Episode 14
Rawnak’s Journey
Growing Up in a Religious Household, Being Intentional, a Passion for Yoga & Creating Inclusive Spaces for Women
with Rawnak Jassim

Episode 14
Rawnak’s Journey
Growing Up in a Religious Household, Being Intentional, a Passion for Yoga & Creating Inclusive Spaces for Women
with Rawnak Jassim

Welcome to the another episode of the Journey Podcast!
In today’s episode, I’m having a conversation with Rawnak Jassim.
Rawnak has a background in community engagement & participation. She is also a yoga teacher with a passion for creating inclusive spaces for women and linking up her practice with other passions – spirituality, mysticism, justice and nature.
In this episode, she shares how she grew up in a religious household, how she was very intentional with traveling, her yoga and spiritual journey, and her passion for teaching yoga and creating inclusive spaces for women.
Her story is truly inspiring and I hope you enjoy our conversation!
Highlights of the episode:
- Growing up in a religious household
- Her journey of spirituality & faith
- Relying on motivation vs. discipline
- Passion for justice and equality
- Playing football growing up and being present
- Studying business management with marketing at university
- Her yoga journey
- Being intonational with her traveling
- Yoga teacher training
- Teaching inclusive yoga
- Creating inclusive spaces for woman
- Prioritizing and listening to your body
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Risa Kawamoto (she/her)
Hi, I’m Risa! I’m a Career & Confidence Coach, Yoga Teacher and the host of the Journey Podcast.
I help and guide introverts who want to feel more confident, get recognised for their hard work and secure their next promotion or new role, using the powerful tools of somatic (body-focused) practices, transformational coaching and Yogic wisdom.
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