Honestly Unbalanced

Giving up a path of self destruction  /// Moving through fear /// Consistency & success

Fitness has always been a huge part of Jacob Manning’s (@jacobmanningyoga) life; including football, baseball and wrestling, and eventually learning that the key to keeping in the best possible shape of the body and the mind was, in fact, yoga. Jacob has built a huge social following thank to his wisdom in the fields of yoga, fitness and nutrition, and also thanks to his remarkable story of recovery from addiction. Jacobs currently based in Healdsburg, California but you can join his comprehensive and personalised programmes online.

HOSTS

Adam Husler (@adamhusler) & Holly Husler (@iamhollyhusler). Follow us @thehuslers

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Adam Keen (@adam_keen_ashtanga) has been practicing Ashtanga yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2004. He is one of few practitioners to have completed the Advanced A (third) series in Mysore, India, under the guidance of Sharathji Jois.

He has taught and lived primarily in London, with stints in Istanbul, Vancouver, Spain, Crete and India, as well as teaching workshops internationally.

Adam’s teaching is committed to the facilitating the individuals experience of yoga. Teaching is approached with a lightness of touch and an open mind.

Outside the sphere of yoga, Adam is a continuous student of philosophy as well as having worked previously to teach as vegetarian chef. He now runs (and teaches on) Keen on Yoga (@keen_on_yoga) an online workshop and classes platform he started with his wife Theresa.

HOSTS

Adam Husler (@adamhusler) & Holly Husler (@iamhollyhusler). Follow us @thehuslers

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Dr Tosin Sotubo (@mindbodydoctor) is a medical doctor working in London as a NHS & Private General Practitioner with a passion for spreading health awareness. She founded Mind Body Doctor, as a friendly and accessible space to educate and inspire as many people as possible to look after their health. She has a huge focus on diversity and representation in health and wellness to reflect people from all backgrounds and walks of life. 

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Balancing caring for others with balancing for self

-Life as a GP and frustration around not being able to help patients enough

-Bringing awareness to the more ‘taboo’ topics surrounding women’s health

-The danger of ‘the Google doctor’

-Ideas on what it means to be an expert

-Nutrition and its link to wellness

-Growing the Mind Body Doctor brand

-Coping mechanisms and switching off

-Seeking help when times are hard

-The importance of exercise for both physical and mental health

-The body positivity wave

HOSTS

Adam Husler (@adamhusler) & Holly Husler (@iamhollyhusler). Follow us @thehuslers

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Jason Crandell (@jason_crandell) is a natural teacher and author with more than 20 years of experience. Named “one of the teachers shaping the future of yoga,” by Yoga Journal, Jason has been an in-demand teacher at conferences around the world for more than a decade. Considered a teacher’s teacher, Jason has taught on countless teacher training faculties, leads trainings globally, and regularly presents teacher training content at esteemed conferences. Jason’s primary teacher is Rodney Yee—who was kind enough to say, “Jason is taking the art of teaching yoga to its next level.”

For the past 10 years, Jason has honed his approach by looking to peers outside of the yoga community, in the fields of physical therapy, orthopedics, traumatology, and sports medicine. These collaborative partnerships have enabled Jason to offer the most up-to-date to asana technique, cueing, injury management, and hands-on adjustments. Jason’s goal is to blend the timeless wisdom of yoga philosophy with evidence-based information to create yoga curriculum that helps modern practitioners grow and evolve.

Jason also co-hosts the Yogaland Podcast with Andrea Ferretti.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Different methods of sequencing

-The importance of consistency

-Finding your niche as a yoga teacher

-Battling with ego and needing to be liked

-Choosing who to follow on social media

-Traditional practice verses contemporary techniques

-First yoga class experience

-Being broke with no ambition in twenties

-Monetising and engagement on social media

QUOTES

‘What I have always known about myself is that I don’t conform easily!’

‘A well-managed ego is a necessary component of a healthy psyche.’

HOSTS

Adam Husler (@adamhusler) & Holly Husler (@iamhollyhusler). Follow us @thehuslers

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Kelsey ‘Hydro’ Miller (@kelseyhydromiller) is an international a dancer, model and choreographer, plus and ambassador for Nike Training London. He has performed on stages such as the Barbican, SSE Arena and Latitude Festival, with artists including Cheryl Cole, Run DMC and Will Smith. Kelsey’s signature fluid style, Hydrography, is a fusion of his training in Hip hop, Popping, Jazz, dancehall, afrobeats, Krump and House.

Kelsey was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 3days before my 18th birthday in 2015; he was lucky enough to be cured in the early spring on 2016, however it has came with a lot of challenges and barriers that helped him grow into the artist he is today.In the same way dance helped him through some difficult moments of his life, he hope to inspire others who may benefit from using this as a form of release.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Going from Cheryl Cole’s backing dancer to building own ‘Hydro’ dance community

-Expressing emotion and pain through dance

-Finding ways to blend creativity with business

-Being genuine and positive in what you do

-Dealing with competition and egos

-Being diagnosed with cancer at age 18

-Helping young people to transform through dance

Tiffany Soi (@tiffany_soi) has been described as a modern Renaissance woman of sorts: The Londoner of EurAsian heritage is a presenter, yoga & wellbeing coach, and respected climbing athlete, who somewhere along the way also picked up a first class space science degree (just in case we really do need a wormhole out of here after all!). She is the creator of ClimbFlow Fit-Yoga: a targeted dynamic strength training meets yoga flow movement approach for climbers (and movement lovers alike!).

Practise with the ClimbFlow Fit-Yoga Online Programme: a comprehensive, self-contained body of work to build an elastic body and resilient mind. Use code HUSLERLOVE for an exclusive 10% off the programme. 

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Ending up in a back brace from elite gymnast training

-Finding rock climbing as a new way to move

-How building a business takes time

-Over-pushing the body to breaking point

-Yoga as a route to balance

-Self-criticism and self-competition

-Changing the inner dialogue

-How high-performing people can suffer from mental health issues

-Giving ourselves permission to take a break

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Leo Cosendai (@leo.cosendai) is changing the way people interact with sound. His work in making gong baths accessible worldwide has gained him recognition as a leading figure in the wellness movement.. He has presented meditation through sound to over 1 million people with the help of his app Third Ear, as well as his TV appearances.

Leo’s early years were spent between Switzerland and Asia, where he was exposed to a culture which has discreetly shaped his path. Passionate about art, music, and therapy, he went on to study composition, singing, yoga+meditation around the world, and in London where he now resides with his wife Sara Cosendai.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Travelling across Asia with family to see the Dalai Lama

-Experiencing panic attacks before discovering sound healing

-Healing practices for the nervous system

-How stress has evolved over the years

-The pros and cons of online gong baths

-How sound healing is not always a relaxing experience

-The science and benefits of sound healing

-Experiencing burn-out from pushing too hard

-Growing a global community

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It’s been a year since we decided to have some honest conversations and dig deeper under that shiny surface of the wellness industry; discovering that the balanced-state is often a fleeting moment, with the rest of life being an ever-changing obstacle course of; struggles, opportunities, sweat and hard work. To celebrate a year of chatting to wonderful guests, finding their own version of happiness, former guest, entrepreneur and wellness speaker, Niraj Shah (@niraj5hah) decided it would be great to turn the tables and interview us; Holly Husler (@iamhollyhusler) & Adam Husler (@adamhusler).

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-How we met and our first date

-What we think makes a good relationship

-How yin and yang can work together

-Navigating being together 24/7

-Coping with miscarriage, an ectopic pregnancy and the loss of a kitten during lockdown

-Moving our life from London to Surrey

-Why we created the Honestly Unbalanced podcast

-Dealing with critical comments

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Daniel Rama ( danielrama_) is the fusion of authentic hatha yoga and modern functional movement. His journey began with a life changing injury and a grim diagnosis. Told by doctors that he would never be able to run again, Rama moved to a simple yoga ashram and began dedicating himself to a life of sincere sadhana (spiritual practice).

After a miraculous recovery, Rama has now made it his life purpose to share valuable techniques associated with yoga, movement and mindfulness. Together with his partner, Rama offers international workshops, retreats and YTTs; and operates a successful online studio by name of Becoming Balance.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Finding a work/life balance and ways to relax

-The pros and cons of being a travelling yogi

-The discipline of a daily practice

-The importance of space in a relationship when together 24/7

-Recovering from an injury doctors said wouldn’t heal

-Transitioning from someone who used to upset people, to someone who lives to serve the world

-Harnessing interests and skills to serve the world

-What it means to be ‘awake’

-Living in an ashram surrounded by inspirational mentors

-Tapping into a collective consciousness by training the mind

-Stepping away from a destructive lifestyle into a holistic one

-Blacking out teaching first yoga class

-How to grow on social media

-Listening to your intuitive voice

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In the two short years that Wassim (Waz) Ashayer (@wazashayer) has officially worked in the fitness industry his achievements are extensive. Co-Founder of boutique fitness business Raise LDN, Group Fitness Manager for global fitness brand Equinox, Trainer for leading on-demand fitness app FIIT, and a Brand Ambassador for Gymshark, to name but a few. 

Although a fully qualified Personal Trainer at just 17 years’ old, his successful modelling career with Select Model Management took precedent in his earlier years. Choosing sobriety in August 2016, fitness has become his driving passion, preferring to work with group fitness rather than on a one-to-one basis. 

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-From partying hard in celebrity hospitality to going sober into the fitness world

-Making the hard decision to change your life

-The importance of having a mentor

-Comparing on social media

-Working on the internal conversation

- Working and succeeding in group fitness

-Dealing with criticism

-Growing a street fitness business in lockdown

-Movement as medicine for the body

-Willpower, hard work and consistency for success

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