Where The Lotus Grows

Last season we dedicated an entire episode (#40) to living Under the Moon Cycle and during that episode, Tonya vowed to try some intention setting, manifesting and just basic emotional tracking according to the cycle of the moon. In this weeks episode the ladies revisit the moon cycle and go over Tonya’s personal findings to try and answer the question: “Does it work?” 

Connecting with nature is so important and connecting with the moon cycle is just one of the many ways in which we sync with nature in profound ways. 

Self-study, connecting with nature, and setting conscious intentions and goals is what this episode is about. Give us a listen and leave a review.

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Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP) is a pain in the area below the belly button and between the hips lasting six months or longer. CPP can be its own condition or symptoms of another disease. Treatment is symptomatic abortive therapy to reduce acute exacerbation. CPP is a problem for health care providers because it is misunderstood and poorly managed. CPP has an unclear etiology, complex natural history and inadequate response to treatment plans of care. There is currently little research on yoga therapy and CPP. CPP has an unclear etiology, complex natural history and poor response to treatment plans of care.

Today Kim and Tonya discuss the many facets of Chronic Pelvic Pain and how Yoga Therapy can help. 

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Today Kim and Tonya chat with Katie Valley, Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Registered Health & Nutrition Practitioner about Intuitive Eating, breaking away from a diet culture that promotes disordered eating habits and developing a healthy relationship with food.  Katie is based in Ann Arbor, MI but works with individuals everywhere, creating personalized, realistic and achievable plans for implementing real change and achieving health and lifestyle goals that last. 

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Hippie is a term synonymous with the 1960s. In Europe Amsterdam was the hippie capital. The Netherlands had a reputation of a country with widespread tolerance and openness. The United States had Woodstock.

Do these ideas of love, freedom, and joy still hold true today? 

Early in Kim’s career of starting Mind-Body Balance, she had a young vibrant creative photographer say you’re a sophisticated hippie. Not sure what that was she seemed to embrace it and agree with her.

Some criteria that seem to be a common thread among the modern-day hippie are; 

-that all living organisms have a spirit

-connection with nature

-finding peace with consumerism and capitalism

-reducing exposure to media

-living sustainably 

-prioritize living over financial wealth

-schooling alternatives

-flexible schedules

-barefoot footwear

-sit on the floor more because sitting in a chair for long periods of time doesn’t feel good in the body

-when they learn something they tend to travel to the source and learn it experiential

-take vacations off the grid and in silence

-a slower pace of life

-they see opportunities and possibilities everywhere and understand they have choices

-they follow their hearts and understand there is no prescribed path

-the tendency toward LAT- Living Apart Together -relationships

-approach everyone with a smile and as a friend

-looking for freedom to move whichever way they want

-in an age of segregation, they enjoy meeting people of like-minded souls.

-a universal goal of love and peace

Are we so disconnected from our environments that we no longer care about nature, eating poison for food, are we all in burnout, are we only surviving?

Today the ladies have a fun chat about the hopes and values of what was once considered the “counter culture” and what those might mean today. 

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While many, many women have been mentors, teachers, role models, and supportive advisories and we gratefully honor them all, this episode takes a peak at a few of those that stand out as non family members who helped to influence and shape the women we’ve become.  

Reflecting back on people who made a difference in your life is a nice gratitude practice. Taking time for reflection, in general, can be healing, inspiring, and refreshing.  When was the last time that you just held the thought of someone fondly in your mind and appreciated what their relationship (no matter how brief) meant to you? Kim and Tonya share just a few of there stories.

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Kim has heard elders in her family say this “If at first you don’t succeed, try doing it the way your wife told you!” We laugh at this statement, but she wonders  - What are we really saying here? That men are a bit incompetent? That they’re overgrown children that still need women to channel them into being men and functional adults? That woman aren't satisfied until we have someone to nag? That we’ll end up weary but at least the job will get done? In reality, this attitude is one where neither gender wins.   

Today Tonya and Kim discuss emotional labor, gender expectations, and mindfulness in relationships of all types.  

Gemma Hartly, Fed Up https://www.amazon.com/Fed-Up-Emotional-Labor-Forward/dp/0062855980/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fed+up+book&qid=1571695635&sr=8-1

https://www.calmmoment.com/wellbeing/how-to-avoid-mental-overload-and-share-out-chores-equally/

Waechter, R. L., & Wekerle, C. (2015). Promoting resilience among maltreated youth using meditation, yoga, tai chi and qigong: A scoping review of the literature. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 32(1), 17-31.

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It’s time for a fun one guys! Looking back on past episodes, the word “power” shows up a lot and when we took a good look around, that word is VERY common in our lexicon. 

Is the word power just a current buzzword in our zygest? 

Is it just a marketing term that gets thrown around to “sell” something?  

Is it just in the health and wellness community that this word is seemingly overused?

Or has the word power always been used so often and in so many ways?

Tune in this week and see how Kim and Tonya answered these questions.

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As defined by Leo Kanner back in 1943, children with autism have an innate inability to form the usual biologically provided affective contact with people. He suggested that individuals with autism have difficulty reacting to the input of new stimuli encountered on a daily basis and that they live in a world of sameness and aloneness, which if disturbed, causes them to fall into a major panic that does not cease until removal of the perturbation agent. These days, it is well known that a dysfunction of the GABAnergic signaling early in a child's development leads to a server excitation/inhibition imbalance in neuronal circuits, which may be responsible for some of the behavioral deficits observed in individuals on the autism disorder spectrum. 

Today Kim and Tonya discuss the benefits of yoga therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder as Kim shares her personal experience working with ASD clients and on on her 2017 research proposal on the topic presented at the annual MUIH research symposium and a recent Symposium for Yoga Research (SYR) at Kripalu.  

ASD is associated with behavioral deficits and anxiety. Increasing tolerance in reacting to and managing the input of new stimuli encountered daily are essential components to improve function in everyday life. Abnormal sensory processing deficits may contribute to the lack of socialization and connection with others and is proposed to have correlated with low vagal tone. Yoga interventions have been found to help with vagal tone, anxiety, in ASD and to have benefits in self-regulation for Psychological health. However, no studies have addressed yoga’s effects on tolerance, resilience, regulation of sensory processing, socialization and connection in those with ASD. 

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Part of the human experience is finding balance between our relationships and our personal passions.  One way to find balance is to identify and hold boundaries. Additionally, find grace and acceptance in the present moment of your situation because it is likely to be temporary. Self study and finding your “enough” to know and ask for what you want and need in your closest relationships and accepting the boundaries of others can facilitate that sense of balance we’re all searching for. 

Today the discuss the balance dilemma and ways in which to find a healthy ground for loving your relationships and growing your passions. 

This is the final episode of Season1!  Thank you to all of our #Couragitarians for listening and supporting.  We hope you continue to enjoy our content in Season 2 coming soon!

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