Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast

On today’s Yogahealer Real Life Show, I have some powerful, inspiring and heart opening conversation with Sri Dharma Mittra, a Brazilian yogi who has dedicated most of his life in service to humanity and teaching yoga. We dive deep into pain and suffering and why these unpleasantries are essential to human life in order to move through our karmas and develop a lifelong learner perspective. We discuss wonderful topics such as the realization that we are all in the driver’s seat of our lives, the evolution of consciousness on the planet, and the simple pleasures of life such as sitting and just being.

I ask Sri Dharma how he encourages his students not to get stuck on their lower samadhis and how to not plateau at the spiritual intoxication of asana. He gives us insight gives us into the eight limbs of yoga, why we practice certain poses, and what they help us and challenge us to do. We discuss the power of love and compassion and feeling empathy for others at very subtle levels.

Today’s podcast is chalk full of incredible grounding information on yoga, asana, and the spiritual realm and is worth listening to again and again!

• What is a reason for our pain in suffering?
• What are the most important asanas and why?
• What are the benefits of practicing the eight limbs of yoga?

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• 1:05- I chat with Sri Dharma Mittra about what is the purpose of pain and suffering in the world. He tells us that it has to do with our karmas, or previous actions, that allow us to learn lessons in order to purify our minds and bodies. He says we all experience the same amount of pain and suffering, but it is how we choose to deal with the pain and knowing why we have this pain, that makes all difference.
• 12:00- Cate asks Sri Dharma Mittra about how he teaches his students to transcend their lower chakras and how to not plateau in their spiritual work. He talks about encouraging them to know about the gunas, the mind, the eight limbs of yoga and to be aware of the pitfalls of attachment and the ego.
• 21:50- How do yoga poses give us power? How do the poses represent a state of consciousness in the physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, and bliss bodies?
• 27:00- Cate inquires about Sthira, or stillness. How do we acquire stillness in our lives when everything outside of us is telling us to do more and go faster? Sri Dharma talks about meditation and technology in regards to slowing down.
• 39:30- The more we dive into the practice of compassion, the more we feel empathetic to what others are feeling and the more we feel at a subtler and subtler level.

• “The reason for the pain and suffering for all creation is for the cleaning of the mind and the body and then we are ready to enter the kingdom of God. If we are able to understand the pain and pass through it with understanding, automatically one develops a strong desire for liberation.” -Sri Dharma Mittra
• “When this suffering goes deep into the heart, you learn, you understand and you taste your own medicine. Then you are not able to cause that to someone else.”  -Sri Dharma Mittra
• “As the mind becomes calm, the heart becomes steady.”  -Sri Dharma Mittra
• “Whoever is really enlightened with some real knowledge, they can not be actionless. They have to share the way with others.” -Sri Dharma Mittra
• “We keep increasing our divine perception in order to be able to experience the subtle manifestation of existence.” -Sri Dharma Mittra.
• “Sit quietly for 5 minutes and rest your mind on the infinite. Be a good parent, be nice to your pets and to your guests.” -Sri Dharma Mittra

Sri Dharma Mittra has dedicated most of his life in service to humanity teaching yoga, the ancient knowledge of how to attain radiant health and develop spiritually. Since 1967, he has been teaching Classical Yoga: advanced postures, Yama and Niyama and how to lead a content, simple and happy life.

Sri Dharma was born in 1939 in the small, remote village of Pirapora, Brazil and was raised Catholic in a poor family of 5 children. In his early teens, he became involved in esoteric teachings and yoga through books his younger brother was studying. From 1958 through 1964, Sri Dharma served in the Brazilian National Air Force and practiced bodybuilding, wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He had only practiced yoga through books in his late teens when his younger brother Sattya went to New York City to meet and commence studies with their future Guru.

Sattya eventually asked Sri Dharma to come meet his guru in NYC and in 1964, after leaving the airforce and selling his bodybuilding gym he flew to the United States. The very next day, Sri Dharma had a private consultation with the Guru with his brother serving as translator. After meeting his Guru, Sri Dharma immersed himself in intense study and practice of the classical Eight Limbs of Yoga and dedicated nine years of his life to the full-time practice of Karma Yoga. After three years, Sri Dharma was initiated as a Sannyasi (one who renounces the world in order to realize God). During his years as a renunciate, he had the esteemed honor of being the personal assistant to the Guru, attending to all his needs.

In 1967, Sri Dharma was asked to teach intermediate and advanced classes in Asana (postures) and Pranayama (breathing exercises) at the Yogi Gupta New York Center both for his fellow disciples and the general public. He was also involved with preparing food, manning the juice bar and was the main handyman. Sri Dharma was demonstrated Yoga Asana at the lectures the Guru offered to the public in the ’60’s and ’70’s in hotel ballroms all around New York City. With Yogi Gupta’s blessings, Sri Dharma left the Ashram in 1974 to found the Yoga Asana Center in 1975, currently known as the Dharma Yoga New York Center.

Sri Dharma left the Ashram to live his destiny — a life dedicated to sharing and spreading the truth, knowledge and light of God through yoga in the most humble and quiet of ways. Connect with Sri Dharma on website and facebook page.

Sydney’s adrenal glands were worn out from years of being overly active, constantly moving, and always wanting to push herself a little harder. She needed to slow down and make a big life change in order to get healthy, gain her energy back, and bring herself into alignment. However, changing her entire life all out once to make this happen seemed far too overwhelming and difficult. Taking the step to join one of Yogahealer’s first Body Thrive courses, in order to learn how to make incremental changes week by week in a group setting, seemed much more doable.

Sydney and Jessica talk about Sydney’s Body Thrive experiences over the past 4 years, why they are so transformative and healing, and how Sydney continues to use the techniques she has learned in her life as an active travel guide. They discuss what habits anchor us and bring us back to a grounded place, as well as how we can use these habits to cultivate and develop our intuition within the body. Working in a group setting to deepen your knowledge about health and wellness and how to bring your body back to a state of ease and balance is so powerful and so healing. It is truly an experience everyone should be a part of at least once in their lives in order to grow, transform, and use the help of others to be propelled into a healthier, more awake and aligned version of yourself.

• How can BT habits help you to thrive?
• Why is it so helpful to work in groups?
• Why are Kaizen habits so important?

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• 00:45- Sydney and Jessica discuss Sydney’s first experience with Yogahealer’s Body Thrive course and what big life shift made her want to jump into BT 4 years ago.
• 12:00- Sydney tells us how her life is different now since she has incorporated the BT habits, how she applies the habits to her life, and what habits anchor and ground her the most amidst her movement based lifestyle.
• 17:35- So many people look at trying to become healthy as a huge life change that can stress them out and make them feel overwhelmed. The BT habits are meant to make our lives less stressful and more easeful, giving us the tools to make small adjustments to our habits and move into healthful living one step at a time.

• “To be able to communicate makes all the difference.” -Jessica Robinson

• “These habits bring me more grounding and they allow me find time in my life to sit in stillness and meditate.” -Sydney Doolittle 
• “It’s about finding the time to take a moment to myself, to sit for 5 minutes, or to do yoga for 10 minutes...For me now it’s about being able to sit and digest the experience I just had.” -Sydney Doolittle

Sydney Doolittle has been an avid yoga practitioner since she was a young girl. As a former gymnast turned coach, sharing her love of yoga by teaching others, was a natural transition. She obtained an Anusara based yoga certification at Vital Yoga in Denver, CO in 2013 and in 2016, her yoga pursuits took her to India where she studied in Rishikesh to obtain her 300 hour yoga teacher training certification. Sydney has taught in some obscure places, leading retreats with the Life Force Project in Salento, Colombia and on a yacht in the Mediterranean with Sun Fun You Fitness Voyages. Sydney recently returned from Bali where she studied Clarity Breathwork and is now certified as a Breathwork Practitioner. She currently studies Ayurveda with the American Institute of Vedic Studies, with the hopes of becoming an Ayurvedic Practitioner in the near future. She currently works as a Tribe Scribe for Yogahealer and has worked as an active travel guide for Backroads for the past 5 years, leading hiking and biking trips worldwide. She has a passion for the outdoors, hiking, snowboarding and immersing herself in the natural world as much as possible.

Connect with Sydney on Facebook or Instagram at travelingyogi108.

Jessica Graham Robinson is a yogi, mama, bodyworker, and a Yoga Health Coach (in training). She is owner of Sacred Space Healing Arts in Wyoming, where she homeschools her two children in the foothills of the mountains. Jessica is thrilled to be using the wisdom of Ayurveda to be guiding other mamas (with or without children) on the transformational journey from the dull and painful land of stagnation and resentment into the Kingdom of Thrive where they become Rhythm Champions! You can find Jessica through her website.  

Dr. Shivani Gupta and I have a wonderful podcast for you today on herbs, spices, and their healing properties. We get deep into the benefits of Turmeric and its’ active ingredient, Curcumin. Did you know that Turmeric not only helps fight inflammation in the body, but is also an antioxidant, supports the immune system, helps decrease stress and diabetes, strengthens the ligaments, and reduces pain when taken in larger doses?

Dr. Gupta talks about her childhood and being raised by traditional Indian parents with a lot of knowledge in the world of herbs. They used herbs to cook, to heal wounds, and to fight illness, just to name a few. Shivani ‘s interest in spices and herbs at such a young age drew her to use them to aid her in childbirth, to help in raising healthy children, and in cooking for her family. She discusses her passion for cooking, and we learn that consciously prepared herbs, spices, and food are our medicine and can be used to replace drugs.

Shivani teaches us that the preparation of food with love and compassion allows us to slow down and to shift into deeper alignment with ourselves. When we take the time to learn about these important herbs and spices, we are able to shift our perspectives on food and medicine, changing ourselves and the way we live our lives for the better.

• What are the real benefits of Turmeric?
• What is the right dosage of Turmeric?
• How and why to combine herbs?

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• 1:00- Shivina tells us about her experience growing up in an Indian household and how they used herbs and spices in many different ways: for food, as medicine, or to heal a wound.
• 5:00- Understanding plants and herbs, such as turmeric, and what each piece of them can be used for. The benefits of the herb or spice in its full form vs. its ground down form.
• 13:45- What happens behind the scenes when we create curry with Turmeric? What are the benefits of turmeric and why should we eat it? What is the proper dosage of turmeric and what are its contraindications? And Curcumin or Turmeric as a replacement for IBuprofen and painkillers!
• 28:00- Cooking with love! AND what is the truth behind cooking with curcumin and black pepper vs. cooking with curcumin and oils, ghee or fats.  

• “We put the spices in in a certain order so that their aromas released but also so that their benefits released….It’s an investment into your own health with every dish that you cook.” -Dr. Shivani Gupta
• “I don’t reach for pain killers anymore, I reach for Turmeric. If the whole world reached for turmeric instead of painkillers, we would have a whole different planet. ” -Dr. Shivani Gupta
• “I am here to nourish and love my family, I want us all to be peaceful happy people. I’m going to cook with that in mind.” -Dr. Shivani Gupta

Dr. Shivani Gupta was born and raised in Houston, Texas to a loving traditional Indian family. Throughout her entire life, her father taught her about healthy eating, organic foods, effective supplements, and fortifying the body to have the best health. Shivani took this knowledge to the next level, backing inherited wisdom from her family with modern science.

Dr. Gupta interned in the biochemistry lab at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre. She later proceeded to continue her own study, obtaining a PhD in Ayurvedic studies focusing on herbology and anti-inflammatory herbs. Shivani recently published her book Conscious Pregnancy Spiritual Practical Approach, that shares her deeply personal experience of integrating conscious practices into her pregnancy and later into raising her two kids and teaching them to adopt healthy habits early in life. Check her website and facebook page.

Today Maddy Harland and I dive deep into some fascinating conversation on permaculture, the sustainability of Planet Earth and conscious evolution of the human species. Maddy is the editor and co- founder of England’s Permaculture Magazine and the author of Fertile Edges: Regenerating Land, Culture and Hope. We discuss permaculture, human growth and consciousness as a paradigm shift, sustainability, and interconnectivity. We talk about the awakening of human beings to the climate crisis and all the positive, life enhancing and creative ways of living that can reverse the disintegration of our ecosystems.

We chat about being able to connect deeply to our bodies in order to become more deeply connected to Mother Nature and the planet we live on, allowing us to thrive. Our Earth is alive. It is full of energy and abundance and the life of the planet is the same life that flows through us; we are all one. If we destroy our earth, we are essentially destroying ourselves. Listen in to this mind expanding podcast and learn a bit about how you can help the future of human life and the future of our planet Earth.

• What is permaculture and why is it important?
• What does it mean to raise the awareness of the planet?
• What can you do in the realm of sustainability and permaculture to help our planet?

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• 2:30- Cate and Maddy chat about permaculture and human consciousness on our planet Earth. Cate asks Maddy what drives her, how she got into this world of conscious evolution, and what she thinks about our personal body connection in regards to our connection to the planet.
• 10:00- The primordial soup of the planet. Maddy assures us that while there is greed, short sightedness, and ignorance, there are also good people who hold high values and have high hopes for our species and our planet. We hear a bit about England’s, David Attenborough, an extraordinarily influential BBC broadcaster and naturalist.
• 17:00- What is permaculture and what is a regenerative system? Why are these important terms and how can you use them in your everyday life to help us become more sustainable?

• “Something happens when we make a transition and become more immersed in the natural world…we sense that what we are in our essence, is the essence of the whole landscape and the world around us...the remarkable experience of oneness. ” -Maddy Harland
• “Everything was energetic and everything had an animate life to it and that life was the same as the life that flowed through me, and actually there was no separation.” -Maddy Harland
• “Guiding principles: Integrate, don’t segregate. And appreciate biodiversity.” -Maddy Harland
• “We have to hold our center in our hearts and work with that compassion and that

Maddy Harland is editor and co-founder of Permaculture magazine, an international quarterly in print, digital and online at permaculture.co.uk. Maddy co-founded Permanent Publications in 1990, a publishing company, and the Sustainability Centre in Hampshire, UK, once a military base, and now a thriving immersive learning centre. Maddy is a Visiting Knowledge Exchange Fellow of the Institute of Theological Partnerships at the University of Winchester in the UK. She is an adviser to the Ecosystem Restoration Foundation and Common Earth, a joint initiative between the Cloudburst Foundation and the Commonwealth, a climate action program aimed at supporting member states to adopt integrative approaches to address climate change and meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. She is the author of Fertile Edges: Regenerating Land, Culture and Hope. She loves to grow food and wildflowers, keep bees and camp out in wild places. Connect with Maddy on her website and facebook page.

On today’s podcast Jessica Graham Robinson and Kirstin Pinit rap about how to keep you and your family healthy and happy this summer. Summers can be tough; the days stay lighter later, the kids are out of school, and they don’t have a consistent schedule, which in turn can wreak havoc on the parents schedules. It’s important to realize that you, as parents, have the power to decide what you want summer to look like for you and your family. Perhaps the summer routine looks completely different from the school year routine, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun, healthy, satisfying, and nourishing all the same. Jessica and Kirstin give us tips on how you and your family can create parameters to stay on course and keep the daily rhythms and habits that are essential for health and stability. Learn to involve your kids in your own Body Thrive habits and enjoy a summer of easeful living!

• How can you take care of yourself while taking care of your kids?
• What are your keystone habits for yourself and your family?
• How to deal with summer travel in a healthy way

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• 4:20- Ideas for how to keep your family on course and keeping a healthy routine during the summer months. Keep your kids healthy and happy by keeping yourself healthy and happy!
• 14:15 - Keystone habits for your kids and yourself tied in with summer travel. What habit will anchor you and your family no matter where your summer takes you?
• 19:15 - Let your kids be bored! Why it is so important to slow down, relax and just let your kids chill during the fast paced summer months.

• “Moms, you’re the Queen of the house, you set the tone!... We get to decide what we want our summer to look like.” - Jessica Graham
• “I feel really empowered by the fact that I have a lot of say over how our family runs.” - Kirstin Pinit
• “ When you’re really off schedule, pick a keystone habit, one or two things your just going to do no matter what because you know other things are going to slide.” - Kirstin Pinit
  

Kirstin Pinit is a Yoga Health Coach, an artist, a student of yoga and massage therapy. She believes that life is more interesting when we seek and find meaning in small moments and go about our everyday routines with love and reverence. Kirstin practices and teaches how to use simple daily habits to unleash a joyful, sensual, creative life Kirstin shares her journey to becoming True Self on her Instagram. Find out about her upcoming courses and collaborations at her website.

Jessica Graham Robinson talks with us today about loving our bodies, body integrity and feeling comfortable in our own skin. It is SO important for us to feel good about the bodies that we live in, not just so that we feel good in a bathing suit, but also so that we continue to make life choices that are in alignment with who we are. Jessica chats about some Ayurvedic habits that help us to make choices from a place of confidence and to take good care of our bodies, so that we continue to be confident, grounded, strong, and in alignment with our true selves.

• Why is it important to feel confident in your body?
• What habits make you feel integrous in your own body?
• How do we gain confidence from the inside out?

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• “‘I’m talking about caring about yourself enough that you make choices that support you feeling confident, you having integrity, regardless of whether or not your body is ‘perfect’.” -Jessica Robinson
• “I believe it is important for everyone to experience confidence in their bodies.” -Jessica Robinson
• “The choices you make for your life, your career, your relationships really are not the same choices you would be making if you were coming from that place of stable, confident you.” -Jessica Robinson
  
  

Jessica Graham Robinson is a yogi, mama, bodyworker, and a Yoga Health Coach (in training). She is owner of Sacred Space Healing Arts in Wyoming, where she homeschools her two children in the foothills of the mountains. Jessica is thrilled to be using the wisdom of Ayurveda to be guiding other mamas (with or without children) on the transformational journey from the dull and painful land of stagnation and resentment into the Kingdom of Thrive where they become Rhythm Champions! You can find Jessica through her website.

We all know that hydration is important and absolutely essential for our survival. But did you also know that water makes our skin look lustrous and supple? Or that water lubricates our digestive tracts and makes us pooping champions? Or that it gives us energy and vibrancy and helps us to look healthy, shiny, and radiant?

Listen in on this podcast with Alex Biondo and Gale Edison and learn about the importance of hydration. Shift your perspective and your drinking habits; instead of drinking water to survive,  drink water to Thrive!

• Why is it important to hydrate?
• How to hydrate well
• What’s the deal with carbonated water?

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• 1:00- Alex and Gale share their hydration stories.
• 4:00- Whats the ‘why’ behind hydration? Why should we drink 8 glasses of water per day? What is water really doing for you?
• 6:45- Ways we can hydrate and the difference between hydration and flushing.
• 12:30- Carbonated water-- is it good, is it bad? What’s the deal?

• “How can I make this fun and interesting so I am going to remember and want to hydrate?” -Gale Edison
• “Notice how you’re feeling and ask yourself, ‘did I drink enough water?’ and see if there’s a connection.” -Alex Biondo
  

Gale’s life has always been anchored in a committed physical practice. Practicing ballet from the age of 3, and highland dancing from the age of 4 into her adulthood, she went on to study dance in university. After exploring other career choices, her passion for movement therapies became her apparent life dharma- Committing to a life of learning and sharing empowering life practices. Gale studied hatha yoga under Meghan Currie and Sridaiva with Desi Springer and John Friend, and Yoga Tune Up’s Embodied Anatomy with Trina Altman. The most influential teacher in her practice is Dana Skoglund, her teacher who has a background in Anusara and Sridaiva yoga, as well as ayurveda. Through yoga and ayurveda Gale strives to facilitate a newfound sense of self-empowerment, self-accountability and gratitude for life in all those who practice in her community. Check out her website and contact on facebook page.

Alex Biondo is a Colorado mountain girl who recently relocated to Wisconsin. She’s a Certified Yoga Health Coach, yoga teacher and single mom to an awesome teenage girl. She’s the founder of the Life On and Off the Mat Blog and the Vibrant Life course. She’s an enrollment coach at Yogahealer as well. Alex is passionate about empowering people to take charge of their health and lives. After years of letting life happen to her, she is now intentionally creating the life she wants for herself and her daughter. She’s an avid skier, music lover, cook and writer. In the summer, you can often find her dancing at an outdoor concert. You can find her all year-round at her website.

Slow down. Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask yourself, “What do I need right now?” Notice how much more present, centered, and in touch with yourself you feel.

Sometimes we move so quickly through life that we forget to take the time to enjoy deep, calming breaths…. And they are so important! When we restrict our breath or forget to breath, we hold onto feelings of tightness, stuckness, or fear. When we bring prana or life force into our bodies we feel more in tune, intuitive, and whole and the more our awareness expands.

Tune in to today show with Jessica Robinson and Jill Novak to learn more about the breath, what it does for your overall mental and physical health, and how it can heal and transform you on all levels!

• How can your breath change your life?
• Why is it important to get in tune with your breath?
• Tips to be more in tune with yourself and your breath

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• 7:00- We underestimate the power of our breath. It is so important to bring more awareness to our breathing to allow it to flow, to heal, to release, and to bring presence to our lives.
• 14:10- Tips to help us breath more throughout our day. Start with breath body practices in the morning to set the tone for the whole day!
• 20:00- By taking deep breaths, we are allowing our breath access to the cells of our body so that they can be unlocked and tightness, fear, a restriction can be released.

• “If you let your breath define the edges of your container, then the more we let our breath be fluid and strong and smooth, then the bigger our container can be.” -Jill Novak
• “Start to expand your container by unarmoring your breath.” -Jill Novak
• “When your body is in fear, your breath is held. When your body is not in fear, your breath flows.” -Jill Novak
• “We underestimate the amount of healing that can happen if we just breathe!” -Jill Novak

In 2009 JIll Novak took her first 250 hours of Teacher Training with the Yoga Studio College of Canada, with great emphasis on alignment and accessibility for all bodies. For the last year she has been training and practicing Yoga Therapy. She loves the concept of working toward what is right for your body regardless of what the pose looks like on the outside; it is how it feels on the inside that counts. She believes that if  we can connect people to that feeling then we are starting to live more firmly in our bodies; this is yoga.

You can get in touch with and learn more about  Jill Novak on her website.

Many people come to yoga for the purpose of healing and the practice of Bowspring yoga is no exception. Bowspring yoga, founded by Desi Springer of Vital Yoga in Denver, CO, has re-created many yoga poses that are meant to realign our bodies and promote healing, specifically in our hips and low backs. This form of yoga teaches contradictory alignment to what we’ve learned in yoga thus far and puts a great deal of emphasis on the sacrum and increasing the arch in our low spine.Bowspring is more of an opening and expanding technique as well as a therapeutic postural alignment tool. It is not a form of asana that you need to use exclusively, but it can be very balancing to have this practice in your tool box whenever your body is craving something different. Check out tintyoga.com for some more information on this yoga technique and some great Bowspring flows.

• What is Bowspring yoga?
• Why is it helpful?
• What does Bowspring tell us about postural alignment?

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• 1:05- Gale tells us about her background as a dancer, the pain she experienced in her body, and her transition into Bowspring yoga.
• 10:00- The importance of Ayurvedic self care habits that allow us to get into balance with ourselves and notice what we need right now.

• “As a society we’ve lost the curve in our lower back.” - Jessica Robinson
• “Having that daily practice with yourself, it will naturally bring you into a more aware, intelligent and sensitive state where you can be more intentional with your focus. “ -Gale Edison 
  

Gale’s life has always been anchored in a committed physical practice. Practicing ballet from the age of 3, and highland dancing from the age of 4 into her adulthood, she went on to study dance in university. After exploring other career choices, her passion for movement therapies became her apparent life dharma- Committing to a life of learning and sharing empowering life practices. Gale studied hatha yoga under Meghan Currie and Sridaiva with Desi Springer and John Friend, and Yoga Tune Up’s Embodied Anatomy with Trina Altman. The most influential teacher in her practice is Dana Skoglund, her teacher who has a background in Anusara and Sridaiva yoga, as well as ayurveda. Through yoga and ayurveda Gale strives to facilitate a newfound sense of self-empowerment, self-accountability and gratitude for life in all those who practice in her community. Check out her website and contact on her facebook page. 

Jessica is a yogi, mama, bodyworker, and a Yoga Health Coach (in training). She is the owner of Sacred Space Healing Arts in Wyoming, where she homeschools her two children in the foothills of the mountains. Jessica is thrilled to be using the wisdom of Ayurveda to be guiding other mamas (with or without children) on the transformational journey from the dull and painful land of stagnation and resentment into the Kingdom of Thrive where they become Rhythm Champions! You can find Jessica through her website and her facebook page. 

Genetic hereditary patterns, that we often do not recognize, can influence our lives in many ways. Many of the persistent negative emotions we feel such as heaviness, anxiety, worry, fear and depression, may be due to that ancestral patterning that we hold onto. In our podcast today, Lynne Taillefer and I discuss what it means to deal with ancestral patterning, how it can show up in our lives, and what it feels like once we release it. When we do this deep work, the wisdom we uncover can bring us from understanding and processing our lives on a gross level to a subtle level. Our sense of beingness becomes more and more grounded and we accept ourselves and others with so much more love and compassion. The more we do this work of ancestral healing as a global culture, the more we will help our descendants heal and see change in future generations.   

• Why is it so important to process and digest our past experiences?
• How to process ancestral healing
• Can ancestral healing affect our DNA?

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• 1:10- Lynn tells us her story and about the death of her father and how she is currently working through this ancestral healing.
• 18:15 - We all think our ancestral healing is personal, but it isn’t! We all go through it. We talk about the process of ancestral healing being an identity evolution and loving the process in order to let it go.
• 26:30 - Where does your intuition bring you? Slow down as emotions arise to allow them to surface and to be present.  And in this presence, the light of awareness digests it. Feel the emotions of ancestral healing and then notice how deep, heavy feelings start to change.

• “Heal for humanity.” -Cate Stillman
• “Detoxification is so much less about how clean your liver is and so much more about how awake we are and how free we are.” -Cate Stillman
• “We have to love it to let it release. We have to love it to let it go.” - Cate Stillman

Lynne Taillefer, A.K.A. Mama Lynne lives in Québec, Canada  with her husband and their two young boys. She offers educational yoga and Ayurvedic workshops for yoga instructors and Yoga Teacher Trainings, who wish to deepen and continue their evolution as teachers and students. Lynne is a Certified Yoga Health Coach and she teaches an 11 week course as well as a 7 month Yoga Immersion course to help revitalize and rejuvenate other mothers and their families.