101. Natalie Kuhn: Vice President of Programming & Founding Teacher at The Class

Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Natalie Kuhn has helped me a lot over the past few weeks, which have been spent mostly alone in my small New York City apartment. Not over the phone or even via text, but rather by taking her class — The Class. As the Vice President of Programming and a founding teacher at Taryn Toomey’s The Class, a “spiritual fitness” experience (Nat’s words, not mine), she does this for a lot of people all around the globe. For episode 101, I’m getting to know her better, and we’re getting deep. Natalie gets super vulnerable about her past, opening up about the unexpected death of her mother and a difficult divorce. She talks about going to therapy and speaking with an intimacy coach. (I was this many years old when I learned that intimacy coaches are a thing.) We also chat about how to handle this new “normal” and manage difficult emotions. This conversation made me feel — hard. I really hope you appreciate it, too.

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0:00.0	How does a muscle strengthen because you give it something to push up against?
0:04.3	How does your will strengthen?
0:07.1	Because you give it something to push up against.
0:09.4	And that's what we are collectively globally involved in right now.
0:13.4	We are being pressed up against.
0:15.4	Music Hello, Herdlers, Emily Abadi, bringing you episode 101 of Hurtall, a wellness-focused podcast where I sit down with inspiring individuals to talk about
0:40.3	everything from their big wins to how they've gotten through some of life's toughest moments.
0:45.4	On the show, you can expect vulnerability, motivation, and candid discussions with everyone
0:51.0	from top athletes to aspiring entrepreneurs on what it really takes to follow your
0:55.9	passions. My mission is simple. To inspire you to be your best self, move with intention, and have
1:03.8	some fun along the way. Today, I am bringing you a conversation with someone that has been
1:10.0	a guiding light for me through
1:13.3	this time. Her name is Natalie Kuhn. She's the vice president of programming at the class,
1:19.3	which I would say is a workout that is deeply spiritual. Started here in New York and Tribeca, now the class is also in Los Angeles and
1:30.3	Vancouver, but I personally have been leaning into it from a yoga match in my kitchen
1:36.3	because I live in a fourth floor New York City apartment. It's hard to explain exactly what
1:43.0	goes on in the class, but what I will tell you is that I have cried more times than I can count drenched in sweat in this class.
1:53.1	It's the way that the instructors have with words.
1:56.7	It just stirs up this emotion, this ownership over what is, this feeling that it's okay to let go.
2:04.5	And man, right now, I think we could all use to let go just a little bit.
2:09.3	I was taking Natalie's class last week and she said something that really stuck with me,
2:13.8	which is why I asked her to share her story and come on the podcast. She said that
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