Podcast interview with Adriene

[roseabi]

Hi all!

Something a bit different 😊 I found this recent interview - on the 'End of the Tunnel' podcast - with Adriene "Yoga with Adriene" Mishler. It's pretty interesting so I thought I'd share! It's also pretty long, I haven't finished listening to it yet 😄

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Online health platforms were already on the rise before the pandemic of 2020, but we have seen a sharp uptick in the utilization of video classes and communities since quarantines have kicked in. One such community was built by Adriene Mishler, and had humble beginnings as a yoga class hosted on YouTube in the early 2010s. 'Yoga with Adriene' grew steadily after a slow start, and by the time 2020 came around Adriene was the highest searched yoga content on the internet! She has built a huge community which she helps instruct from her living room. To give you an idea of her impact, she has been called 'the Mr. Rogers of yoga'! Having been born into a theatre family, Adriene has a lifelong passion for performance and connection to an audience. We hear from her about her earliest memories of the theatre, how this grew into a career in acting, and how this career led her to pursue teaching yoga. Constantly juggling a number of intense projects has kept Adriene on the go from a young age, and it is only through her consistency and a deep desire that she has made it through challenging times and reaped the rewards of the hard work. We see how her authenticity led to the videos she was publishing eventually catching fire, to the point where she now has 7 million subscribers on YouTube, with over 600 million views on her channel! This is a beautifully meandering conversation about this process of growth, the obstacles that Adriene encountered, and the lessons she learned along the way. Adriene talks about the role of her angels in the journey and what it means to contribute to the future of yoga! Listen in with us today for this amazing conversation!

[linda9389]

Thanks for the link, I've set that up ready to while away the hours at work tomorrow 😅

[CBDB Administrator Graduate Gold]

Thanks so much for posting! Adriene has been on my list of to-do workouts, but have not yet gotten to it so this interview will be lovely to listen to! 🙏

[Hidden]

Thanks, I’ll look forward to listening 🤗

[CBDB Administrator Graduate Gold]

Finally listened to the whole interview last night, and I really loved it. Did cozy yoga today so will mention this interview in my post! Great find for all sorts of reasons! (Yoga, keeping at it, balancing life and work, careers, etc)

[roseabi in reply to CBDB]

It is a long interview, isn't it!! I think I listened to it in four separate sessions 😄

[CBDB Administrator Graduate Gold in reply to roseabi]

Yeah, a whole evening for me, but really fascinating. It also demystifies the YouTube celebrity, e.g. sometimes you just have to find that thing you can keep doing without rewards, and sometimes it pays off. And I loved hearing how she was a Yoga teacher for children first and then studied theatre, it explains a lot about her playfulness on the one hand and discipline on the other. Thanks!