Today we’d like to introduce you to Vikky Santana.
Hi Vikky, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I started yoga 35 years ago when a work friend dragged me to a corporate sponsored yoga class. I hated it. Didn’t go back for 6 months. She dragged me again. Still hated it but I could not deny that there was something about the practice that shifted me inside. I truly fell in love with yoga when I learned the deeper aspects of it and healed myself out of an abyss of pain and potential suicide.
I started teaching the practice that changed my life, actually saved it. Then I taught teachers to teach yoga. Once COVID hit and I wasn’t able to teach in a studio, I took the plunge and went deep into vikkysantana.com. There I teach classes, have other teachers teaching and I’m creating our own vibe tribe. My tagline is change the world one breath at a time.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Oh my goodness no. I had to get out of chronic pain, clinical depression, leave my marriage and end a toxic abusive relationship. All the while raising my daughter, which is 19 and in college now. I had to sacrifice a social life. I found that having a mate, at least the mates that I had had, was actually not for me. I realized that I am better off alone so that can focus my energies on my studies, practice and vs.com.
I had times of no money, just enough to eat and times where there was abundance. But it was not easy. It still isn’t but it’s my life’s passion. I can’t imagine doing anything else.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I am an entrepreneur in the industry of yoga. What I’m really doing is using yoga as a tool is empower women in their 40’s and up to take back control of their lives. I teach them the practice and philosophy of yoga but I also lead as an industry leader on how to live a life that’s full of passion, emotions, struggles and sheer joy. I teach women that we are complete just as we are. We ARE enough. We can make changes but intrinsically we are perfect. Teaching the courage to be yourself is my greatest honor.
What would you say have been one of the most important lessons you’ve learned?
I have learned that chasing your dreams means you stand alone for a long time and that’s ok. I’ve learned that we do things right more than wrong. I’ve learned that every relationship is critical in our evolution and our involution. I have found out that women work and live best when they work together.
I have realized that no one will do any of this for me. Finding our way out of the darkness and into the light is a journey each person must take on their own. BUT you need a beacon and teacher to help you do that and hopefully I am that teacher for many.
Pricing:
- Online teacher training $2200
- Private yoga $90/hour
- Monthly membership to the site $99/mo
Contact Info:
- Email: vikky@vikkysantana.com
- Website: www.vikkysantana.com
- Instagram: @vikkysantanayoga
- Facebook: vikky.santana
