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Seventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E16 Tanisha WaltersTanisha Walters lives in Cooper Landing in Alaska. Tanisha and her husband Zack live with their two daughters Kaia and Maya, in a home they built together. She is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Japanese acupuncture practitioner, and yoga teacher.Tanisha shares how Traditional Chinese Medicine supports fertility and pregnancy through diet, how she used Moxibustion to flip her breech baby, acupuncture for induction for her second pregnancy, and Chinese herbs to support anaemia. She also observed the period of “sitting” during post partum after her babies were born.Tanisha shares her experience of two...
2020-12-011h 00Seventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E15 Grace JoukhadarGrace Joukhadar is a yoga teacher specialising in pre and post natal yoga, and "mums and bubs" yoga classes. She has been practicing ashtanga yoga since 2003. Grace is originally from Sydney in Australia and has spent time in Port Hedland, a remote town in Western Australia before moving to Melbourne.She had three children within a short period of time. She talks us through her three very different experiences, including two caesarian births, and then her decision making process around having a vaginal birth after the two caesarians. Grace attracted the right people around her and had a...
2020-11-171h 03Seventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E14 Irena BartolecIrena Bartolec spends her time between Bali, Croatia and Costa Rica, and is an authorized ashtanga yoga teacher. She is an amazing strong woman and shares with us her story of raising her child as a single mother.Despite being told she wouldn't be able to conceive, Irena found out she was pregnant at eight weeks. Early into her third trimester, Irena experienced an issue with her cervix and was told to have complete bed rest. Irena craved moving her body, so practiced yoga by visualising and breathing, and later by lying on her back with her...
2020-11-0350 minSeventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E13 Lisa MeconiLisa Meconi has been a practitioner of ashtanga yoga for 10 years, practicing primary and intermediate series. She and her partner Jeremiah, and son Cormac live in New Hampshire, USA.This is a heartfelt episode, as Lisa shares in depth her journey of loss during pregnancy, experiencing a miscarriage within the first trimester of her first pregnancy. This episode is pertinent, as this month, October, is International Pregnancy and Infancy Loss month. In our society, women and families are encouraged to keep pregnancy to themselves during the first trimester, due to the high incidence of pregnancies n...
2020-10-201h 06Seventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E12 Katy WrightKaty Wright has been a student of Ashtanga Yoga since 2005. While she has dabbled in teaching yoga her main profession is as a writer. She’s originally from the UK, and currently lives in France with her partner. Two years ago, Katy gave birth to their daughter Iris.Being a writer Katy takes us on a journey through her experience of pregnancy birth and postpartum recovery. She shares the research she discovered during her pregnancy and postpartum, that she has since shared as a blog, for ashtanga practitioners.Katy also shares her experience of having a...
2020-10-0659 minSeventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E11 Bibi LorenzettiBibi Lorenzetti is an Authorized Level II ashtanga yoga teacher living in Newburgh in the United States, with her partner Walker. Bibi gave birth to her son Indie earlier this year, her story is fresh and she shares in depth and with some humorous detail her pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience.Bibi is also open in sharing her past experience of anorexia and issues with body image, and how this influenced her thoughts around pregnancy and becoming a mother. Bibi gives an honest account of her thoughts and experience, shared by many women, in a...
2020-09-231h 05Seventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E10 Nadia Stinga RihaniNadia Stinga Rihani is an authorized ashtanga yoga teacher living in Manly Australia. Nadia and her partner Gabriel have a four year old daughter Indi.Nadia shares how she met her partner Gabriel, who also practices and teaches ashtanga yoga, when studying with Sharath Jois in Mysore India. Their love blossomed and he moved to Australia.In 2019 Nadia sold the yoga studio she had owned and operated for many years, and she and her family went travelling. When she returned, as she was about to begin life again in Australia, Nadia was in a serious...
2020-09-0956 minSeventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E09 Jessica HuntJessica Hunt is an authorized ashtanga yoga teacher in Columbus Ohio and co-founder of the Trini Foundation with her husband Taylor.Jess and Taylor have three children together, Makayla, Isaiah and Xavier. It was during her recovery from addiction she found ashtanga yoga, and it became and still is integral in her recovery. After experiencing severe endometriosis in her early 20s, and a series of medications to assist this, Jess was surprised to find out she was pregnant. She shares her birth experience and adjusting to being a mother at a young age.Jess also...
2020-08-2556 minSeventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E08 Joumana SaberJoumana Saber is an authorized ashtanga yoga teacher living in Dubai. Joumana is currently pregnant with her second child. In this episode she shares her journey with pregnancy, and also the birth of her daughter Tara.For the birth of her daughter Tara, Joumana had a doula and had planned a water birth. After 26 hours of labour, when her waters were broken, meconium was discovered, and the birth took a different direction.Joumana shares her journey after the birth, experiencing post partum depression and processing a traumatic birth. It was 18 months before she was able...
2020-08-121h 07Seventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E07 Patrick NolanPatrick Nolan is an authorized ashtanga yoga teacher living in Miami Springs in the USA. He is the father to three year old Joaquin, with his partner Nubia.Patrick started his yoga journey at Miami Life Centre, with well known ashtanga yoga teachers Kino MacGregor, Tim Feldmann and Greg Nardi, before leaving to start his own Mysore program.After Patrick married his partner, Nubia, they wanted to start a family, however this became a prolonged journey. Patrick shares the heartache they felt each cycle, when this did not happen.When their son was...
2020-07-2953 minSeventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E06 Tina BockTina Bock is an authorised ashtanga yoga teacher and lives in Abu Dhabi. In this episode she shares her journey of pregnancy, birth and postpartum recovery with her son James.Tina has been practicing and teaching yoga since her early 20s. She developed her connection with ashtanga yoga after moving to Abu Dhabi and not being able to find a teacher or studio. She has established a strong self practice, and travels to Mysore to practice with Sharath Jois.During her pregnancy, Tina continued to practice and travel during her second trimester. Her birth was...
2020-07-1551 minSeventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E05 Karyn GrenfellKaryn Grenfell is one of the few Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teachers globally, and lives in Melbourne Australia. Karyn is the mother of six year old Hamish, and step mother to Bess, with partner Travis.Karyn shares her journey into motherhood. After dedicating herself to her yoga practice through her twenties and thirties, as she approached her forties, she felt pressure from others asking if she would start a family. After some consideration with her partner Travis, soon after deciding they would, Karyn soon found she was pregnant.Karyn shares her journey through building an advanced...
2020-07-0156 minSeventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E04 Alys PardoeAlys Pardoe is an Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher, with two grown up daughters, and lives in Margaret River in Western Australia.Alys started her family when she was very young, and soon after discovered Ashtanga Yoga. Living in the small town of St Ives in Cornwall, UK she was first introduced to Ashtanga Yoga by renowned teacher John Scott. After he moved from the area, she found it challenging without a teacher, and her physical practice waned, however she maintained a spiritual connection with yoga.Alys and her family moved to the surf town of...
2020-06-1058 minSeventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E03 Michelle PapaMichelle Papa has been practicing yoga since 2004, she is a yoga teacher and birth educator. She has a ten year old daughter, Cassie. Michelle and her family reside in Sydney Australia.Michelle has completed a Diploma of Childbirth Education and is the Co-Founder of Mindful Birth, a Pregnancy and Post natal yoga teacher training course, which aims to empower women and families as they navigate life from pregnancy, birthing and parenting.In this episode Michelle shares her journey with fertility, it took some time for her to become pregnant. She discovered she had endometriosis, however...
2020-06-101h 02Seventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E02 Meghan KirkMeghan Kirk is an Authorized Level II ashtanga yoga teacher living in Philadelphia, USA. Meghan shares her pregnancy, birth and postpartum recovery after the birth of her daughter Maggie. Meghan brings a wealth of knowledge to her yoga teaching, being an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant and a Birth arts trained Doula (birth and postpartum). She is also currently completing a course on Ayurvedic care specific to postpartum. Meghan shares how she used Ayurvedic practices when preparing to conceive, and during the postpartum period.In this episode, Meghan shares her pregnancy, modifications to the practice, prodromal labor a...
2020-06-101h 00Seventh Series | ashtanga yoga and family lifeS1E01 Kerstin BilgmannKerstin Bilgmann is an Authorized Level II Ashtanga Yoga teacher living in Sydney Australia. In this episode Kerstin shares the experience of her pregnancy, birth and postpartum recovery after the birth of her son Jai.After immersing herself in yoga, travelling and teaching yoga around the world, Kerstin met her partner Andrew later in life. When she and Andrew decided to have a child, she was over 40 years old. Kerstin was advised that there could be some challenges at her age to conceive. However, she was able to conceive without medical assistance.Kerstin is a...
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