Yoga unCorked Podcast

***Please note this is a personal account and not to be mistaken for medical advice***

Join Jeanie and Jenni, dear friends, as they discuss life after a surgical menopause from full hysterectomy including:

- Sex after menopause - "I felt like an almond"

- Is your spiritual love and power connected to your womb? If so what happens when it's removed?

- How "Fanny cream is like a facial for your fanny"

- Are you welcome in womb circles when you don't have a womb?

- Menopause or Metamorphosis? Your next chapter.

- Doing a ceremony on your womb to say goodbye.

Please seek trusted medical advice before using any pharmaceutical items mentioned in this episode.

References - Women who run with wolves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Who_Run_with_the_Wolves

Do you teach mainly women over 35?

Are you a women over 35?

Then listen to this!

In part 2 of our Menopause series Jeanie interviews Sally Parkes - Women's Yoga Specialist

Sally and Jeanie discuss:

- How hot flushes can be a way to burn up tamas (stagnant or 'manky' energy as Sally says) creating room for new ideas, creativity, healing.

- Sally's realisation "I'm probably over half way through my life and there really is no time to waste", how perimenopause has allowed her live better.

- Adaptations and focus points for 35+ yr old body pelvic floor or pelvic carriage.

- Are you postnatal or perimenopausal....or both!?

- The intense dreams and processing during perimenopause

- What can yoga teachers do to help those over 35/40 with their movement practice

- And so much more!

Connect with Sally and check out her upcoming trainings here: https://sallyparkesyoga.com/

If you have a womb then you need to listen to this episode.

If you know someone with a womb, you need to listen to this episode!

Join Jeanie as she goes on a deep dive into the hormonal shifts in the womb with Rachel Boon, exploring various stages, including Menopause.

We discuss:

- How Oestrogen is the Party Animal Twin ordering shots on a school night

- Progesterone is Sensible Twin ordering the Uber and carrying the high heels

- Why pooing is so important for our hormonal balance

- Perimenopause is like a second puberty

- Connections between the womb and our brain including the Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Ovarian Axis - Communication Super Highway

- Non hormonal Contraception

- Menopause is technically only 1 day!

- HRT - what's it all about?

- Herbs and foods for balancing hormones

- How Low Progesterone can mean more anxiety

References:

Rachel Boon - ⁠www.rachelboon.co.uk⁠ 

⁠Instagram: @naturopathherbalist⁠

⁠Facebook: @naturopathandherbalist⁠

Red school - https://www.redschool.net/

4,000 weeks - https://www.oliverburkeman.com/books

Clinical Psychologist Episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WtK5AFnGzu8NDNMgoaqDT?si=Q3XY6BQFTp2ETuW503GmNQ

Ananda's Episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ees2vx0Prw9M4mPavGLwI?si=CIE2MIFST_6YDZDhVp6w4g

Join us for a chat about Jeanie's most recent trip to India. We discuss:

- Should you say Namastae at the end of yoga class?

- Ashram life including the food and daily schedule

- What are the traditional clothes worn for yoga in India

- Why Jeanie loves the people

- We end with 4 traditional Mantras and you can practice them here yourself - https://youtu.be/rvmHXelZdEU 

Akhanda Yoga - https://akhandayoga.com/

Alchemy Collective: www.instagram.com/alchemycollective.ie 

Robbie was our first ever guest back in Season 1. We had so much to chat about, we invited him back on.

We discuss some wonderful topics:

- Do you only appreciate your body's health when you're sick?

- How the yogic path can lead you to deep place of autonomy within yourself so you're less affected by your interior world and instead you can affect the exterior world form a place of calm.

- Are we all responsible for our own feelings, but where do we stand when someone uses this to manipulate us?

- How the knife in the had of a surgeon is going to save a life but the knife in the hand of a murderer will take a life. Tools are only useful when used with awareness.

- The irony of the fact that yoga has become hijacked by the ego and is being used to further cement the ego. This is the opposite of what ALL yogic teachings were about.

- How we can get fixated on achieving things when the more important question is "what are you doing right now, for yourself and your community?"

- Are you always rehearsing for your future?

- Is nuance the new N word?  

- What states the mind goes through when it's thinking?

Join us for a deep dive into the Education of Yoga.

We discuss:

- We don't care about your qualifications, do you understand the majesty of movement?

- What to look for if you want to become a Yoga Teacher.

- What's the difference between a Yoga instructor vs a Yoga Teacher?

- Who are the head honchos in the Yoga Governing bodies and are they any craic?!

- Yoga Teacher Trainings are a privilage, let's be real!

- Jeanie talks about her upcoming trainings and her scholarship options.

Check out her trainings here: 

200hr for New Teachers -https://www.alchemyschoolofyoga.ie/yoga-teacher-training-courses/

25hr series for Yoga Teachers looking to devlelop their craft: https://www.alchemyschoolofyoga.ie/ytt-25hr-series/

We are back with our 4th Season. And we dive straight in with the most pressing topics...

- How lots of people think myself and Kelly are the same person.

- How there are more dead dogs :(

- Jeanie DOESN'T tell you what she did for New years!

- And we dissect the New year New you rhetoric that plagues January.

- Instead we share our dreams for 2023 and our word for the year.

- And Jeanie shares her fears of not being taken seriously as a yoga teacher without a studio.

Mary O Regan - potter and print maker - https://www.maryoreganpottery.com/

2 Norries podcast - https://twonorries.com/

Previous nude swimming - https://www.instagram.com/p/ChJ2NRMMFtL/

Our most popular episode of 2022 - Amy's episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Ki7Gummgo6owLhSC3wpR7?si=8c66a6d4d7184d74

Legs up the wall - video

Love and light confessionals - https://open.spotify.com/show/0MgJVyniDGAuulCtxVC3zX?si=589087196f284760

Conspirituality - https://open.spotify.com/show/2imIsM2NZRPpQvI56TLdM5?si=9669ad8eae3f498e

Living room logic - https://open.spotify.com/show/5F6GbSVNEvKTspQXY4iOBA?si=d4a9419926e44e07

We're back and we have a major catch up on what's been going on over the last few months and why we took a break.

College life, travel, YTTs in Greece, triplets separated at birth and not a whole lot of yoga chat, but a few giggles.

Some dose - https://www.instagram.com/some_dose/?hl=en

enneagram test 2s and 3s - https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test

Pre and Peri natal somatic psychology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R37u_CNg0lQ

Triplets seperated at birth Documentary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Identical_Strangers

Join us FINALLY getting to chat to Sarah Fox.

We discuss:

- The origin of the cream cracker!

- Lineage in Yoga and Early Irish Teachings

- Herbal Science and how smart plant and animals are

- Chinese hamsters and their ovaries

- Early Irish Cauldrons and wells of 5 streams

And we finish off with a beautiful Irish circle cast and breath meditation.

References:

https://www.sarahfox.ie/

https://www.oakandwillow.ie/

The Cosmic Serpent - Jeremy Narby: https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Cosmic-Serpent-Jeremy-Narby/9780753808511

Encyclopaedia Celtic Wisdom by Caitlin Matthews - https://www.bookdepository.com/Encyclopaedia-Celtic-Wisdom-Caitlin-Matthews/9780712611053

The Well of Five Streams - Erynn Rowan Laurie - https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Well-of-Five-Streams-Erynn-Rowan-Laurie/9780993237119

Deirdre Wadding - https://www.coiresois-schoolofirishspirituality.com/about

https://www.archeoastronomy.org/

https://mythicalireland.com/

Join us this week as we tease apart what Vinyasa Yoga means to each of us and how it makes us feel.

From the original traditional version to what we see being taught today. 

Kelly guides us through her understanding of it with beautiful imagery and authenticity. 

Jeanie tries to figure out was it where she was in her life, the style or the teacher.

Listen to find out!