We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Garre Liana. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Garre below.

Garre, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. So let’s jump to your mission – what’s the backstory behind how you developed the mission that drives your brand?

I’ve always been good at art. Drawing has been my favorite and I can make a drawing look like real life. I’ve always had that gift. I was passionate about art in high school, where I won lots of awards for my drawings, paintings and photography. When I started college, I also started to lose focus and passion for my art. I was distracted my alcohol and men and it took me longer than the average person to graduate. I graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of fine arts degree and a minor in art history. After my senior show, I stopped making art all together and got married to a man I drank with a lot and the marriage started to get abusive. We separated and I was lost. I didn’t want to be here so I drank and slept a lot. During that darkest time in my life, I found yoga (or it found me) and I found myself on a spiritual path. I knew I wanted to help people overcome what I overcame. I started teaching yoga, moved, hired a mentor, stopped drinking and about 40 months later, here I am living a life I never would have dreamed of. I started drawing again and realized it is a huge part of my spiritual practice. It always has been. And I still have the gift even though I neglected it for almost ten years. Looking back, I can see that everything happened exactly how it was supposed to. I went through what I did so I can help people do the same. I am now a spiritual mentor and an artist. I teach my clients yoga and kabbala inspired practices to help them connect to themselves, their intuition, personal power and creativity. This is my mission.

Garre, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is Garre (pronounced like Gary) and I’m a spiritual mentor/healer and artist in St. Pete, Florida. I’ve always been an artist. I got into spiritual healing because I needed healing from trauma. I was so disconnected from myself that I felt empty with no purpose. I was disconnected from my intuition and had no sense of personal power. I didn’t want to be here. Then I found yoga and realized my purpose was to help people heal and re connect with themselves like I did. I’m a 500 hour yoga teacher, reiki master, breath work guide, trauma and stress specialist, personal trainer, spiritual mentor, psychic medium, and read tarot/oracle cards. I mentor mostly women and teens. I teach Yoga and Kabbalah inspired practices to help clients take control of and calm/heal their nervous system, reduce stress and anxiety, help their bodies heal with reconnection, reconnect to reality, heal trauma, connect with intuition, connect with personal power, break unhealthy patterns, and help connect with creativity. Every client is unique so the approach will be unique. I’m good at what I do and I learned most of my methodology from my mentor Rachel Bertner in Columbus, OH. I’m an intuitive and I stay present with my clients and can see and feel what they need, The most important intention for me is to be the vessel to help my clients connect to themselves. You are your own guru and healer. I’m the channel that helps you get there.

I’m the most proud of what I’ve overcome with alcoholism, abuse, disconnection from self and instinct injury. There was a time I didn’t want to live and now I’m so grateful for this life. I fully trust myself and there is no one else I trust to guide my life other than me and God. I alchemized my pain and trauma into serving and helping people alchemize theirs. That is my purpose.

I also practice speaking my voice with my art.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

A lesson I had to unlearn is keep doing the work even when I don’t feel like it. This applies to by business, my art, and my own personal work. There are many times I don’t feel like doing something and in the past I would succumb to this feeling. It slows everything down. I don’t always feel like drawing, but when I make myself do it anyway, I always feel better. I’ve learned that consistency and discipline are the two most important things to become the person you want to become and to reach your goals. When I’m not consistent or disciplined, there are consequences. I want to emphasize here that this is different than needing rest. If you feel like you need rest, take it. Rest is an important part of running a successful business. I get great ideas when I rest and when I feel rested, I operate at my best. Sometimes energetically, there are good an bad times to do things. I’m an energy worker so I look to astrology to see when is the right time to make a move. I believe this needs to be taken into consideration too.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

Another lesson I had to unlearn was self-doubt. Self doubt will kill a dream, goal, motivation in a instant. I had to fully believe that I could create a business around spiritual work, healing and art. This took a while. I had to first practice self love and trust. The more I fully step into my power, the more success I have. It’s not perfect all the time but I fully believe in me and my business and what I can create.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.garrelianayoga.com
• Instagram: @garreliana84
• Facebook: Garre Liana
• Youtube: Garre Liana Yoga