That Yoga Podcast

Enjoy this snippet from a longer episode with Tamara Pitelin on the Energy Body

Within this bitesize clip we cover the chakras - what they are and their role, how to balance and align them, working on an individual level to heal the collective, and how yoga is a self healing modality

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Alex Ballagh

Sarah O'Connell

Take a journey with us towards a dreamy, restful sleep with this sleepy train ride visualisation

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Join Alex for this short episode in which we chat about the benefits of prioritising a yoga practice amidst the busyness of parenting

Alex shares her own personal experience, acknowledges some potential road blocks, and then suggests some super helpful tips and tricks to help you carve out the time and space for your self care

We also look at the value of sharing our yoga with our little ones

As promised, resources to support post-partum return to exercise here:

Core and Floor Restore

She Moves

Glow Body PT

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Soul Studio

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Find a comfortable position and prepare to relax and find presence

Oh my goodness guys we feel so lucky to be able to bring you this week’s guest. We dove deep m , and we finished the conversation feeling like we had both learned a tonne. 

Sarah and I got to talk to Georgia Vavasour of GV meditation. Georgia is one of the most experienced teachers worldwide, having personally taught over 1500 people to meditate.

After experiencing burnout & bowel cancer at 32, she sought out Vedic Meditation as a tool for increasing energy, releasing anxiety & stress, improving mood & optimising mental & physical health, and her story is amazing. 

She shares more about this journey within this chat, as well as offering deep insight into how stress affects our ability to be present and mindful, the distinction between vedic meditation and other forms which are more conservative or contemplative. 

We discussed some big topics including transcending stress states and making feeling good our natural state, and whether or not a world of people with inner fulfilment could ever be possible. We look at the links between meditation and the yamas and niyamas, ahimsa in particular. 

Honestly, Georgia is so intelligent and such a conscious human, who so willingly shares her wisdom and insight in to the world of meditation and how powerful it can be for us in supporting increased energy, clarity, calm, improved sleep, memory, mood & a significant reduction in stress & fatigue.

Be sure to tune in, and please give the pod a review and a subscribe to help us to continue to bring you amazing guests like Georgia!

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Enjoy this weeks yoga nidra to help you feel cleansed and rejuvenated

Your guide: Alex Ballagh

We loved our chat with the super sparkly, super grounded and real Jess Campbell. Jess is the creator and teacher of the super popular sunrise beach yoga club, as well as founder and teacher of She Blooms, an online platform for women’s wellness. 

Jess is a gal of such substance, deeply rooted in her values, which bring such a sense of authenticity to all of her offerings. 

Within this korero, we explore with Jess what a values-aligned life looks like, and she shares how she aligns all of her mahi with her core values of inclusivity, community, and love.

We talk about her incredible sunrise beach yoga sessions, which have ballooned to see up to 700 yogi practising yoga together on the beach here in Christchurch, we also chat about the difference between yoga communities online and offline, and how Jess believes we can have both. She shares with us her super meaningful work developing mindfulness programs for women in prisons, and we dive into meditation, mindfulness and the difference between the two. 

This episode is so inspiring, seeing how much Jess is living her dharma and doing it with such a calm and collected approach helps us to realise that we too can love out our dreams, and it all starts with knowing and aligning with our core values in life.

We know you are going to enjoy this episode, and we are so honoured to bring it to you. Please feel free to share this with your friends if you think they will enjoy it also, and of course, follows and reviews make such a difference and really do help us to grow this podcast and bring you more amazing guests. 

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Grab your notebook and your pen, light a candle, get comfy and join Alex for some end of week journaling to help you reflect on the week that has been and prepare for another with intentionality and care

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Today we have a solo ep with Alex on the power of journaling 

Whether you’re already a journaller or not, we encourage a listen as it may give you some tips to deepen your practice, or inspire you to start! 

Alex shares her own personal journey to journaling, and then cover what journaling is,a variety of approaches you might take, the powerful benefits it can have on mental health and wellbeing. She also chats about how to introduce journaling into your life and how to make it stick. We conclude with some helpful journal prompts to get you going.

Journal Recommendations:

Olive and Page: https://oliveandpage.com

Magic of I: www.magicofi.com

Note To Self Journal: www.whitcoulls.co.nz/note-to-self-journal-6674999

Journal Prompts: Instagram - @alexballagh_yogawellness (check out the tab JOURNAL)

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