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<h3 class="entry-title" style="text-align: center;">Why do I want to feature an inspirational person in my newsletter?</h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3802.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1985 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3802-300x180.jpg" alt="Yoga Nanaimo - Ashtanga Yoga Nanaimo - Yoga Instructor Nanaimo - Nanaimo - Yoga studio Nanaimo - Candace Gravelle" width="300" height="180" /></a>I want to feature people like Candace who have crossed my path and touched my life, inspiring me toward greatness. Too many of us fail to see greatness in ourselves. Somehow, it doesn’t seem to matter what we have achieved; we often need others to point out to us how we excel. People display “greatness” by their attitude, their lifestyle, their choices, their actions… I want to recognize the people in my life who lead by example.</p>

<h3 class="widget-title" style="text-align: center;">How did I meet Candace?</h3>
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<a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3800.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1989 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3800-214x300.jpg" alt="Yoga Nanaimo - Ashtanga Yoga Nanaimo - Yoga Instructor Nanaimo - Nanaimo - Yoga studio Nanaimo - Candace Gravelle" width="214" height="300" /></a>I've meet Candace at an ashtanga yoga workshop at OmTown yoga. She appear to be a really humble and grounded person. We became friend on social media and I've been mind blow by her flexibility and commitment to the yoga practice. Recently she open island Ashtanga yoga studio in Nanaimo and confirm me her commitment to the practice. Check out her new studio and go learn from her. Candace yoga practice literally transform her and she want to share that same transformative experience around her.<a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3796.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1997" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3796-300x72.jpg" alt="Yoga Nanaimo - Ashtanga Yoga Nanaimo - Yoga Instructor Nanaimo - Nanaimo - Yoga studio Nanaimo - Candace Gravelle" width="300" height="72" /></a>
<h3 class="widget-title" style="text-align: left;"><strong>What motivates you to exercise?</strong></h3>
To be present. I live in my head and it is a constant effort to come back to the present and my body. Plus, it makes me feel good about myself.

<strong><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3799.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1986 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3799-300x300.jpg" alt="Yoga Nanaimo - Ashtanga Yoga Nanaimo - Yoga Instructor Nanaimo - Nanaimo - Yoga studio Nanaimo - Candace Gravelle" width="300" height="300" /></a>What activity/workout do you prefer?</strong>

Yoga is a daily practice for me. Outside of that, I like skipping, hiking and pole dance fitness.

<strong>What is your biggest accomplishment?</strong>

Doing a complete 180 in my life. When I was 16, I was addicted to drugs, depressed, suffered from anxiety, and had an eating disorder. I was also facing potential jail time. Fortunately I ended up in treatment and was introduced to yoga. 11 years later I have opened Nanaimo's first Ashtanga Yoga studio. If I can change so dramatically, truly anyone can.

<strong><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3794.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1987 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3794-90x300.jpg" alt="Yoga Nanaimo - Ashtanga Yoga Nanaimo - Yoga Instructor Nanaimo - Nanaimo - Yoga studio Nanaimo - Candace Gravelle" width="90" height="300" /></a>What is your superpower?</strong>

Faith. Many times in my life I have taken a huge risk knowing that somehow it will all work out. Faith is what turns dreams into realities. It removes fear and allows you to keep going in an upward spiral. Of course you have to put in effort, but at some point you have to surrender to something greater than yourself and believe that it will work itself out.

<strong>What is your favourite cheat treat?</strong>

Dark chocolate and if we are being honest, ALL the dark chocolate.

<strong>What is your favourite dish/recipe?</strong>

Soups and Curries. Something warm and nourishing <img class="_1ift _2560 img" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v8/z4c/1/16/1f642.png" alt="🙂" />

<strong><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3793.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1988 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_3793-300x225.jpg" alt="Yoga Nanaimo - Ashtanga Yoga Nanaimo - Yoga Instructor Nanaimo - Nanaimo - Yoga studio Nanaimo - Candace Gravelle" width="300" height="225" /></a>What are your goals and dreams?</strong>

To continue to spread the life-long practice of Ashtanga Yoga. After practicing and being a part of the yoga community for several years, I truly believe our society (for the most part) offers only a small piece of what Yoga really is. People get bored or they feel like they have gotten all they need from the practice. They move on or become stagnant.
In a world full of misinformation, my belief is that Ashtanga is a complete method to reveal our greatest potential as individuals and as an interconnected, harmonious whole.

<strong>Advice for a newbie?</strong>

Show up. Showing up is honestly the beginning and the end. The only difference between the novice and the accomplished is time spent showing up. No one can do the work but you.

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