Elevate

Do we need to medicate ourselves as a form of contraception? In this episode, we unpack all the different forms of contraception and why some may be blocking our health, spirituality, and power.

•Sarah and Amanda's personal experience with the contraceptive pill

•Why The Pill could be problematic for many women

•The importance of menstruation and ovulation for feminine health, spirituality and power

•The roles both men and women play in contraception and how this can empower our intimate relationships

•Why contraception is part of our fertility journey

•The role of cycle tracking in contraception and general health awareness

References:

Elevate Season 1 Episode 6 - Periods

Paths to YOU

Recommendations:

Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom Dr Christiane Northrup MD

Clue

Daysy

Conscious Ejaculation - Nick Broadhurst

The Dao for Couples

The Multi-Orgasmic Man

Where To Find Us:

Sarah Hopkins

Amanda Noga

Is Balance Bullshit? In this episode we discuss why we might all be doing this whole work/life balance thing wrong, and what we can do about it.

We discuss:

•What Balance means today

•The glorification of busy

•How tracking our menstrual cycle can be a powerful way to harness more balance

•The lunar cycle and it's relationship to the days of the week

•The role of rituals and Aryuveda

•The power of being organized

•Boundary management and the power of the word no.

References

Elevate Season One - Periods

Elevate Season One - Rituals

The Artist's Way Julia Cameron

Human Design

Paths To YOU

Recommendations:

Is Your Schedule Stressing You Out?

Women Aren't Nags, We're Just Fed Up

Gemma Hartley

Where To Find Us:

Sarah Hopkins

Amanda Noga

What does self-worth mean in this digital age? Self-esteem and our relationship with ourselves have always been a huge issue for women, in this episode, we unpack what it means for us and how we can harness different practices to develop healthy self-esteem.

We discuss:

•Sarah's personal story with low self-worth

•The impact the media has on womens' sense of self-worth and how social media has made this even bigger

•Tall poppy syndrome

•Our low self-worth 'sentence' that most of us repeat

•How the elements of air, water, earth, and fire have an impact on self-worth

•How Yoga can be a powerful practice to cultivate healthy self-love

•Sarah's ongoing practice of self-worth work and how the CHEK institute facilitated a new mode of healing

•Why we need to question our own thoughts

•How we can get stuck in 'doing the work'

References

CHEK Institute

A Course in Miracles

Paths To YOU

Recommendations

The Work - Byron Katie

Oprah Super Soul Conversations - Byron Katie

Netflix Brené Brown

Where To Find Us:

Sarah Hopkins

Amanda Noga

Why we love looking at our Poo. Getting to know that state of your poo is one of the best ways to understand the state of your digestive health, not to mention your mental and emotional state. The taboo of poo is officially over, get ready to embrace seeing yourself in the toilet bowl.

In this episode we discuss:

•Why everyone has a poo question

•Sarah's experience with childhood antibiotics and how this impacted her gut health for life!

•How to read your poo shape, consistency and frequency

•The ayurvedic understanding on poo and the doshas

•How to have a healthy elimination

•Emotions, stress and shame around toilet-ing

•The best body posture to poo in

Resources

Paul Checks poopy line up

Maggie Dent

Jackie Lansbury

Recommendations

Amanda's morning routine

Toilet stool

Where To Find Us:

Sarah Hopkins

Amanda Noga

Is coffee medicine or poison? It's one of the oldest, and now, most widely consumed beverage (or drug) on the planet. Understanding the implications of the daily cup of joe is key to navigating whether coffee is your friend or foe.

In this episode we discuss

•Our love-hate relationship with coffee and why it's so addictive

•The effect on the nervous system and stress hormones

•How coffee causes imbalances in women's hormones and menstrual cycles

•Why it makes some people anxious and is a healthy stimulant for others

•Ayurvedic guidelines for how and when to drink coffee

•Is coffee inhibiting your orgasmic potential???

Resources

Elevate Retreat

Coffee and Ayurveda

Pete Evans' podcast on plant medicines

Bulletproof Coffee info (mycotoxins)

Recommendations

Mushroom Coffee

Where To Find Us:

Sarah Hopkins

Amanda Noga

Does stress block baby-making? In part 2 of our conversation on pre-conception care and fertility, we unpack why stress hormones are ultimately blocking our sex hormones and the ability to make healthy, happy babies.

In this episode we discuss:

•Why fertility is not just the woman's responsibility

•Detoxing and nourishing the parents pre-conception

•Understanding divine timing

•Creating the space for a new soul in our homes and schedules

•The two biggest stressors western women are up against

•Balancing masculine and feminine energy is essential

Recommendations:

Elevate Retreat

Weston A Price

David Deita

The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care

Sarah Hopkins

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga

Website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins

Website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

Minimalism is so hot right now and there's so many really good reasons for this including a calm mind, sustainability and more.

In this episode we discuss

•What minimalism is, and why it's so good for our body, mind and the planet

•Amanda's experience with shedding most of her possessions and how she now approaches minimalism

•Sarah's long term minimalism practices and how this has affected all of her life, including her personal relationships

•The problems of consumerism and our obsession with 'stuff'

Resources

Elevate Retreat

The True Cost

The Story of Stuff

The Minimalist Podcast

The Love Languages

Project 333

Recommendations

Marie Kondo

Buy Nothing Page on Facebook

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga

Website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins

Website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

Why our fertility is fading away? It seems as if infertility is an epidemic of our time and culture and in this episode, we unpack some of the reasons why so many couples are having trouble conceiving and why our health in the 2 years before we fall pregnant actually determines the health of our babies.

In this episode we discuss:

•Why fertility is a marker of optimal health

•Sarah's story of 'losing her period' for 10 years and how she got it back

•The reason that the 9 months of gestation could be the most important months of any human's life

•The sacred fertility foods that both women and men need to conceive with ease

•What are fat soluble vitamins all about

•The highlights from ancient cultures and modern medicine

•Ayurvedic recommendations for pre-conception care

Resources

Elevate Retreat

Developmental Origins Theory

Infertility Statistics

Recommendations

Weston A Price

The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care

Sarah Hopkins

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga

Website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins

Website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

Meditation Mind Body & Soul. The research has caught up to what wise people have known for centuries, Meditation is amazing for the mind, body and soul. This week covers what Meditation is, why we love it and how our own experience with this practice has evolved over time.

In this episode we discuss:

•What Meditation is

•Why it's beneficial for our health as well as our mind

•The difference between Mindfulness and Meditation

•How long is ideal to meditate

•Why so many people struggle with Meditation

•Our own practices and recommendations

Resources:

Elevate Retreat

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra - Meditation 101

Recommendations:

Sally Kempton

One Giant Mind

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga

Website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins

Website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

FOOD, everyone's most contentious topic! This week we talk all things food. From our own personal evolution and philosophies through to some of the problems with the current food systems.

In this episode we discuss:

•Our own experiences with body image and disconnection from food - Why extreme diets can be problematic

•The importance of Ayurvedic principles around food and why we practice them

•Why intuitive eating can be so powerful

•Our recommendations for reconnecting with food and our own bodies

Resources:

Elevate Retreat

Paul Chek

Ayurvedic Quiz

Recommendations:

The Organic Collective

Where to find us:

Where To Find Us:

Sarah Hopkins

Amanda Noga