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You're listening to Insights at the Edge, today my guest is Faith Hunter.

Faith is a yoga and meditation teacher with over 20 years of experience.

She is the founder, CEO of Embrace Yoga DC, as well as the creator of Embrace Own.

Faith is also the architect of spiritually fly, a lifestyle philosophy that celebrates every moment of life.

And with SoundsTrue, she's written a new book, it's called Spiritually Fly, Wisdom, Meditations, and Yoga to elevate your soul.

In this conversation, we learn more about Faith's challenges in her own upbringing, and how she came to really trust herself, to find her own what she calls golden glitter, through bringing various spiritual practices together into a method that brings forward spiritual flyhood.

Take a listen, here's Faith Hunter.

Faith's right at the beginning of your new book, Spiritually Fly, right? In the opening dedication, you write a dedication, and here it is, to my five-year-old self, I finally see you.

And I wanted to know, who is it that you're seeing, and why was it important for you to open your new book Spiritually Fly with that dedication?

Oh my goodness, Tammy, you asked the first question, and I'm tearing up right now.

You know, it was like, at age five was kind of like this tipping point in my life.

Growing up, my parents had a housekeeper that took care of us as little kids. And at age five, I actually went to school full-time.

And that was that moment where I started to feel these levels of insecurity and inadequacy, and I started to actually go into a cave.

Prior to that, I was much more vibrant, much more free, much more confident, and right at that age, I started this spiral.

So when you say that you see that five-year-old, why was it important for you to dedicate the book to her?

Because I felt like she really wanted to shine, and had this deep desire to make a mark, and was lost.

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