Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Cultivating balance, with Lisa Guillot

8 May 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief interview segment, the host asks how to balance masculine and feminine energies. The guest, a certified coach, recounts her earlier approach to CorePower Yoga—using the hot, sweaty class as a quick workout followed by a brief, perfunctory meditation, which led to health issues. She describes a recent shift: arriving early to class, spending time in shavasana, intentionally meditating before the session, staying present, and using the pause to foster creativity. This new mindset reframes the same yoga practice from a burnout‑oriented, masculine‑driven effort to an uplifting, feminine‑aligned practice that supports holistic well‑being.

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How do you cultivate a balance between both the masculine and feminine energies in your life?
Before I really started a lot of this mindset work and became a certified coach, I used to go to CorePower Yoga because I was like, it's going to be hot, I'm going to sweat, I'm going to lift weights, and then I get a 1-minute meditation at the end. Boom, right? Done. Check. Then I'm on to the next. And it ran me into a lot of health problems. Now, today, I went to CorePower class this morning, and I got there 15 minutes early. I laid in shavasana. I actually did the meditation beforehand intentionally. I stayed present. I slowed down. I used the time to think about ideas and creativity. I don't do it to like burn myself to the ground. I do it now to lift myself up. So I'm doing the same exact thing, but just from a different mindset.