Welcome to the Yoga Inspired Life podcast. I'm your host, Shayla Quinn, and together we'll go on a journey of self-discovery as we explore all of the inner workings of what it means to live in inspired life. Join me for solo episodes and conversations with special guests for real, authentic deep dives into all things yoga, wellness, self-love,

mindfulness, and everything in between.

If you're ready to get inspired, learn, grow, evolve, to connect and up-level your life, then

you've come to the right place.

I am beyond excited that you're here. So let's dive in.

Hi, babe. What is up? How are you? How's your week going? I am coming at you live from New York City.

Well, kind of live. If you're listening to this in real time, I am recording this episode on Tuesday, May 2nd, the day that the episode is coming out. So it kind of feels like

it's live. I typically do not wait until the very last minute to record. But if you know me well from my Instagram and YouTube and

this podcast, then you know I like to do everything I possibly can on an intuitive basis. And in the

spirit of honesty, I've been feeling a little off the last couple of days. I was just at Coachella and in Palm Springs for about a week,

like five days ago. And then before that, I was home for two weeks. But then before that, I was

away in California for two weeks, too. And I just feel like I've been kind of out of routine.

And it was really necessary to take a little bit of a break and it's been necessary

to change things up and shift things up and get out of my regular routine. I was in serious

grind mode that wasn't feeling great. I've talked about this before on the podcast, but just to

give some context, again, I was really in this grind mode that felt really good and really effortless and really

easy for a couple of months. And then I kind of started to hit a wall. But because I am the way

that I am, which is when I decide that I'm going to do something or I commit to something or I'm

in routine with something, it's really hard for me to change.

I like routine. I don't give up. I keep showing up rain or shine. And it's one of my favorite

qualities about myself, but it also can get me into some pickles, if you will, or burnout, if you will, because I end up continuing to push forward

even when it doesn't feel right. So changing things up and getting out of town and doing some

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