Hey there! Welcome to episode 49 of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast! I can't quite believe we're about to hit the 50 episode mark! Thank you for being here with me - I'm truly so grateful for you!

In today's episode, I'm sharing four simple ideas for your week - from breathing well, to shifting your thinking from destination-focused to responsive, I hope these four ideas are helpful for the week ahead (whenever it is that you're listening!).

I'd also love to extend an invitation to join me at my free workshop - Stretching But Still Tense? - on Saturday 26th September @ 10am (AEST). Head to https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au/freeworkshop to sign up! Yes, there will be a replay if you can't join me live.

Find Erica:
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The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

On today's episode, I welcome Sarah Vanis to The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast. Sarah is a qualified Chef, Yoga Teacher, Teacher, Counsellor and Ayurveda Practitioner.

In our conversation, we dive into what Ayurveda is and why, at its heart, it's about intuitive listening. Sarah shares so much wisdom with us - from tips to begin this inner listening to practices to help us balance and align during these times.

Sarah brings over 20 years experience in food, health and education to help others restore health naturally. She is the course owner of the Diploma of Ayurveda Yoga Teaching and Principal of Aligning Health’s nationally accredited Ayurveda qualifications. Sarah is also owner of the Aligning Health Wellness Retreat, offering bed and breakfast and traditional healing programs, and is author of Food Hurts –recovering from Eating Disorders.

I just know you'll love this conversation.

Find Sarah:
https://aligninghealthretreatdayspa.com/
https://www.facebook.com/aligninghealth
https://www.instagram.com/aligninghealth

Find Erica:
https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyoga
https://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Trying to form a new habit (like moving well more often or treating yourself with more kindness)?

Have you ever thought about it as making the unfamiliar familiar? I love this way of framing it, and that's exactly what I'm talking about in today's episode of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast.

Our human brains love familiarity because what is familiar is 'safe' (even when, objectively, what you're doing isn't the safest option). So ... when we are looking to do something that isn't currently familiar to us, the only way to make it more familiar (and therefore more habitual) is to DO it. We can create more familiarity in lots of tiny moments but underlying it all is the commitment you make to yourself.

Tune in and enjoy - then come share your thoughts with me!

Find Erica:
https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au
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Mentioned in this episode:
Episode 396 of the Mind Your Business Podcast with James Wedmore and Marisa Peer
http://mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/396

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The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Today I am thrilled to welcome Christi Brown from Intuitively Strong to The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast! Christi is a nutrition coach who bridges the gap between Eating Intuitively and Athleticism. She flipped diet culture the bird after years of chronic dieting, disordered eating patterns, and hating herself lean. Now, Christi teaches fellow extreme dieters, fit mums, former athletes, and fitness enthusiasts how to live a life without food rules, restriction and self-destruction.

In our chat we dive deep into the ways that intuitive eating (and living) can change your relationship with yourself and the world. We talk about Christi's journey and how she now helps others to break free of food rules and self-destructive patterns to finally step into a life that feels expansive and full of possibility. We also talk about the balancing act that is life (hint: there is no magic moment where you are finally 'balanced') and how each of us can commit to practice self-nurturing thoughts and behaviour.


Find Christi:

https://www.instagram.com/intuitively_strong
https://www.intuitivelystrong.com/

Find Erica:

https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyoga
https://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Let's talk about acceptance, shall we?

Specifically, is it for cowards? Does acceptance make you weak? Complacent? Does it somehow make you a poster-child for whatever it is you've accepted (which is likely to be perceived as 'negative')?

2020 has had its fair share of things that we might want to push against. I mean, really.

Yet, acceptance is far braver than you might realise. Far from making you weak, cowardly or complacent, it actually bolsters your capacity to make change. Whether it be on the yoga mat or out in the world, acceptance is almost the first stepping stone on an unknown path to change.

Tune in to find out why 'not fighting with reality' might be the key.

Come share your thoughts with me:

https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyoga
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The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

I'm thrilled to welcome today's guest to The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast. Maree Zimny of The Relief Clinic is a coach and mentor. Working with Clinical Hynoptherapy, NLP, Heart Math and more, she supports people experiencing stress, anxiety, overwhelm, and burnout. She teaches science-based skills to increase resilience, recharge energy and improve wellbeing.

In our conversation we chat about the power of the heart, reprogramming subconscious beliefs, breathing well, and much more. This is a wonderful conversation. I hope you love it.

Find Maree:
https://www.facebook.com/TheReliefClinicOnline

Mentioned by Maree:
https://oxygenadvantage.com/

Find Erica:
https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyoga
https://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

So ... what do you think? Is cleaning the toilet considered self care? Is there a way it ever could be? I think the answer is yes. And in this episode I'll explain why.

Self care that really works - i.e. that actually makes us feel nurtured - requires us to go beyond the actually actions and activities we classify as self care and look at the words we're using and the intention behind what we're doing. I think when we get these 'right' almost anything can become part of our self-care.

By the same logic, all those things that LOOK like self care can be ... NOT. Been there. So many times.

Tune in to find out more then come share your thoughts with me:

https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyoga
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The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

Welcome to The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast. On today's episode, I'm chatting with Jenny Knox - The Giddy Aunt. What is The Giddy Aunt? A celebration of senior moments, grey hairs, memory lapses and laughing ‘til your padded undies fail you.

In our conversation today, Jenny and I chat about the importance of community, connection and laughter, as well as the way Jenny continues to move toward her passions after retirement. We talk about how she expanded her comfort zone (and continues to do so) and finding the courage to take the next step. This is an important conversation, no matter what your age.

Find Jenny:

https://www.facebook.com/thegiddyauntsau

Find Erica:

https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyoga
https://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

It's a long title, I know. Judge me for it if you choose (see what I did there?!). All jokes aside, this episode is an important one if you believe that your goal in life should be 'non-judgment'. The thing is, judgments are made by your mind automatically. You don't have control over that. What you DO have control over is your attention and CHOOSING to choose what judgements you will act upon and/or believe.

Want to dive into this a little more? Tune into this short episode for more.

Find Erica:

https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyoga
https://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.

I am truly thrilled to welcome Jaquara Egan to the podcast this week. Over the past six weeks I have had the pleasure of attending Jaquara's Wayapa Wuurrk immersion and I'm so honoured to invite her to chat with me today.

A proud Muthi Muthi Woman/ Gundijtmara Woman , Jaquara grew up in Mildura on Latje Latje country and now lives and works in Naarm on Wurundjeri country.  Her years as an athlete shaped her love for movement and the impact that sport and movement could have on a person's wellbeing.  She went on to become a Mental Health Social Worker, Fitness coach and Wayapa Practitioner and is the founder of Jaquara Jean, her private venture.  Jaquara Jean's vision is to provide a holistic health service to everyone,  that is built on the integration of Aboriginal and first nations knowledge and ways of being and her formal Social Work and Mental Health training.

In our yarn (a word I learned from Jaquara!) we explore what Wayapa Wuurrk is and the important and profound practice and perspective it offers us. We talk about reciprocity, reconciliation, being a good ally to Aboriginal and First Nations people and how we can incorporate Aboriginal ways of being into our lives to find more connection with the land and our community.

Find Jaquara and the resources she mentioned during the show:

https://www.instagram.com/jaquara_jean
https://www.facebook.com/JaquaraJean

Cultural Awareness & Truth Telling immersion with Mikaela Egan at Wellbeing Connexion (https://www.instagram.com/the.wellbeingconnexion)

Trading Blak: https://www.instagram.com/tradingblak

Clothing the Gap – Free the Flag campaign: https://www.instagram.com/clothingthegap

Find Erica:

https://www.ericawebbyoga.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/ericawebbyoga
https://www.facebook.com/ericawebbyoga

The content I share on this platform is for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. While I am a qualified counsellor, yoga teacher, and somatic coach, the information provided here does not constitute personal counselling, therapy, or a therapeutic relationship.

If you're struggling with your mental health or need personalised support, I encourage you to reach out to a registered professional in your area.

Always take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and prioritise your wellbeing.