Yoga for real life

By Emily Rex

Real life practices, tips, and interviews for yoga practitioners living in the real world.... more

· Health & Fitness

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The podcast currently has 78 episodes available.

Yoga for real life episodes:

February 05, 202348. Yamas series: Taking a broad view of ahimsa (non-harming) with Nichol and Emily
Nichol Walters of the Ahava Yoga Collective is back for a multi-part series on the yamas, commonly referred to as the moral and ethical guidelines for yoga practitioners. In this episode, we explore taking a broad view of the first yama: ahimsa or non-harming. Highlights include:
An overview of the 8-limbed path and the 5 yamas

How exploring non-harming starts with our own relationship with ourselves

What ahimsa can look like on the yoga mat

How fear plays into our attitude toward non-harming

The Yamas and Niyamas by Deborah Adele on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Yamas-Niyamas-Exploring-Ethical-Practice/dp/0974470643

Learn more about Nichol Walters and the Ahava Yoga Collective: https://ahava-collective.com/

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55min
January 23, 2023 47. Ron and Emily: Limitations of an "asana only" practice
Ron and Emily are back for a duo episode! Highlights include:
A follow up conversation from our interview with Kati Buckner (Ep. 44: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/nWftxp3rMwb)
Reconciling an "asana only" practice
A little bit on the yamas, yoga's ethical principles
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45min
January 16, 2023 46. Libby Hinsley: Hypermobility and yoga, a fresh perspective
Libby Hinsley, doctor of physical therapy and yoga therapist in Asheville, NC, joins Emily for a conversation about hypermobility in yoga practice. Highlights include: An explanation of what hypermobility is, how collagen works, and how we can recognize hypermobility in our bodies How to understand when hypermobility becomes is problematic De-emphasizing flexibility and aesthetics in modern postural yoga and taking our experience inward To learn more about Libby, visit her website: https://www.libbyhinsley.com/ Email Ron and Emily your thoughts at [email protected] Subscribe to our email list: http://eepurl.com/icOan9 Yoga with emily rex website: https://sites.google.com/view/emilyrexyoga/home
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58min
January 09, 202345. Sophia Phillips: Empowering women through doula work and yoga
Sophia Phillips, yoga teacher and doula in Asheville, NC, joins Emily and Ron for a conversation about women's wellness. Highlights include:
What a doula is and the integral role they can play in helping women through pregnancy and childbirth

How women can advocate for themselves in and outside of the wellness space

Creating community in prenatal yoga
You can follow Sophia on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/lemonblossombirthyoga. She also teaches at Hot Yoga Asheville, West Asheville Yoga, and Flow of Life Yoga.

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54min
January 02, 202344. Kati Buckner: Is it yoga or mindful movement? (A teacher's existential question.)
Kati Buckner, yoga teacher and lawyer in Charlotte, North Carolina, joins Ron and Emily to explore the existential question: Is it yoga or just mindful movement? Highlights include:
How Kati's relationship with yoga practice has been ever evolving

An interesting side conversation about the Yoga Alliance

Kati's exploration of being a yoga teacher versus being a movement instructor

What Kati's practice looks like now in light of the above reflections
To learn more about Kati, visit her website: https://www.yogawithkati.com/

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1h 12min
December 26, 202243. Bonus reply with Carey Sims: Intertwining yoga philosophy, religion, and adaptive yoga
To finish off 2022, here's a bonus replay of our most popular episode, the conversation Ron and I had with Carey Sims. Happy New Year!

Original show notes:
In this episode Ron and Emily talk with Carey Sims, yoga teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, about yoga philosophy, religion, and adaptive yoga. Carey shares how he weaves together these fields of practice and study into his work. Some highlights include:
How we can bring yoga ethics into our practice on and off the mat

A discussion of the religious aspects of modern yoga

Carey's approach to teaching adaptive yoga
For more information about Carey and his offerings (including a really thought provoking blog!), check out his website: https://www.careysims.com/

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1h 9min
December 19, 202242. Olivia Wilson Smith: Trauma-informed yoga for children in crisis
In our last episode of 2022, I talked with Olivia Wilson Smith, who I met a few months ago at a workshop with Nichol at the Ahava Yoga Collective. Olivia kindly offered to be a guest on the podcast to talk about her work teaching yoga to children at Youth Focus, a local organization that provides supportive housing to children, teens, and young adults who are at risk, in crisis, have run away, or experiencing homelessness. Highlights from our conversation include:
Olivia's yoga background and why she decided to become a yoga teacher.

Olivia's work as a social worker at Youth Focus.

How Olivia bridges traditional psychotherapy and yoga to make lasting impact on children's lives.

Olivia's perspective on trauma-informed therapy.
To learn more about Youth Focus, visit their website: https://www.youthfocus.org/

To learn more about Olivia's teaching at Ahava Collective, visit Ahava's website: https://ahava-collective.com/meet-our-team

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54min
December 12, 2022 41. Joyce Weingarten: Yoga with scoliosis and developing body awareness
In this episode, Emily talks with her mom about her mom's journey into yoga as a way to promote spinal health and develop body awareness. Highlights include:
Joyce's yoga beginnings taking a body awareness class
A fun discussion about leotards, leg warmers, and "slimnastics" in the 80s
Transitioning to practicing in a gym setting to a yoga studio in the 90s
Joyce's experience with scoliosis beginning in her teenage years and how yoga has been a part of maintaining spinal health
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43min
December 05, 202240. Nichol and Emily: Regulating the nervous system, balancing yoga with other exercise
In this episode, Nichol Walters of the Ahava Yoga Collective is back on the podcast to talk about regulating stress over the holidays. Highlights include:
A discussion about how yoga can help regulate the sympathetic nervous system

How both Nichol and Emily use other forms of exercise to manage stress

The importance of taking time for self-care during the holiday season

How to identify what type of self care you need

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1h 2min
November 28, 202239. Emily: Taking a reflective "time out" from asana
In this solo episode, Emily shares her reflections on taking a 3-week "time out" from her postural yoga practice. It's a shorty episode, so if you're looking for something longer after you listen to this one, here are some listener favorites and hidden gems that you might enjoy:
32. Carey Sims: Intertwining philosophy, religion, and adaptive yoga.

33. Sarah Flanders and Natalie Piet: exploring consciousness in yoga

15. Nichol Walters: recovery, yoga, and love

37. Blake Tedder: coming home to embodiment and working through trauma

23. Mindy Eisenberg: adaptive yoga, breathing, and everyday spirituality
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10min

FAQs about Yoga for real life:

How many episodes does Yoga for real life have?

The podcast currently has 78 episodes available.