Meet Kerry Burki

Today we’d like to introduce you to Kerry Burki.

Thanks for sharing your story with us Kerry. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I am a local and I went to NAU where I got my degree in Religious Studies. I took my first yoga class on campus and five years after graduating I became a yoga teacher in Chicago. I have always been extroverted and really happy on the outside while struggling with low self-esteem on the inside. Yoga helped me tremendously with that and I love helping people feel better about themselves.

As I got older and life became more complicated, I realized that I loved learning quick and easy ways to cope with life for those times when I didn’t have time to go to a yoga class. After teaching yoga in Chicago for 8 years, I moved back to Arizona with my husband and two boys and became a life coach and intuitive counselor.

After my older son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, I used all sorts of breathing techniques, positive thoughts, and visualizations to help me stay calm and positive during our hospital stay, I realized that I wanted to put everything I’ve learned together to help others and that led to my Free Spirit Guidebook.

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
My new book was born out of sharing lessons that have helped me through my struggles along the way. Some struggles were major like family members being hospitalized or being a new mom.

Some struggles were just about feeling stuck or directionless. When I stray from the work that I teach and spend too much time focused outward on social media, news, and tv I tend to go down a negative spiral of thinking that the world is hopeless or that I am not worthy of the big things I want in life.

When I was younger, I could stay in that place for a while and also let it negatively affect my relationships. Now I can catch myself, and get back to feeling good, enjoying life and going after my dreams much quicker. I also give a lot more grace to myself and those around me.

Please tell us about your business.
I recently released my Free Spirit Guidebook which is my first book. A lot of the lessons I learned as a yoga teacher, life coach, and intuitive counselor. The guidebook intends to help you get unstuck and into the flow of life. I teach you how to use nature, breath, thoughts, imagination, and energy to shift your energy from negative to positive.

The book is not like anything I have ever seen. I made it very colorful and the lessons easy to implement. I am proud to have created a book that can help people learn how to tap into their power. It can be so easy to feel overwhelmed, stuck, or angry. I love sharing tips that can help people move out of those feelings and onto the next right step on their path. So often we feel lost or powerless.

You are more powerful than you think. You are worthy of your desires. You can feel good. You can create a life you love, my new guidebook shows you the tools to use.

During my book launch, I would do mini-readings for people who bought the book. They would pick a crystal they were drawn to and an oracle card from the printable deck that comes as a bonus with the Free Spirit Guidebook. Then we would create a little ritual for them to do to help them shift an area of their life. Everything stemmed from the guidebook. I love doing these types of readings because it involves my intuition as well as the intuition of my clients. Some people picked animal guides to work with, breathing techniques to try or visualizations to focus on as they entered the new year. I hope to do more reading like this in the future. They are really unique!

What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
Finishing, launching, and sharing my Free Spirit Guidebook with the world. I can get easily distracted and not finish things that I start. I love that I compiled 30 lessons that I started learning over 20 years ago into a beautiful book that will bring so many people joy.

Pricing:

• Print Edition available on Amazon for $27.99

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.kerryburki.com/
• Email: hello@kerryburki.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry_burki/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KerryBurki/
• Other: https://www.youtube.com/user/kerryburki

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