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This episode is all about self care, specifically care of your physical self,  beyond the bubble bath and pedicures. This is REAL care–not the recommendations of health gurus who sell you supplements, or IG posts that remind you you are worthy. This is self love at chakra one, at the base of your mountain: giving your body grace, gratitude, and goodness. 

If you've ever had an injury or a chronic condition, or you have one now, I hope this episode will bring you a new perspective on caring for your body with an attitude of gentleness. I've learned a lot about being gentler with myself, and I know I'm not the only one who has some room for growth in this area.

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Much love

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>Journaling questions to start your inquiry into how each chakra is functioning

This episode is all about our body’s cues and communication with us. I’m hoping that you will open up to a relationship with your body that is inquisitive, compassionate, and caring. We continue our conversation around muladhara, or chakra one.

Here are some clues we discuss in listening to our body's signals:

May you pay attention to your earth suit, hear what your system is whispering to you through pain and tightness,sleep, and ama, and may you practice patience and compassion as you guide yourself towards balance, one little practice at a time.

Much love

Helpful links and resources:

Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation, by Stephen Mitchell

The Book of Ayurveda: A Holistic Approach to Health and Longevity, by Judith H. Morrison

Jess's favorite TONGUE SCRAPER

BanyanBotanicals.com

Joyfulbelly.com

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Today’s episode is all about embodiment.

We ask, are you actually living IN your body, WHERE your body is? Or are you more in your head, with your body as a bit of an afterthought?

This is the realm of muladhara, the work of the root chakra.

Physically, we place muladhara at the base of the spine.  Metaphorically, we place this at the base of the mountain.

Losing the sense of connection to our base, to our body, is often a culprit for increased worry/anxiety, weight gain, food issues, financial difficulty, and material obsession. It can be harder to focus, have proper boundaries, and generally practice good self care. If you’ve ever had major illness, surgery, physical abuse, or inherited trauma–you might have some work to do at chakra one.  From my experience, though, we could all use a little love at muladhara.

Embodiment challenge! Choose one to do this week:

As a certified yoga therapist, I work 1:1 with clients for goals they have to feel better, body, mind and spirit. Quite often, we must begin at the base–at muladhara–at the element of earth–before we can even address low back pain, anxiety, or weight loss. It’s something I come back to again and again in my own life as well.

To practice embodiment is to take your physical wellness and connection into your own hands, feel, be in, and accept your life just as it is, and learn to trust that life is conspiring in your favor, all your needs will be met, and life is abundant.

Much love

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Other helpful links:

Resource mentioned in this episode: Eastern Body, Western Mind, by Anodea Judith

Read Jess's blog post: What’s a Chakra? https://www.jessgoulding.com/blog/whats-a-chakra

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Chakra Savvy Cheat Sheet, at www.jessgoulding.com/chakras-podcast

Today’s episode is all about self-awareness: 

You are not alone on the mountain of life, but it sure is good to take some time to figure out how much you know about your closest climbing companion–YOURSELF. 

Love, Jess

Want to Know More?

Jess Blog post: What’s a Chakra?

Recommended Resource: Pema Chödrön: Start Where You Are

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Today we're asking the question "What's a chakra"? 

In this episode, I'm going to simplify this large concept of what a chakra is, which will hopefully be useful as we continue this journey together in learning how to use the chakras as a tool for self-awareness.

Love, Jess

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Hello, and welcome to the first episode of my new podcast, Jess On The Mountain. 

I’m Jess Goulding, a longtime yoga teacher, certified yoga therapist, and chakra system expert.

Jess On The Mountain is an ongoing conversation about gaining self-awareness as you move up, down, and around this mountain called life, with a lot of useful tools and resources to help your journey along the way.

I used to look at a mountain as something to climb, to conquer, to get to the top and finally see the view. Now I know that there is an amazing view to be seen with every step we take up that mountain when we are tuning in, listening deeply, and following our own inner wisdom.

As much as I’ve been connected to my intuition most of my life, trusting it has been a process.  I’ve had many teachers and guides along the way, and all the best ones would always point me back to myself. My first great teacher was my dad, and you'll hear me refer to him often. After he died when I was 27, I found myself searching for another teacher who could be that mirror into my deepest knowing. But after several years, I came to the conclusion that nobody outside of myself had the answers I was seeking.

There is no guru on top of the mountain. There’s just a mountain. 

I have, however, found guides who have helped me along in my journey. They are a small handful of people who I believe were placed in my life at just the right times. You probably have people like this in your life too. Like sherpas on the mountain, these guides can help us carry the load, navigate the rough patches, and keep us from getting totally lost, but they don’t decide our direction or destination - that’s on us. 

We have the roadmap - YOU have the roadmap – to living your best, most balanced, most harmonious life.

What I’ve learned teaching yoga and chakras over the last several years, is that the chakras can be that roadmap. By learning about your blocks, habits, patterns, strengths, and challenges, you will uncover your truth. You will learn to trust your inner wisdom and always know your next step.

I used to think that the chakras were a mysterious language learned by "woo-woo" yogis and new-age weirdos, but it turns out that they’re actually quite practical, useful, effective, and incredibly helpful for our overall self-awareness and mind-body connection.

This is the journey we will take together. We will learn to tune in, listen, and follow our blueprint - our own wise self embedded in our DNA. We get to be in wonder of the journey, even when we trip and fall, or come up against a boulder. Each step is one of curiosity, leading to the next at just the right moment.

It is my dream to get as many people into the self-awareness game as possible. I believe the world will be a better place because of it.

So let’s get started, shall we? This is going to be fun. 

Love, Jess

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Tune in to the trailer for the upcoming new podcast Jess On The Mountain: Yoga, Chakras & Becoming Your Own Guru (launching in February 2023!). 

Your host, Jess Goulding, will share why she created this podcast and what listeners can expect in this upcoming season.