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Allison Gaughan

Overview​

Allison Gaughan is a Kundalini yoga teacher and wellness entrepreneur based in Austin, Texas. She has 20 years of experience in yoga practice and teaching, with specialized training in multiple lineages and levels of Kundalini yoga. She is currently launching a corporate wellness product called "Vitality Vault" and has been exploring Austin as a potential long-term base while also setting up life in Portugal.

Key Information (from 2025-09-09 transcript)​

Professional Background​

  • Kundalini Yoga Expertise: 20 years of practice, certified teacher with Level 1 and multiple Level 2 specializations
  • Vitality Vault Product: Digital B2B/B2C wellness platform with 50+ videos of kundalini yoga, meditations, pranayama, and yoga sets under 30 minutes
  • Corporate Wellness Focus: Targeting companies with 1-10,000+ employees at $22-88 per employee pricing
  • Book Project: "Destined to Thrive" - covering sacred blueprint, strategies (invisible energetic practices), and resources
  • Private Coaching: Tantric numerology-based personalized meditation, pranayama, yoga sets, and mantras
  • Women's Work Program: Specialized programs for female clients
  • HeartMath Training: Certified in "science of the heart" coherence practices

Personal Situation​

  • Location Transition: Recently moved from Denver to Austin (week and a half at time of conversation)
  • Family Health: Father (86) recently recovered from acute leukemia treatment at Phoenix Cancer Hospital
  • Housing Search: Viewed 17 places in Austin, particularly interested in Terrytown area near Mozart's Coffee Roaster
  • Transportation: Just leased a car in Austin
  • Europe Plans: Setting up life in Portugal as well as Austin
  • Relationship Status: "Very, very ready" for a relationship partner who loves to travel

Family Details​

  • Children:
    • Brendan (getting married September 21, 2025 in Virginia on a horse farm)
    • McKenna (just had birthday)
    • Keeley (lives with Aiden near Little Man's Ice Cream, south of 17th street in Denver)
  • Son-in-law: Aiden works remotely for Databricks as programmer, never meets colleagues in person
  • Brendan's Career: Music production, remote job, created website for song registration process, working on new music genre concepts

Business Goals​

  • Revenue Target: Potential for $8 million by end of 2025 through corporate sales
  • Pricing Strategy: 50% discount September-October, 20% discount November-December, full price 2026+
  • Expansion Plans: Looking for assistant to handle business development outreach
  • Marketing Strategy: Plans to use LinkedIn ads once revenue starts coming in
  • Luxury Retreat Opportunity: Invited to lead retreats at exclusive eco-resort near Bali (Poland-owned, invite-only)

Austin Interests​

  • Water Activities: Loves paddleboarding and kayaking
  • River Access: Highly values morning walks by water, interested in Lady Bird Trail
  • Community Building: Interested in creating walking groups and social fitness activities
  • Networking: Seeking to build business connections in Austin's entrepreneurial community

Philosophical Approach​

Wellness Philosophy​

  • Human AI Concept: Believes everyone has unique "authentic intelligence" - personal wisdom based on individual soul and life experience
  • Frequency and Vibration: Focus on raising vibration above "matrix" of fear-based conditioning
  • Subconscious Mastery: "Soul needs to be the master of the mind" rather than mind controlling soul
  • Sovereignty: Soul wants sovereignty and connection with everything
  • Thermostat vs Thermometer: People should be thermostats setting their own frequency rather than thermometers reacting to environment

Parenting Transformation​

  • Before Kundalini: Did "a lot of yelling" due to feeling out of control with three children and difficult marriage
  • After Practice: Daughter McKenna observed "why don't you ever yell anymore" - became "thermostat of my vibration"
  • Heart Coherence: Understanding that heart is "first brain" receiving and sending 90% of information
  • Influence: Recognizes ability to influence others through personal coherence

Sound Healing Interest​

  • Gong Therapy: Understands planetary frequencies and their effects on neurons
  • Universal Creation: "Everything is through sound" - gongs match neuron frequency to change subconscious patterns
  • Recording Goals: Wants to record personal gong sessions for Vitality Vault content
  • Specific Gongs: Interested in cosmos, Jupiter, and moon frequency gongs (minimum $1500, prefers 5-foot versions)

Transcripts​

Transcript IDDateSummary
2025-09-09-gary-sheng-allison-gaughan-austin-life-transitions-wellness-entrepreneurship2025-09-09Extended breakfast conversation covering life transitions, business ventures, family updates, Austin exploration, wellness philosophy, and spiritual practices

Interactions​

  • 2025-09-09 (In-person Austin): Extended breakfast conversation covering life transitions, business ventures, family updates, Austin exploration, wellness philosophy, and spiritual practices. Discussed Gary's transition to Liberty, Texas and church ministry work. Shared mutual interest in NPR storytelling format for documenting transformation stories.

Connection Points with Gary​

  • Spiritual Practices: Both engaged in daily spiritual disciplines and consciousness work
  • Entrepreneurial Ventures: Both navigating business transitions and new ventures
  • Austin Experience: Both spent significant time in Austin, shared river/nature appreciation
  • Documentation Interest: Both interested in storytelling and documenting transformation experiences
  • Technology Integration: Both exploring how technology can serve spiritual/wellness purposes
  • Life Transitions: Both in periods of significant geographical and professional change