034: From Troubled Youth to Sought-After Traveling Yoga Teacher: Interview with Rosie Acosta

Namaste, it's Sahara Rose. And welcome back to the Highest Self podcast, a place where we discuss what makes you your soul's highest evolvement. First of all, I just want to share how excited I am about how the Doshas and Dharma program is going to be this month. I'm leading a four week online program all about helping you discover what your highest purpose is. And wow, has it been profound. We just finished our first week and already so many incredible downloads have manifested. One girl realized that she loves to travel and is starting an online travel magazine. Another girl has realized that her true gift is teaching people how to heal through the sound of her voice. And I've connected her with the Voice Alchemist who she'll be training under. Another girl had the dream of helping homeless youth and was hired on the spot for working a job with a social worker. And the list goes on. And we're just at week one, so it's so amazing when we put our minds to something and with just a little bit of guidance and support, how much can happen. The these findings already existed in each and every one of these women, but it just took a little nudge to get it out. So it's just truly a reminder that for me, my Highest self is helping you become your highest self. And it fills me up with so much joy to see you guys pursuing your dreams and making a difference in this world. So for this reason, I'll be running my Doshas and Dharma program again in the spring. So if you're interested, be sure to apply on my website, SaharaRose.com I'll be leading multiple small groups, no more than 10 people, and I'll be on each of the weekly coaching calls. There's videos, PDFs, meditation. So if you're seeking mentorship from me, this is your chance. So now to this week's episode.

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Rosie Acosta is has what many of us would consider a dream job. She travels with Yoga Journal, teaching yoga across the country, as well as at wonderlust and many other top yoga studios. She mentors people from NBA players and Olympian athletes to inner city youth on how to achieve mindfulness through yoga and meditation, and hosts the Radically Loved podcast which she most recently interviewed me on, so be sure to check that out as well. I reached out to Rosie when we were both listed as the top seven podcasts by Yoga Journal and as soon as I met her, we instantly became sisters. I learned so much about her in this interview and I'm truly so inspired. So if you're someone who had A troubled youth who grew up in a poverty stricken area. Maybe you were surrounded by drug use or violence, but you've decided that you're ready to take charge of your life and rise into your highest self, then this episode is for you. Rosie is a true example of making your mess your message. And I am so excited to share this interview with you. Her and I will be co leading a dance your Dosha's Ayurvedic yoga and dance workshop at Wanderlust, probably January, February time. So make sure you're following both of us. I am Sahara Rose and Rosie Acosta. Which I'll have both of the links in the show notes to stay tuned for that. So without further ado, here is beautiful Rosie. Hope you enjoy.

So I'm sitting here with Rosie at her beautiful house. She brought me fruit and tea and her boyfriend was so nice getting everything set up and I'm so excited to introduce you guys to her. So welcome Rosie.

Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm so excited to be here and to meet you in person. I've been such a fan. Your book is amazing. So. And congratulations on being bestseller. Yeah, thank you.

Crazy. Crazy.

I'm so excited. I'm so excited. Yeah. So congratulations.

Thank you. So the first question I always ask people is, what makes you your highest self?

It's funny because when I listen, you know, it's like when you listen to a podcast and you know what the questions are like, I'm always like, oh, wait, I've never been asked that question. So there's no real preparing. So I think that for me it's just being able to be fully emerged into whatever it is that I'm doing. So it's kind of a little bit of a scapegoat from like, or different vernacular, as opposed to being present. Right. It's like I just want to be completely immersed in the present moment. Whatever that means, whatever that, whatever that looks like. It just, it could be us sitting here on my couch, like talking to each other, being here, you know, drinking tea or whatever it is that we're doing. To me, that feels like that's what my highest self is because it's the only place I can experience that. It's in the present moment. Like you can only experience the divine in the present moment. Right. So I think that I'm gonna go with that. That's so beautiful.

And you've had quite a journey. I was reading all of your blog posts and you're a yoga teacher touring with yoga journal 22 Cities. You're a mindfulness expert. You have a podcast you radically love, top 50 podcasts by iTunes. And you really accomplished so much and are a true epitome of someone who has stepped up and become their highest self. But it hasn't always been that way. And you started off when you were a teen and you were troubled. So can you talk a little bit about that and that journey?

Yes, I. It's so interesting to talk about my journey now, you know, because I still, in a lot of ways, see myself as that troubled teen, you know, So I grew up in East Los Angeles during a very chaotic time. It was during, like, the LA riots, and I lived in a very dangerous environment. There was, you know, a lot of gang violence, a lot of domestic violence. There was drug use, alcoholism. Like, I just kind of grew up in a. In an environment that was constant chaos. Also, both my parents are immigrants. My father's from Mexico and my mother's from Spain. And they met, they fell in love. And then, you know, my older sister and I, like, came along, and they really did their best. My grandmother, his mother, his sister, and his youngest brother lived with us. So it was like, that was our little family unit. And it was very traditional for them to. They're very devout Catholic household, like, very ritualistic. And with all the chaos that was happening, like, to them, it was very normal. Especially, you know, coming from where they came from in Mexico. There was a lot of, like, corruption and violence, and this was just kind of the norm, right, for them. So it just. It didn't seem like anything out of the ordinary. And so growing up in that environment where I was seeing the chaos outside and I was seeing the chaos inside, you know, while they watch, like, the Spanish news with, like, decapitations, like, people getting killed and, you know, drug trafficking and everything, at a young age, you just. You just start to believe certain things about the world, right? So it was, again, to me, very normal. My parents got. They got separated around that time when I was, like, an early teen. And, you know, I went through the growing pains that all of us go through because of the environment that I grew up in. It was more compelling for me to become a bad child. Like, I got into a lot of trouble. I was constantly just doing things that I shouldn't have been doing, and I was rebelling against my parents, right? Because I'm like, that's just the norm. That's what I saw. It's what I was around. So that was a lot of my upbringing. It took a few years until maybe I, old as I was, an older teenager, like, I barely graduated high school, you know, because I was just. School wasn't a thing. There was never anybody around me who was a good mentor, who was a good coach or somebody that had any sort of aspirations of becoming more. It was like, if I was surviving, I was, like, thriving, right? It's like, if you were alive, you were doing good. If you didn't get pregnant, you were, like, doing good, you know? So those were like, my only barometers of success, you know, which is kind of like, I thought I was doing great, you know, like, just barely, like, skating by. And I was diagnosed with celiac disease when I was about 16 years old. And obviously, like, just being a rebel and just being bad and smoking pot all the time and eating McDonald's, like, every day, I was depressed. So it was just like, I was on all this medication. I was on medication for depression, for anxiety, for my celiac disease at that time. Like, now it's like, there's so many tools for people that are living with celiac disease, and there's so much more information out there now. But back then, basically, the doctor just gave me a list of things not to eat. And it was like the standard American diet.

Your parents were like, que baco?

Yeah. Nothing. Like, no tortillas.

Like, nothing.

And I was like, what are you talking about? And it just was basically like, no pizza and no burgers, no bread. And I'm like, what is this? So it was really hard, you know, Like, I was so unhappy, and I didn't have any aspirations. Like, there was. There was really, like, nothing. But internally, I knew that there was something more, right? And I was always really big on finding different ways and knowing that there was something more for me. Even though my environment wasn't conducive to me, having something internally tell me that there was something more out there for me, right? I just continued to listen to that more and more. And my mom actually started going to the Self Realization center in Hollywood. And I would. During the summers, she would bring my older sister and I to work right? On the hospitals on Vermont, I think, in Hollywood. And she would go to the Self Realization center, and I would tag along, and they would talk about all these things, about your life and spiritual connection and yoga and meditation, and then they would chant. And I thought it was so weird, you know, but, like, especially it felt so cultish, right? But I also grew up, again, Catholic, with all the singing and, like, the ritual and the prayer. So I'm like, I guess this is like the normal thing. Right. But that was like my first introduction to yoga. You're like, hollywood people are weird, right? Yeah, people are weird in general. Right. Especially growing up in east la, it was always kind of like the people on the west side were strange.

Yeah.

Or that's what, you know, I was told, you know, so that sort of began to open the door to like other possibilities. And right then I went through a really bad breakup. Especially being like a 19 year old, you know, where I just, I wanted to change my life because I knew if my life didn't change, like I wasn't going to see past 20. Like, there was just no way I was depressed. I didn't, I didn't have anything. Like, I just felt like I was just living my life with no purpose. And I felt like I literally could feel in my body that my life was just like going by. And I was just watching it go by. I ended up signing up at a gym and I met this trainer who was like totally into holistic health and wellness and into yoga and into like eating organic and eating clean foods. And I'd never known about any of that because to me, eating healthier foods was privileged. Right. It was what people that had money, right. You know, they, they got to go to like get their groceries from Ralph's and like we went to like the 99 cent store, like the Mexican supermarket, you know. So it was, it was mind blowing for me that this, this person that grew up in the same environment I did that he knew so much and it made me curious. And so cut to. I started to research more. I started changing my diet because I wanted to try it. And I noticed the difference right away. I cleaned my diet, I started eating more fruits and vegetables. I stopped eating fast food and I started to feel better. Like, I started to feel good and I was totally addicted, you know, I was like, I like feeling like this, this is good, there's something to this. And I continued going to the self realization center. You know, like, I still continued that, that journey. And little by little, I began to find that I was really passionate about learning about healing and how food can help with that and how we had the power to change things in our lives. Right. Just by sheer knowledge. And so I was able to take that journey on. And I continue to practice yoga and meditation. I moved out of east la. Like, I ended up moving to Hollywood because I got a job working as a salon manager. I got a hair salon. And still, especially being in Hollywood, it's like everyone's like into fitness and looking good, you know, and not always in the healthiest way, but it definitely helped propel me to continue to feel good and do things that made me feel good. I signed up to run my first LA marathon. And that's really like what kicked everything into high gear. Because I'm like, I want to do something to start and finish it, you know, I want to be able to like really commit to doing something that means something that only I can do. And I did it. And after that, I've run the marathon four years since. And it really propelled my yoga practice into high gear because after that I started to notice that the more I practice, the more something was shifting internally. Right. I started to feel more of a connection to myself, to what I was doing. I started to begin to get more clarity on my life. And I did my first yoga teacher training certification, not with the intention of teaching, just as a way to deepen my practice. And I learned all about Ayurveda, I learned about meditation, I learned about mindfulness. And I was like, this is what I want to do. I want to do this, you know, because I can see how all of these tools, mostly how they were helping me, but how I can bring them to people that, that didn't have them, you know. So initially my dream.

How old were you when you like started doing this?

I was probably like 20, 21, 22. Yeah. And I knew that, like, I wanted to gather as much data as I could because I wanted to help people like me, like kids like me that were troubled and didn't have any dreams or aspirations and were unhealthy and didn't have any sort of drive. Like I wanted to help these people learn that they had the power to change things, to shift things in their own lives. And I did. And it took a few years. I got my holistic health coach certification, I got a nutrition certification, I became a life coach while at the same time still working my full time job.

As the salon manager.

As a salon manager. And then I ended up becoming an executive assistant to celebrity health and wellness trainer.

And I think like this right here is so inspirational because people are like, oh, like I have this 9 to 5 job, I can't do these things. And the fact that you were working that side hustle, like doing trainings of health coaching, nutrition and yoga and life.

Coaching while still having job going to college too.

Oh my gosh. So there's always time for whatever you choose to make time for.

Oh, absolutely. And I totally believe that that desire right that will. And I really believe that for me, it was very, like, fueled by not having. Right. By not having any of it. And now that, like, I found this desire, this. This drive, this will to climb that mountain, I wanted to keep it and I wanted to continue to have that, and I wanted to share it with everyone. So, yeah, I worked as an executive assistant, still continuing, you know, my side hustle, you know, and building, building, building. I was teaching, like one class a week and at Yoga Works. That's where I got my teacher training certification. And then I started teaching at Equinox. And then I would go down to the Y in Inglewood and like, you know, go donate time to, like, teach the kids, you know, at risk youth. And it just continued to build and build and build and build. And then I finally was at a place in my life where I had another, like, awakening moment where I could see my health becoming second and I could see my desire and my goals and aspirations becoming second to my work, my job. And I was like, I can't. I won't do that. And I quit and I decided to do what I do now full time. And it's been how I can, like eight years since I have been just on my own and.

And it's working and you're thriving. So how did you make that first leap? Because a lot of people, money, that's the thing that they're afraid of. How am I going to support myself doing what I love?

Yeah, that was tough because when I quit my job, it was like 2008 during the recession, right? It was like, literally the worst.

People aren't getting, like, private universities. Oh, yeah.

It was like the worst prior, the worst time to quit my job, like, literally. But I was so unhappy and I was so. I just knew that it would work out. Do you know what I mean? For sure. To me, it was more compelling to go after my dream than the intensity and the fear of things not working out, you know. So, yeah, that was. I. When I work with people, you know, as a. As a coach or just as a teacher, it's interesting because it's hard to give somebody advice as to, you should quit your job and just do this health coaching, like, do this, you know, if you're really passionate about it, you'll do it. Because in hindsight, what. I've done things differently. I think hindsight's always 20 20. Right? You know, could I have continued for a little longer? Yeah, I probably could have. I did what I did, and I don't regret any. Anything. The way that anything went down. But I do feel like you should do whatever is gonna make you feel the best. You know, some people need that security and that doesn't mean it's going to stifle your dreams. Don't let it. Right? You know? Yeah, I guess that's my advice.

Totally.

Yeah.

And did you build your. Did you start first with yoga and then go into health coaching or did you kind of just train it all then are like, hey, I can fix your life, right?

Like one stop shop.

Do you want to talk to me? Do you want to do yoga with me? You want me to?

Interestingly enough, working at the salon really helped me.

Like, oh, it's like Life Coach Academy.

Yeah. Not only that, but like I met so many of my first yoga victims, like my little students, because I was like, hey, I just got, I got my yoga certification. I. Will you. Do you need a yoga teacher? Can I come over? You know, I will, you know, do a free yoga class and if you like it, then, you know, you can hire me and I'll come and I'll, you know, know, teach you a class. And so the hustle started then, right back then, that's the best place.

People that you already know, people that you already know.

And so it started to build that way. And then the busier I got, the more I would get asked to do certain events, you know, especially being in la. I mean, someone knows someone else. Like everyone knows everyone. And it was really easy for me to be like, oh, do you want to go teach here or can you sub for me at, you know, Google? And now, now I'm teaching at Google and it's like, oh, can you go teach? My friend has a home in Malibu. This friend is Oscar winning celebrity, you know, and it's like that student then refers me to somebody else and that somebody else refers me to another person. And then it just, you continue, you just continue to build and build and build. And yeah, that's how I was able to. In a nutshell, like it really started with the people in my closest vicinity that just helped me and supported me. And I think that that's so important to be able to just start there.

Yes. And I think like, this is so important for people listening that people have dreams. Oh, I want to teach yoga to a list celebrities. It didn't start that way. Like Leonardo DiCaprio's like, hey, like, come teach me how to downward dog. It started with the girl who you've been straightening her hair for five years, right? Convincing her to do a Yoga thing and her referring someone else, referring someone else, eventually building and building and building that. So people often fall in love with the dream, but it's really the process.

Yeah. And that's. I think that you. This perfectly said because I think that what I am all about now in my life and in my career and with radically loved and you know, everything else that I'm doing is really about the process. I mean, yoga really is about the journey, right? It's about the process. It's really the journey from how I got from here to there. You know, I think that's the most important part. And I feel like that's the part that most of the time, especially where we are now culturally, we forgot.

Well, because we just see the success story. We just see he has a New York Times best selling book or she teaches at all of the yoga journal conferences. Goals. We always say goals. And I'm like, why do we say goals? Goals, goals. No one else can be your goals. You weren't even your own goals. You hadn't planned this out. You just kept following the path and it manifested.

Yeah, yeah, it's. Yes. It just, it really comes to knowing your own resilience and having the courage to make that climb, you know, to have momentum, to push yourself and move forward, forward, past whatever limitations you think you may have, whatever narrative you've told yourself. Like, you have to be able to move past that and you can. And most people can, you know.

Yeah.

Do you think that maybe like your soul chose your upbringing and those struggles to help you teach and be that coach?

I mean, I'm so grateful for my life. Like, I'm so grateful for the way that I grew up and the way that I was raised, because it really did teach me a lot. And I wouldn't have had it any other way. I would never wish that on anybody. But I am so grateful that I had that experience because at the end of the day, it really proved to me that there is a greater good, that with the desire and the drive and the will and the perseverance, purpose, potential, that anyone can do it, you know?

Absolutely. And I think with a lot of the Latin American community, I grew up very close with like Latin American culture and Catholicism. It's faith. It doesn't matter if it's spirituality. Doesn't matter if you're chanting om or if you're saying gracias el Dios. It's the same thing. It's that faith that was instilled in you. It was just to.

In a different system yeah, yeah, you're absolutely right.

And I think that's what, you know, carries. I see so many, you know, undocumented workers here and they have so little rights and it's so disturbing. But just their faith in God and their faith in themselves and that everything's going to work out keeps them going and it's so beautiful.

Yeah, it really is. It's. It really made for a balanced perspective for me because I've been now in my life in a position where I can see the disparity between the people that have and the people that don't have. Right. And I love to be able to hold that paradigm. You know, I love to be able to teach about the duality of yoga and just the duality of life and for us to still acknowledge the fact that we have control, but we have no control. Right, right.

So what is it like now that you're teaching, like, you know, the most well off people who are able to go to these conferences versus teaching at the YMCA in East la, how do you see that the yoga practice changes?

I don't necessarily think that it changes per se. The practice. The practice is the practice. I mean, you know, this is like a 5,000 year old practice. I believe that people are all the same, no matter if you have a billion dollars in the bank or if you're living off food stamps. We all have the same problems. Yeah, we all have the same desires. We all want our families to be healthy. We all want love in our lives at some capacity. We all want to help others. There's a desire to connect, there's a desire for knowledge and there's a desire to suffer less, for sure. And so I think that ultimately from that perspective it's the same. Obviously from the perspective of me teaching in a million dollar home in Hollywood Hills is different from when I go like visit my aunt in Merced, California, like in the middle of nowhere, you know, like where it's mostly Section 8 housing, you know, it's government housing. It's like, there's, it's like voted one of America's like unhappiest places to live, you know. So of course the environment affects us, but I think that at the end of the day it really comes down to what, what we want. Right. What we want and, and what we're willing to do to get that, you know. So I mean, the difference is that the person that has the million dollar home is going to have more of a choice that's purely in regard to resources than the person that that doesn't you know, Definitely.

And how does it feel like to see. You know, we were talking about this briefly, how yoga has changed a lot. It's changed a lot in the west versus how it was in India. And you're touring now around the country. Is it just in the United States or other countries? Yes, the US and what is it like to see this, like, culture that's been created around yoga?

I mean, I gotta say, it's for the most part beautiful because to see how many people are walking into a yoga class and trying yoga for the first time or being curious about this practice, it's so heartwarming because it continues to fuel my hope for humanity, especially where we are right now in the current state of affairs. It is so. It gives me so much relief to see that people are still showing up on their mat. What I do notice is there is a disparity in regard to what people think yoga is, you know, as far as the tradition of yoga and what it means to have tradition and what it means to. To study what yoga really means. And it not being me going to sweaty yoga inspired fitness class, wearing my Lululemon outfit and just doing an awesome class with the jamming playlists. Not saying that's not yoga. Right. I'm just saying that it's interesting to see where there's holes. And I can say that because I've been doing this for long enough that I can see that. And now especially traveling from the east coast to the west coast, you know, for now, it's, it's. We're like a little over halfway, you know, and I love that there's still a desire, but I feel like there's. There's still. And it could be very meta. Euphoric for where we are just as a, as a country. Does that make sense?

For sure. I mean, when, when things are getting hard, like maybe your Lululemon pants are the most important thing in your life.

Yeah.

And how can we even judge that?

Yeah. And that's the thing. Like, I've always been big. Like, I have friends of mine that, you know, might look at this. What just happened? I just saw somebody. Oh, the. For aerial yoga. I was saying something like we were going to an aerial yoga class and I'd never tried it before and I was really excited, you know, and I'm all about, I don't care how you get on your mat. I don't care if it's aerial, I don't care if it's goat yoga. I don't care if it's Naked yoga. Like, it's all yoga. At the end of the day, yoga is union. Right? So it's like how whatever it takes, that's what it's gonna take.

Right.

You know, it's. It's like, to me, I look at it as the hope is that it's a gateway. It's a gateway drug for you, that you, at some point will see that there is something else and that you'll listen to that inner seeker and go find it. Right. So the. The issue I was having was that I was talking to this particular friend and he was saying how he couldn't believe that, like, you know, these things are passing, being passed off as yoga, and it's not yoga. You know, I'm like, well, here is a very highly respected teacher in the yoga community that has a large following that is very steeped in tradition. And I myself have a teacher, you know, I study with. With my teacher, Yogurupa Rajshrika. I've been studying with him for the last six years. And, you know, I have. That's part of, like, my. My own journey. Right. But it's interesting to me to hear somebody like this particular teacher say that these things are not yoga. And I'm like, well, if that's really what you believe, that I think that that's where. Why we are where we're at. Right. Because of that judgment.

Yeah.

Right.

And saying a practice has to look a certain way is the same as saying a family has to look a certain way. A person has to look a certain way.

Yeah.

And I totally agree. And I. I don't think it's like, the more spiritual you become, the more traditional your yoga practice. Like, I still love going to sweat yoga, and it's like 102 degrees, and there's like, Ja Rule playing. I love that. To me, I literally feel enlightened when I walk out of there. I feel so, so great. I also really appreciate doing, like, Iyengar and going down into my practice and stuff, but I don't think one is better than the other.

That's. And that's exactly what I'm saying. Like, that's. You're right. And that's exactly the way that we have to view it. It's not one way or another. It's not. And it says it, like, that's part of what this is. It's not this. It's not that. It's both. It's like, yoga is the study of opposites. You know, it's the feminine, the masculine. You know, it's both.

Right.

You know, so I think that in order for us to.

And where do we draw the line of what's yoga? I mean, if we're really going to say it, it's actually meditation none of us are doing.

Right.

Sitting and breathing is yoga.

Yeah.

When you go to India to a yoga class, this, like, big guy comes with a belly. He's like, okay, now we're going to breathe. And there's no movement.

Like, that's, that's. And that's yoga. Yeah. Well, like, this is yoga. You know, like, us talking to each other, like, this is all yoga. It's interesting because I had an email from one of my listeners for the podcast that said that she was really concerned that I wasn't providing any more yoga content. Like, it just seemed like there was very much. There was much lifestyle. Yeah. More lifestyle. Way more self development, way more that type of self help. And she was just concerned that I would potentially be adding to the problem. And it was very. It was. It didn't feel like I was being attacked. I mean, she was very diplomatic and I, I responded and I was very grateful. And I'm like, I love listening to people's advice and, and people's feedback. Right. But at the end of the day, I'm like, that's, that's not. It's all part of what yoga is. And if for some reason I've not made that clear, then. Then I need to revisit that. Right, Right. Because it's like, that's what my point. My point is.

And you're in your own personal evolution, too. You can't remain the same.

Right, Right. And it's like, as we continue to evolve and grow, like, the things that we believe may continue to shift or the way that we see the world may continue to shift. But that's, that's, you know, if you're not growing in my belief system, especially with growing up, going through adversity, if you're not growing, you're dying. Right. Like, that's just.

I have the chills. Yes, for sure.

I mean, that's just.

And I think we constantly need to be reinventing ourselves with, like, with the idea of the highest self in mind and not being attached to it, but always looking in and being like, yeah, is my life really working for me? Is it what I'm. I experienced the same thing with food. Like, I was just a food blogger. Recipes this, that. And it was so scary for me to, like, change. Even the first podcast episodes, I'm like. And I'm Eat, Feel Fresh. I'm like, that's not my name. I'm not.

I'm not.

Eat, Feel Fresh. That's, like, a thing that I created, a blog that I created. But then going away from food, I would receive the messages of, like, oh, well, I followed you for your great, like, health advice. Like, why don't you go to Whole Foods anymore and, like, talk. Talk about the labels. And I get it. They love that. They wanted that. But I'm like, but the thing is, now I've gotten the nutrients that I need to fill this, like, deeper part of me that needed the nourishing, that wants to talk about more than what's going on between the meals.

Right, right.

So. And you see this with so many. Like, a friend of mine, she started thyroid yoga. Do you know Fern Olivia?

She's. I don't.

She started something called thyroid yoga. She had thyroid issues, and she created, like, a yoga practice today, Heal that. And she created teacher training of it, and it became, like, a really big thing. But then eventually, you know, after a few years, her thyroid problems were gone. She's like, I want to talk about, like, sensuality, and I want to talk about, like, what is life? And people were like, wait, but you're abandoning thyroid yoga? And she's like, no, like, I'm adding more to myself. And even with Yoga Girl.

Oh, yeah.

Like, her podcast is not about asana. It's about life, which is also yoga. So I think, as you know, people in the public, we sort of feel this, like, debt to, like, whatever I started off with, I have to, like, stick with.

Stick to it. Yeah. And we don't.

And we'll find new people who are into where we are right now.

You're so right. Yes. I love that because it. It's the work that we do, and the people listening to this podcast in particular, obviously, like, they're coming here because at some point, some level, they. They get that. They understand it, and they want to move with it, you know, And I think that it's so. It. It's vital for our own personal evolution to let that expand and to be okay with changing for sure.

Because changing out of being a troubled teen to a yoga teacher is the same as changing from a yoga teacher to a mindfulness teacher. It's the same evolution.

Yeah, I totally agree. Yeah. Preach, sister. Yeah.

So it's beautiful, and I love being on the journey with you. So glad that I met you.

Me too.

Yay. So where can listeners find you?

Oh, that's easy. You can go to radicallyloved.com I'm also on all the social media. I shouldn't say all of them. I think I'm actually, I'm on Instagram more than anything, and it's Instagram, slash, forward slash. Rosie Acosta. R O, S, I, E, A, C, O, S, T A. And it's the same for Twitter and it's the same for Facebook. Yeah.

And I'll post all your links. And yeah, we're gonna do an interview next on her podcast, Radically Loved. So go subscribe to it right now to see hear the rest of the story.

You'll hear us both talk about each other, so just make sure you listen to in order. No, I'm just kidding.

There's no order.

Thanks, everyone. Thank you, Sam.