Today we’d like to introduce you to Bianca Davis.
Hi Bianca, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I never really wanted to work in wellness or fitness because I grew up saturated in it due to my mom being in that field. I grew up playing sports, but when I got to college I pursued Journalism and then moved to Asia to teach English after graduating. I had my first yoga class at age 10 and hated it. It was so boring! It wasn’t until I was living in Korea and a friend brought me to a yoga class that I saw things differently. I had a teacher who was a little wild and crazy and it totally shifted my perspective of who did yoga and who it was good for. She turned yoga into play that was also great for mental health. That’s really stuck with me over the years and has informed the way I teach. Not too long after that, I was diagnosed with narcolepsy, and instinctively knew that yoga held a cure for me. I sought out a teacher who I felt could help me heal and went to India. I enrolled in my first 200-hour teacher training not wanting to be a yoga teacher, but rather to find my own healing and deepen my own personal practice. What happened next is nothing short of a miracle! I fought my way into that training which they almost didn’t want me to enroll in due to liability concerns. In my fight for myself, my teacher could tell I was determined and he let me in under one condition – that I spend time with him every day working with him one on one. Within 21 days, I was off of all my medication and have to this day not had another sleep attack. I knew then and there that I was born to share the practice of yoga with the world. I’ve been teaching yoga since 2014 and personal training since 2016.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I’ve faced a lot of my own internal resistance around visibility and struggles around sharing my journey publicly on social media. I was a quiet low-key teacher for many years. I’ve only recently since COVID-19 been vocal about my journey. A lot of it had to do with trauma and a relationship I had with a narcissistic abuser, even though it was yoga that I credit with keeping me alive. Yoga helped me navigate the extreme ups and downs of PTSD and other mental health complications as a result of the abuse. I’m incredibly thankful that I had my practice through that time to soothe my nervous system and keep me grounded when I didn’t think I’d make it through another day.
After losing my job during covid, I pivoted and turned a curse into a blessing. I’d been teaching yoga and personal training as a side hustle to my main job for many years, but took the opportunity to do something that I’d previously been afraid to do. I went all in to my business and started health coaching and doing program design for remote personal training so that I could support people more fully on their fitness and wellness journeys.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am a Private Yoga Instructor, Personal Trainer and Holistic Fitness and Wellness Coach. I am also an intuitive self-healing guide. I host Women’s Only Naked Yoga Goddess Gatherings around the New Moons and teach a Nearly Naked Yoga Class every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at Kinky Tuesdays at Numbers. I also serve as a guide to spiritually-minded people having a sexual awakening. Overall, my mission is to help people feel better in their bodies, and create balanced lives that are centered around joy, I specifically love working with women and those who suffer chronic pain due to injury, illness or trauma.
What has been the most important lesson you’ve learned along your journey?
Entrepreneurship teaches you a lot about yourself. I’ve learned how to set better boundaries with my time, energy and relationships. Not everyone will understand what you’re doing or why you’re doing it, but as long as you hold true to your values, and keep the vision of what you are creating, you will keep moving forward and growing in the process.
Pricing:
- Donation Based Yoga + Women’s Circles every Sunday online
- Private Yoga 1 hr $120
- Holistic Fitness and Wellness Coaching – $575 per month
- Corporate Yoga and Mindfulness – $300 per hour
Contact Info:
- Website: www.eastmeetswesttraining.com
- Instagram: @bodymindbee
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themindbodycoach
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCING4fzxF8oaUKFcNiZ02UA
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/east-meets-west-training-and-yoga-houston-3
Image Credits
Lenee Williams (Lenee.Love on IG)
