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Elementary school, Reiki Yoga Teacher: Self-Love, Mindfulness, Education | Laura Desimone Atila TV 10
The Atila Podcast
1 hour 30 minutes 48 seconds
6 years ago
Elementary school, Reiki Yoga Teacher: Self-Love, Mindfulness, Education | Laura Desimone Atila TV 10
Laura Desimone is an elementary school teacher for the Peel District School Board and a Reiki master and founder of @illuminabodyandsoul. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Education at the University of Toronto.
In this episode we talk about the importance of self-love, ways to improve the education system and how Reiki and meditation can teach mindfulness. We also talk about her struggles with severe anxiety in her 20s and early 30s, which politician she thinks needs emotional healing and much more.
Timestamps
Do parents do what is best for their kids or best for themselves? - 14:10
Did you ever feel like you could be making more money if you weren’t a teacher and what kind of legacy do you want to leave? - 19:45
Why did you decide to pursue a PhD? - 23:30
Why do we need credentials in order to do things? - 25:25
The only reason people don’t reach their full potential is because there is a part of themselves they don’t like - 28:30
Why Laura doesn’t like giving students marks and the importance of focusing on process over outcomes - 32:30
What is Reiki and how did you find out about it? And Laura’s struggles with Anxiety in her 20s and 30s - 42:00
How to get better at loving other people and managing your emotions - 53:25
Sound healing meditation and importance of vision boards? - 1:14:50
What political figure she would want to talk to and why she thinks they need emotional healing - 1:19:10
