If you live in Richmond, VA, you need to check out TAOU Studio in Carytown. TAOU stands for “The Art of Us” and has been birthed by Katie Bosch and Kat McCrory. In this podcast episode, you will hear about their inspiration for opening the studio, the type of yoga they practice and teach, opportunities to learn alongside them, and lots of fun stories about their lives that brought them to this place in time together.
Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode:
- Get to know Katie Bosch and Kat McCrory from TAOU Studio.
- Learn how to pull ideas from the ether into 3D reality.
- Discover the importance of community on your self-discovery journey.
Resources
- TAOU Studio in Carytown
- Upcoming trainings at TAOU in yin yoga and Katonah yoga.
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Episode Highlights
[05:25] Inspiration for The Art of Us
- Katie and Kat came into the development of the studio not knowing each other very well.
- The concept of TAOU came together in 24 hours!
- Both Katie and Kat bring a lot of past experiences into the studio.
- Kat’s computer died the moment she emailed Katie the PDF of the proposal while at a training in Costa Rica.
[08:30] Pulling A Concept from the Ether into 3D Reality
- Dabbling in a lot of modalities like art, body work and others to let yourself explore.
- Kat sees the connection of Katonah Yoga in how to bring dreams to life.
- Listen to this section to hear a story about Kat and Jimmy Fallon’s lawyer.
- Sometimes a hard experience makes way for powerful lessons and leads to a rebirth.
[13:26] TAOU Is Offering A Series of Katonah Yoga Trainings
- Breaking the training into smaller bite sized chunks.
- There is so much to learn about the connection of mind/body so focusing on smaller parts is important.
- The magic square = the body is a home.
- Asking yourself questions for how to deepen your connection to your life.
[16:22] Putting Yourself In The Center of Your Dream
- Having patience to put everything in practice and give yourself time for things to materialize.
- Not giving up on your own vision and dream.
- Realizing you will still get tripped up.
- Putting theory into practice helps you see if your vision is really for you.
- Your practice is up to you, you get to decide what your practice teaches you and what is revealed to you.
- Katie says that every time she comes to the practice, the questions are the same but the answers are allowed to shift which feels free.
[23:01] Kat and Katie Are Mirrors for Each Other
- Spending more time together they found out small similarities they have.
- Helping each other take concepts and make them 3D.
- Katie and Kat play off each other and it feels easy and effortless.
[24:46] TAOU As a Space For Freedom
- Kat tells a story about her dream of having a studio that encompasses art, movement and supporting other people.
- Kat wants to break yoga out of a box, it can be innovated from the root of the practice.
- There were obstacles in the way when Kat was trying to open other studios, before opening TAOU.
- People take things really seriously and make us feel small, which can limit our dreams.
- Sometimes curve balls prove our limiting beliefs to ourselves.
- Katonah helped Kat change her life.
[27:29] If Katie Hadn’t Shaved Her Head, TAOU Wouldn’t Have Opened
- Katie and Kat went to a training last summer for Katonah Yoga.
- 2016 was a huge year for Katie, where she got her yoga teacher training as well as got inspired to become a massage therapist.
- At Vitality Float Spa, Katie was inspired to massage.
- At the beginning of 2022, Katie shaved her head.
- If she hadn’t shaved her head, TAOU wouldn’t have opened.
- Katie needed to shake things up to try something new for her professsional life.
- She couldn’t put herself in the center of her work.
- Kat texted Katie in the middle of her deeper shadow work of trying to figure out her next professional step.
- Katie had the courage to step away from Vitality, building her confidence and taking the first step.
[31:29] Following The Bread Crumb Trail to Bigger Life Changes
- It’s impactful to ask smaller questions to get to a bigger new direction.
- Options only matter if you trust yourself to make a new choice.
- Last year was the year of stepping into something to take a risk, feel powerful and believing in ourselves.
[34:44] The Woo-Woo Is Related to Observable Science
- Katie and Kat sometimes feel skeptical and question everything.
- Healthy skepticism is good for us.
- The “right” way vs what feels good to the individual.
- Do you think yoga is for everyone? Katie and Kat don’t think so.
- Everything is a practice: cooking, sex, tennis, yoga, and life. It’s a tool to help you to discover yourself. What is the correct tool?
[39:24] Imitate, Integrate, Innovate
- Make your practice work for you.
- Eventually, you no longer need the teacher because you make your practice your own.
- Return home to yourself. Unlock doors and go somewhere different.
- Elise wants to also break out of the box that social work tries to put her in professionally.
[42:37] The Importance of Community
- Getting to know each other is the point of gathering in classes.
- Eye contact as an intimate practice.
- Making friends as an adult isn’t as hard as we make it out to be sometimes.
- Leading by example to join people together and feel more comfortable practicing together.
- Embracing yourself leads to embracing other people.
- How to make TAOU a community space is a huge prirority for Kat and Katie.
[47:02] Exciting Offerings on the Horizon
- TAOU is going to Portugal in early March. Spots for this retreat are full but there will be more retreats to stay tuned about in the future.
- Trainings are coming up in the studio: Yin, and 2 Katonah trainings this year.
- Anyone interested in deepening their yoga practice can come to the trainings.
- Use what you learn in yoga off the mat.
[51:11] Where To Connect With TAOU
- www.taoustudio.com
- Instagram: @taou_studio
- Wisdom comes from asking yourself questions to get the answer.
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