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Yin Yoga PodcastHumilty & Integrity: Are you ready to Train Teachers with Grace TempanyIn this heart-to-heart episode of A Yin Yoga podcast, I sit down with the lovely Grace Tempany to discuss the nitty-gritty of Yin Yoga teacher trainings. If you've ever wondered what it takes to not only teach Yin Yoga but to teach others to teach it, this episode is for you. We dive deep into why it's crucial to have a solid foundation of training and experience, and the ethical considerations we all need to keep in mind. We also chat about the disturbing trend of underqualified teachers jumping into leading trainings and...
2025-06-131h 19
Yin Yoga PodcastHow Do We Hold Brave Space - Grace TempanyS 2| EP. 11How Do We Hold Brave Space? I think first, it's important to explain what I mean by Brave Space.We often hear about creating a 'safe space' or hear Yoga teachers say that their classes are a 'safe space'.But I would much rather create a Brave Space. Unlike a safe space, brave spaces are designed to handle risk and discomfort. The people within them might be dealing with discomfort there may be a moment when someone feels challenged, uncomfortable or emotional. In a Brave Space, the teacher can hold space for whatever may arise in...
2024-03-291h 31
Dr. Karina Smith PodcastWhat even is Trauma Informed Yoga?This term is used very liberally in the yoga verse, but what does it actually mean to claim this title?
In today's bonus podcast episode, I get into this, and so much more, with the amazing Grace Tempany.
A powerful Irish presence in our yin yoga global community, Grace Tempany is a Senior Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals, a Trainer Pro and Mentor, specialised in yin, functional yoga, and trauma-informed somatic practices.
As a trainee psychotherapist, her lens is inherently person-centred. As a former secondary school teacher...
2024-02-121h 25
Fallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#010 - On The Reduction of a Practice (with Vicky Ennis)Vicky Ennis is a post-primary school teacher and yoga teacher in Antrim. A recent yin graduate and a life-long learner she is trying to balance her understanding of the practice of yoga while navigating the wellness industry and its contradictory messaging.
In this episode, Vicky shines a light on yoga itself, and its reduction from a spiritual practice to a money making industry. As a teacher, and previous student of Grace's, she explores a variety of issues around the intent, integrity and readiness of teachers.
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2022-08-2656 minFallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#009 - On the Burden of Sexual and Gender Identity | RobRobert Barry currently works as a full-time psychotherapist with Pieta.
In this episode, Rob talks about the anxiety and trauma around growing up in an Ireland that pushed many young men who identified as queer to extremes of depression, and sometimes suicide.
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This podcast is about you, our audience, and how we can change the way we speak, love, and live, by gently leaning in, when we'd prefer to run away.
Contact us at hello@gracetempany.com with the 'Fallen From Grace' as part of the subject line if you'd like to come on as a reluctantly courageous and wholehearted p...
2022-08-1239 minFallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#008 - On Shame as Legacy | Niamh GallagherNiamh Gallagher is an intuitive mentor for women running visionary holistic businesses. She helps them achieve clarity on their soul vision, express their unique voice and leadership, and claim the power of their big ideas.
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This podcast is about you, our audience, and how we can change the way we speak, love, and live, by gently leaning in, when we'd prefer to run away.
Contact us at hello@gracetempany.com with the 'Fallen From Grace' as part of the subject line if you'd like to come on as a reluctantly courageous and wholehearted...
2022-07-0825 min
Fallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#007 - On Superpowers | JosephJoseph is a neuromuscular physical therapist, rehabilitating painful conditions and building emotional well being. He is also a volunteer for men's groups running sessions on emotional literacy and vulnerability.
In this episode we discuss neurodiversity, finding and recognising superpowers in people, and how embracing shadow work benefits not just oneself, but those around us.
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This podcast is about you, our audience, and how we can change the way we speak, love, and live, by gently leaning in, when we'd prefer to run away.
Contact us at hello@gracetempany.com with the...
2022-06-2333 minFallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#006 - On Grief | Paul CondronIn May 2021, Paul, producer and collaborator of Fallen From Grace, lost his mother suddenly. On the anniversary of her death, he joins Grace to talk about his experience of grief.
In this episode we discuss grief, how it can open a window to our profoundest selves, and how we can learn gratitude from the darkest of times.
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This podcast is about you, our audience, and how we can change the way we speak, love, and live, by gently leaning in, when we'd prefer to run away.
Contact us at hello@gracetempany.co...
2022-06-1031 minFallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#005 - A Teacher's Story (with Jane Feighery)Our friend Jane Feighery returns to the podcast to interview Grace, and take a deeper look at Grace's yoga story, its origins and what it really means to her.
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This podcast is about you, our audience, and how we can change the way we speak, love, and live, by gently leaning in, when we'd prefer to run away.
Contact us at hello@gracetempany.com with the 'Fallen From Grace' as part of the subject line if you'd like to come on as a reluctantly courageous and wholehearted participant.
If you like...
2022-05-2755 minFallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#004 - Denying Beauty | DelphineDelphine is a psychotherapist and intuitive guide, who works with soulful, intuitive women on trusting themselves and their desires more fully.
In this episode we discuss the challenges of accepting different parts of ourselves, blending the spiritual and the analytical, and living life in a way that reflects who we really are.
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This podcast is about you, our audience, and how we can change the way we speak, love, and live, by gently leaning in, when we'd prefer to run away.
Contact us at hello@gracetempany.com with the 'Fallen From...
2022-05-1237 minFallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#003 - On Belonging | Jane FeigheryJane Feighery is Client Services Director for Beachhut PR. With a professional background in US tech and social entrepreneurship, Jane began teaching yoga in 2015, and is also a classically-trained violinist and self-published author.
It is through Jane that I met friend and producer, Paul, so it made perfect sense that she be the first guest on the show.
In this episode, we talk about Belonging. Jane opens up to us about her experience, and how formative a factor it has been in her life.
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This podcast is about you, our audience, and...
2022-04-2817 minFallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#002 - The Vulnerability HangoverIn the second episode of the Fallen From Grace podcast, we discuss vulnerability; how it has become performative, diverging from its true meaning, and why we must accept that vulnerability may bring us to a less than favourable outcome in our relationships and interactions.
This podcast is about you, our audience, and how we can change the way we speak, love, and live, by gently leaning in, when we'd prefer to run away.
Contact us at hello@gracetempany.com with the 'Fallen From Grace' as part of the subject line if you'd like to come...
2022-04-1316 min
Fallen from Grace: Reluctant Conversations with Grace Tempany#001 - The Introduction"You don't get to choose whether or not you have the conversation. You only get to choose whether or not you verbalise it. The unspoken conversation leads a life all of its own within you, leaving an imprint on our bodies and psyches in ways we will likely never fully understand"
In the first episode of the Fallen From Grace podcast, we cover the show's origins, vision, and its somewhat reluctant coming into existence. We explore the notion of choice when it comes to the conversations we tend to avoid, and whether it's really possible to avoid...
2022-03-2915 min
Soul Talk PodcastExploring our Shadow Self with Grace Tempany - Ep. 20Grace Tempany is a Senior Yin Yoga Teacher and Trainer Pro, who has trained with some of the foremost figures in the yoga and education worlds. She has been practising yoga for over 15 years and teaching since 2013. In this episode, Grace shares her insights into Shadow Work.
More about Grace:
Grace is graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the Sorbonne University in Paris, Grace has been a practising teacher for 12 years. She brings robust pedagogical expertise and critical thinking underpinnings to her yoga trainings.
Grace is specialised in yin, trauma-informed and functional yoga. She has...
2022-02-2657 min
Yoga unCorked PodcastS2 Ep16 - Part 2 - Grace-fully navigating TK MaxxJoin us for Part 2 of our yin-tastic conversation with Grace Tempany of DubYin Yoga.We discuss current research and education around Trauma Work, including Gabor Maté's wisdom.We continue to reflect on how Yin might just be the missing piece in Trauma Work."We don't have any answers. We're just really good at asking questions" - Grace Tempany It's potent, it's powerful and it's, as always, real.https://gracetempany.com/
2021-11-1440 minYoga unCorked PodcastS2 Ep 16 - Part 1 - Grace-fully navigating TK MaxxJoin us for Part 1 of our yin-tastic conversation with Grace Tempany of DubYin Yoga.We navigate the challenges of self employment. Discuss enquiry and reflection over knowing the answers.And reflect on how Yin might just be the missing piece in Trauma Work.It's potent, it's powerful and it's, as always, real. https://gracetempany.com/
2021-11-0741 min
The Socially Distant Sports Bar39: I Couldn’t Bare to Think of You Eating Cold BeansMike Bubbins, Elis James and Steff Garrero fight through some dodgy WIFI to talk about Mike’s passion for camping, fitting W.G. Grace up a chimney and Boris Becker’s tongue.And, because it’s Christmas, this week’s episode is even longer than usual.If you want to buy merchandise head over to www.distantpod.comThis week’s Documentary - Chosen by Steff: Wrighty & Rocky, From Brockley to the Big Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2byZj3oz3U&t=469sBook: Elis - And the Sun Shines Now: How Hillsborough and the Premier League Changed Britain by Adrian...
2020-12-222h 31
Colour outside the linesColour outside the lines, Episode 2 Grace TempanyOn this episode, Lisa and Joseph have a great conversation with Grace Tempany. Grace is a yin yoga teacher trainer, yoga teacher and secondary-school educator based in Dublin, and more recently online. Passionate about empowering the students and teachers with whom she works, her main work within the yoga sphere currently is in training yin yoga teachers, and bringing critical thinking, teacher self-reflection, and personal growth into the journey of transformation.
2020-12-201h 06