We had the good fortune of connecting with Athanasia Medeans and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Athanasia, putting aside the decision to work for yourself, what other decisions were critical to your success?
The most important decision I made was leaving behind my corporate career and taking up an hourly job so that I could have the flexibility with my time to take the courses needed to launch my business.

What should our readers know about your business?
Shamanic Yoga is teaches all about the yoga you don’t know about. We run international yoga retreats so that you can get in touch with the sacred sites around the world to bring your yoga practice to the next level. Along with our retreats we run, full moon and new moon circles that encourage community healing and bring you closer to the spiritual principles that shamanism and yoga both provide for your joy and happiness.

I’m excited to be running our 4th Joshua Tree Retreat this upcoming January 2023, along with our 2nd Greece Retreat in the summer of 2023. Both of these retreats sell out because of the intense spiritual transformation that people have undergone while attending these retreats in the past.

Since 2017, running retreats has created a plethora of opportunities for my own spiritual and personal growth. Believing in myself and trusting in the Universe to guide my way has been the only way I’ve been able to embody the success that has come over the years.

People know Shamanic Yoga as a spiritual experience that brings them closer to their purpose in life and their most authentic self expression. Attending one of our events or retreats is life changing!

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
A week long trip would have to be in Greece!! I would take them to the best parts of Athens to see the Acropolis and then to Ancient Delphi where the oracle gave her prophecy! On our way back to the city, I would pop us over to the island of Zakynthos for a day trip to see the crystal clear Mediterranean water! The whole trip we would be eating authentic Greek cuisine and trying all the local cheeses, olives, and sweets like baklava!!!

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
The Spirit of the Universe deserves all the credit in my story. Growing up I had a deep relationship with the One, but as I got older I turned my back on this relationship and tried doing everything on my own. It wasn’t until I started practicing yoga that I was finally able to see that there was ‘something’ coordinating everything in the world. And, this Spirit is ultimately loving, healing and all powerful that has solved my problems and ushered me into a successful career.

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