🎙️ Featuring: Krista Oakes | Yoga Teacher, Author & Wellness Advocate
📖 From Shame to Freedom—Krista’s Powerful Journey of Healing & Self-Acceptance
This week on Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories, host Anne-Marie Zanzal sits down with Krista Oakes, a certified yoga and meditation teacher, author, and wellness retreat leader, for a conversation about healing, authenticity, and shedding shame.
Krista’s life journey is a testament to resilience and self-discovery. Growing up with gay parents, losing her father to AIDS, and navigating a challenging marriage marked by dysfunction and mental illness, Krista has faced more than her fair share of struggles. Yet, through yoga, meditation, writing, and faith, she has transformed her pain into purpose.
In January 2024, Krista published her book Shedding Shame: Finding Freedom to Live an Authentic Life, where she shares her deeply personal experiences and the lessons she’s learned along the way. In this episode, she opens up about her journey of self-acceptance, the role of yoga and mindfulness in healing, and how she now helps others find their own path to authenticity and joy.
🌟 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
🧘♀️ How yoga and meditation helped Krista heal from shame and trauma
💡 The mind-body connection and why it’s key to emotional resilience
🏳️🌈 What it was like growing up with gay parents in a time of stigma
💔 How she processed the loss of her father to AIDS
📖 The power of storytelling and why she wrote Shedding Shame
⚖️ Overcoming marital struggles, mental illness, and divorce
🔑 Practical steps to release shame and live freely
📖 About Krista’s Book: Shedding Shame
Krista’s memoir is a deeply personal and inspiring account of self-discovery. In it, she shares her journey of navigating grief, shame, and societal expectations, ultimately finding the freedom to live authentically.
Learn more about Krista’s gentle yoga programs here: https://www.daytonayogawithkrista.com/
You can find Krista’s book, Shedding Shame: Finding Freedom to Live an Authentic Life here: https://www.daytonayogawithkrista.com/sheddingshame
Krista’s “coming out” song is Defying Gravity from the musical Wicked: https://youtu.be/MslDnwerQRA?si=ip60m30HHGF0d02Nhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/MslDnwerQRA
Two books that have influenced Krista are Daring Greatly by Brené Brown https://brenebrown.com/book/daring-greatly/
and Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33516773-big-little-lies
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