05/20/2023
My name is Amanda Mikesell and here’s a little story to get to know me! I did hair for 17yrs, and had a foot injury that caused me to be off and doing hair on a stool for months and struggled. Over time I couldn’t work out, put on weight, and hitting almost 200lbs. I broke down and needed and a change, the first time I rolled out a yoga mat I never looked back! As my yoga practice started in 2011 that was only the beginning of what I can’t even explain, but my practice developed I kept feeling better inside and out, I started craving more!!! A few years later with a new salon change I told myself I wanted to maybe start to teach yoga. Well, a huge unexpected physical medical condition happened and took my spiritual journey deeper with really connecting and being attuned with my body. That lead me to my first yoga training in 2016 and completed my first 20 hours and started teaching and researched where I wanted to do my full 200hrs YTT. As the universe gave me the answers, one of my favorite influencers/author was starting up 200-hour yoga trainings in Aruba. In 2018 I went to Aruba for 23 days and my intentions were to see what my career change was going to be and if I could move away from home. After I came home, I decided I wanted to be a spiritual coach and move. I ended up visiting Arizona knowing I wanted to be out west. After my visit I was out here 3 months later January of 2020 in time for the roller coaster to take off again!
It started rough when my copilot bailed less than 24hrs before and I was a mess, bound and determined I came out here with no job, family, or friends I arrived here January 2020. As we all know how 2020 started and it ended with two family deaths, 2021 Opened a beautiful yoga studio, 2022 I got a Healing Arts Degree, lost my 18yr old kitty cat, and a moved again. I took the next several months of healing and here I am currently dealing with a foot, hip, and back injury I am still pushing and fighting for my dreams through this move that I thought was going to be an amazing beautiful fresh start, well now I’m getting a my fresh start almost 4 years later with a lot of pain, suffering, and now a GRAND REBIRTH…. 🔮🤍🧘🏼♀️🙏🏻