Elevate

Intention Setting 2019. We kick off season two with a discussion on intention setting, the 2019 version of goal-setting. We talk positive affirmations, manifestation and mastering your creative potential.

In this episode we discuss:

•What is the difference between intentions and affirmations and how they work

•The yogic concept of Sankalpa

•Sarah's mind-blowing personal story of manifesting her partner and baby boy

•Amanda's alternative perspective on manifestation

•The notion destiny vs free will

•The key to mastering your creative energy and desires

•Why surrender and letting go is essential for getting in the flow

Resources:

Elevate Retreat

Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your Life

Blog post by Amanda on Sankalpa: Resolve to Evolve

Matt Kahn

Recommendations:

The Surrender Experiment by Michael A Singer

The Lively Show with Jess Lively

Lacey Phillips

Where To Find Us:

Sarah Hopkins

Amanda Noga

The detention centre experience that woke us up. Being on the wrong side of immigration was a reality check for Amanda this year, around the same time as the US-Mexico border crisis was unfolding and our hearts breaking. This week we unravel the bullshit of border control and what we can do in our own backyard.

In This Episode We Discuss:

•Amanda's deportation experience

•Borders as we see them and how we are participating

•Sarah's Australian Immigration experience

•How can we create change

Resources

Raw By Chris

Braving The Wilderness Brene Brown

Our Recommendations

Together Rising

Our fave natural products + practises. This week we are chatting organic cosmetics we love, how to glow from the inside out, our fave skincare and hair hacks and why the beauty industry has got us thinking.

In This Episode We Discuss:

•How conventional beauty products wreak havoc with our hormones

•What your skin is telling you about your liver and hormone health

•How to reconcile the toxic beauty culture

•Our recommendations for skin, hair, and beauty products

•DIY Facial cleanser

Resources

Top ingredients to avoid in skincare

Why what we put on our skin goes directly in to the blood

Our Recommendations

Amanda's number one beauty ritual

Sarah's favourite natural toothpaste

Our favourite natural makeup brands HAUT INIKA

Sarah's haircare recommendation

Depths of Beauty

The menstruation revolution has begun! Periods have long been in the shadows, clouded in shame and resentment. After years of not bleeding and finally finding her cycle again Sarah shares her journey to conception and Amanda unpacks how to schedule, eat and exercise according to the monthly flow.

In This Episode We Discuss:

•Our experiences of going off the contraceptive pill

•What we have learned about not menstruating

•How to regulate your cycle and why it's a marker of optimal health and fertility

•How our ancestors synced up with the moon

•Dissolving the shame and stigma around our female super power

•How to ease into Menopause

Resources

Ladies and the lunar cycles

How to get off the Pill

This is Lifeblood

The 4 seasons explained week by week

Nick Broadhurst podcast about Nepal

What it means to bleed on new/full moon

Dr Christine Northrup

Our Recommendations

M.P.T and Clue period tracking apps

Lunette menstrual cup

Sleep is sexy; here's why. The research is in, one of the most important things we can do to radically elevate our health and sex life, is sleep. If you have ever uttered the phrase "I'll sleep when I'm dead" or pulled an all nighter- this episode is for you.

•Why sleep is important and what we do to ensure we get the most benefit from our sleep

•If you're serious about managing your health and wellbeing, sleep is one of the most important rituals

•How to prepare your mind and body for sleep

Ariana Huffington's work on sleep

Sleeping With Ayurveda

Sleep research

Sleep Cycle App

Swanwick Sleep Blue Blocking Glasses

Baxter Blue Blue Blocking Glasses

Fitbit

Why cash is actually spiritual. On the spiritual superhighway, money talk is seemingly a faux-par but here we unpack exactly why mastering money has become a big part of our spiritual practice and how it's actually about self worth.

In This Episode We Discuss:

•Money, abundance, prosperity, and the definition of abundance

•How our relationship with money is a direct correlation to our relationship with our self-worth

•Inherited cultural perceptions and beliefs blocking abundance from coming to us

•Money and our connection to time = freedom

•Money enables us to live within our values

Earth is Hiring Peta Kelly

Money, A Love Story | Kate Northrup

Who Gives A Crap

Thank You

Where To Find Us:

Amanda Noga

Sarah Hopkins

Stay sane & healthy while travelling. Whether it's for a holiday break or long term travel, being on the road or in the sky can wreak havoc on the immune system and the connection to ourself. As a full time traveller and annual holiday maker we share some epic tips for beating jet lag, avoiding EMF exposure and feeling grounded while travelling.

In This Episode We Discuss:

•Healthy & Eco Travel Practices

•Pre & Post Travel Rituals

•Hacks To Overcome Jetlag

Amanda Noga

Sarah Hopkins

DoTerra Oils

eCoffeeCup

Organic Face Mask

Daily DOs & DON'Ts to elevate everyday. Compare and contrast the daily routines that we practice to stay in alignment and feeling fresh. Sarah, as a Holistic Health Coach and Amanda as a Yogi and Ayurveda enthusiast share their fave habits and what happens when shit hits the fan.

In This Episode We Discuss:

•Why Is This Import?

•What Are We Doing?

•Challenges

•Recommendations

Insight Timer Meditation App

Ayurvedic Self Massage

Ayurvedic Self Massage - Amanda's demo

Where To Find Us:

Amanda Noga

Sarah Hopkins

Our fave plastic-free hacks. This year we both committed to kicking plastic out of the home and daily life. Here we chat about our favourite finds, the convenience addiction and why some things are trickier than others.

In This Episode We Discuss:

•Why Is This Import?

•What Are We Doing?

•Challenges

•Recommendations

References:

•Plastic Free July

•The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

•Boyan Slat - How The Oceans Can Clean Themselves

•Eco With Em

•Amanda Noga

•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/

Meet the makers; health coach and banana bread expert Sarah Hopkins + global nomad Amanda (Yoga) Noga. Here is the 411 on how the Elevate podcast came to be, how our love affair began and a little taste of the conversations we will be sharing in Season 1.

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/