Long Covid Hope Podcast

Season 3 is coming! In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring.

So here's an update from Anna, who has since we last spoke announced her FULL RECOVERY! She has since moved with her family to the Caribbean and they have been having the time of their life travelling and exploring - all completely symptom-free. Actually this is two updates as I spoke with Anna back in December 2023 before they left on their travels, but she wanted to give a more recent update recording from the Caribbean explaining her full recovery. Enjoy!

Anna's Full Recovery Announcement on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C1Z10PwunGP

Anna's Recovery Thoughts post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2vQF38Pe1q/

Disclaimer: please note that Sarah or any of the guests speaking on this podcast are not health professionals and this does not constitute medical advice. Always speak to your doctor before starting any new treatment or exercise programme.

Season 3 is coming! In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring.

So here's an update from Stephanie about her travels and move to Taiwan, return to regular workouts and other wonders, and then the full Season 1 episode replay.

You can catch Stephanie on Instagram to see her beautiful art and travel inspirations here: https://www.instagram.com/stephanietsaikarlik/ Stephanie wrote a book!: https://stephanietsaikarlik.com/shanghai-seduction. And find out about all her work here: https://linktr.ee/stephanietsaikarlik

Disclaimer: please note that Sarah or any of the guests speaking on this podcast are not health professionals and this does not constitute medical advice. Always speak to your doctor before starting any new treatment or exercise programme.

In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring.

So here's an update from Charlie on how his epic 170km walk in the Himalayas for Long Covid SOS Charity went, and then the full Season 1 episode replay.

Charlie's photography on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlierussell92/

Long Covid SOS Just Giving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/longclimbforcovid

Disclaimer: please note that Sarah or any of the guests speaking on this podcast are not health professionals and this does not constitute medical advice. Always speak to your doctor before starting any new treatment or exercise programme.

Guess what? Season 3 is coming!! Here's a quick update from Sarah, about the upcoming new season and rebrand. With a request that if any listeners would like to share their hopeful long hauler story - or knows anyone else that is interested - to please drop Sarah a line!

And if you love the podcast and want to support us, please remember to rate it 5 stars, review and share with a friend! Let's share and support the community, and keep the hope alive!

How to get in touch - feel free to email Sarah at or drop her a message on Instagram or Twitter at @longhaulyogi

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope podcast, Sarah is joined by none other than Kyle Warner - pro athlete and now advocate and campaigner for the post-vaccine / vaccine injury community. Kyle discusses his post-vaccine story with Sarah, how he developed myocarditis and other debiliating symptoms after having the Pfizer vaccination, and how researching into this and treatments such as Hyperbariac Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) helped him to recover his health. This episode runs long as there is so much to talk about and Kyle is so well-researched and driven in his campaign to help others with Long Vaccine. Please check out the trigger warnings below before deciding that this episode is right for you today.

Disclaimer: **Please note that we are not medical professionals and this does not constitute medical advice. Always speak to your doctor or medical practitioner before starting any new treatments, supplements or beginning a new exercise routine. This is not an anti-vaccination podcast and Sarah, Long Haul Yogi and the Long Covid Hope Podcast supports every individual's right to choose around vaccination status**

Trigger Warnings: discussion of a child who is vaccine injured, death, suicide, severe injuiries, medical gaslighting, traumatic experiences

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Join Sarah, Long Haul Yogi, live for her Thursday Zoom Yoga for Long Covid classes, or for her Monday in-person class in Sheffield, UK. Or catch on in your own time, on the OnDemand Series on Subkit ( www.longhaulyogi.subkit.com ) and Insight Timer. All links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/longhaulyogi

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In this episode of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, we speak with Andy, who is an IT professional and father of two young children, living in the West Midlands of the UK. Andy caught Covid in March 2020 and experienced respiratory symptoms such as extreme breathlessness and chest pain, which in time progressed into Long Covid with POTS or dysautonomia symptoms as well as post exertional malaise. Andy describes how he experienced gas lighting and a lack of help from healthcare, but found the Body Politic Slack community early on, which was pivotal in finding out about possible treatment options. He went on to radically rest away from his family for some time, as well as trying prescription medications such as a beta blocker and SSRI which helped his heart rate and dysautonomia symptoms. Andy describes his gradual reduction in symptoms and increase in activity, and how he returned back to working full time as well as taking up exercising such as kickboxing. We also discuss the chronic illness experience as a parent to young children and the difficulties and challenges around this, as well as the resilience and adaptability of children.

Today we are speaking with Ariel, who is a consultant who deals with ethical, legal, technical and policy issues around autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence. Ariel is a scientist and has created a website to help other Long Haulers and people with chronic health conditions, called Science Ghost.com, which focuses on teaching about the overactive nervous system and the various mind-body techniques she herself used to gain her health back.

Ariel caught Covid in July 2020 which after a very mild acute phase progressed into Long Covid. At her worst, she was bed bound for months and could only tolerate three different food items. Her Long Covid journey had ups and downs, she felt like she was gradually improving, to only hit rock bottom again in November 2021. However her rock bottom as she calls it led into discovering the tools that helped her to fully recover her health.

We discuss the ten techniques from her website that helped Ariel recover her health. These range from Tolle Dr. John Sarno's treatment of Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), meditation and deep relaxation through Yoga Nidra, somatic therapy and of course, radical rest. We discuss Nicole Sachs’ JournalSpeak extensively in this episode.

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, the podcast that aspires to shine a light on the more hopeful stories of Covid 19 long haulers, we’re talking with Jerry, a languages teacher living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Jerry is originally from China, so we begin our conversation talking about the pandemic from the Chinese perspective, and of Jerry's experience visiting China during the initial lockdown in January 2020 and how he managed to get back to ANZ before their lockdown began in March 2020.

Jerry shares that despite being fully vaccinated and working as a teacher in an environment where masking was commonplace, he unfortunately caught Covid at the school he was teaching at in Summer 2022. Jerry explains how his symptoms of heart palpations and POTS-related issues were greatly worsened by bad guidance to return to exercise and "push through". Fortunately, he did found a second cardiologist who understood POTS and prescribed a beta blocker, Nadolol, which has helped. We also discuss how Chinese Traditional Medicine herbal tea, yoga, meditation and breathwork have aided his recovery journey, as he approaches his first year anniversary of catching Covid.

Disclaimer: **Please note that we are not medical professionals and this does not constitute medical advice. The Long Covid Hope Podcast or Sarah, Long Haul Yogi does not endorse any treatments described in the podcast episodes. Always speak to your doctor or medical practitioner before starting any new treatments, supplements or beginning a new exercise routine.**

Trigger warnings: medical gaslighting