Hey everyone, I'm Andrea Ferretti and this is a bonus episode of Yoga Land.

I am continuing doing these bonus episodes where I feature your voices and your stories of

being creative during COVID and creating different types of yoga classes.

I did another bonus episode about two episodes ago

with Elizabeth Brower, so go check that one out

as well and learn how she created farm yoga classes.

This episode features Aaron Lanzi.

And Aaron is a mom.

She was a student of mine in my content Blueprint course.

And I'm really excited to share her story with you.

I think a lot of you will relate to it and feel inspired by it.

So here goes.

When COVID hit, I was in the midst of a very intentional professional leap.

I'd been a stay-at-home mom for seven years teaching yoga on and off between babies,

never long enough for any of my classes to really grow and take off.

After baby number three, I determined I needed to have the balance of outside of the

homework and I landed a job as an adjunct instructor teaching yoga 10 hours per week for the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

The job was perfect for me. The hours were right, the schedule fit, the pay was regular,

and the classes were always full. I was doing meaningful work and contributing financially to our family. I felt like I was flying.

Then, like a lot of adjuncts, I lost my position due to COVID-19. By that point, I had achieved an ideal work- life balance for the first time in my adult life and I had an emotional slump when I realized that all was going to be lost.

I poured myself into the adjunct job and so I found myself starting from scratch when it ended.

Those first few months of the pandemic I hit some roadblocks.

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