Dialed In Podcast 011 ~ Holistic Well-Being and the Power of Choice with Derek Pang

Derek Pang - Dialed In Podcast — In this episode, we **Dial In** with Derek Pang, who is a Speaker and a Coach on a mission to UPLIFT, INSPIRE and EMPOWER others by awakening their understanding and awareness of CHOICE, the last of the human freedoms and our most powerful change-making tool.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

We had an amazing opportunity to speak with Derek about his journey. Derek talks about his experience with Traumatic Brain Injury and the tools that he used to help him heal. Through his experience, he inspires others to go within and realize that they have the choice to heal, and that the power is within them.
He shares a few of the lessons that he learned from doing 365 days of Bikram Yoga (in a row), and what a profound experience that was.
Derek shares a few of the programs that he’s worked on with Children, including his “The HERO Project”, which is now also available digitally (here), and his most recent, the Yoga Cannabis Awareness Project. He talks about how he loves working with and positively impacting children.
He reminds us to look at it as through its “happening for us”, rather than “happening to us”, and the power that we have to create our own reality.
He then finishes by telling us that at the end of the day, it is YOU. YOU have the infinite power within. There are many tools, but you have to have that inner will to heal, and we all have it. It is not always easy, but it’s worth it.

I hope you all enjoyed this episode as much as I did, thank you so much Derek for sharing your wisdom with us!

ABOUT DEREK

Derek is a speaker and coach on a mission to UPLIFT, INSPIRE and EMPOWER others by awakening their understanding and awareness of CHOICE, the last of the human freedoms and our most powerful change-making tool. A well certified and experienced Yoga, marital artist and movement specialist with over two decades of coaching and leadership experience, Derek leads by example and advocates a holistic approach to total human wellness - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual.

He is an experience speaker and leader of change in the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and for the past few years has received funding from Lululemon and their Hero To Be initiative to create and lead Yoga and mindfulness programming for individuals who have suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), including concussions. In 2019, he created ‘The HERO Project’, a school-based mindful breathing, mobility and Yoga movement initiative which has Derek regularly working with schools across Canada and US awakening students and teachers awareness of the power of choice.

Most recently, Derek has become the Manitoba Education Awareness Coordinator for the new Youth Cannabis Awareness Program (YCAP), a national education prevention initiative funded by Health Canada and lead and delivered by YMCA of Greater Toronto across Canada. Derek has attained a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree and Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of Manitoba. He is also a non-practicing member of the Manitoba College of Social Workers.

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