By Josie Steedman
The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.
Dive into a conversation with myself, owner and founder of Yoga Local and member and Health Coach, Barbara Hallett where we:
PLUS
The truth on lemons, and other ways to use them, other than on your pancakes on Shrove Tuesday (February 16, 2021).
If you are preparing to add fasting to your healing routine or want to know more about seasonal cleansing jump on to this conversation.
Here are some links to some resources Barbara mentions in the podcast.
https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/diet/types-intermittent-fasting-which-best-you/ https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/6-ways-to-do-intermittent-fasting#TOC_TITLE_HDR_6 https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/lemon-recipes Many people will do well following a cleanse individually, while other find it helps to do it with a friend or partner. I think I need some support! So, if you want to join me on my 30 day Ayurvedic Cleanse starting March 1, 2021 email me [email protected] (Always seek advice from your GP or other health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition and before undertaking any diet, supplement, fitness of other health programme.)
Today we’re taking about two things.
Ahimisa and Veganuary.
Ahimisa is the yoga concept of ‘do no harm’ and something we’re working on this week a part of #takecare month. What that looks like in our home practice is making more use of blocks and straps, working into postures with compassion, not forcing, criticising, judging.
It’s also ‘Go Vegan in January’ month… or Veganuary.
According to an article in The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/05/veganuary-record-number-people-pledge-eat-vegan-food-january a record 500,000 have signed up to eat only plant-based foods for the month. 125,000 of them from the UK.
The reasons for cutting out meat include
If you look at how food companies, supermarkets, the media have responded to the groundswell of people seeking more sustainable, healthy, less harmful ways of eating, it seems pretty much everyone is accepting plant-based eating is a good path to walk down.
At last, more people are waking up to a new reality about where food comes from. They are checking up on how it’s sourced, how it’s raised, what’s it taken to get to their plate.
Organic has become a mainstream word and there’s plenty of studies out there that that say a more plant-based diet is good for us.
But does that mean meat is off the menu? And as a practice that promotes non-harm to all living things, does doing yoga have to mean a life without fish and chip Friday, fried eggs in the morning or a dairy ice cream at the seaside in the Summer?
Listen in to discover the 5 things that Ayurveda, the sister science to yoga, has taught me and guides my choices.
Namaste
JX
Want to join us in class? Visit www.yogalocal.co.uk to find out more about us and our full programme of online classes.
You know... that part that was your own, where you got to choose? Before the demands of others barged in.
Do you have a systematic plan? Or do you leave it to chance.
Do you choose to mindlessly flick through your phone, or do you choose to get up and mindfully move?
Maybe you think it’s hard to change your habits? You’ve tried before, it failed. It’s impossible! You tell yourself this often enough. Guess what! You’ll be right.
But just maybe you could think differently?
Maybe consider that your brain and your body are actually wired for change.
Think about it. Without realising we are assessing our environment for danger, safety. To go ahead, hold back. We’re choosing and changing all the time and adapting constantly.
So, ‘bad news’, that excuse of ‘I can’t change’ doesn’t wash! But also ‘good news’, because that ‘I can’t change’ excuse, doesn’t wash!
I say be ecstatic about that. Be ecstatic that you can change. Because now you just have to take some control back.
Before we go into the how, something else you could maybe think differently about is what yoga is and what a yoga practice that’s rooted in a 5,000 years old tradition, can offer you.
I’ve discovered that yoga is a practice that supports change and transformation. It’s a practice that moves you, soul driven, towards your most natural, best state or ‘Self’.
How? Through dedicated practice or (in yoga speak) Sadhana.
What’s that? Well a more contemporary sadhana is generally asana (yoga postures), pranayama (breath work), meditation, reading, reflection spiritual study. But you could start with anything that comes under a Self-care umbrella and just think of it as taking care of yourself.
It’s the repetition of sadhana that’s key here. We create the habit of coming back to something (our Self) again and again, and that works whether you’re trying to change a habit of move into an ‘enlightened’ state.
Something I want to recognise is how National Lockdown might be getting in the way of having a dedicated practice and therefore your commitment to take care of your Self.
Carving time out when there are so many distractions at home might seem impossible. There’s your phone, family, housework, work-work, emails, the next NetFlix series, TikTok, Insta, Facebook, the fridge!
It takes way more discipline to practice yoga at home or online too. There are the interruptions, noise, texts, kids.
You can’t physically get away to the studio, so you’ll need to summon up even more willpower to do what it takes to slow down enough to experience your Self aka (ask how you are and what you need to rebalance, restore, or grow).
What you need is a plan!Creating a plan that combines self-study and meaning to take care of your inner self and then carrying out that plan in a systematic way is called Kriya Yoga.
With this kind of yoga you start from wherever you are , and make one small step at a time, whether your mind is focused or distracted, towards your goal. You assess your current ability to be present and work with that. By simply paying attention we become aware of what is serving us (habits, actions, thoughts, feelings, emotions) and what isn’t and use that to bring us closer to who, or what or how we want to be, think, feel, or show up in the world.
That’s what a Yoga practice is and what it can offer. (Who knew?)
So now you know, ask yourself; what would having a dedicated practice mean for you? Who would you be if you kept and committed to the promises you made to yourself every day, not just New Years’?
Through January myself and the teaching team here at the Yoga Local Studio will be supporting and guiding you through these idea and concepts and in particular helping us all find the discipline and dedicated practices that will help us all #takecare of our Selves throughout 2021.
If you want to join us, sign up and make the commitment to start from wherever you are, and make those small steps, one at a time, to reach the goal you seek. And, just to be clear, it doesn’t have to be a spiritual goal, although at some point you’ll recognise whatever it is you seek, is what your Soul seeks too!
It is, after all, only natural. ;)
Ways to join us.1. Check out our website. www.yogalocal.co.uk and click timetable to find your next available yoga session (all online during lockdown).
2. Check out our next 4 Week Begin Course (Jan or Feb)
https://goteamup.com/p/2620513-yoga-local/courses/50865/
https://goteamup.com/p/2620513-yoga-local/courses/52162/
3. Check out our next returners,’ or beginners’ online class Begin | Again.
I’ve also created a workbook that uses many yoga concepts and practices to help us find health and wellbeing during lockdown.
You can sign up and begin your Week 1 plan here.
It’s totally FREE for all four weeks, with no commitment to joining us in an actual yoga class (although you’d be most welcome!).
All in your own time… start from where you are and build from that!
Namaste
Josie
To meticulously plan, or go with the flow? What’s best when it comes to starting your own business?
Is the blood, sweat and tears a necessary part of the doing-it-for yourself deal? What about pursuing a path of Least Effort?
Is that even possible?
I believe so, and I may have found the person to convince you, or at least get you thinking.
Because seems to me that the only sweat my next podcast guest chose to break when she left a teaching job to start her business is the kind that’s generated in the heat of a purple, 37-degree heated yoga pod.😆😅
I am delighted to introduce you to Alice Williams the proud owner of the Hotpod Yoga Franchise in Northampton, which just opened a few short months ago in September 2018.
Does she sweat the small stuff? I’m not even sure she sweats the big stuff. But, kidding aside, and without taking away any of her hard work, so far going with the flow has been a great game plan for her.
You will absolutely love this episode, especially if you’re looking for reminders that sometimes things can just fall into place.
Don’t forget… the beauty of a podcast is you can listen anytime, anywhere… so go ahead and jump into the conversation when you can.
Here’s a snapshot of some of the stuff you won’t want to miss.
SHOW NOTE TIMINGS
2:30 Let’s start inside the pod – what’s Hotpod Yoga actually like?
3:11 How Alice’s Hot Pod Franchise Journey got started.
5:04 Why Alice stepped out of a career in teaching.
5:30: The importance Alice places on supporting, nurturing and taking care of her people.
6:45: Creating a business and setting the priorities.
7:30 How the reality lives up to the dream, and why it’s all worth it.
9:00: How it all fell into place for Alice with a little hard work and a heap of detachment.
10:15: Going with the ‘Hot Pod’ Flow and how there was no plan.
12:20: But what is Alice’s business mission?
14:30: How the pod environment makes Yoga accessible for all.
15:50: Spirituality and Sanskrit and why it’s absent from a Hotpod Yoga practice.
17:30: How the flow works. Let’s talk about SWEAT!
18:50: Does practicing in the pod help you lose weight?
20:30: What’s in it for the blokes?
21:45: How does Alice escape the busyness of business.
22:50: Using yoga as a practice to support your sports, gym work and training.
25:50: Alice’s strategies for coping with a self-made life.
28:30 How Alice structures her working day and manages a 7-day working week.
31:30 Why, when you’re enjoying what you’re doing finding time to switch off can be a challenge.
33:00: How there’s no one size fits all, in doing yoga, life and business.
34:10: Finding your own secret sauce for running a business.
35:50: What do you think is Alice’s favourite yoga pose?
YOUR RESOURCES
Go to the Yoga Local website
Create space in your day with the Yoga Local Free Planner and Habit Tracker
Join the Yoga Local Tribe
Hotpod Yoga Northampton
I hope you enjoyed this episode. Please leave a review and share it out there so that others might get to hear it too. I’d love to hear which part of the conversation meant the most to you.
And of course, for more on how the practice of yoga can help you live the life you love, whether that’s running a business, managing your finances, or your home, hang out at my website www.yogalocal.co.uk or leave me your email to get news of upcoming blogs, articles and interviews straight to your inbox. My email is [email protected].
Before I go, if you’re ready to invest in yourself and your wellbeing, why not join me at a class, workshop or retreat in 2019?
You can find the latest details on my website but to make things super easy, I’ve left you a link to all you need in the show notes resources…
Thanks for listening.
Josie
I met Cameron at a business networking event. He’s a financial advisor, owner of Northampton-based, New England Financial Services and, (sorry Cameron), but he was the absolute last bloke in a busy room of local business owners that I thought I’d connect with. I guess, there were no used car salesmen around that day. At least I don’t think there were…just kidding…but you get my drift.
And, oh, how lovely to be proved so, so wrong.
You see, Cameron isn’t like any finance guy that I’ve ever met (granted I’ve not met so many, but this is why I think so).
Cameron is a financial advisor who inspires his clients to find happiness before wealth. I know!!?
Don’t believe me? Check out his posts on Linked In… they’re great. One asks me if I’ve had my mushrooms, today he’s posting about National Fitness Day and how he loves to walk his dog. Every Monday he’s promoting mindfulness through his Mindful Monday posts and you’ll find him starting conversations on everything from music, to art, philosophy and observing habits. He is truly what I call a ‘Yogi-in-Business’, so I had to get him on this podcast obviously and find out more…
Whatever your financial picture, you need to listen to this episode.
Don’t forget… the beauty of a podcast is you can listen anytime, anywhere… so go ahead and jump into the conversation.
Here’s a snapshot of some of the stuff you won’t want to miss.
Show Timeline
[0:00] Why finance and wellbeing are one and the same.
[1:00] Cameron’s life plan approach that works his clients towards happiness and personal wellbeing.
[2.00] Removing the stress from finances.
[3:00] Why Cameron’s less interested in your numbers and more interested in who you are, where you are, where you want to go and how you’re feeling.
[4:00] What working in HR taught Cameron about happy people being more effective at work, and how his love of psychology and experience in clinical hypnotherapy has overlapped into both his professional and personal life.
[7.00] The Attitudes to Happiness and Purpose Profile.
[9:00] How financial planning has changed his client’s lives.
[11:00] Cameron’s wellbeing practice, how mindfulness helps him and why it works.
[13:00] Going back to maths school, and how the greatest moment of his life was when calculus made sense.
[14:00] How every life experience creates your path.
[15:00] Cameron’s prickly take on working hours.
[19:00] Why you don’t have to have money to benefit from Cameron’s services.
[22:00] Finding flexibility within goal setting and working in partnership.
[23:00] Where are most people going wrong with their financial planning? And why it’s not their fault.
[25:00] Transforming wellbeing through finance.
[27:00] Turning a strong financial position into a fulfilling lifestyle plan.
[29:00] The privilege of taking people on a life journey.
[30:00] What to do if you’re struggling with financial planning. Forest bathing anyone?
[31:20] How Cameron’s happiest client lives on £12K a year.
[32:00] What it would cost you to buy your current state pension.
[35:00] Quick fire questions.
YOUR RESOURCES
www.yogalocal.co.uk
http://www.newenglandfinance.co.uk
Simplicite How to Live More With Less Dominque Loreau:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lart-Simplicité-English-Live-More-ebook/dp/B017KE592W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537989467&sr=8-1&keywords=the+art+of+simple+living+dominique
Winter Wellness Retreat:
https://www.yogalocal.co.uk/courses-and-classes/winter-woodland-wellness-retreat/
Yoga Local Newsletter Subscription Form:
https://www.facebook.com/YogaLocal/app/100265896690345/
JOIN THE YOGA LOCAL CONVO
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/YogaLocal/
Instagram @yogalocaluk
Twitter @yogalocal
I hope you enjoyed this episode. For more on how the practice of yoga can help you live the life you love, whether that’s running a business, managing your finances, or your home, hang out at my website www.yogalocal.co.uk or sign up to my newsletter to get upcoming blogs, articles and interviews straight to your inbox.
And, if you’re ready to invest in yourself and your wellbeing, join me on retreat at St Nectan’s Glen in North Cornwall from November 23 to 26, 2018.
You can find all the details on my website www.yogalocal.co.uk but to make things super easy, I’ve left you a link to that incredible event in the show notes.
I met Cameron at a business networking event. He’s a financial advisor, owner of Northampton based, New England Financial Services and, (sorry Cameron), but he was the absolute last bloke in a busy room of local business owners that I thought I’d connect with. I guess, there were no used car salesmen around that day. At least I don’t think there were…just kidding…but you get my drift.
And, oh, how lovely to be proved so, so wrong.
You see, Cameron isn’t like any finance guy that I’ve ever met (granted I’ve not met so many, but this is why I think so).
Cameron is a financial advisor who inspires his clients to find happiness before wealth. I know!!?
Don’t believe me? Check out his posts on Linked In… they’re great. One asks me if I’ve had my mushrooms, today he’s posting about National Fitness Day and how he loves to walk his dog. Every Monday he’s promoting mindfulness through his Mindful Monday posts and you’ll find him starting conversations on everything from music, to art, philosophy and observing habits. He is truly what I call a ‘Yogi-in-Business’, so I had to get him on this podcast obviously and find out more…
Whatever your financial picture, you need to listen to this episode.
Don’t forget… the beauty of a podcast is you can listen anytime, anywhere… so go ahead and jump into the conversation.
Here’s a snapshot of some of the stuff you won’t want to miss.
Show Timeline
[0:00] Why finance and wellbeing are one and the same.
[1:00] Cameron’s life plan approach that works his clients towards happiness and personal wellbeing.
[2.00] Removing the stress from finances.
[3:00] Why Cameron’s less interested in your numbers and more interested in who you are, where you are, where you want to go and how you’re feeling.
[4:00] What working in HR taught Cameron about happy people being more effective at work, and how his love of psychology and experience in clinical hypnotherapy has overlapped into both his professional and personal life.
[7.00] The Attitudes to Happiness and Purpose Profile.
[9:00] How financial planning has changed his client’s lives.
[11:00] Cameron’s wellbeing practice, how mindfulness helps him and why it works.
[13:00] Going back to maths school, and how the greatest moment of his life was when calculus made sense.
[14:00] How every life experience creates your path.
[15:00] Cameron’s prickly take on working hours.
[19:00] Why you don’t have to have money to benefit from Cameron’s services.
[22:00] Finding flexibility within goal setting and working in partnership.
[23:00] Where are most people going wrong with their financial planning? And why it’s not their fault.
[25:00] Transforming wellbeing through finance.
[27:00] Turning a strong financial position into a fulfilling lifestyle plan.
[29:00] The privilege of taking people on a life journey.
[29:54] What to do if you’re struggling with financial planning. Forest bathing anyone?
[31:20] How Cameron’s happiest client lives on £12K a year.
[32:00] What it would cost you to buy your current state pension.
[35:00] Quick fire questions.
YOUR RESOURCES
www.yogalocal.co.uk
http://www.newenglandfinance.co.uk
Simplicite How to Live More With Less Dominque Loreau
://www.amazon.co.uk/Lart-Simplicité-English-Live-More-ebook/dp/B017KE592W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537989467&sr=8-1&keywords=the+art+of+simple+living+dominique
https://www.yogalocal.co.uk/courses-and-classes/winter-woodland-wellness-retreat/
Yoga Local Newsletter Subscription Form:
https://www.facebook.com/YogaLocal/app/100265896690345/
JOIN THE YOGA LOCAL CONVO
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/YogaLocal/
Instagram @yogalocaluk
Twitter @yogalocal
I hope you enjoyed this episode. For more on how the practice of yoga can help you live the life you love, whether that’s running a business, managing your finances, or your home, hang out at my website www.yogalocal.co.ukor leave me your email to get news of upcoming blogs, articles and interviews straight to your inbox.
And, if you’re ready to invest in yourself and your wellbeing, join me on retreat at St Nectan’s Glen in North Cornwall from November 23 to 26, 2018.
You can find all the details on my website www.yogalocal.co.ukbut to make things super easy, I’ve left you a link to that incredible event in the show notes.
I met Cameron at a business networking event. He’s a financial advisor, owner of Northampton based, New England Financial Services and, (sorry Cameron), but he was the absolute last bloke in a busy room of local business owners that I thought I’d connect with. I guess, there were no used car salesmen around that day. At least I don’t think there were…just kidding…but you get my drift.
And, oh, how lovely to be proved so, so wrong.
You see, Cameron isn’t like any finance guy that I’ve ever met (granted I’ve not met so many, but this is why I think so).
Cameron is a financial advisor who inspires his clients to find happiness before wealth. I know!!?
Don’t believe me? Check out his posts on Linked In… they’re great. One asks me if I’ve had my mushrooms, today he’s posting about National Fitness Day and how he loves to walk his dog. Every Monday he’s promoting mindfulness through his Mindful Monday posts and you’ll find him starting conversations on everything from music, to art, philosophy and observing habits. He is truly what I call a ‘Yogi-in-Business’, so I had to get him on this podcast obviously and find out more…
Whatever your financial picture, you need to listen to this episode.
Don’t forget… the beauty of a podcast is you can listen anytime, anywhere… so go ahead and jump into the conversation.
Here’s a snapshot of some of the stuff you won’t want to miss.
Show Timeline
[0:00] Why finance and wellbeing are one and the same.
[1:00] Cameron’s life plan approach that works his clients towards happiness and personal wellbeing.
[2.00] Removing the stress from finances.
[3:00] Why Cameron’s less interested in your numbers and more interested in who you are, where you are, where you want to go and how you’re feeling.
[4:00] What working in HR taught Cameron about happy people being more effective at work, and how his love of psychology and experience in clinical hypnotherapy has overlapped into both his professional and personal life.
[7.00] The Attitudes to Happiness and Purpose Profile.
[9:00] How financial planning has changed his client’s lives.
[11:00] Cameron’s wellbeing practice, how mindfulness helps him and why it works.
[13:00] Going back to maths school, and how the greatest moment of his life was when calculus made sense.
[14:00] How every life experience creates your path.
[15:00] Cameron’s prickly take on working hours.
[19:00] Why you don’t have to have money to benefit from Cameron’s services.
[22:00] Finding flexibility within goal setting and working in partnership.
[23:00] Where are most people going wrong with their financial planning? And why it’s not their fault.
[25:00] Transforming wellbeing through finance.
[27:00] Turning a strong financial position into a fulfilling lifestyle plan.
[29:00] The privilege of taking people on a life journey.
[29:54] What to do if you’re struggling with financial planning. Forest bathing anyone?
[31:20] How Cameron’s happiest client lives on £12K a year.
[32:00] What it would cost you to buy your current state pension.
[35:00] Quick fire questions.
YOUR RESOURCES
www.yogalocal.co.uk
http://www.newenglandfinance.co.uk
Simplicite How to Live More With Less Dominque Loreau
://www.amazon.co.uk/Lart-Simplicité-English-Live-More-ebook/dp/B017KE592W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537989467&sr=8-1&keywords=the+art+of+simple+living+dominique
https://www.yogalocal.co.uk/courses-and-classes/winter-woodland-wellness-retreat/
Yoga Local Newsletter Subscription Form:
https://www.facebook.com/YogaLocal/app/100265896690345/
JOIN THE YOGA LOCAL CONVO
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/YogaLocal/
Instagram @yogalocaluk
Twitter @yogalocal
I hope you enjoyed this episode. For more on how the practice of yoga can help you live the life you love, whether that’s running a business, managing your finances, or your home, hang out at my website www.yogalocal.co.ukor leave me your email to get news of upcoming blogs, articles and interviews straight to your inbox.
And, if you’re ready to invest in yourself and your wellbeing, join me on retreat at St Nectan’s Glen in North Cornwall from November 23 to 26, 2018.
You can find all the details on my website www.yogalocal.co.ukbut to make things super easy, I’ve left you a link to that incredible event in the show notes.
https://www.yogalocal.co.uk/courses-and-classes/winter-woodland-wellness-retreat/
See you next time.
Josie X
The Business in a Box. A dream come true?
Featuring conscious skin care tips from Tropic Ambassador, Sam Cunningham.
How’s this sound? Be your own boss, with a product or service you passionately believe in. You get to work your own hours, be supported by positive, uplifting people. And earn a great income on your own terms?
A tad far-fetched? Too good to be true?
That’s what we’ll be exploring in this week’s podcast with guest, Sam Cunningham, who told me it’s not only possible, it’s actually her dream come true. And it could be yours maybe?
Now Sam knows her stuff. She’s quite frankly no stranger to running a business. At 24 and newly-wed, she went all in with her husband as a Specsavers franchisee. But 20 years on, and that business successfully sold on – she’s begun following a new entrepreneurial passion. She’s an ambassador for the natural cruelty-free skin care range that I came across just recently, called Tropic.
Today’s podcast takes us on Sam’s self-made journey and she introduces us to a Social Selling Business Platform that is said to be empowering women all over the country to start their own business.
Keep listening to hear all about social selling, why and how to be more conscious when it comes to your skin care routine and learn more about the products that fired up Lord Alan Sugar enough to invest in the beauty business.
This one is indulgent…go on pamper yourself with a podcast…
See you in there.
[2:25] The Leap of Faith. Making quick decisions and listening to your dad.
[4.25] The test to relationships.
[5:25} How necessity and shared desire can drive success.
[7:00] It doesn’t have to be stressful, but self-care can slip.
[7:35] When something has to give.
[8:00] Sam’s decision to leave the business.
[8:30] The launch into skincare and the Tropics Social Selling proposition.
[9:25] How Susie Ma and Alan Sugar empower women to run their own business.
[10:25] Sam’s Sister in Law’s skin transformation.
[11:15] Being a Tropic Ambassador – are you really running your own show?
[14:25] The business in a box idea.
[16:45] The Tropic product and it’s conscious credentials.
[19:25] Your skin and how it relates to your wellbeing.
[20:45] Sam’s advice on how we can all adopt a more conscious skin care routine.
[21:25] How to become a label detective. Cosmetic ingredients and the ones to watch.
[23:15] Past your sell by? Why shelf-life matters.
[24:25] Time to clean up your skin care? Here’s what you replace first.
[25:25] Skin care as self-care – not to mention caring for animals and the environment.
[26:45] Step into the sun. Your summer wellbeing sewn up.
[27:35] The chemical that is killing our ocean life.
[29:45] How a Tropic product helps you make the more conscious choice.
[32:00] Sam’s advice on how we can support a good skin care routine with other healthy habits.
[31:25] The Tropics product that delivers a shot of greens to your face.
[32:45] Back to becoming an ambassador. What’s it really like and the benefits? Aligning with your core values.
[35:45] Lightening round questions
I hope you enjoy this episode. Before you go, a reminder that I’m now taking bookings for my first Yogis In Business Live Event.
On this retreat you will get time to unplug, reconnect and supercharge your health and the health of your business. There will be mediation, some gentle yoga, nourishing food and a chance to connect with other Yogi’s in Business who have a passion to serve at their best.
So, don’t keep goals for being healthy and happy on your to do list. Let’s get it done, together. I invite you to become the CEO of your health at the Yogis In Business Work Shavasana. Grab a pen, here come the date, time and venue. Friday June 29, 2018 from 10am to 3pm at Great Houghton Village Hall, Northampton..
All the details can be found at my website www.yogalocal.co.uk and on the Yoga Local Facebook page.
Please go and check this event out now and come back to me to book.
Josie XX
Why are retreats good for you and your business?
Wellness and self-care are just like any other investment. But if you question if it’s worth paying hard-earned cash for, let me help.
Retreats are the topic of this week’s podcast which is sponsored by my upcoming event The Yogis In Business Work Shavasana. This event is a mini yoga and wellness retreat designed to help you stop, to become unstoppable. You’ll learn to meditate, do easy yoga, eat clean and get clear on your goals in this all-in-one workshop. It’s on Friday June 29 from 10am to 3pm in Great Houghton, Northamptonshire. And you can find out more on my website https://www.yogalocal.co.uk/courses-and-classes/yogis-business-live-event-work-shavasana/or over on Facebook.
But back to today’s podcast and guest, Director of Homefield Grange Wellness Retreat and Spa, Suzanne Peck.
Suzanne has joined me to not only share her own amazing and inspiring entrepreneurial journey from fitness instructor to retreat owner, but she’s also going to pass on some great wisdom on the art of ‘exhaling’ to ‘inhale’ and taking time out to reveal the ‘bigger picture’.
So please, listen in and get an expert take on the expectation of multi-tasking, the conditioning of doing, doing, doing, people pleasing and so much more. You are going to love this…settle in, breathe and enjoy.
Don’t forget… the beauty of a podcast is you can listen anytime, anywhere… so what are you waiting for?
Here’s a glimpse of some of the stuff you won’t want to miss.
Show Timeline
[0:00] The Homefield Grange Story
[2:00] Suzanne’s first retreat
[3:00] Seven years later…
[4:31] The importance of immersion.
[6:00] What happens when you’re powered by passion
[9:00] Going ‘all in’. Making a gamble.
[11:30] The fear of living in regret.
[13:30] What happens when your ‘baby’ of a business grows arms and legs.
[14:15] Getting out of the weeds
[16:11] The benefits of a mentor and a dog!
[17:50] How a clean diet helps you cope with the challenges and demands of having a business.
[18:00] Yoga and other strategies for self-care. Why not to rely on the short-term fixes.
[19:00] What clean living looks like for Suzanne and the importance of mindful eating.
[21:30] A warning! When you can’t nourish yourself, you cannot sustain any vision for a business or being an entrepreneur.
[22:00] The expectation of multi-tasking and the conditioning of doing, doing, doing.
[22:52] The problem with people pleasing.
[25:00] Why retreat?
[29:00] Making the most of a retreat. The problem with over-connection.
[31:00] How often does Suzanne retreat?
[33:00] It’s the small things practiced daily that have the power.
[37:00] Lightening round questions. What’s Suzanne’s favourite self-care product
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Josie XX
What’s possible for you? Do you ever question your potential? When you next doubt what you’re capable of, I want you to think about my guest ö-Sel Nyima who rebuilt herself after a near fatal accident and then went on to build a business.
ö-Sel was 25 when she was hit by a car. Almost every bone in her body was broken and her arm so badly damaged doctors considered amputation. She should have died. Instead she spent months in hospital nursing her many injuries, including a brain injury which had left her with amnesia and no sense of test or smell.
After a year of physiotherapy she was signed off by the health service, but in her own words she still ‘walked like a badly engineered robot’ and her senses had not recovered. For ö-Sel, a practicing buddhist and meditator, that was simply not good enough.
So, she undertook to rehab herself.
Yoga has taught me so much about the mindbody connection and our considerable capacity to heal so it’s great to hear ö-Sel talk more about this in today’s podcast.
Tune in to hear about the mixture of practices that helped with her FULL and miraculous recovery, and how she now helps others discover their own inner healer through her business Clearlight Bodymind Awareness.
Here’s a glimpse of some of the stuff you won’t want to miss.
Show Timeline
[0:39] All about the accident.
[3:15] ö-Sel’s first steps to healing and the Buddhist mediation practices that were responsible for gaining her memory and sense of smell.
[5:00] What was going on? Why Osel believed the practices worked.
[7:00] The other practices that were responsible for her recovery, including the Feldenkrais Method.
[7:46] How does the Feldenkrais method work?
[9:00] The passion for teaching that come as a result of her miraculous journey back to fitness and how her business was born.
[11:00] Going stateside to train as a Pilates Instructor and her four years of training in the Feldenkrais method.
[12:42] Her experience of running a business in New York and never being short of clients.
[13:41] Who can benefit from the Feldenkrais method?
[14:30] What to expect from your first session.
[16:00] The practice of getting still and witnessing.
[17:00] A magical method of choreographed movement.
[21:58] Coming home to the UK and the challenges of rebuilding a business from scratch.
[23:00] ö-Sel’s take on the importance of being visible in your business.
[25:00] The one self-care practice ö-Sel always does every day.
[27:00] Meditation. Something you can do walking your dog in Becketts Park.
[32:11] The Sounder Asleep System and the Sufi, Buddhist and yoga practices that tackle insomnia.
[35:00] How the brain changes when you develop your awareness.
[35:30] One story of how to apply a mindbody practice in business meetings.
[36:40] The many ways you can reach out and learn more about ö-Sel’s and the Feldenkrais method.
One more thing before you go, a reminder that I’m now taking bookings for my first Yogis In Business Live Event.
On this mini yoga retreat/workshop you will get time to unplug, reconnect and supercharge your health and the health of your business. There will be mediation, some gentle yoga, nourishing food and a chance to connect with other Yogi’s in Business who have a passion to serve at their best.
So, don’t keep goals for being healthy and happy on your to do list. Let’s get it done, together. I invite you to become the CEO of your health at the Yogis In Business Work Shavasana. Grab a pen, here come the date, time and venue. Friday June 29, 2018 from 10am to 3pm at Great Houghton Village Hall, Northampton..
All the details can be found at my website www.yogalocal.co.uk and on the Yoga Local Facebook page.
Please go and check this event out now and come back to me to book.
Josie XX
I read today that women are a third less likely than men to start a business.
This week’s YIB podcast guest, Sheena Shah, is running two and holding down a job as an Optometrist. Pretty impressive right? (Smashed that stat💪).
In this incredibly open conversation, Sheena talks about her passion to help people take their lives from where they are to where they want them to be and how she’s successfully grown her Pure and Raw Goodies business by word-of-mouth and a Facebook page.
She also reveals her ultimate purpose – to inspire her two young girls to become strong, successful, independent women. (Job done Sheena🙏👍🏼)
They say everything happens for a reason and we reveal the quirk of fate or moment of synchro destiny that caused our paths to cross on this podcast. But thanks to that particular correlation of the universe the stars have stacked right in time for Sheena to join me for the launch of the first Yogis In Business Live Event on June 29, 2018.
I’ve called it the Yogis in Business Work Shavasanaand it will be the event for any self-starter, side-gig hustler, business-owner or entrepreneur looking to pursue their business dreams and serve others, with a mind, body and soul equipped for the job.
Together Sheena and I are hosting this ultimate networking, goal setting, life supporting workshop where you get time to
You’ll enjoy mediation, some gentle yoga, nourishing food (prepared by Sheena) and connect with other Yogi’s in Business who have a passion to serve at their best.
There’s more details on that here so loop back to this link when you’re done listening to Sheena’s story. Grab a pen, you’ll need to take notes for this one. Enjoy.
Show Timeline - The takeaways you don’t want to miss.[0:22] Introducing Sheena, Optometrist, Life and Wellbeing Coach and owner of Pure and Raw Food Goodies.
[3:38] Eating clean and how she makes it work for her family.
[5:00] Identifying daily food errors.
[5:54] Superfoods – what are they?
[6:00] Cacao and nourishing home-made chocolate bars that kids love.
[6:54] What are anti-oxidants?
[7:49] What veg to add to smoothies (if you don’t like the taste)?
[9:30] Do you know what to do, but you just don’t do it. Get Sheena’s advice.
[11:41] Fuel your health, fuel your business. Learn about the adaptogens in food that can help balance mood and health.
[13:43] Sheena’s take on ‘you are what you eat’.
[16:52] The importance of passion and service.
[20:00] The two biggest barriers to following your dreams.
[22:44] Sheena’s Yoga Routine.
[25:00] How we met.
[27:32] The Yogis In Business Work Shavasana – workshop details.
[29:49] How Sheena spins her many wheels and how to be ok with things not working out.
[34:23] Sheena’s why.
[36:00] The value of connecting with others who are going through or have been through similar business challenges.
[39:59]. A final word on the YIB Work Shavasana.
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DID YOU LIKE IT? THERE'S MORE!I hope you enjoyed this episode. For more on how the practice of yoga can help you live the life you love, whether that’s running a business, running a marathon, or evening running your home, leave me your email on the opt in form (find it at the bottom of the Yoga Local Homepage) to get news of upcoming blogs, articles and interviews straight to your inbox. And, if you want to connect and meet up with people just like Sheena, be one of the first to sign up for the ‘Yogis in Business’ Work Shavasana. You can reach me at [email protected].
Josie XX
#4 Yogis In Business. Doing business with heart. How to set boundaries and be a heart-centred entrepreneur. With homeopath Lisa Shefchick.
Josie here and I’m back on the podcast talking to homeopath, Lisa Shefchick who spends her days bringing health and balance into people’s lives and empowering women through birth.
Our conversation got me picturing a scene from the original Superman movie.
Perhaps I’m showing my age, but you’ll know it. It’s the one when Superman catches Lois from a death fall declaring ‘I got you’, and she says right back: 'You got me? Who’s got you?'.
I love that movie (Lois Lane was the reason I wanted to work in newspapers – or maybe it was the possibility of meeting my Superman…oh dear). Hmmm, enough about that, in this moment it’s a way to remind us all that when your caring for others or running a heart-centered business it’s easy to put your own health, happiness and wellbeing at the back of the queue.
Lisa tackles the subject beautifully in this episode of YIB and kindly offers her own tips on creating an ideal working week, managing clients, and controlling email.
There’s that, and so much more. You’ll have to tune in to get the rest.
Find some space, give yourself permission to pause (yeah, I know, time’s scarce when you’re running your own show). No excuses. This is a podcast, so you can download the audio and listen while you’re doing something else if you must, but you’ll really not want to miss it.
Join us now. Once you’re done, please share with anyone who might need to hear the many messages inside. Oh…and if you have some of your own tips and tricks let us know. Keep the Yogi in Business world turning...keep caring, keep serving.
Josie. #YogiInBusiness X
Show Timeline – The takeaways you don’t want to miss.
[2:45] The difference between homeopathy and conventional medicine.
[3:00] Union and treating the individual as a whole.
[4:45] How strength comes from understanding who you are.
[5:00] The stress factor. Is everything down to stress?
[6:00] Why Lisa recommends yoga as part of the solution to whole health and wellbeing.
[6:36] The evolution of Lisa’s own yoga journey.
[8:30} The power of the breath, present moment awareness and how she’s teaching that in hypnobirthing and life.
[12:00] All about the ‘badge of honour’ to be busy.
[14:49] How yoga and meditation help with business.
[15:35] The challenges in Lisa’s business and how she has learned to set boundaries.
[16:20] How she sets out her ideal working week, manages her clients and controls email.
[17:20] How it’s hard to be firm when you’re in the business of caring.
[18:25] What Lisa’s self-care looks like. Does she see a homeopath? How big is homeopathy as part of her family’s life?
[22:50] How food can help us all heal.
[25:25] Explaining the why underneath everything and how awareness holds the key to making changes.
[32:00] How Lisa believes the minority changes thing in the end because they are the ones challenging the status quo.
[35:00] The power to consciously choose your thoughts and put them on like a piece of clothing.
[36:10] How you create your life with every thought, the power of intention and how it all comes back to yoga.
[38:20] Quick questions.
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I hope you enjoyed this episode. For more on how the practice of yoga can help you live the life you love, whether that’s running a business, running a marathon, or evening running your home, hang out at my website www.yogalocal.co.ukor leave me your email to get news of upcoming blogs, articles and interviews straight to your inbox. And, if you want to connect and meet up with people just like Lisa or any of other of my podcast guests, be one of the first to join our closed Facebook group ‘Yogis in Business’. Email me and I’ll keep you posted on the launch. You can reach me at [email protected].
See you next time.
Josie XX
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