Feature Friday: Meet Brian Thomas of Baptiste Power Yoga Phoenix!
do yoga, be yoga
Brian Thomas’ life mantra
It’s an honor to introduce you to the one and only Brian Thomas!
He is a 26-year veteran of the US Air Force, and an active duty member of the Air National Guard. While serving his country in the USAF and as a US deputy marshal, Brian found yoga (or rather yoga found him) while drinking a beer and going through a difficult divorce.
Yoga then introduced him to lululemon, and through lululemon he met the love of his life: ME!
#FBF to that one time we threw a party and SURPRISED our friends/family by getting married!! PS, we both wore lululemon because of course 💁🏼♀️
I first met Brian at yoga, and what stood out to me most (after I recognized his limited edition bicycle shirt from the grand re-opening of the Robson St store in Vancouver the weekend of SeaWheeze a couple years prior) were his SMILE and zest for life.
Brian is multi-passionate, and a natural leader. He loves to throw people in the fire in the name of helping them grow. He is a true light.
He now is living his dream running a pop-up yoga studio Baptiste Power Yoga Phoenix, where he loves to “disrupt the drift” by bringing people together to sweat, cry, laugh, drink beer, and be a part of something bigger.
Read more about Brian in this feature from Voyage Phoenix.
What is your name???
Brian Thomas
Where can we find you?
Scottsdale: I’m an ambassador at lululemon Scottsdale Quarter! I’m also an ambassador for F45 Scottsdale Midtown and Restore Scottsdale. As the owner of Baptiste Power Yoga Phoenix, I coordinate events all around Phoenix (usually to raise funds for nonprofits).
I have a free event coming up NEXT SATURDAY 1/18 at Helio Basin Brewing. We are accepting donations for One Love Pit Bull Rescue Foundation. It’ll be a great morning of fun yoga, dogs, beer, and community! Reserve your free spot HERE before we sell out.
Come sweat with me!
What lights you up inside?
Being around people who are authentic and real. I’m also lit up by exercising and a yummy beer
10 Things! Respond with the first answer that pops into your head.
· I love...My wife (edit: awwwwwwwww)
· Favorite way to connect with friends...Over food & drinks
· I am the best in the world at...Connecting people
· My favorite insta follow is...Baptiste Power Yoga Phoenix (give us a follow!!)
· Favorite way to sweat...Baptiste Power Yoga
· A book I love is....Howard Stern
· My biggest unicorn dream is to... teach yoga at SEAWHEEZE!!!!!!!
· I serve my community by...Teaching yoga
· The one thing I can't live without is...lululemon
· My favorite lululemon item is...Metal Vent Breath shirt (edit: available HERE in a long sleeve —I love the blue! and HERE in a short sleeve. As a member of the lululemon collective, I will make a commission on sales through this link. Thank you for your support!)
What do you like most about your favorite lululemon product?
How it feels
Tell us about this one thing you can't live without!
lululemon is a big part of my life and community, I can’t imagine not having my lululemon family
What else do you want to share with our community?
I love to reach people who wouldn’t normally do yoga. At Baptiste Power Yoga Phoenix, we are the “unlikely yogi”: the people who may be skeptical, or really inflexible, or in the military (like me) who may not go to a yoga studio. That’s a main reason why we do the popups. We can meet people where they are!
That’s it for today, friends! Head on over to instagram and tag us with your thoughts, how you are practicing kindness to your body, or to nominate someone we HAVE to meet! And SEND ME A DM with what YOU love HERE!!!
Happy Friday! xoxo #lemonloves #bekindtoyourbody