Deanna Di Carlo - Dedica: Phoenix Moments & Yoga Roots, BTS Part 1

Join Shawna Krueger for a special interview with Deanna Di Carlo, also known as Dedica in the online world. In part one of this interview, Dea opens up about her background getting started teaching yoga, and behind the scenes of how she’s risen stronger after experiencing extreme anxiety and a medical emergency that required her to start from zero. Tune in to hear how her style and teaching philosophy developed largely without influence and the origin story behind “Dedica.” Next week in part two, you’ll hear the whole story of how Dea has turned lemons into lemonade on a life-changing level. You don’t want to miss it.  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & DROP A RATING IF YOU ENJOYED THIS INTERVIEW WITH DEA. Thank you. <3 Find Dea on instagram: @dedica Unlock your superpowers with Dea online: https://www.dedica.live/  Find Shawna on instagram: @shawnakru Join the Leadership and Yoga Fam: https://www.shawnakru.com/  Leadership and Yoga IRL: https://www.shawnakru.com/leadership-and-yoga-irl  Time stamps: 2:30 Why Dea didn’t come to an in-person interview.  4:00 Where does the name “dedica” come from? 7:30 Entering the instagram world. 8:50 Dea finds yoga. On ADHD, dancing, high school… 12:50 Confidence. 14:15 University.  15:45 Panic and anxiety attacks. 20:00 Baptiste yoga & getting to the bottom of your own shit.  21:01 Teaching yoga.  23:00 Fear of being seen & rewiring your mind. 25:00 What Dea wanted to be when she grew up.  26:05 Before shit hits the fan. 29:00 Moving to the island of St. Martin. 30:20 3 chances.  31:50 No influence in teaching yoga. 33:00 Set sequence is a blessing when you start teaching or practicing.  36:00 The phoenix moment   38:00 Ovarian cyst emergency, healing and starting over.  41:30 “My heart was broken, my body was broken.” 42:32 Practicing modified & coming back stronger. Being “unrelatable.” 45:45 There will always be work, rest when you need to.  46:45 “My spirit was broken.”