Welcome to Episode #4 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Ruta Keriane onto the show. She is a yoga teacher and yoga studio owner from Lithuania. I met Ruta Keriane in Rishikesh in the summer of 2019 at Punyah Yoga. I was taking an Ashtanga Alignment and Adjustment course at Punyah Yoga while Ruta was taking her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training course there as well. When I met Ruta I was amazed. I mean, really and truly amazed. She’s this driven, dynamic 42 year old woman who has two children in their early twenties and she’s never tried yoga before and she is here in India wanting to become a yoga teacher? What!? What’s even more impressive? Within just a couple months of getting back to Lithuania, she opened up her own studio there. That’s right. This brand new yoga student turned yoga teacher became a studio owner all in the matter of a few months. Once Ruta knew her path, she wasted no time getting started. Tell me more about Ruta… Ruta Keriane is from Lithuania, from a small town called Mazeikiai. She is 44 years old and is mother of two sons who are 24 and 22 years old. Married for 26 years with a Bachelor in law and a Master in business management, Ruta has mostly worked as a commercial and project manager. She is an Ashtanga yoga teacher who opened her own yoga studio, So Hum, and was running it for 1.5 years before moving to Scotland for a year-long business contract. What to expect in Episode #4 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast: What happens when one door closes and the whole world opens The passion test and Ruta’s results The power of living in the flow Stop knowing - muting your mind The pressures of perfectionism Everyone can be a teacher because what you teach is what you experience in your life Yoga as a comparison of life and the mat It’s not yoga practice, yoga is life Not calling your students, students Yoga as it teaches you to know yourself, love yourself, and stop changing yourself What opening a yoga studio in a small village in Lithuania is like and how Ruta strives to teach the most authentic yoga as possible Connect with Ruta https://www.facebook.com/ruta.keriene https://instagram.com/rutamelionas Want more? Head on over to my website https://wildyogatribe.com/podcast Questions? Comments? Let's get social! https://www.instagram.com/wildyogatribe/ https://www.facebook.com/wildyogatribe https://twitter.com/wildyogatribe Mediate with me: https://insig.ht/6gFTaXHlogb Flow with me: https://www.youtube.com/c/WildYogaTribe Book a private yoga or meditation class with me: https://wildyogatribe.com/yogaclasses/ Everything you need is just one click away! Check out all the resources here: https://linktr.ee/wildyogatribe