Amanda Huggins

"It was through yoga that I recognized, while teaching classes, that there was information that I was sharing that was not coming from me. Now we understand that as channeling, but I felt like it was kind of put into the atmosphere with no strings attached."

"I consider purpose to be split into two things. I think that every single human being, myself included, has one very large and very important purpose, which is to recognize who you are and to live a happy life within that information. A lot of us are trying to bust out of our DNA, our desires; we're trying to make ourselves into something else. I think if we really simplify purpose, it's to love the life that you are living and make it as big and beautiful as possible. What happens when we adopt that as our individual purpose is we take care of ourselves. We then have more energy, more time, more resources to take care of those around us. It goes from personal to planetary."

"I was brought up in the hustle culture of New York City and LA and feeling all of this external pressure to be someone other than I was. I just got to a point where I couldn't take it anymore. I call them Kali moments. Kali, the Hindu goddess, she's the great destroyer. You might have a Kali year or two. If we look to astrology, it's called the Saturn return. These are deep periods of time where anything inauthentic gets stripped away. That is a part of the journey towards purpose. The inauthentic, the things that no longer resonate, they will fall away. That is beautiful. When that happens, it is painful, but it is beautiful. I think for those who this might resonate with, it's important to remember it doesn't stay like that forever. It gets better, and there will be a time when you look back on the great shedding with so much joy and gratitude."

"If you're attached to needing to find it, there's no space to even be in the light that is you. I like to tell people, release the attachment to whatever you think you should be doing right now and figure out how to create joy in the now. The journey towards happiness or towards purpose may bring uncomfortable questions. Lean into those questions and be gentle with yourself. In that discovery process, because at the end of the day, it's all good. It's all good. You are safe, you've done nothing wrong, you are loved. You're actually on your way, and you're further along than you think you are, I promise."

"I just got to a point where I couldn't take it anymore, and so yoga was my escape. I joined a teacher training just because I was like, I need to do something with my time that isn't drinking, isn't partying, isn't damaging myself, and that became a years-long love affair that really changed the trajectory of my life. It was through yoga that I recognized, while teaching classes, that there was information that I was sharing that was not coming from me."