In this week's episode Katie talks to yoga teacher of 20+ years and yoga teacher trainer, Julia McCabe, who lives in Western Canada. Julia is currently studying a masters in Neuroscience, Psychology and Mental Health at King’s College, London.

In this episode we talk about:

• Julia’s challenging first contact with meditation.
• Resistance being normal when learning meditation.
• What happens to our brain when we meditate. 
• The research backing up compassion over excessive empathy. 
• How movement and breath work can support stiller meditation.

Check out Julia's amazing digital yoga, breath work and meditation studio here ➡️https://juliamccabe.com/digitalstudio/

And find her next neuro-informed breath work teacher training here ➡️ https://juliamccabe.com/education/

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About the show host, Katie Austin...

Katie is a mindfulness meditation and yoga teacher based in Cornwall in the UK. She is trained through Bangor University to teach evidence-based mindfulness courses that draw from the ancient wisdom of Buddhist meditation, modern psychology and neuroscience to support you to shift your relationship to stress in your life to reduce unnecessary struggle and experience greater peace and ease.

You can find out more about Katie and her offerings here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.katieaustinmindfulness.co.uk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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New episodes are released every two weeks or so on Wednesdays! Happy listening, happy meditating.