What do we build from the things we survive?

In Part Two of my conversation with Nick Gonzalez, we move deeper into the life he created after the military, loss, grief, and survivor’s guilt, and into the practice that would eventually change so much for him: yoga.

Nick shares how yoga teacher training challenged his ego, what it meant to go from needing to prove himself to simply showing up and doing the work, and how the practice eventually became something much bigger than his own healing.

We talk about leadership, asking for help, learning to receive, and the vulnerability that comes with building something you believe in when you can’t do it alone. Nick also shares the heart behind his free Veterans Yoga community and why the space he created for other veterans has become something he needs just as much as they do.

Today, that community gathers in a canvas tent in Nick’s backyard here in Missoula. He is working to build a permanent yurt where veterans can gather safely and warmly year-round, practice together, connect, and know there is a place they can come back to.

This is one of the threads I love most about Nick’s story. Something helped hold him, and eventually he created a space that could hold other people too. Now, through The Golden Thread, we have an opportunity to help him continue building it.

CONNECT WITH NICK + SUPPORT VETERANS YOGA

🧘 Practice with Nick

https://www.southsidestudioyoga.com/classes

🎖️ Free Veterans Yoga online

https://youtube.com/@yogawithnickg?si=-D9hVikmG9KWA7Id

🏕️ Nick’s Veterans Yoga Yurt Project

https://www.southsidestudioyoga.com/about-4-1

🤍 Donate to help build the yurt

https://redwillowlearning.org/make-a-donation/

📸 Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/southsidestudioyoga/

CONTINUE THE JOURNEY

🌿 Join UNBOUND, my free community where we continue the conversations from the podcast through reflection, astrology, plant medicine, and intentional self-discovery.

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