We’re looking forward to introducing you to Christine Moore. Check out our conversation below.
Hi Christine, thank you for taking the time to reflect back on your journey with us. I think our readers are in for a real treat. There is so much we can all learn from each other and so thank you again for opening up with us. Let’s get into it: Have any recent moments made you laugh or feel proud?
Recently I led a teacher training for yoga teachers to expand their knowledge as teachers with a Trauma Sensitive Yoga. I was delighted to have it so well received and remind myself of the importance in these times to reach more community.
I had a lot of good feedback, met some amazing community members and shared my skills and stories.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hello to all! My name is Christine Moore and I am a yoga therapist/teacher/guide and a dancer. I lead educational and inspiring Goddess Sister Circles monthly, my biggest passion. I also lead yoga with a trauma based, all inclusive mindset, working with people who are recovering from injuries and illnesses and or aging.
I love to offer accessible yoga with story telling. The depth of story and how it inspires us all to grow and understand each other and ourselves is my main goal. The stories of yoga are rich with timeless and rich beauty that can easily impact our lives and encourage us to develop more.
My sessions help others access what they already contain. Our best way to a better self is listening to the cues our own body gives us, yoga offers us a way to access that information. We all have so much to offer in our individuality and we are all more alike than different in so many ways. When we get out of our own way, we can return to our true nature, Atman, or sense of self, and out of that we experience a better world and for others around us.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What’s a moment that really shaped how you see the world?
The moment that shaped my life was the moment I met two incredible women that brought me to myself. I was at the tender age of 11 and truly discovered unconditional love and acceptance for the first time in my life. This has impacted my growth my whole life and gave me the safety to blossom.
We all need to feel love in order to fully express ourselves. These relationships gifted me the ability top self discover and find myself.
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
Suffering in life has always been an amazing tool for growth. One example would be that I was stalked, threatened and lived in fear for almost a decade. So many women, and some men, suffer from abusers and gaslighting and threats. We seem to be living in a time where this is becoming more socially acceptable, to bully and harass others.
In my experience, it became, (eventually and with much support) a catalyst for personal growth. I learned my own strength, power and self worth as a matter of survival. This is not something that I could ever in a million years have gained as rapidly as the life experience. My abuser turned into one of my biggest teachers. The pain, sorrow and fear bolstered me to grow.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. Is the public version of you the real you?
Absolutely! There is no way I could reach others if I was not genuine myself.
Sometimes I feel I am too much an open book, but what you see is what you get.
With age and wisdom, I am 65, it gets easier and easier to express myself unapologetically.
Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. Have you ever gotten what you wanted, and found it did not satisfy you?
Over and over again. We live in a culture where we learn that reaching outside of ourselves for fulfillment is normal!
Wow, it is a never ending cycle of pain to keep reaching for something to fill us.
All the while, the light within is aching to show us that we already have it all.
There have been times I longed for something, for instance I recall peeking into a dance class and thinking I wish I could dance like that! A couple years later on stage, I had an aha moment that I was living what I had longed for. It was a beautiful moment.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.christinemooreshimmyogini.com/
- Instagram: christineshimmy
- Facebook: Christine Moore
- Other: https://linktr.ee/Christineshimmyogini
Image Credits
Rui Lund, Corvallis OR
