Meet Ashton August: YA Lessons Founder + Instructor

This instructor spotlight is with YouAligned’s very personal founder, Ashton August. In our YA Lessons Instructor Highlights, we function certainly one of our wonderful instructors and interview them so our members and readers can get to know them.

Ashton is a motivational creator, speaker and distinguished yoga teacher with over a decade of educating expertise. She is the founding father of YouAligned and creator of – and instructor! – on YA Lessons.

Ashton August shares her yoga journey:

“Whereas these first few months had been actually difficult for somebody who by no means stretched, I rapidly fell in love with the various advantages.”

Ashton affords stay and digital yoga lessons, occasions, workshops and retreats and has reached thousands and thousands of scholars worldwide. She is understood for her welcoming and artistic but accessible lessons which might be enjoyable, difficult and up-lifting. In her writing and her educating, she infuses inspirational and motivational messages of empowerment.
 

I imagine that cultivating empowering self-talk and a wholesome mindset opens the door to dwelling an abundantly fulfilling life! – Ashton August

 
Need to be taught extra about this unimaginable instructor, chief, and founder? Learn on.
 

 
 

Get to Know Your YA Lessons Instructor: Ashton August

We sat down with our beloved visionary, chief, and passionate yoga instructor, Ashton for a Q+A session so YA Lessons members and YouAligned readers can be taught extra about her.
 

YA: What’s your favourite self-care follow you may’t stay with out?

Ashton: My day by day morning meditation! I’ve sat in meditation most mornings for the previous decade and it immensely helps my psychological well being, readability and confidence as I am going into my day. Once I miss a day, it exhibits!
 

YA: What’s your go-to tune or music style if you train (or follow)?

Ashton: I’m at present actually into home music. I really like discovering DJs on YouTube and listening to their mixes throughout my private follow. In my lessons, I really like providing a soulful mix of upbeat, feel-good music throughout genres. Making a playlist for my lessons is certainly one of my favourite components of educating!
 

YA: What’s your favourite motivational quote?

Ashton: Effectively, I’m so keen about motivational quotes that I wrote a whole e-book, A Yr of Self Motivation for Girls: Day by day Inspiration, Braveness, and Confidence (A Yr of Day by day Reflections), that includes my 75 favorites! So it’s laborious to select only one.

However certainly one of my long-time favourite quotes is, “The way you do something in life is the way you do every little thing.” It embodies the integrity that I stay by.

Desire a peek of Ashton’s favourite quotes? Try: A Yr of Self-Motivation for Girls: YouAligned Founder Ashton August’s New Guide Is Right here!
 

YA: What’s your favourite yoga pose? Least favourite?

Ashton: Dancer Pose is my absolute favourite! My grandfather and I used to journey around the globe, and we created a convention of me doing Dancer Pose each place we visited. That was so enjoyable!

My least favourite pose is Revolved Pyramid Pose as a result of it’s so difficult in my physique (which additionally signifies that I ought to follow it extra typically!).
 

YA: The place’s your favourite place on the planet you’ve ever been to, and why?

Ashton: Arms down, Kauai!! I’ve been everywhere in the world and have seen some actually unimaginable locations. But nothing can contact stunning, magical, Kauai Hawaii. Do you know there’s a spot on that island via which it’s believed all souls enter and depart this earth? That’s why the Dalai Lama visits annually.
 

 
 

YA: What’s your #1 piece of recommendation for sustaining an empowered mindset?

Ashton: Set an intention for what you need particularly. Let’s say it’s extra self-confidence. Subsequent, craft an affirmation primarily based on that intention. Affirmations are highly effective “I’m” statements that assist affirm a selected perception or state of being that you simply search.
 

Repeat your affirmation each time you see it.

 
For instance, “I’m assured, highly effective and absolutely able to reaching something I set my thoughts to.” Then – and that is the important thing step – write it down on a sticky notice (bonus: write it down on a number of sticky notes) after which place it the place you’ll see it typically (toilet mirror, laptop computer display screen, steering wheel) and repeat your affirmation each time you see it.

Apply this I Am Worthy class on YA Lessons with Ashton the place she works with affirmations that she weaves all through a dynamic Hatha follow.
 

What’s one thing folks could be stunned to study you?

Ashton: Many, many issues. Haha!! Listed below are a couple of enjoyable ones: I used to have my head shaved, and through that point I bought a head tattoo. Now that my hair’s grown again, no one can inform!

Earlier than I created YouAligned, I used to be an English Professor. Once I needed to make the choice to go away educating to pursue YouAligned full time, it was some of the tough selections I ever made – and I’m SO blissful I did!!!

For a lot of of you who follow yoga with me on YouAligned Lessons, it’s possible you’ll not know that I’m additionally a motivational creator! I’ve two printed books: Study Develop Shift. 30 Days of Private Progress), and A Yr of Self Motivation for Girls: Day by day Inspiration, Braveness, and Confidence (A Yr of Day by day Reflections), and I simply completed writing my third.
 

YA: Apart from your personal, what’s your favourite class or instructor on YA Lessons?

Ashton: Because the founding father of the platform and the content material producer, I really like each single instructor and providing now we have on YA Lessons!! Nonetheless, I do have a couple of go-to’s for my private follow, primarily based on their fashion or codecs.

If I need my butt kicked to a killer playlist: Katie Kasten. Once I desire a difficult, intelligently sequenced energy move: Alba Avella. Once I must get my thoughts proper and a dose of inspiration: Youmie Jean Francois. Once I’m craving a guided meditation: Yogi Bryan.
 
 

Need to Join Extra With Ashton August?

A Colorado native, Ashton now lives in sunny Arizona together with her husband, their two rescue canine, and their desert tortoise. When she’s not writing or producing content material for YA Lessons, you’ll find Ashton studying an excellent e-book, practising scorching yoga, mountain climbing or van-lifing together with her husband and their pups.

Join together with her on social: @iamashtonaugust and go to her web site to be taught extra: ashtonaugust.com.
 
 

Take an On-line Yoga Class With Ashton August

Get grounded, centered, and current with this gradual vinyasa move by Ashton on YA Lessons. This gradual move is ideal for calming the rushed thoughts and works glorious as a mid-day break for a busy work day. So seize your mat and discover your centered and aware self.

Ashton affords dozens of on-line lessons and full packages on YA Lessons, starting from light Hatha lessons to difficult Vinyasa flows and every little thing in between.

Not but a YA Lessons member? You’ll be able to attempt it free for 14 days.

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