms?
- What Lumina does to remind herself of how far she’s come when the going gets tough.
- Taking a closer look at
Lumina’s eight-week program that opened for enrollment October
21st.
Quotes:
“Their home and body is a place where they can feel safe.”
“I want to advocate for myself in the healthcare system just like I had to when I was giving birth.”
“I needed something, and I found it in kundalini yoga.”
“[Yoga’s] really helped us deal with life as parents and as human beings.”
“After I ran the marathon, I knew I could do hard things.”
“This is something I wanted and
this is something I could give myself.”
Show Links:
Lumina’s homepage - https://www.luminainfinite.com/
The Garbage Truck Meditation - https://www.luminainfinite.com/meditation
Be With Me program - https://www.luminainfinite.com/yes
The Highly Sensitive Person - https://hsperson.com/
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