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On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Kapha Balancing Movement PracticeIf you wish you were more energized, vibrant and flowing through life with ease, this practice is for you.Kapha season is the time of year when the energy around us tends to get heavier, slower, and wetter as late winter shifts into spring. The elements of earth and water mix together to create mud. This energy will affect your mind, body, energy and spirit, and today's practice will bring balance and harmony back in your system by cultivating movement, lightness and heat. I've used this practice with clients who experience:2025-03-1002 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Reharmonizing Movement PracticeIf you ever feel out of sync with yourself and the world, this practice is for you. Thi Reharmonizing Spanda practice is designed to release overwhelm, recalibrate your energy, and rediscover your natural harmony. Through guided movement, breath, and somatic awareness, this practice offers a pathway to reconnect with your body, process pent-up tension, and step back into your authentic flow. I've used this practice with clients who feel: ✨ overwhelm✨ disconnected✨ emotionally or energetically stuck✨ emotionally burnout from attuning to others' needs or abso...2025-02-0302 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastSensitivity, Nervous System, and Your Breath, with Erika BelangerToday, we're diving into the connection between sensitivity, the nervous system, and your breath through the lens of highly sensitive people (HSPs). You'll discover how your sensitivity is intricately linked to your nervous system and why your breath is the key to finding greater calm, clarity and balance in your life.We'll explore common challenges HSPs face, like overwhelm, emotional reactivity, and feeling perpetually on edge. More importantly, you'll learn how tuning into your body's cues and cultivating a relationship with your breath can help you shift from survival mode into thriving. By...2025-01-2748 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Psychogenic Tremor PracticeIf you ever feel like stress or tension is stuck in your body and you just can’t shake it off, this practice is for you. The Psychogenic Tremor practice is designed to gently release built-up tension, ease stress, and create a sense of calm and grounding. Through guided somatic movements that activate your body’s natural shaking response, this practice helps you reset your nervous system, let go of what you’ve been holding onto, and feel lighter and more at ease. I've used this practice with clients who feel:✨ c...2025-01-0603 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastFeel It to Heal It (Part 5-Shame), with Erika BelangerBy learning to feel your shame more fully, you'll be able to be yourself more authentically and access more joy in your life. Hiding your emotional self unintentionally disconnects you from who you are and turns down the volume on all your emotions. But everything changes when you give yourself permission to feel, and discover that it's not as scary as you think.I share the process I use with coaching clients to help them shift out of shame and into a place of presence. Learn what shame really is, how it affects...2024-12-0953 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | My Clients’ Favorite Gratitude PracticeIf you love gratitude practices, this might be a new very powerful way to connect to this emotion, and If you’re highly sensitive and you’ve struggled to connect authentically to gratitude practices in the past, this practice if for youThis is my client’s favorite way to connect to gratitude and truly experience it in their body. You can also use this format with any positive high-vibration emotion you want to experience more fully in your life.If you are trying to experience gratitude without involving the body, your efforts to cha...2024-12-0203 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Releasing Pent-up Energy You Picked up from Other People During HolidaysIf you suddenly feel drained, weighed down, sad, or anxious without knowing why after a family gathering, if you experience unexpected aches, tightness, or tiredness during holiday get-togethers, or you find yourself overthinking other people’s problems or wondering how to help everyone around you, or even if you sense the needs and moods of everyone and try to accommodate without them asking... today’s practice is for you.Whether it’s family dinners, office parties, or cozy moments with friends, the holidays can make it even harder to tell where others’ energy stops and yours begins.2024-11-0403 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastFeel It to Heal It (Part 4 - Overwhelm ), with Erika BelangerThe first step in overcoming overwhelm is to understand what it is and how it feels in your body. By learning to recognize overwhelm, you can start to regulate your nervous system and manage stress more effectively. Join me to dive deep into the physical sensations of overwhelm and explore how to process this intense emotion in a healthy way.In this episode, I share the exact process I use with coaching clients to help them overcome overwhelm. As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), you may be more prone to overwhelm than the...2024-10-1452 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Simple Touch MeditationIf you experience a lot of worry or anxiety, or you’re always replaying in your head what happened, or always thinking about what needs to be done or what might happen in the future today’s practice is for you.A lot of my coaching client find TOUCH to be a really resourcing sense to turn to when orienting, creating inner safety, or widening their capacity for processing uncomfortable emotions and deal with challenges, so I thought I would share one of my favorite, super simple touch meditation practice.I’ve used this w...2024-10-0703 min
Master Your Yoga Teaching with MaKenzie FlySensitivity as a Superpower & Secrets to Spiritual Hygiene w/ Erika BelangerDo you feel “not enough” and “too much” at the same time? This week Erika Belanger, host of On and Off Your Mat Yoga Podcast, shares spiritual hygiene practices for the big feelers out there. We chat about: ⚡ What is an HSP?😃 How, more often than not, yoga teachers are HSPs📦 4 boxes of practices to maintain your spiritual hygiene. These boxes will make it easy to identify not only what you’re feeling, but how to care for yourself.🙏 Super specific somatic practices to infuse into your yoga sequences and classes😰 Unpacking big emotions, like anxiety and overwh...2024-09-1854 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastFeel It to Heal It (Part 3 - Sadness), with Erika BelangerIf you feel sluggish, drained of energy, and experience a lingering sense of emptiness or a hollow ache in your heart, today’s episode is for you. As Highly Sensitive People (HSP), we often wish we didn’t feel so deeply, so we tend to repress our emotions, leading to outbursts of tears. This makes it difficult to identify whether we’re actually feeling sad, angry, disappointed, ashamed, and so on.Tune in this week to discover how to feel your sadness so you can heal it. I discuss how truly feeling your sadnes...2024-09-1648 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | High Vibes PracticeIf you want to raise your frequency to uplift your mood and energy, improve your emotional and mental well-being, connect more deeply with your higher self, intuition, or a sense of universal consciousness, or even align yourself with the energies of abundance, love, and success for example so you can manifest more of what you desire, today’s practice is for you.Visualization is a powerful tool for raising your vibration because it engages the mind, emotions, and energy in a focused way that aligns you with higher frequencies and allows you to be very gentle....2024-09-0202 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Jaw Release PracticeIf you have regular headaches, pain in your face, neck or shoulders, ear problems, teeth sensitivity, clicking or popping in your jaw, you might have chronic jaw pain or even TMJ and this practice is for you.Learning how to improve your posture and your breath and how to process emotions like anger and anxiety can help prevent pain, and learning how to release and massage your jaw can help you deal with the symptoms.This somatic practice is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast...2024-08-0502 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastGetting to the Root Cause of Your Anxiety, with Erika BelangerInstead of putting band-aids on your anxiety, forcing yourself to calm down, or ignoring what you're feeling altogether, it's time to take a deeper look at your brain. You can leverage the power of your brain to start creating change directly, instead of only treating the symptoms of your anxiety. This work is transformational, and it starts here.Tune in this week to finally get to the root cause of your anxiety. I share how to start uncovering what in your life is really causing your anxiety, and you'll learn a powerful protocol...2024-07-2246 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Heart Womb Breath MeditationIf you want to reconnect with your feminine energy, support yourself lovingly in menstruation or cultivate more inner harmony when you’re feeling emotional, this practice is for you.Whether you have a physical womb or not, you can work with these centers of energy to create sexual healing, self-love and self-care.Learning how to come home to yourself in this way can also be supportive on a fertility journey or during pregnancy. This breath-based meditation is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium po...2024-07-0802 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastFeel It to Heal It (Part 2: Anxiety), with Erika BelangerWhen coaching my clients, I use a practical and succinct process that helps them process their emotions and traumas so they can heal the past, leverage their sensitivity, and transform their whole lives. You might be scared of the feeling of anxiety right now, but trying to avoid the intensity of your anxiety is limiting your entire emotional experience.Discover how to give space to your anxiety so you can learn to manage it effectively. I share why managing anxiety isn't about trying to calm down, and you'll learn how to truly feel...2024-07-0147 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | A Somatic Practice to Feel AngerIf you hate when you do get angry and try your best to avoid this uncomfortable emotion, today’s practice is for you.Learn how to feel anger and process it in a way that feels safe and doesn’t hurt yourself or anyone else. When you stop avoiding this emotion, you won’t have to be sarcastic in disagreement, if uncomfortable with conflict, to control everything (including of your emotions), to shutdown when you’re upset, to feel resentful when people don’t do what you expect… or to numb difficult emotions.Today somati...2024-06-1003 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastFeel It to Heal It (Part 1: Anger), with Erika BelangerI'm sure you've been told to feel your feelings before, but have you ever been told how? There's a process I use with my coaching clients to help them feel and process their emotions and trauma, so they can heal the past, leverage their sensitivity, and transform their lives, and I'm sharing it right here on today's show.Discover how to feel more fearlessly, be yourself more fully, and access more joy in your life. Learn why healing means truly feeling your emotions, and I show you a step-by-step process to stop getting...2024-05-2750 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Body YantraIf you experience chronic stress, regularly feel tension in your body or discomfort in your joints, this episode if for you.Today we are learning a body yanta. Body yantras are powerful proprioceptive practices, where your nervous system gets to map out where you are in space to move away from chronic holding patterns. This practice allows the NS to realign the bone structure of the body to induce more relaxation.This micro-movement meditation is a harmonizing practice that organically helps you reprogram the way your skeletal system as been responding to your p...2024-05-0602 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Vagal ToningIf you’re going through loss, whether it's the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, the crashing of a dream…yoga can help you give your grief the dedicated time and space required to move through your thoughts and feelings. With this practice for grief, you’ll learn to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering.This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.When you leave a review for the podcast on iTu...2024-04-0102 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Breath for Anxiety and FearIf you’re going through loss, whether it's the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, the crashing of a dream…yoga can help you give your grief the dedicated time and space required to move through your thoughts and feelings. With this practice for grief, you’ll learn to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering.This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.When you leave a review for the podcast on iTu...2024-03-0403 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastGetting Out of Emotional Overwhelm, with Erika BelangerDo you label feeling emotions as something scary and end up shoving them into your emotional closet? If you’re ready to make peace with your sensitivity and learn how to fearlessly experience emotions without becoming overwhelmed, this episode is for you.I delve into what emotional overwhelm is, why it’s common in highly sensitive people, and why we label emotions as scary. I explain four different reasons that can lead us to labeling emotions as something to fear and share how to stop this pattern once and for all. Discover how to overcome the sham...2024-02-1243 minOn and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Visualization to Create An Inner Sense of SafetyIf you’re going through loss, whether it's the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, the crashing of a dream…yoga can help you give your grief the dedicated time and space required to move through your thoughts and feelings. With this practice for grief, you’ll learn to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering.This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.When you leave a review for the podcast on iTu...2024-02-0502 min
The DEEP LifeEP118: The Life Changing Power of Feeling Your Emotions w/ Erika BélangerThis week on The DEEP Life, Elise is joined by Erika BélangerErika was previously on the show, featured in episode #34: Lessons from a Stress Coach. Since being on the show in 2022, Erika has niched her coaching business to highly sensitive women. She is an HSP somatic coach and yoga teacher working online and hosting international retreats. She’s the host of the top-ranking podcast On & Off Your Mat and has a membership of over 500 yoga classes that her members can stream anytime, anywhere. All of her work focuses on empowering highly sensi...2024-01-311h 15
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Yoga Practice for GriefIf you’re going through loss, whether it's the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, the crashing of a dream…yoga can help you give your grief the dedicated time and space required to move through your thoughts and feelings. With this practice for grief, you’ll learn to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering.This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.When you leave a review for the podcast on iTu...2024-01-0802 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastEverything You Need to Know Before Going on a Yoga Retreat, with Erika BelangerHave you been dreaming of taking a yoga retreat? Maybe you’ve been looking for a way to hit the reset button on your body and soul, melting away your stress, and transforming your life from the inside out. If so, today’s episode is the resource you need, detailing everything you need to know before going on a yoga retreat.Tune in this week to discover everything you need to know before going on a yoga retreat. Learn what to expect from this experience, and what you should consider before you commit to any retreat. I’m...2023-12-1146 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | 1:2 Ratio Breath Practice for RelaxationIf it's hard for you to sit down to practice Pranayama, being guided through might be the solution. If your feeling stressed, anxious, emotionally overwhelmed, overworked or stuck in overthinking, this breath pattern will help you cultivate more peace, calmness, and spaciousness in your mind. With this breath practice for relaxation you'll learn to use the breath as a portal for the nervous system. The 1:2 ratio will help you activate the nervous system and shift towards ventral vagal or general parasympathetic relaxation response.This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access...2023-12-0403 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastOverthinking (And How Can I Stop?), with Erika BelangerStress impacts every area of our lives. Overthinking shows up in our decision-making, impacting our mental health and even ruining our relationships. It’s time to go deep into understanding how stress and overthinking shows up especially if you’re a highly sensitive person, and what you can do to ease the internal pressure you’re experiencing.Discover why you overthink and how it’s impacting your daily life. I’m showing you how to decrease your stress so you can improve your mental health, enhance your decision making, and soothe your nervous system. Learn how to improve...2023-11-1340 minOn and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Celebrations, Gifts, and Nervous System Basics SeriesHAPPY 200! Thank you so much for your support over these last years!EPISODES MENTIONED100- The Best, the Popular Vote, and the Underrated.MOST POPULAR (100-200)106 - Overcoming codependency, perfectionism, and people-pleasing, with Victoria Albina113- Emotional Intelligence and Shadow Work, with Sianna Sherman108- Yoga Biomechanics and Asanas, with Jules Mitchell129- Chakras: A Holistic Approach to Your Wellbeing, with Morgan Starr Riestis121- Nervous System 101 with yours truly.ALL MY SOLO EPISODESA Spotify playlist made for youMY...2023-11-0612 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Meditation for Self-CompassionAre you feeling so stressed that stopping completely to relax and rest makes you feel even more agitated? If when you stop completely, your mind spirals into everything you could/should be doing instead, today’s episode is for you. With this active rest practice, you’ll learn to cultivate the energy of rest and to give your mind, body, and soul a way to slow down and cultivate peacefulness without being still physically.This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.Wh...2023-10-0902 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastFeeling Your Feelings, with Erika BelangerHave you ever felt taken over by your emotions, only to brush them off? Maybe you feel like you’re just going through life without really connecting with other people and their emotions? Well, it’s time to start feeling your feelings, both for the benefit of your relationship with yourself and your relationships with the people around you.Discover how to start feeling your feelings. I’m sharing why we tend to avoid acknowledging our feelings when it matters most and my three-step process for beginning to feel your emotions more deeply, as well as provid...2023-09-1839 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Mindful Movement PracticeAre you feeling so stressed that stopping completely to relax and rest makes you feel even more agitated? If when you stop completely, your mind spirals into everything you could/should be doing instead, today’s episode is for you. With this active rest practice, you’ll learn to cultivate the energy of rest and to give your mind, body, and soul a way to slow down and cultivate peacefulness without being still physically.This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.Wh...2023-09-1102 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Active Rest PracticeAre you feeling so stressed that stopping completely to relax and rest makes you feel even more agitated? If when you stop completely, your mind spirals into everything you could/should be doing instead, today’s episode is for you. With this active rest practice, you’ll learn to cultivate the energy of rest and to give your mind, body, and soul a way to slow down and cultivate peacefulness without being still physically.This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.Wh...2023-08-0701 minOn and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Mindful Breath for RelaxationDo you spend long hours sitting at a desk or at the computer? With a buddy and a demanding schedule? Feeling stressed, anxious, and in need of a little support to decompress in the evening? With this evening yoga practice to unwind and relax, you’ll relieve tension, clear your mind, and practice a little self-care for a better night's sleep.This 15-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.When you leave a review for the podcast on iTunes you can ha...2023-07-0302 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastWhy is Self-Care So Important for HSPs? With Erika BelangerIf you’re going through life merely surviving, regularly feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or a little bit like you’re living your life running on a hamster wheel, today’s episode is for you. I’m discussing why self-care is an important practice for highly sensitive people (HSPs), and showing you what you can do to add more self-care into your everyday routine.I know you already feel like you don’t have time for yourself, and adding self-care practices to your schedule seems like just another extra thing to do. But by the end of today’s show, you’...2023-06-2634 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Evening Yoga to Unwind and RelaxDo you spend long hours sitting at a desk or at the computer? With a buddy and a demanding schedule? Feeling stressed, anxious, and in need of a little support to decompress in the evening? With this evening yoga practice to unwind and relax, you’ll relieve tension, clear your mind, and practice a little self-care for a better night's sleep.This 15-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.When you leave a review for the podcast on iTunes you can ha...2023-06-0502 min
Take My Money PodcastHow to manage stress and overwhelm during your launch with Erika BelangerDid you launch an online course already? If you did, you probably know that a lot of stress can come in. This is mainly because there are lots of moving parts and lots of things to create and generate during a launch. In this episode, we talked about how to recognise the signs of stress and being overwhelmed during a launch and exactly what to do to stay healthy with clear boundaries until the end of your launch. Our special guest, Erika Belanger, a coach and yoga teacher, shares her insights and methods to manage...2023-05-3031 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastSetting Boundaries for Protection and Connection, with Erika BelangerAre you experiencing feelings of resentment, frustration, or emotional exhaustion in your relationships? Do you find yourself saying yes to things you don’t really want to do while your needs and desires are being put on the backburner, or disregarded altogether? If this sounds familiar, you’re probably lacking some boundaries.Tune in this week to discuss what boundaries are, what they’re not, and why they’re so important. I’m sharing how to identify situations in your life that require boundaries, how to know when your boundaries are being crossed, as well as giving you...2023-05-2937 min
Live the Width of Your LifeHow to Stay Aligned and Set Healthy Boundaries for a Better Life with Erika BelangerMany of us often struggle with setting boundaries and taking care of ourselves. Erika Belanger discusses practical tips and strategies that you can apply to your everyday life to help you get into alignment, develop healthy boundaries, and create optimal health.Erika shares her personal healing journey and insights as a sensitive person and how she created an authentic and fulfilling life. If you’re an empathetic person looking to get into alignment and ready to establish boundaries and practices to live more authentically, then this episode is for you.High...2023-05-0952 min
Yoga in the Therapy Room: Tips for integrating trauma informed yogaEpisode 118 Holistic Tools For Managing Overwhelm For Highly Sensitive People: Interview with Erika BelangerWhat does it mean to be an HSP? What challenges come with being an HSP and what holistic strategies can you use to overcome the overwhelm of being highly sensitive?MEET Erika BelangerErika is a yoga teacher, somatic coach, and the host of the On & Off Your Mat Podcast. For the last 8 years, Erika has helped sensitive women let go of overwhelm and overthinking by learning to manage their thoughts, feel their feelings, and heal their nervous system through mind-body-spirit practices. She's living proof of the power of self-healing as she herself has grown...2023-05-0339 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Walking MeditationIs sitting or silent meditation not the ideal practice for you? You might find it easier to dive into a movement meditation so you can experience movement in the body at a slow pace and cultivate mindfulness without having to be completely still. With this walking meditation practice, you’ll be able to shift out stress and benefits of meditation without the pain.This short calming meditation practice is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.When you leave a review for th...2023-05-0101 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastAccessing Your Inner Wisdom, with Erika BelangerWould you describe yourself as indecisive? In today's episode, we explore the topic of indecisiveness and how it can hinder our ability to make aligned decisions. As someone who considers trusting their instincts a superpower, I'm excited to share my insights on this topic with you. Join me as we explore what inner wisdom truly means, its significance, common obstacles you may encounter along the way, and effective ways to overcome them. Tune in to start your journey towards accessing your inner wisdom today.Get full show notes and more...2023-04-2445 min
The You-est You® PodcastHow To Actually Love Yourself with Erika BélangerMeet Erika Bélanger Erika Bélanger is a yoga teacher, stress coach, and the host of the On & Off Your Mat Podcast. As a teacher and leader, Erika helps her clients move from surviving to thriving by managing their thoughts, feeling their feelings, and regulating their nervous system, so they can reconnect to their body and its needs to experience more joy, connection, and love. Her radiant spirit and engaging sense of humor create light-hearted somatic practices focused on awareness, intentional movement, and self-care. Feeling 'Not Enough' and 'Too Much' Oh, do I know this...2023-04-1038 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Parasympathetic BreathAre you feeling stressed or anxious but also like you don't have much time? The breath is the quickest way to shift into the rest and digest mode of your nervous system aka the parasympathetic branch. With this 10-minute practice, you’ll be able to shift out stress and reset your system.This short calming breath practice is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member.Join the Sensitivity Reset: Releasing Overwhelm for a Happier Life here.When you leave a review for th...2023-04-0302 min
Healthy Mind Happy Life:Life Coaching For Women, Confidence, Therapy, Parenting, Anxiety Management56 One About Sensitive Souls, How To Manage Stress and Honoring Self During A Nervous System Collapse With Erika BelangerHey friends!!
I am joined this week with Erika Belanger. Erika is a yoga teacher, somatic coach, and the host of the On & Off Your Mat Podcast. For the last 8 years, Erika has helped sensitive women let go of overwhelm and stress by learning to manage their thoughts, feel their feelings and heal their nervous system through mind-body-spirit practices. She's living proof of the power of self-healing as she herself has grown and worked through eating disorders, chronic illness, addiction, mental illness, patterns of self-sabotage & self-abandonment, and childhood trauma. She teaches online and in-person, for week-long retreats...2023-03-3152 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga Podcast4 Steps to Overcome Overwhelm, with Erika BelangerAre you feeling like you have too much on your plate? Are your stress levels through the roof, or are you just feeling defeated? If you’re struggling to keep up with the demands of life and the intensity of your inner world and need some practical tips to overcome overwhelm, then today’s episode is for you.This week I help you regain control and find peace in the midst of internal and external chaos. I’m discussing how to know when you’re in overwhelm, the limitations of the generally-offered strategies for dealing with overwhel...2023-03-1339 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Yoga for OverwhelmAre you tired but can’t sleep? Maybe you’re irritable and you could cry at the drop of a hat. So much to do but no energy or motivation to do any of it? That my friend sounds like overwhelm. And today I have just the perfect practice for you.This short and calming yoga practice is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member. When you leave a review for the podcast on iTunes you can have access to the membership for free, including today...2023-03-0602 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastFive Ways to Slow Down and Be More Mindful, with Erika BelangerDo you live a fast-paced life and struggle to lower your stress levels? Do you tend to multitask and get distracted easily? Are you more emotionally reactive than you would like, or are you simply looking to improve your overall well-being? If you said yes to any of these questions, you could likely use some slowing down and mindfulness in your life, so today’s episode is for you.Learn the difference between slowing down and mindfulness, the benefits of these practices, and how to become more mindful, create peace and space in your life, and cu...2023-02-1333 min
Euphoric the PodcastHigh Sensitivity with Erika BelangerWhether you’re a highly sensitive person or not, understanding how to best soothe and support your nervous system holds lifelong value. And being a highly sensitive person may play a role in your relationship with alcohol! Today, Karolina sits down with Erika Belanger, a somatic coach from Costa Rica. Erika helps sensitive women learn to manage their thoughts, feel their feelings and heal their nervous system through mind, body, and spirit practices. Today you’ll learn what it means to be a highly sensitive person, what signs to look out for, and practices to self-soothe and care...2023-01-2538 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastAre You Really Too Sensitive? with Erika BelangerHave you ever felt too much, and not enough at the same time? If you’ve ever been referred to as “too sensitive,” then today’s episode is for you. It will just be you and I, and I can’t wait to deep dive into sensitivity with you.This week, I talk about what it means to be highly sensitive, the signs that you might be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), some possible pitfalls to your sensitivity, and the strengths you’ll find in being sensitive. We’ll also look at how to support your sensitivity so...2023-01-1633 min
AWAKENING WITH ALIBREAKDOWNS TO BREAKTHROUGHS & LISTENING TO YOUR INTUITION W/ YOGA TEACHER, SOMATIC COACH, & PODCAST HOST : MEET ERIKA BELANGERHappy New Year loves!! WOW, Happy 2023!! Cheers to your LIGHT, LOVE, TRUTH, HEALTH, & ABUNDANCE!! May you receive it all!!!
Thank YOU for being HERE!! I am SOUL GRATEFUL!! SO EXCITED for this year, feeling inspired, grateful, soul connected and ready to SHINE and further speak my truth and align with others in theirs more and more! To be a BRIGHT LIGHT in the darkness and continue to awaken others and evolve in the process!! Who's with Me?!
Today's guest is the perfect conversation to kick off the New Year! Erika is a yoga teacher, somatic co...2023-01-0337 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastFive Signs That You Are Living in Survival Mode, with Erika BelangerGrowing and moving forward requires that we meet our own needs, but if you’re not meeting them, then you won’t be going anywhere. So if you have been wanting to prioritize your growth but have been struggling to do so, then this episode is for you.Sometimes we can discover we are living in survival mode and not know how we’ve gotten there. Or we can tell that something is wrong but we’re just not sure what it is. This week, you and I will spend some time together looking at how to tell...2022-12-1234 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastPREMIUM | Restorative Yoga with a ChairLoving our restorative classes? Did you know you can request premium episodes? This was a member's request. We already have a restorative class at the wall, and one that prepares you for bed. Today, we’ll use a chair to relax and practice slowing down.This episode is part of our premium subscription, get access to it click here, and become a premium podcast member. Get access for free by writing a review on iTunes. Send a screenshot of the review with your email at erika.belanger@gmail.com or in a DM @onandoffyourmatpodcast. ...2022-12-0502 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastThe Key to Feeling Safe, with Erika BelangerIf you experience fear, worry, or anxiety on a regular basis, you’re the kind to wait for the other shoe to drop, or you either try to control the world (and the people) around you or you hide parts of yourself, then today’s episode is for you. If you’ve experienced any of these feelings, it might be because you don’t feel safe.Join me as I talk about the difference between safety and feeling safe, why it matters, why we don’t feel safe, and the key to feeling safe. This is not an epi...2022-10-3138 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastYour Emotions and Your Nervous System, with Erika BelangerDid you know that your ability to understand, deal with, and effectively use your emotional energy is vital to your wellbeing, health, and happiness levels? Join me for a discussion on how to better understand your emotions and the role they play in your nervous system.As part of my solo series on the nervous system, this week we’ll cover the parts of your brain most often influenced by your emotions, why everything starts with awareness, and how to create more self-regulation practices (in life and in yoga).Get full show notes an...2022-08-2938 min
Yoga MagicReducing Stress and Taking Yoga Off the Mat with Erika BelangerFor so many of us, yoga started simply as a physical practice and then evolved into so much more. Today's guest Erika Belanger, host of the podcast On and Off Your Mat, discusses the many ways yoga translates to our everyday life. Erika is a yoga teacher, the host of the On & Off Your Mat Podcast, and a stress coach. Being a teacher is part of who she is, and she uses yoga, podcasting, and life coaching as different entry points all aiming to help her students and clients move from surviving to thriving. Her radiant spirit a...2022-07-0753 minThe DEEP LifeEP34: Lessons From A Stress Coach w/ Erika BelangerOn this episode of The DEEP Life, we are joined by Erika Belanger.Erika is a yoga teacher, stress coach, and host of the On and Off Your Mat Podcast. This was an incredible conversation that we know you are going to love. We went DEEP on the nervous system and explored a number of modalities that can help us to “get out of heads” and better handle our stress and anxietyConnect w/ ErikaWebsite : www.erikabelanger.comIG :@erika.belanger & @onandoffyourmatpodcastButcher Box: Ge...2022-06-2250 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastTools to Regulate Your Nervous System, with Erika BalangerAre you starting to recognize and identify your stress responses, the different branches of your nervous system, and you’re ready to start taking action in moving your body from one state to another?Tune in this week for a comprehensive list of suggestions for how to regulate your nervous system. Listen with curiosity and, by the end of this episode, you’ll have a list of tools and strategies that you can start experimenting with when your nervous system takes over because of insecurity or stress.Get full show notes and more info...2022-05-1642 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastNervous System 101, with Erika BelangerDid you know that the nervous system is basically controlling everything that happens in your body?Tune in this week to get a little nerdy about your nervous system. We’re discussing the science behind your nervous system, its structure, how it’s trying to help you, and how you can leverage your thoughts, allowing you to work with your nervous system to change your experience of stress and create a sense of true safety.Get full show notes and more information here: https://erikabelanger.com/121 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...2022-03-2827 min
Amplified ImpactWhat is Stress & Why Are Our Thoughts and Beliefs So Important with Erika BelangerIn this episode, Amber interviews Erika Belanger, a life coach, host of On & Off Your Mat podcast and yoga teacher helping her students go from surviving to thriving.Erika shares with us the importance of stress management and why our thoughts and beliefs are so important. She will share with you a handful of tools to know when you are stress and how to regulate your nervous system.02:41 - defining stress07:49 - first possible indicators of stress13:45 - tips to help you19:46 - going from surviving to thriving2022-03-1837 min
On and Off Your Mat Yoga PodcastUnderstanding Your Stress, with Erika BelangerAre you part of the 50% of people who report their stress increased dramatically in the last few years? Has the world pandemic and its new demands taken a toll on your life and wellbeing? If so, today’s episode is for you.For today’s episode, I do not have a guest, I’m taking the spotlight. Check out my other solo episodes:Episode #73: Yoga, chronic pain, and mental health.Episode #77: Setting Goals and Moving ForwardEpisode #87: 5 reasons you procrastinate Episode #93: A 3 step guide to being more yourself 2022-02-2138 min
The Studio CEO: Business Coaching For Yoga & Pilates Teachers & Studio OwnersBonus Episode: The Drop In Series With Erika BelangerSend Jackie A Message!Welcome to Yoga Boss: The Drop-In Series. Bonus Episodes designed to give you an in-depth, insider look at what it is like to build a career and thrive in the yoga industry. Our conversation is with Erika Belanger. Erika is a yoga teacher, the host of the On & Off Your Mat Podcast, and a transformational life coach. Being a teacher is part of who she is, and she uses yoga, podcasting, and life coaching as different entry points all aiming to help her students and clie...2022-02-0945 min