Honestly Unbalanced

Mark Walsh (@walshmark) is the author of ‘Embodiment; Working with the Body in Training and Coaching ‘ & ‘Embodied Meditation’. He hosts The Embodiment Podcast (1 million+ downloads), The Embodiment Channel on Youtube (over 15M views), and led The Embodiment Conference (1000 teachers, 500,000 delegates). He founded the Embodied Facilitator Course,  and has trained over 2000 embodiment coaches in over 40 other countries He gained an honours in psychology and has taught widely in the corporate world along with many yogis, NGOs, police officers and several militaries.

Mark has worked in war zones, and entertained over 50,000 children. He has headlined International Coach Federation events, taught at Moscow State University, lived with the circus in Ethiopia, taught celebrities and kissed a princess. Mark is an aikido black belt, and also has 25 years of experience of other martial arts, with yoga, bodywork, improv comedy, conscious dance and meditation.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-What is embodiment?

-Suicidal alcoholic to coach and trauma teacher

-What is it to be ‘manly’?

-Can ‘anything’ be yoga?

-Having self-awareness around our habits and living consciously

-Addiction to self-improvement

-Mindfulness as ‘coming back to’

-How to manage trauma as a yoga teacher

-Following your inner ‘yes’

HOSTS

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

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Dylan Ayaloo (@dylanayaloo) is a Transformation Leader & world-class Yoga Teacher Trainer who has made it his mission is to open hearts & awaken minds. He’s dedicated the last 15 years of his life to deep transformation work and has had the privilege of serving thousands of people on their journey to self-healing, & clearing out their blocks, so that they can realise their full potential and live what he likes to call your awakened life.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-How meditation doesn’t have to be sitting still

-What is found in the present moment

-How you are not your thoughts

-Building a thriving yoga studio business without business skills

-The power of having a heart-centred ‘why’

-Creating community 

-Holding a safe space for people to heal

HOSTS

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Andrew McGonigle (@doctoryogi) has been studying anatomy for over twenty years, originally training to become a doctor and then moving away from Western medicine to become a yoga teacher, massage therapist and anatomy teacher. He combines his skills and experience to teach anatomy and physiology on Yoga Teacher Training courses internationally and runs his own yoga anatomy trainings. His book Supporting Yoga Students with Common Injuries and Conditions was published in March 2021 and his new book The Physiology of Yoga was published in June 2022. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Becoming a medical doctor and realising that was not his path

-Facing chronic fatigue & anxiety

-Discovering transcendental meditation for stress

-Finding you niche in an industry

-Being comfortable with changing your mind

-How a yoga teacher should use anatomy 

-The importance of language as a teacher 

-The power of space and silence 

HOSTS

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

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Late 2020, in the ‘middle of the pandemic’ I was interviewed by former guest Niraj Shah for a mediation platform project he was working on. We chatted about creating balance from chaotic and unexpected situations. We explore the ancient system (not yoga) that helped me take massive action when faced with financial uncertainty during lockdown, how Uber drivers can help you become a better communicator, and exactly how yoga helps you to develop your mind.

We’ve taken a little break from recording new episodes as we welcome our son in to the world, but we are recording more in the coming weeks.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-how lockdown suddenly forced Adam to rapidly get on with a project by turning it from a "should" into an "absolutely must", and what unexpectedly reminded him to live in the moment a little bit more.

-the ancient practice that made Adam react with huge action in the face of financial crisis during lockdown.

- the well-being rituals Adam's lost in lockdown and the one new thing he does every day without fail to look after his mental well-being, and his current morning routine. 

-why we both limit our coffee intake after certain times DESPITE the fact that it doesn't stop either of us sleeping.  

-Adam's story: falling into university, boxing, charity work, how he discovered yoga, running a bar and perhaps where his love affair of long walks started.

-The link between yoga and mental well-being, and what a yoga practice in its simplest form is.

-growth, contentment, fulfilment, happiness and fun. Does changing your benchmark for what makes you happy change your happiness? . 

-how Adam manage's his use of technology, particularly his habits with his phone 

- What mental well-being means to Adam and his top mental well-being tip.

HOSTS

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

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In 2014, while undergoing breast cancer treatment, Andrea Ferretti (@andreaferretti) fell in love with podcasts. In 2015, she decided to start Yogaland. Now, more than 275 episodes, 100+ guests, and 5.8 million downloads later, Yogaland is a favorite of yoga teachers and students around the world.

Prior to creating Yogaland, Andrea spent more than a decade as an editor at Yoga Journal, where she was fortunate to work with luminaries of American yoga like Shiva Rea, Cyndi Lee, and Maty Ezraty.

These days, Andrea’s goal is to bring all that she’s learned from practice and motherhood to help others live fully, compassionately, and with a sense of humour.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Parenthood as a yoga practice

-Managing anxiety and ADHD

-The pressures of the wellness world

-Leaning into discomfort and building resilience

-How meditation doesn’t have to look the same every day

-Seeing the best in people

-Moving through breast cancer

-Starting a podcast as a passion project

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HOSTS

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Tony Riddle (@thenaturallifestylist) is a natural lifestyle coach, author of best-selling “Be More Human: How To Transform Your Lifestyle for Optimum, Happiness, Health and Vitality” and record-breaking barefoot endurance athlete. Regarded as a trailblazer within the field of natural movement and lifestyle, Riddle is the creator of the Natural Lifestyle Philosophy, which encourages modern urbanites to reconnect with certain innate, ‘wild’ behaviours in order to increase physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellness.

Having overcome clubfoot as a child, which involved years of traumatic treatment, Riddle has devoted his life to physical training in various forms – whether it was serving in the army and later establishing himself as a respected personal trainer, pilates teacher and rewilding movement coach, or becoming an endurance athlete in his mid-40s, breaking records for running the length of the UK and completing the Three Peaks Challenge barefoot.

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HOSTS

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Jennifer Earle (@jennifer.earle) started food tour business Chocolate Ecstasy Tours (@chocolatetours) in 2005 and is an internationally known chocolate expert and judge. She also hosts the podcast The Next Delicious Thing (@thenextdeliciousthing) which accompanies the blog of the same name, helping people know what food in London and beyond is worth their time and money to seek out.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Chocolate as meditation

-The benefits of good quality chocolate 

-Developing the McFlurry

-From food buyer to building a chocolate business

-Running chocolate tours in London

-Making mistakes and navigating challenges in business

-Facing imposter syndrome and ‘comparisonitis’

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HOSTS

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

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From performing original pop tunes at the London O2 stage to an audience of 20,000 people in her girl-band days, to singing healing mantras and playing magical instruments to seas of sleeping yogis at events, festivals and studios across the globe, Holly Husler’s (@iamhollyhusler) journey has taken some unexpected turns! Holly’s yoga practice over some years of feeling lost eventually led her back to herself and to her musical roots, drawing to the surface a deep desire to help people find connection and inner peace through yoga and music, leading her to train as a yoga teacher and sound healer. Holly now runs her own crystal bowl sound healer trainings and courses, alongside writing and recording her own ‘conscious music’, with her first album ‘Luminous Shadow’ having been released this summer.

WHAT SHE CHATS ABOUT

- Her journey from girl band member to sound healer

- Hitting her rock bottom, losing herself and choosing to change her life

- Finding yoga and meditation as powerful tools to bring her home to herself

- Using her voice to heal others

- The inspiration behind each song and how the album intuitively came together

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HOSTS

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

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Naomi Annand (@naomiyoga) has been teaching yoga full time since 2002. Over this time she has developed a deeply compassionate style of teaching that emphasises the therapeutic benefits of yoga and also its potential to uplift and inspire. In 2012, she set up Yoga on the Lane with the intention of creating a dynamic community of teachers and students united by their commitment to practicing mindful, breath-led, vinyasa yoga. And then, in 2015, she designed the 200hr Yoga on the Lane Teacher Training Programme, which has set more than a hundred brilliant new teachers off on their own paths. In October 2019 her first book, Yoga: A Manual for Life was published by Bloomsbury, and is currently being translated into seven languages. Yoga for Motherhood, her second book came out May 2022. Naomi believes social activism is at the heart of a yoga practice and alongside an amazing team, has developed a method and course to teach yoga to children in schools, Yoga Club: proper yoga for kids!

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Parenting as a creative act

-Remembering the beauty in the small things

-Leaving home at 12 to join the Royal Ballet Company

-Finding yoga through dance injuries

-Teaching children in schools to self-regulate

-Seeking external validation vs looking within

-Using our challenges as opportunities for growth

-Asking why we want to do the ‘harder’ poses

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HOSTS

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

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Nina Zolotow, RYT500, MFA, is Editor in Chief of the Yoga for Healthy Aging blog as well as a contributing writer, and is the author of the book Yoga for Times of Change. She is a long-time yoga writer as well as a long-time yoga practitioner and a certified yoga teacher. Her special areas of expertise are yoga for emotional well-being (including yoga for stress, insomnia, depression, and anxiety) and yoga for healthy aging. She completed the three-year teacher training program at The Yoga Room in Berkeley, California, has studied yoga therapy with Shari Ser and Bonnie Maeda, and is especially influenced by the teachings of Donald Moyer. She has studied extensively with Rodney Yee, and is inspired by the teachings of Patricia Walden on yoga for emotional healing. She has taught workshops and series classes on yoga for emotional well-being, yoga for stress, yoga for better sleep, home practice, cultivating equanimity, and yoga for healthy aging.

Nina is also the co-author with Baxter Bell of Yoga for Healthy Aging: A Guide to Lifelong Well-Being and co-author with Rodney Yee of Yoga: The Poetry of the Body and Moving Toward Balance.

WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT

-Writing one-sentence stories 

-Making yoga accessible for everyone

-Exploring calming vs stimulating poses

-Yoga as a tool to combat stress and anxiety

-Why meditation isn’t always a good thing

-How yoga poses have an emotional effect

-Not using the word ‘negative’ to describe emotions

-The idea of ‘pre-grief’

-Why humans resist change

-The different degrees of anxiety

-Ways to trigger the relaxation response Full notes available at thehuslers.com

HOSTS

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