Living a Regret-Free Life with Erica Mather
Joining Yuliana in this episode of Phoenix Tales is Erica Mather, author of Your Body, Your Best Friend. Hand-selected by Ana Forrest to become a lineage-holder (called “a Guardian”) in the Forrest Yoga system, Erica is also the founder of ‘The Adore Your Body Transformational Program’, a 7-step system for getting a handle on body image challenges, as well as ‘The Yoga Clinic of NYC’. In today’s episode, Erica shares with listeners the story of how losing her dad at a young age propelled her into making certain life decisions and taking responsibilities for herself.
She begins by delving into the tragic event of losing her father and how that became a point of inflection that reshaped the direction of her life to be the ‘captain of her own ship’. She discusses what led her to Yoga - a result of chronic migraines - and how Yoga has helped her in the battle with her illness. She also details how she switched careers from being a professional musician to becoming a Yoga teacher, and reveals the inspiration behind her book, Your Body, Your Best Friend . The episode comes to a close with Erica sharing the song that describes her life, a song about humanity. Filled with wisdom borne out of life experiences, Erica Mather has so many valuable lessons to teach us all about living life without regrets. Listening in today will definitely be time well spent.
Episode Highlights:
Erica recounts the challenging event that reshaped the direction of her life
When parental expectation disappears.
The various points of inflection that changed Erica’s life.
The battle with adult onset migraines - the path to Yoga.
How Yoga makes you take a long look at your body and spirit
How to resolve that feeling about being viewed with a desire to teach?
Lessons from the book, Your Body, Your Best Friend.
The impetus that inspired the writing of her book
The one song that describes Erica’s life