Faith Hunter

Faith Hunter is a global yoga and meditation instructor, wellness philanthropist, movement motivator, healing guide, and music head. Faith began her practice of yoga and meditation in the early 90s to manage a traumatic life experience. Over the past 20-plus years, Faith has studied yoga, meditation, breathwork, Reiki, and many wellness approaches. Faith is an exclusive yoga and wellness expert for BeachBody, iFIT NordicTrack, Fitbit, and Meditation Studio App and has proudly represented endemic brands such as Athleta, Footlocker, and lululemon as well as non-endemic brands such as Warner’s and Weleda. Faith is an author who has penned three books, “Shades of the Soul” (poetry and daily inspirations), “The Return to You” (52-week self-love journal), and “Spiritually Fly: Wisdom, Meditations, and Yoga to Elevate Your Soul.”

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Faith Hunter has nearly 20 years of experience as a yoga and meditation teacher. She is the founder of Embrace Yoga DC and Embrace OM, as well as the creator of Spiritually Fly, a lifestyle philosophy that celebrates our inherent vibrancy and worth. With Sounds True, Faith has written a new book called Spiritually Fly: Wisdom, Meditations, and Yoga to Elevate Your Soul. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Faith about what it means to be Spiritually Fly and how we can all live an authentic, joyful life of spiritual flyhood. They discuss the life-changing effect yoga had on Faith’s life and the courageous way she empowered herself to blend classic yoga lineages with sound, ritual, and African traditions to create a practice that is true to her. And Faith describes the “golden glitter”—the inner brilliance—that lies beneath our fear, shame, and other “demons,” waiting to be released into the world.

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