S1 E12: A Space for the Mind and Body | The Vitality Collective on the Fueling Fire Podcast

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Sophia Chay and Hannah Knauer are entrepreneurs and co-owners of a new business in Eagle Colorado The Vitality Collective. Their mission is To cultivate community and connection through moments of presence, reflection, playfulness, and inner healing. Their vision is to provide every person in Eagle County a place to nurture full body vitality for their own mental, physical, emotional wellbeing and longevity.

Find more on The Vitality Collective at thevitalitycollective.com, on Instagram @the.vitality.collective, and on Facebook

In this episode, Hailey talks with Sophia Chay and Hannah Knauer to talk about their new business The Vitality Collective, the offerings, variety of classes and modalities, and more!

“If your not taking care of yourself, focusing on what makes you better every day, then you can’t move forward with what you are creating ” Hannah Knauer

“This space is to let people be nourished in more than just one way and that is vitality to me.” Sophia Chay

“I truly think that movement, nutrition, and finding your health, entrepreneurship, and wanting to give back value really run on the same pathway. ” Hailey Grandchamp

Top Takeaways: 

• Take care of yourself to reinvest in those you are invested in
• Utilize a variety of physical disciplines to address stress, healing, and relaxation.
• Meet yourself where you are, come as you are
• Movement, nutrition, finding your health, giving back, and entrepreneurship all go hand in hand
• Resistance is a great teacher
• Physical health wins bleed out into wins in other areas of life!

Show Notes:

• [0:00] What it do crew! Welcome back to the All Terrain Fueling Fire Podcast! Today we are welcoming Sophia Chay and Hannah Knauer co-owners of the Vitality Collective in Eagle Colorado.
• [1:40] For those watching in the Facebook Group please comment #live
• [2:30] What is offered at the Vitality collective? Weekly schedule of group classes. Hailey Grandchamp is a part time coach teaching H.I.I.T. classes. There are also Yoga, MELT method, breathwork, meditation, and functional movement classes.
• [4:50] Creative and collaborative, what is the significance of the term vitality?
• [7:30] You need to be able to ride the waves of life's constant changes.
• [8:42] What leads Hannah and Sophia to share their physical and mental discoveries back through their work?
• [12:30] The powerful connection between our physical body and our mental state. When athletes can get out of physical pain they start to unlock better mental states that were almost locked away because of the physical aspects.
• [13:18] What is MELT Method? Learning where people hold stress in their bodies,  
• [21:05] Hannah talks about her breathwork classes and the two primary different focused disciplines.
• [29:04] As a new business, what is the current trajectory of The Vitality Collective?
• [32:28] Movement, nutrition, and finding your health go hand in hand with wanting to give back value. The fast track to personal development.
• [37:48] The guilt and shame cycle. Break the cycle by putting yourself into a community setting, surrounding yourself with people who will help push and motivate you. (40:21)
• [40:22] (43:37)
• [44:20] Hailey's first tattoo story, (45:32) We all need pillars of strength.
• [47:36] Meet yourself where you are.
• [49:15] All Terrain Body Blueprint
• [50:12} What does being an All Terrain human mean for Hannah Knauer and Sophia Chay?
• [53:25] Defining the All Terrain ‘Special Sauce’
• [55:51] Wrapping up the episode with The Vitality Collective. Drop the #value if you got something from this episode of the Fueling Fire Podcast 

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Garry Dubbs ([email protected]) earned his BS in Exercise Science and is a former D1 Strength & Conditioning Coach. He owned and operated his own gym in Baltimore, MD for 3 years before starting ATH. Growing up, he was a competitive wrestler, football player, and golfer. Being a multi-sport athlete truly taught him the importance of moving WELL. 

Hailey Grandchamp ([email protected]) earned her BA in psychology and MA in early childhood education and spent the past 4 years teaching 1st grade in Baltimore City. Not only that, she is a former high level gymnast and multi-sport athlete, so she knows the importance of finding what works and is fun for YOU!

Garry and Hailey are currently engaged and live in Colorado with their dogs Dakota, Nala, and Zuzu