Today we’d like to introduce you to Liv Toepfer.
Hi Liv, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I was an event producer for 20 years who had a career and personal metamorphosis into a yoga teacher, astrolger and spiritual guide.
In 2015 shortly after the birth of my second child and a year packed with 40 events, I hit burnout and went to yoga teacher training just to take a break and dive a little bit deeper into my practice to help restore my nervous system and just have something else to think about other than events.
Yoga had always been my go-to stress-coping tool. I had no intentions of teaching when I went to training, but it was such a life-changing experience, particularly learning how to meditate and awakening to the spiritual aspect of yoga.
Yoga became a way of life for me. It opened my heart in a way that I could never imagine; a heart that now desired to serve humanity, the Earth, the animals and to relieve suffering and help awaken others to their own joy. I felt this interconnectedness with all life. I awoke a deep yearning to connect with spirit, and could feel God’s presence in my breath both as I moved my body, and when I sat and stillness. This experience connected me to my soul mission and in turn created a huge career pivot.
I never really fully returned to my event career. I started teaching yoga because I wanted to remain immersed in the study and practice and wanted to share my love for it. It felt like I had discovered the secrets to the universe.
Slowly but surely over the next two years I phased completely out of events and full time into teaching yoga.
I took a deep dive into the study of yoga, astrology and consciousness and became a 500-Hour RYT (with Yoga Alliance) with aboutt 2,000 hours of certified trainings in various styles of Yoga, meditation, breathwork facilitation, Astrology, nutrition and spiritual studies.
I now own a Yoga Studio, Esoteric School and spiritual community space in Wimberley, TX just outside of Austin called The Center for Harmonic Resonance and The School of the Sacred Path.
In 2022 my husband and I purchased these beautiful woodsy 5 acres and became stewards of these sacred grounds and built our Yurt Yoga Studio.
I offer weekly yoga classes, monthly new and full moon circles where I teach astrology, yoga and ceremony, sound healings, breathwork experiences and quarterly family friendly events that align with solstices and equinoxes. We have cultivated the most incredible soul family community we often refer to as The Vibe Tribe.
At The School of the Sacred Path I offer a variety of courses on esoteric teachings, mysticism, astrology, spirituality, psychic and intuitive development, consciousness, various healing modalities and energy work and nature-based wellness, etc.
I love to collaborate with other incredible healers and teachers to create a robust schedule of offerings to assist others to deepen their spiritual practices and to remain curious about life and to awaken to the truth of who they are as a quantum, infinite spiritual being having a human experience on this accelerated evolutionary journey on earth.
We are a certified yoga school (YACEP) and will be offering yoga teacher training and a variety of yoga continuing education courses this Fall.
I also am an adventurer at heart and nature lover and deeply believe in the power of transformation through community and nature immersions, so I also host travel retreats and deep soul growth journeys. I love to partner with other masterful teachers and healers to curate life-optimizing experiences all over the world.
We take our Vibe Tribe on travel retreats a few times a year to deeply connect people with their soul missions and with Mother Earth. It is my passion to witness people awakening to the divine light that they are! What a joy life is!
I also enjoy playing the harmonium to lead mantra chanting practices and also offer several other sound healing modalities such as singing bowls, the gong, drum etc.
Before opening my spiritual center and studio/school, I worked at several iconic Austin studios over the years and eventually landed at Lifetime in South Austin for nearly 5 years as Yoga Faculty. I had the pure joy of teaching several Yoga Teacher Trainings, guiding students through their own certification journeys. Getting to witness the pure magic that happens in those life-changing months of YTT is such a gift. To see adults realize who they are at their core, to remember their sacredness, to feel connected through the sweet bonds they create with each other in community and to awaken to the love and interconnectedness of the great mystery of the universe through the vehicle that is their miraculous body and the divine gift of their breath. It’s such a treasure to be part of that over and over again!
I feel so grateful for this career pivot to soul mission!
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Yes, I it has felt smooth, but I believe that is because I have been really good at listening to the nudges from my heart and soul. Every time I listen and flow, even if it seems uncertain and unsteady, the universe aligns my path beautifully. I truly believe when you resist life’s changes and the soul guidance the road gets bumpy! The bumps are calls to realign your path. When you trust the soul callings, life opens doors and soul-aligned work doesn’t feel like work.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
Yoga & Meditation Teacher, Astrologer, Spiritual Teacher and Soul Guide.
I am most proud of the beautiful community we have cultivated.
I believe what sets me apart from others is that I am someone who is a living example of the power of following your joy and listening to the whispers of your soul! We are always being guided and when you don’t resist and eliminate fear, life opens and blooms in beautiful alignment.
Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
Life is full of magic! And I am all about helping others experience magic through coming back into harmony with the rhythms of nature, connection to community and to see, sense, feel and know how to play the game of life!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.itsavibe.earth/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevibetribetx?igsh=aTR4ZzB6OHVzN3Zh&utm_source=qr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094016060672
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@oliviatoepfer
- Other: https://www.instagram.com/livbydesign?igsh=MW9la3p1cmg2NjI2OA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
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Liv Toepfer
