Living Fit & Rejuvenation & Reinvention W /Sharon Feanny

This episode of the Sunbeam Chats Podcast is dedicated to our Jamaican Caribbean brothers and sisters. In this conversation I had a chat with a pioneer and icon in the Wellness space in Jamaica. 

Sharon Feanny, is an entrepreneur, author and certified yoga teacher, she  sits at the helm of a purpose-driven enterprise that bridges the gap between wellness and entrepreneurship. 

We talk about her beautiful home of Jamaica, career, life, businesses,  brands, her book Live Fit Kitchen and the movement she started in wellness in Kingston and Montego Bay. 

Sharon spoke about her discovery of Yoga, fitness, nutrition and wellness and what inspired her to follow this path. Which led her to Hawaii to study from a Yoga Master about the practice, raw foods, meditation and tai chi. She then worked as a Assistant Spa Director in Ocho Rios and then in Corporate in Tourism at the Sandals Group.

After which she pivoted back to her love of wellness, and became a Yoga teacher, created a line of Aromatherapy oils called "Starfish Oils"  a successful business venture shipping products across the Caribbean. 

We spoke about the creation of Shakti Yoga Center/Shakti Mind Body Fitness and then Shakit Activation, a lifestyle transformation space and program that merged yoga, clean eating, meditation, and group accountability into a replicable scalable product and lifestyle. 

Sharon spoke about the challenges of building and managing a lifestyle wellness business in that period. She said as an entrepreneur you have to know when and how to pivot, take risks and venture into new opportunities when presented. Which can help grow, differentiate and elevate your business.   

We discussed eating healthy foods and proper nutrition for the body. Sharon gave some tips, and spoke about how some foods like sugar, dairy, wheat and alcohol can affect our bodies. She spoke about oil pulling and the creation of her business venture, a line of Jamaican-made cold-pressed coconut oils. 

Sharon spoke about what led to the evolution and creation of her book Live Fit Kitchen, a plant-based cookbook that extended her wellness lifestyle teachings into the culinary space. The book is full of healthy recipes to keep us fit, full of vitality and living well. She also gave us a glimpse of a day/week in the life of Sharon, which involved mindfulness, eating healthy, exercise and managing her businesses. 

One of her most impactful recent ventures is the Radiant Aging Program, designed to support women navigating midlife transitions such as Menopause. Sharon spoke about her own experience with Meno-pause and how she has learnt to manage her life and this change in her body. 

Her Radiant Aging Program is a six-week integrative program that combines hormone-balancing nutrition, movement, detoxing, and self-care rituals. It is designed to help women on this journey.  

When asked what is next, Sharon said that she is listening, and waiting to see where she will be led. She likes the quote "be pulled by that which you truly love" Rumi, which acts as a guide for her to find out what is next.  

When asked what does radiant living mean to her, Sharon said radiant  living is about being in good health, which is different for everyone. So find out what you like, be active, be confident in yourself, own your mess and greatness and find inner peace and with those around you.

Care for your body inside out, be spiritually connected to the divine and stand in you power.