From The Heart, a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, Healing and Wellbeing

In this inspiring new episode we speak to Reggie Hubbard, a Yoga Activist, teacher and citizen of the world.

In this honest and relevant conversation, we talk about yoga, social activism, accessibility and being "part of the community" as a way to create connection, change and build bridges.  

We also discussed grief, the importance of holding space and making time to grieve within the community and how Reggie realised at the passing of a man he called brother the need to be in community to grieve. He has gone on to offer this space as service to others. 

In addition to his yoga teaching practice, Reggie has held many senior strategic and logistical roles across a variety of fields, ranging from global marketing, digital and community organizing, government relations, international education to Presidential campaigning. 

Reggie's life work sits at the intersection of bringing more peace and balance to activists, guiding the wellness community toward being more engaged, concerned citizens and enhancing the well-being of all walks of life.  Achieving this balance is how we catalyze transformative change in our society, which we are desperately in need of at this moment.

Reggie is a certified yoga and meditation teacher and the founder/chief serving officer of Active Peace Yoga. His yoga and meditation practice have served as a sanctuary of peace and perspective while navigating the stresses of being a black man in the world and serving in pressure-filled jobs at the height of politics. He began practicing yoga under extreme emotional distress at work and now freely shares his peace and practice to all walks of life.

Through Active Peace Yoga, he offers asana and meditation classes to help others nurture peace of mind, creativity, equanimity in spirit and physical health - helping people nurture well-being as foundational, rather than an afterthought.  Reggie has taught Members of Congress, Congressional Staff, leading progressive organizations and individuals from all walks of life - simple tools for managing stress and bringing peace to mind, body and spirit.  

Connect with Reggie at @oreggieglobal and @activepeaceyoga and find out more at www.activepeaceyoga.com.   

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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Dr Ashish Paul helps couple’s on their journey of parenthood by supporting their fertility using ancient Ayurvedic Medicine and Western Herbal Medicine. She utilises meditation, yoga and her NLP/hypnosis skills to achieve the desired outcome for her patients. These therapies work with the natural rhythm of the body, treating the roots of a problem .

She aims to bring awareness to the holistic benefits of Ayurveda and the western herbal medicine. She passionately speaks about protecting women’s health before and after having children. Educating people about preventative methods available to them which may reduce the risk of diseases and help them to live an optimally healthy life. 

Dr Ashish Paul is a qualified Ayurvedic Physician (BAMS- Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) and a Medical Herbalist (MSc Herbal Medicine). Ashish has been practicing Ayurveda for over 25years and Herbal Medicine for 17years. 

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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

www.anahatayogacentre.com/living-well-with-kindness-2022/

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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Follow From The Heart on Instagram at @from_the_heart_podcast.

In this episode we speak to Tristan Katz (they/them), a digital strategist and equity-inclusion facilitator for yoga & wellness professional. They have been featured in Yoga Journal as one of 15 game changers in the Yoga Industry and offers justice-focused marketing individual and group mentorship programs, along with workshops and trainings centered around queer identity and transgender awareness with an anti-oppression and intersectional lens.

In this episode we talk about pronouns and their work surrounding yoga, equity, diversity, and inclusivity. We speak about Tristan's Justice Focused Marketing Mentorship, a 6 month group programme. Everything we say, post and share can have a direct impact on our direct or indirect audiences. This programme is designed to disentangle ourselves from the mixed messages from dominant culture and norms that our society upholds and learning to trust our innate gifts—our skill-sets, our lived experiences, and our intuition and our professional growth. The programme will help others show up in a way to truly serve their communities and to lean in to creating work that nourishes those they serve and are aligned with.

From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Follow From The Heart on Instagram at @from_the_heart_podcast.

In this episode we speak to Joo Teoh, teacher of hatha vinyasa yoga, qigong and meditation about the true essence of yoga, how he makes his practise accessible and respectful.  Joo speaks eloquently about the community aspect of a class, and how by offering a class that empowers people to work at a pace that suits them, recognising how our pace changes due to life circumstances and events.  

His first book “Qigong in Yoga Teaching and Practice” was published by Singing Dragon in 2021 a book Dawn and Daniel found as rich as the conversation we are delighted to share with you. 

Joo started teaching in 2007 in China's first dedicated yoga studio, Yoga Yard Beijing. In the UK, he has taught at The Life Centre, Yoga On The Lane, and Triyoga. Joo's main teachers are Cameron Tukapua, Max Strom, Matthew Raymond Cohen, Mimi Kuo-Deemer, Robyn Wexler and Judith Hanson Lasater. His classes emphasise breath, alignment, intention and he integrates movements and postures from the yogic tradition with energetic qigong practices, which aim to strengthen the body and calm the mind. 

Joo is also a Five Element acupuncturist, practising the tradition as taught by the late Prof JR Worsley. Joo was trained at the London Institute of Five Element Acupuncture (LIFEA) by Master Five Element acupuncturist, fertility expert and author Gerad Kite. 

Connect with Joo Teoh on Instagram at @joojooyoga

Buy his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1787756521/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_B0JA691ED7KYKQKK2CEA

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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Follow From The Heart on Instagram at @from_the_heart_podcast.

Connect with Tom Granger...

Sign up for courses with Tom – www.drawbreath.com

Tom Granger has spent the last 5 years consulting and training with the leading minds in breathing research and education through his YouTube channel "Draw Breath" and has a best-selling interactive book under the same name. Tom is on a mission to create accessible and engaging resources that demystify ancient and life-changing breathing techniques and help make learning joyful, experiential, and evidence-based.

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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Follow From The Heart on Instagram at @from_the_heart_podcast.

Fiona Agombar is an author, Rest Activist and yoga therapist in the Krishnamacharya Tradition. She originally trained with the Yoga for Health Foundation in 2001 then qualified as a KHYF teacher in 2011 and is accredited as an advanced teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY). She has studied under Bill Feeney, Gill Lloyd, Sarah Ryan, TKV Desikachar and also the Zen teacher Adyashanti. Fiona was a Trustee of Action for ME (major UK charity) for eight years. She was one of the key speakers for Global Yoga Therapy Day in August 2020 on exhaustion, overwhelm and burnout and a speaker at the Wellness After Covid Symposium in May 2021 and in March 2021 she contributed to the advisory meeting for the British Council of Yoga Therapy on guidelines for teaching those with long-Covid. 

She runs a successful introductory course for teachers on Burnout, CFS and Long-Covid with Sarah Ryan through Yoga Teachers Forum. She also runs weekly classes online for those with fatigue and has referrals for long-Covid from a major teaching hospital in the UK. Fiona will be teaching the Long Covid module with Nadyne McKie for the Minded Institute’s Yoga Therapy training in 2022. Fiona and Nadyne have also been commissioned to write a book on Long Covid for Singing Dragon books and are part of a steering committee being set up by Westminster University to investigate the benefits of Yoga for Long Covid. Fiona is the author of the book and DVD Beat Fatigue with Yoga (Cherry Red Books) and Yoga Therapy for Stress, Burnout and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Singing Dragon). Fiona has Lyme disease which she manages with yoga. She is passionate about campaigning to change attitudes to those with fatigue conditions and describes herself as a Feminine Rest Activist.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/560314231255748

She run classes for fatigue twice a week on Zoom payable by donation.

Follow Fiona on Facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/184334606994243 

www.fionaagombar.co.uk

Find Fiona on instagram and YouTube as well.

Enjoy 20% off her book by using the code Energy20 on the Singing Dragon website.

Lost Connections by Johann Hari 

www.waterstones.com/book/lost-connections/johann-hari/9781408878729

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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Follow From The Heart on Instagram at @from_the_heart_podcast.

About Tanya Desfontaines BSc (Hons) MCSP SRP RCST BCST...

Tanya began her career as an NHS physiotherapist at the Royal London Hospital, exploring many traditions and modalities of holistic health before retraining as a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist in 2007. Life events including relocation to Devon, the birth of children, recovery from illness and bereavement, and shamanic studies have all played a part in her journey of personal healing and spiritual growth. She is a now an accredited supervisor and international teacher of BCST, most recently holding a foundation training as senior tutor and course co-ordinator at the Karuna Institute, Devon. She lives with her family in Dartington, South Devon, where she also maintains a lively private practice.

www.fifthworldcranial.co.uk

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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.

Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights.

Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally.

Catch up on previous episodes via the Anahata website at www.anahatayogacentre.com/podcast

Follow From The Heart on Instagram at @from_the_heart_podcast.