MacKenzie Miller Kozlowski (@mackenzieyoga) is a world renowned yoga teacher and also mom to 1.5-year-old Adler. She shares about how she's transformed since becoming a mother, how meditation has helped her process her grief after miscarriage, and why she's so inspired to support mothers with the platform she originally created to share great pictures of fancy backbends.

Transcript: 

 https://www.alsomom.com/mackenzie

Highlights:

• 2:51 - MacKenzie talks openly about her recent miscarriage, how she's doing, and what it's been like since
• 7:02 - How meditation and mindfulness have helped MacKenzie process her grief
• 10:53 - Why MacKenzie despises the phrase "get your body back" and how she thinks about postpartum body image
• 12:33 - How pregnancy gave MacKenzie a newfound respect for her stomach
• 21:36 - How miscarriage and a complicated birth history has made it difficult to plan for her professional future
• 24:34 - Why MacKenzie believes cesarean birth is natural birth
• 33:13 - MacKenzie discusses why she likes science and also why she likes more holistic approaches too
• 38:59 - On making decisions based on what feels right in your heart
• 42:11 - Sleep training, and why MacKenzie swears by it (even though she never thought she would)

Links Mentioned:

• 1 Giant Mind - MacKenzie's mindfulness and meditation tool.
• East African Belly Birth - This is the post I saw about the topic, and this is the source from 1879.
• Not Broken - A book on miscarriage and recurring pregnancy loss that beautifully marries eastern and western medicinal practices.
• Taking Cara Babies - MacKenzie's favorite baby sleep resource, and the methodology she and Mike used to help Adler learn to sleep through the night.
• Ergobaby Carrier - MacKenzie's go-to for outdoor adventures big and small.
• @mackenzieyoga - Where you can follow MacKenzie and her adventures.
• AloMoves - You can find some great free yoga classes taught by MacKenzie on AloMove's YouTube channel.