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Hello and welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast. I am an Eco Influencer / VA at JamJarGill.com. Eco + holistic health very much sit hand in hand for me in terms of the ambition to live a more natural, healthy life at every opportunity + how this will in turn mean that I’m being a conscious consumer. My intention for this podcast is to share conversations with interesting Eco + Wellness people as I learn more and more about this space + all the different specialisms it has to offer. I hope you enjoy following along. And if you’re interested in being a guest email: podcast@jamjargill.com
In S04 E08 of the JamJarGill Podcast, I sit down with the incredible Marysol, an intuitive sound healer, energy channel, and singer with over 20 years of experience. Join us as we delve into the transformative power of sound and light therapy, exploring how these tools can help us reconnect with ourselves, heal deeply, and align with our true essence. Marysol shares her personal journey from feeling disconnected and overwhelmed to discovering the profound impact of sound healing, and how it has shaped her path as a healer.
This episode is the first part of a two-part series, where we discuss the importance of connecting with nature, the role of sound in healing both the mind and body, and practical ways to incorporate these practices into your daily life. Whether you're new to sound healing or a seasoned practitioner, Marysol’s insights will inspire you to explore these powerful modalities further. Don't miss Part 2, dropping on 18th September!
Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Introduction to the episode and Marysol’s background * 00:03:01 - Marysol's journey from performance artist to sound healer * 00:10:31 - The healing power of sound and light therapy * 00:17:46 - The importance of connecting with nature in our healing journey * 00:24:00 - How sound healing works on both physical and emotional levels * 00:29:16 - The significance of intuition and spiritual guidance in healing * 00:35:41 - Practical tips for incorporating sound healing into daily life * 00:42:01* - Sneak peek of Part 2 and concluding thoughts
Editing & post-production: Gill Perkins
Intro and outro Music credit: Bensound – Small Guitar [https://www.bensound.com/]
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Join me for the final part of my enlightening conversation with Candice from MotherCuppa. In this episode, we delve deeper into the fascinating world of herbal teas, holistic health, and the rich traditions that shape our modern wellness practices. Discover the historical roots of tea, the benefits of herbal blends, and practical tips for integrating these traditions into your daily routine.
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 Introduction to the episode
- 00:01:20 The history of milk in tea
- 00:04:10 Tea traditions in different cultures
- 00:06:45 The importance of hydration and tea tasting
- 00:10:00 Health benefits of chamomile and lemon balm
- 00:13:30 Understanding hormones and their role
- 00:16:20 The impact of sugar and natural sweeteners
- 00:19:00 Empowerment through mindful eating
- 00:21:45 The benefits of herbal tea for men and women
- 00:25:00 Candice's personal journey and business inspiration
- 00:28:40 Supporting women with PMS and postpartum hormones
- 00:32:00 The power of tracking cycles and self-awareness
- 00:35:15 Natural management of endometriosis symptoms
- 00:38:40 The importance of sleep and rest
- 00:42:00 Tips for meditation and mindfulness
- 00:45:30 Selling online vs. face-to-face
- 00:49:00 Future ambitions for MotherCuppa
- 00:52:00 Conclusion and where to find Candice
Listen to the full episode and discover how embracing herbal traditions can enhance your wellness journey.
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In the latest episode of Season 04 of the JamJarGill Podcast, I had the pleasure of continuing my conversation with Candice from MotherCuppa, a dedicated advocate for women's health and the founder of her unique herbal tea brand.
Join us for this enlightening conversation where Candice shares her journey into herbalism, her insights into the menstrual cycle, and the benefits of medicinal plants. We dive deep into the importance of hydration, relaxation, and holistic health approaches for women. This episode is packed with valuable information for anyone interested in natural remedies and women's health. Be sure to tune in next week for the final part of this series!
To learn more about Candice and her amazing work with MotherCuppa, follow her on social media:• Instagram: https://instagram.com/mothercuppatea• Facebook: https://facebook.com/mothercuppatea• Website: https://mothercuppatea.com/
Time Stamps:00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome00:01:15 Candice’s Journey into Herbalism00:07:45 Viewing the Menstrual Cycle Through the Seasons00:14:30 Developing a Holistic Health Toolkit00:21:10 Importance of Listening to Your Body00:26:00 The Power of Medicinal Plants00:31:45 Hydration and Hormonal Health00:35:20 Relaxation and Stress Relief with Herbal Teas00:39:00 Conclusion and Upcoming Episodes
Editing & post-production:Gill Perkins: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perkinsgill/
Intro and outro Music credit:Bensound – Small Guitar https://www.bensound.com/
My intention with the JamJarGill Podcast is to educate, inform, and empower my audience to approach their health more naturally. I hope you love this content – if you do, please comment/like/share with a friend who you think may be interested too.
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- In the fourth episode of Season 04 of the JamJarGill Podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Candice from MotherCuppa, a dedicated advocate for women's health and the founder of her unique herbal tea brand.Join us for this enlightening conversation where Candice shares her personal journey with endometriosis and discusses the importance of being your own health advocate. We dive deep into the challenges of managing endometriosis symptoms, the benefits of herbal tea, and the holistic approach to women's health. This episode is the first of a three-part series, so stay tuned for more insights next week!To learn more about Candice and her amazing work with MotherCuppa, follow her on social media:• Instagram• Facebook• WebsiteTime Stamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:00:18 Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast00:04:54 About Candice and MotherCuppa00:06:21 Candice’s Endometriosis Journey00:10:45 Challenges with Endometriosis Symptoms00:15:45 Women's Health Discussion00:18:04 Contraceptive Pill Insights00:18:50 Periods and Pain ManagementEditing & post-production: Gill PerkinsIntro and outro Music credit: Bensound – Small Guitar My intention with the JamJarGill Podcast is to educate, inform, and empower my audience to approach their health more naturally. I hope you love this content – if you do, please comment/like/share with a friend who you think may be interested too.Please also give me a follow here/wherever you listen to podcasts - I so appreciate your support as I build this content – thank you 🙏🏽To find out more about my other offerings, please visit JJG Creative If you are interested in sponsoring this podcast, please email podcast@jamjargill.com to find out more about the packages I offer.
In the fourth episode of Season 04 of my Holistic Health Podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Renee Morton of Functional Fitness, who is a Personal Trainer and Massage Therapist.
Join us for this fascinating conversation delving into the experiences of knee pain. Renee Moten, the founder of Functional Fitness, has dedicated her professional career to helping clients eradicate chronic knee pain.
As a Personal Trainer and Massage Therapist with more than 22,000 hours of one-on-one client work and 10 years of research. We explored how through her own experience with knee pain, Renee has developed a highly effective system that dramatically increases the quality of life of her clients—by helping them live pain-free—and avoid surgery in the process.
To Learn More about Renee and what services she offers please get in touch with her/give her a follow:
- Website
Time Stamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:21 What Renee does
00:06:05 Ages of knee replacements
00:07:25 Knee steroid injection discussion
00:13:44 Renee’s knee healing journey
00:17:05 JJG Production advert
00:19:57 Renee’s knee healing journey continued
00:25:24 Renee knowing there is another way instead of drugs
00:31:34 Renee’s massage discovery
00:34:04 Renee’s massage training into personal training space.
00:34:31 Hydrotherapy
00:35:38 Anti-inflammatories?
00:37:08 Renee step by step basis
00:41:54 Renee creating her own path
00:43:15 Arthritis
00:44:35 Supplements and turmeric
00:47:50 how the Knees support the other functionalities within your body
00:49:03 What equipment people need to follow this method
00:49:50 Length of practising the method before you see a marked improvement.
00:50:50 Can this method be used as preventive care for your knees
00:53:40 Using both sides of your body
00:55:58 Online vs face to face. What are the pros and cons?
1:02:22 Facing scepticism around this treatment.
1:04:09 Building trust with new clients.
1:05:41 Renee’s offerings and where you can find her.
Editing & post-production: Gill Perkins
Intro and outro Music credit: Bensound – Small Guitar
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Episode Synopsis:Welcome to our latest podcast episode, where I sit down with Claire, a passionate homoeopath dedicated to non-toxic, effective, and holistic medicine. Claire specialises in Women's Health and spectrum disorders, particularly ADHD, and has a wealth of knowledge to share on how homoeopathy can support your healing journey naturally. In this episode, we delve into Claire's personal journey with homoeopathy, explore its applications for both mental and physical conditions, and discuss the unique principles that set it apart from conventional medicine. Whether you're a sceptic or a believer, this conversation promises to enlighten and inspire.
Connect with Claire:To Learn More about Claire and what services she offersplease get in touch with her/give her a follow:
- Website
- LinkedIn
Time Stamps:00:00:00 - Introduction
00:12:30 - Claire's Homeopathy Journey
00:20:12 - Constitutional Types in Homeopathy
00:27:59 - Complementary Medicine
00:33:00 - Can Homeopathy be Used for Mental and Physical Conditions?
00:37:01 - Responsibility for Our Health and Awareness of Our Body
00:46:28 - Societies Views on Age and Women
00:52:30 - The Depth of Homeopathic Treatment
00:59:09 - Claire's Offerings and Where to Find Her
01:02:36 - The Importance of Resting and Recovery
Episode Credits & Info:Editing & post-production: Gill Perkins with support from Anna Mulvey and Beth Evans
Intro and outro Music credit: Bensound – Small Guitar
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In this episode of The JamJarGill Podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with the wonderful Hannah, The Hypnotherapist (as she is saved on my phone ). I met Hannah originally through the amazing Wiki Biz Network run by Susie Lodge. Hannah is a Hypnotherapist, Well-being Specialist and Charity Worker with 20 years of experience supporting the emotional well-being of both children and adults.
Join us for this fascinating conversation honing into theins and outs of Hypnotherapy, debunking some myths that the media puts out aswell as coming together to work on manifestation. With Hannah’s extensiveexperience in both Hypnotherapy and through her charity work, she opens thedoor for empathy and compassion and tells us all about her experiences withboth Hypnotherapy herself and becoming a Hypnotherapist and deep delving intohow and why it works.
To Learn More about Hannah and what services she offers pleaseget in touch with her/give her a follow:
- Instagram: hannahjardineyouell & thirty_percent_parent
Time Stamps:
. 00:00:00 Introduction
. 00:05:59 Importance of Relationships
. 00:09:41 What is Hypnotherapy?
. 00:16:24 Hannah's Hypnotherapy Journey
. 00:28:36 Natural Protective Mechanisms
. 00:39:05 Anxiety and Tools to Manage it
00:45:23 Hannah'sExperience with Anxiety
. 00:49:17 Training as a Hypnotherapist
. 00:52:18 Negative Perceptions of Hypnotherapy
. 00:53:53 Building Trust with Clients
. 00:59:33 Subconscious vs Conscious
. 01:06:00 History and Origins of Hypnotherapy
. 01:10:42 Online vs Face to Face
. 01:14:09 Where to Find Hannah and Outro
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Editing & post-production: Gill Perkins with support from Imogen Cobbold andAnna Mulvey
Intro and outro Music credit: Bensound – Small Guitar
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In the first episode of Season 04 on my Holistic Health Podcast, I got to speak to the amazing Stacey Gibson, of Golden Circle Coaching. We shared a fascinating conversation which covered corporate burnout, nature connections, breathwork, and the retreats she now offers alongside another coach. Stacey explained how rediscovering her connection with nature during a period of burnout with her career in HR led her to help others by starting her own business. Stacey offered an interesting insight into how the world around us can provide regulation and calm in our lives.
Stacey is a Career and Life Coach, supporting people to move from burnt-out to balanced business success. She helps clients discover themselves and develop the career and life they want through balance and understanding the self. Stacey offers nature connections alongside a holistic approach to managing stress.
To Learn More about Stacey and what services she offers please get in touch with her/give her a follow.
- Website
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Welcome to the Podcast
00:02:07 - Introduction to Stacey Gibson
00:06:16 - Corporate Burnout
00:12:00 - Identity Outside of the Workplace
00:18:10 - Structure vs Flexibility
00:25:39 - Stacey’s Reconnection with Nature
00:32:35 - Developing Golden Circle Coaching
00:37:56 - Breathwork and Our Relationship with Nature
00:45:14 - Balance and Connection With Ourselves
00:54:33 - The Basics of Breathwork
01:03:10 - Reconnection Retreats
01:08:50 - Exploring Our Emotions
01:11:08 - Challenges and Opportunities Around Collaboration
01:24:00 - Where to Find Stacey
Please like, comment, follow and share with a friend. Editing & post-production: Gill Perkins with support from Anna Mulvey
Intro and outro Music credit: Bensound – Small Guitar
My intention with this Podcast is to educate, inform and empower my audience to approach their health more naturally. I hope you love this content – if you do please comment/like/share with a friend who you think may be interested too. Please also give me a follow here/ wherever you listen to podcasts: https://linktr.ee/JJG_podcast - I so appreciate your support as I build this content – thank you 🙏🏽 To find out more about my other offerings please visit: https://linktr.ee/jjgcreative
In the final episode of Season 03 of my Holistic Health Podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with my wonderful friend Debra Russell of Roar Birthing, who is a Doula and Hypnobirthing Instructor.Join us for this fascinating conversation delving into the experiences of childbirth for women. We explored how giving birth can be transformative for some yet daunting for others. Our discussion centred around the fundamental challenges and issues stemming from our own birthing stories, shedding light on the gaps and significant issues within today's medical system, where these ideas came from and what alternatives are out there.Debra Russell, an accomplished Doula and Hypno-birthing Instructor, is dedicated to guiding women through their birthing experience and beyond with her business, Roar Birthing. Through a range of tailored support and services, she shares invaluable experiences and anecdotes gleaned from her career, supporting women on their incredible journey into motherhood.To Learn More about Debra and what services she offers please get in touch with her/give her a follow.
- Website
- EmailTimestamps:00:00 - Intro00:10 - Podcast introduction01:29 - Guest Introduction05:18 - What is a Doula?06:05 - Doulas in the UK09:14 - Potential growth of Doulas in the UK09:47 - Problems with NHS12:30 - Changes in consumer behaviour regarding medical services13:28 - My birthing story.14:57 - Understanding problems with the current medical system.17:03 - Intention behind being a Doula.17:47 - How practising Doula came from ancient culture.18:40 - Birthing experience in America19:57 - Community birthing22:50 - The narrative about hospital births25:40 - History of Birthing27:32 - Where do you get the knowledge of birthing from?29:47 - Importance of empowering birth choices for women31:40 - Misconception around hypnobirthing32:36 - Social pressures and norms around giving birth40:10 - What is hypnobirthing?44:07 - Relation between Hypnobirthing and the concept of Doula47:10 - Narrative about mothers being a birth vessel48:27 - Understanding the process of Doula50:10 - Discussing postnatal problems53:58 - Debra's personal birthing anecdote56:26 - Postnatal anxiety01:02:02 - Problems with 40-week Pregnancy01:05:12 - Risks associated with induced Birth.01:11:18 - Factors determining labour.01:13:44 - What would be an idealized birth experience in an ideal world?01:15:20 - Do doulas also guide in preconception?01:17:20 - Birthing experience in Spain01:18:56 - Role played by childhood that builds perception of women around birthing.01:20:48 – Discussion around things getting worse not better since COVID within NHS Maternity and why this is.01:25:27 – Debra’s various offerings and where to find her01:28:02 – Outro – please like, comment, follow and share with a friend. Editing & post-production: Gill Perkins with support from Adnan Sayyad Intro and outro Music credit: Bensound – Small Guitar My intention with this Podcast is to educate, inform and empower my audience to approach their health more naturally. I hope you love this content – if you do please comment/like/share with a friend who you think may be interested too. Please also give me a follow here/ wherever you listen to podcasts - I so appreciate your support as I build this content – thank you 🙏🏽To find out more about my other offerings please click here
In this episode, I’m speaking to my friend, ex-client, incredible Resilience Coach & all-round awesome human being TianneCroshaw of the Resilience Wellbeing Partnership.
She is a highly experienced Resilience Consultant working across several business sectors, & an expert in delivering corporate programmes. She has also supported leadership in the charity sector & the Royal Navy helping management improve their resilience levels and recognise and improve their impact and influence on their people.
To learn more about Tianne and what she has to offer please connect with her/ give her a follow:
- YouTube
- Website
- Wellbeing Shop
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:03:16 - Tianne's Bio in her own words
00:04:22 – What is Resilience? (bouncing back)
00:05: 36 – How Tianne’s upbringing and her parent's professions started her fascination with resilience
00:06:56 – The impact of the film “Girl Interrupted” by Susanna Kaysen on Gill
00:08:45 – Generational growth in mental health awareness.
00:10:25 – How to treat yourself with kindness? (best friend/ inner child)
00:11:48 – Post-covid rise in attention to mental health in the corporate world.
00:15:02 – Influence of Brené Brown in mental health space (https://youtu.be/iCvmsMzlF7o?si=lG8xoYuxGzJcFDna)
00:16:11 – Language around mental health changing: openness around terms like Trauma & Toxic-Positivity
00:16:56 – You can change your thinking, you can train your brain, “You are not your thoughts”
00:17:51 – The importance of re-framing the narratives which you have about yourself and others
00:19:10 – The importance of saying “NO”?
00:20:07 – How Tianne came to Resilience as her specialism.
00:22:00 – Is it “Stress management” or “Stress Mastering”?
00:23:53 – What’s the opposite of Stress? – Resilience.
00:24:49 – Pivoting Career after having children
00:30:58 – What is your intention? - and how to work that out.
00:33:37 – Impact of Yoga on mental health
00:34:51 – How did you train to be a Resilience Coach?
00:36:04 – Resilience Explained (using the analogy developed by MindMatters)
00:39:12 – Personal vs Professional Resilience.
00:44:00 – The importance of developing healthy boundaries
00:47:52 – Addressing 6 psychological needs which drive everything we do (source: Tony Robins)
00:56:22 – How to develop Resilience in your own life? – The 3 A’s (Awareness, Acknowledge, Action)
01:02:01 – How did COVID increase/ change the need for resilience within society?
01:05:59 – Work from home vs In-Office work culture, which is better for your mental health & productivity? The benefits of the Hybrid working model.
01:07:33 - Is resilience both a mental and physical practice for you?
01:08:08 – Mind Matters 6 Principles of Resilience
01:13:13 – How does resilience help to tackle insomnia?
01:17:48 – Relations between resilience and victimhood (Dreaded Drama to Empowerment Dynamic)
01:26:31 – Development of mental resilience in children – How young to start and top tips.
01:38:48 – Railway Children Charity.
01:41:05 – Where to find out more about Tianne and her various offerings
01:42:56 – Outro.
Editing & post-production: Gill Perkins
Intro and outro Music credit: Bensound
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In this episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with my friend and mentor of over a decade, Kanti Freeman from Divine Harmony. We explore Kanti's personal healing journey and how it led her to embrace holistic health through transformative modalities. Inspired by her own experiences, she pursued certifications as a yoga teacher, reiki healer, and gong practitioner, driven by a genuine desire to share these profound benefits with others.
Kanti, a Sound Therapist, Gong Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, and Reiki Practitioner, is dedicated to helping individuals tap into their essential nature. Through Sound Baths, Yoga classes, and Reiki sessions, she aims to inspire and provide support, particularly during those transitional life moments that hold the potential for meaningful transformations.
To learn more about Kanti and what she has to offer please connect with her/ give her a follow:
- Website
- Email: kanti@divine-harmony.co.uk
Timestamps:00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast
00:02:40– Kanti’s Bio read by Gill.
00:05:19 – Living on a boat and why it’s so great
00:07:20 - How Kanti got into holistic health: Mental challenges, GP who was open to holistic health, Day Resource Centre in Bedford, Yoga as a transformative tool.
00:13:31 - Mental health and postnatal depression spectrum and how it affected us both
00:20:15 – Where did Reiki come into the picture?
00:23:10 - Complementary Medicine
00:24:43 - What Reiki Attunement is
00:27:26 – Kanti’s journey with mental health challenges was her inspiration to get her into the world of holistic health.
00:28:03 – Where did Sound Healing come into your healing journey?
00:34:09 – The most powerful instrument is the human voice.
00:36:17 – How Kanti learnt to play and create with gongs – and her teacher Don Conreaux and what he calls “the way of the gong”
00:36:56 - What style of Yoga Teacher Training did you do and how did you get to teaching the blend of yoga you teach (restorative/hatha/kundalini/Iyengar/yin)
00:38:55 – How and why Kanti now primarily teaches Yin Yoga and what Yin Yoga is.
00:43:38 – Deeper dive into Sound Healing as a Modality and its history
00:46:53 - Music vs Sound Therapy, what is the difference, and which came first?
00:48:41 - What’s involved in a personal sound healing session.
00:52:38 – Talk through the different instruments Kanti uses with some examples.
00:55:05 - What is a sound bath or sound journey and different peoples personal experiences them
00:57:52 – Could you speak to the physical benefits of sound baths?
00:59:19 – Do you go to other people’s sound baths and if so, what are your experiences of that?
00:59:47 - The benefits Kanti gets from leading sound baths in her own body
01:01:00 – What do you refer to the group of instruments as? And how did you decide which ones to pick?
01:06:50: - How taking away one of the senses (sight – through an eye covering) enhances people's experience of a sound journey how they really have to trust the person running the session as a result and how Kanti feels about that responsibility
01:09:34 – Have you ever experienced people having a negative reaction to the sound? Can you talk to that a bit?
01:11:07 – Have you ever done sound work with autistic or other sensory-challenged people and what was that experience like if so?
01:13:10: - What people should expect coming to a group sound bath session
01:19:25 – Collaboration of elements; sound whilst in water and collaboration with another holistic practitioner for example someone teaching Yin Yoga whilst you play your family of sound healing instruments
01:22:36 - What Kanti has coming up and how to get in touch with her
Sound Healing Music credit: Kanti Freeman (2023)Intro and outro Music credit: Bensound
In this episode, I’m carrying on my conversation with Caz Hitchcock of the Gravity Technique.
Caz is an anatomy & human movement expert specialising in fixing faulty movement patterns to alleviate chronic joint pain. (please note this is part 2 so please go back to listen to part 1 if you haven't already )
Her own personal journey paired with her extensive knowledge inspired her to create a unique modality called The Gravity Technique.
For many years Caz was a Yoga teacher but was frustrated with the level of knowledge provided in her training to help her clients with various injuries they'd come to her with. She embarked on a 10-year journey to dissect (literally) the body and learn about the world of fascia and anatomy in motion.
She now teaches and coaches anyone in pain as well as training fellow yoga & movement professionals (and anyone keen to learn) to up-level their skills and help their clients on a whole new level.
Caz's mission is to de-normalise the narrative that pain is just part of life and something we have to put up with.
To learn more about Caz and all her offerings please connect with her/ give her a follow:
- Website
- YouTube
Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast
00:00:14 – Intro to Part 2 of my interview with Caz from the Gravity Technique along with an announcement of a mid-season break
00:01:39 - Where do the worlds of science, spirituality and holistic health connect when it comes to your specialism?
00:13:52 – What is Fascia and how is it related to your technique?00:21:16 – Yoga Origins and different techniques
00:23:55 – The Gravity Technique
00:33:21 – How can pregnancy affect your body - Caz demonstrates exercises to release neck and arm pain.
01:07:53 – How to reach Caz and more information about the company.
Editing & post-production: Bruno (University of Buckingham)
Music: Bensound – Small Guitar
In this episode, I’m talking to Caz Hitchcock of the Gravity Technique. Caz is an anatomy & human movement expert specialising in fixing faulty movement patterns to alleviate chronic joint pain.
Her own personal journey paired with her extensive knowledgeinspired her to create a unique modality called The Gravity Technique.
For many years Caz was a Yoga teacher but was frustratedwith the level of knowledge provided in her training to help her clients with various injuries they'd come to her with.
She embarked on a 10-year journey to dissect (literally) thebody and learn about the world of fascia and anatomy in motion.
She now teaches and coaches anyone in pain as well astraining fellow yoga & movement professionals (and anyone keen to learn) to up-level their skills and help their clients on a whole new level.
Caz's mission is to de-normalise the narrative that pain is just part of life and something we have to put up with.
To learn more about Caz and all her offerings please connect with her/ give her a follow:
- Website
- YouTube
Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast
00:04:28 – Caz shares her story and talks about her profession.
00:20:21 - “We are ‘bombarded’, constantly, with information” How come the media influence your life (negatively?)
00:23:32 - How did becoming a mother change how you viewed your working life? What were you doing before?
00:33:22 - What made you want to train as a yoga teacher and where did you do that?
00:44:57 – Caz talks about her journey through yoga training and her sabbatical year in China.
00:55:43 – What Iyengar Yoga is and the differences from Ashtanga Yoga.
01:04:61 – Caz tells us about moving to China and how that deepened her interest in holistic health.
01:07:08 – The Chinese culture and their Ethos “Your body is not supposed to be sick. If you’re sick, something is going fundamentally wrong. Your body is distressed about something”.
01:21:50 – The end of Part 1.
Editing & post-production: Bruno (University ofBuckingham)
Music: Bensound – Small Guitar
In this episode, I interviewed Ruth and Brian from The Kaleidoscopes (Menopause Education and Support for All) who again are part of my wonderful Collaborate MK networking community. I am fascinated by what is being described as the “Menopause Revolution” – it is something that very much needed to happen in my book – to finally scrap all the taboo around the subject of something that happens to half the population.
This amazing organisation is using a two-prong approach to be at the forefront of this movement by tackling head-on, both supporting women directly and through community to deal with all the many flavours of symptoms that they experience during this season and hooking them up with holistic experts to help them navigate it all and most importantly not feel alone. In addition they are going into corporate environments to open up the discussion and talk to everyone about menopause so that everyone knows what it entails, knowledge really is power!
Kaleidoscopes were launched in January this year (2023) by Cerus and Ruth so that they could find ways to support other women through the menopause years. Each with their different stories around menopause and lack of support, they felt they could find ways to support other women … and so they did.
To learn more about Kaleidoscopes and all their offerings please connect with them/ give them a follow:
- Website
Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast
00:05:32 – Introducing the Guests - Ruth Harrison-Swift and Bruce Ludden from Kaleidoscopes.
00:16:47 – How the NHS defines Menopause.
00:19:35 – Curiosity: How can menstrual and lunar cycles be related? – “A full lunar cycle lasts from one new moon to the next and takes 29.5 days. The average menstrual cycle is also around 28–29 days long. However, the actual duration varies from person to person and month to month, ranging from approximately 21 to 35 days.” 00:21:58 – Why is it called Kaleidoscopes
00:25:09 – What is the culture about Menopause in the United States (Male Perspective)
00:37:53 – Kaleidoscopes – The community side of the business. How it manifested and what it now looks like. (??)
00:45:55 – How flexible are big corporations with employee issues? More and more employees want autonomy at work – and it’s become a major factor in whether they quit. Why are some companies digging in their heels against it? 01:11:23 – What is the Vagus Nerve and how can it affect your anxiety levels? 01:20:06 – Where to find Kaleidoscopes (Incoming events and coffee morning meeting)
01:26:59 – Hints on how to cope with Menopause meetings.
01:29:37 – How to book a Kaleidoscopes Workshop.
Music credit: Bensound
This month, I am so excited to interview my friend and ex-hairdresser Sharon Whittle who moved to the US around 3 years ago and took the opportunity to pivot her career and re-train as a face yoga practitioner/teacher/coach.
Sharon is a dedicated face yoga and wellbeing coach, whose passion lies in helping women naturally achieve their best appearance and well-being from within. She was born and raised in the UK and resided there until three years ago when she, along with her husband and daughter, relocated to the USA. Sharon discovered the power of face yoga several years ago when she noticed changes in her own complexion during the throes of perimenopause and struggled with hormonal fluctuations.
Experiencing first-hand the transformative effects of face yoga, Sharon witnessed immediate improvements in her skin and recognized the importance of sharing this method with other women. For her, face yoga encompasses a comprehensive well-being package that employs holistic techniques centred around inner serenity. Empowering women to exude confidence through their skin brings Sharon immense joy.
Through her classes and membership program, Sharon serves as a guiding force, encouraging her clients to embrace their natural beauty and nurture self-love. She wholeheartedly embraces this transformative approach to holistic beauty and wellness. Sharon's ultimate mission is to inspire women to celebrate their uniqueness and lead fulfilling lives brimming with self-assurance, all while looking and feeling their absolute best from the inside out.
To learn more about Sharon and her offerings please connect with her/ give her a follow:
- Website
- YouTube
- LinkTr.ee
TimeStamps
00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast
00:01:54 - Today’s guest is Sharon Whittle who is a Face Yoga Practitioner 00:10:20 – What is Face Yoga? (When did it start and where does it come from?)
00:11:12 – 5 Key Elements of Face Yoga.
00:12:46 – The importance of Facial Massage and wellness in our daily lives.
00:16:40 – “What’s good for our body is good for our skin”.
00:18:00 – Having a growth mindset (the belief that you are in control of your own ability and can learn and improve) is the key to achieving your goals.
00:19:41 – “Just embracing the changes but doing it in a way where we feel really good.”
00:20:40 – Chinese Culture of Respecting the Elderly – Traditional Eastern Medicine (Mindset comparison).
00:26:15 – “Your body is not an Apology” Book by Sonya Renee Taylor.
00:28:11 – Sharron shares opinion about a healthier way of thinking.
00:36:50 – Attitude and Gratitude (Gratitude practice and how it can transform your outlook)
00:40:26 – How did Sharon get into Face Yoga?
00:57:47 – Face Yoga Exercises – Posture is important!
01:16:48 – Hydration is key - Staying hydrated improves the removal of waste in our body and allows minerals and nutrients to be better absorbed into our digestive system.
01:20:14 – Every effort we make reflects on our face (We should exercise this area more often)
01:20:50 - Origins of Yoga - Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine
01:23:13 – Sharon’s Services and where to find her
Music credit: Bensound
I met Zoe through my Instagram community she reached out to me and asked if I was interested in having her as a podcast guest, and as soon as we had our virtual cuppa I just loved her energy and knew she would be an ideal guest as I go on to investigate yet another part of the holistic health and wellness world…
She guide soul & purpose-led Lightworkers & Intuitives, to raise and sustain their vibration and to retreat from the chaos of everyday living, enabling them to replenish their light through aligning with the Earth & cosmic cycles for more flow, ease & grace.
As ever I would love to know your favourite takeaway from the episode in the comments below… I hope you find our conversation as fascinating as I did. If it resonates with you please do subscribe to this podcast, give us a review, and a like and if possible share with someone who might like it too 😊 You can find all my podcast links: https://linktr.ee/JJG_podcast
To learn more about Zoe and her offerings please connect with her/ give her a follow:
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast
00:02:13– Today’s guest is Zoe Whitehead who is an Empathic Light Worker
00:04:01– Zoe’s bio in her own words: From an anxious empath without definition, to teacher, to helping the children she taught through workshops, to mini breakdown, to Luna workshops with women
00:11:59- What is an Empath?
00:15:25 – All Lightworkers are Empathic and how the two relate
00:15:58 - What is the difference between Cosmology and Astrology?
00:18:59 – How Zoe got into Luna Energy
00:21:16 – How Zoe trained in it and then used it to help others…
00:22:46 – The moon and how it affects our lives in its (her) different phases
00:31:11 - The link between the moon and water
00:31:41 - Is it the case, from Zoe’s ideology that women are connected to the moon's energy and men are connected to the sun’s energy? – she explains… through the divine masculine and feminine energy what that means and what characters represent each one and how both are present in us all in different ways
00:38:03– How having an ideology or belief system to explain the seemingly unexplainable in life can be such a comfort
00:42:15 - What is the connection between women and water?
00:49:17 – Moon Rituals and How to integrate them into your life… Start with the waning crescent, and dark moon and pay attention to insecurities and journal on what is rising up as things to tackle, and then as you get to the new moon then you turn these into intentional action points to tackle them head-on, next is full moon, and we look with clarity at what we have managed to create for ourselves this month and then we really celebrate it, then we can find inspiration from that on where to go next, really living into that state of curiosity. Finally the waning gibbous is where we can release anything which didn’t work out in the last month ready to start fresh.
01:19:07 - What is the inner landscape? And How to access it and how that can work differently for each individual but it’s finding a way to see what your feeling, feel what your feeling, ask yourself what it is here to show or teach you and then let it flow through you like the energy it is and release.
01:30:45 - Goddess Energy and how Zoe uses this in her practices
01:32:09 – The importance of the practice of taking time to find your inner landscape however that works for you and how that can prevent you from bottling up everything you have going on and then it exploding!
01:32:58 - Zoe’s offerings & how to contact her
Music credit: Bensound
The subject of this month’s episode is Homeopathy with a side of Naturopathic Nutrition, discussed with a specialist in both; Vicky Wilson (of Energise Health Nutrition), who once again I have connected with through my fabulous local networking group Collaborate MK.Here's a bit about Vicky:Vicky is an experienced Naturopathic Nutritionist and Registered Homeopath specialising in women’s hormonal health helping her clients to get their energy, weight, sleep, and mood under control using food and lifestyle changes. If you’re eating foods that don’t benefit your body, you’ll feel the effects in so many ways. Some of them you may not even associate with diet. She’ll work with you to create a food plan that is tailored to you, and that you can integrate easily with your lifestyle. Your new food plan will soon become just the way you eat, and the benefits you see will be sustainable in the long term. She can help with many mental and physical ailments with homeopathy. It is a gentle system of healing using dilute remedies that have no side effects.She offers accountability and non-judgemental support. She helps her clients to keep healthy and balanced in their busy lives. To look good and feel great. As ever I would love to know your favourite takeaway from the episode in the comments below… I hope you find our conversation as fascinating as I did. If it resonates with you please do subscribe to this podcast, give us a review, and a like and if possible share with someone who might like it too 😊 You can find all my podcast links: https://linktr.ee/JJG_podcastTo learn more about Vicky and her offerings please connect with her/ give her a follow:WebsiteFacebookLinkedIn InstagramEmail: enquiries@energisehealth.co.ukTimestamps: 00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast 00:02:05 – Today’s guest is Vicky Wilson from Energise Health and Nutrition and is a Naturopathic Nutritionist and Registered Homeopath00:06:03– Vicky’s bio in her own words00:07:23 - What is homeopathy?00:11:23 – How did you discover homeopathy in your life and why did you then decide to become a homeopath yourself?00:18:07 - What is Naturopathy?00:18:43 – How Vicky trained…00:19:40 - How going through a major life change, for example having children, can be an opportunity to challenge/question everything you know about health and wellness…00:27:19 - What benefits has homeopathy (both as a user of and a teacher) in your life?00:29:06 – How do doses work within homeopathy? 00:31:12 – The difference between treating mental and physical ailments with homeopathy…00:34:31 - The focus on preventative care within the holistic space and how that manifests in homeopathy 00:35:27 - Delving a bit deeper into how homeopathy working using the example of treating hay fever 00:36:37 – Going on to discuss the idea around taking a small dose of caffeine in order to treat insomnia and how that all works…00:37:55 - EXAMPLE: If were to take me on as a new client, talk us through what the process would be and what would be involved? 00:41:52 – Home remedy kit examples (which are useful for all)00:45:15 – When Vicky takes a clients case history she really deep dives into their past and asks questions for over an hour in order to really home in on their specific requirements, a lot of historical issues sit in the body for years and years without us realising 00:47:10 - Hormones and their effect on our bodies00:53:41 – How Vicky transitioned from being an employee to being self-employed and how our journeys compared to each other01:02:35 – How both sides of Vicky’s business complement each other (nutrition and homeopathy) 01:07:54 - What Naturopathic Nutrition is and where it comes from01:19:05 – Where people can find Vicky and her offerings…Music credit: Bensound [https://www.bensound.com/]
I met Sorrel through my local Networking group Collaborate MK which if you are in the Milton Keynes area I highly recommend you check out, as everything they do from top to bottom is all about Collaboration over Competition which is entirely a core belief of mine. In this fascinating conversation, we discuss how Sorrel went from being an Osteopath for 20 years before pivoting to becoming a Mental Wealth Coach and how the two specialisms are connected…
Here is Sorrel’s bio for a bit of context:“I currently work as a well-being coach with a focus on mental health and relationships. And I have a particular interest in boarding school survivors as I am one myself. Until last May I was also working as an osteopath with a specialisation in the treatment of ME/CFS and long covid. I learned a lot from those particular patients as I discovered how early trauma often plays out as chronic illness later in life.”
We go on, for our example piece in this episode, how to plan your goals for the year ahead and why it is important to do this from spring rather than January.
As ever I would love to know your favourite takeaway from the episode in the comments below… I hope you find our conversation as fascinating as I did. If it resonates with you please do subscribe to this podcast, give us a review, and a like and if possible share with someone who might like it too 😊 You can find all my podcast links
To learn more about Sorrel and her offerings please connect with her/ give her a follow:
- Website
Email: hello@sorrelpindar.co.uk
Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast
00:01:10 – Today’s guest is Sorrel Pindar who is a Mental Wealth Coach
00:02:17 – Sorrel’s bio in her own words
00:04:00 - How and why we got to the current status quo of what a successful marriage or long-term relationship looks like
00:09:00 - The most important relationship you will ever have is with yourself…
00:09:33 – Reframing your relationship with your body and understanding that all it’s ever trying to do is keep you safe…
00:10:24 - The difference between the core self and the personality
00:12:07 - Why Sorrel became an osteopath and why she decided to move on from it?
00:15:12 - Raymond Perrin and his method for treating ME
00:24:21 - Moving from Osteopathy to Coaching (after training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP))
00:27:25 – NLP Maps and what they are…
00:29:42 - What the core self really is…
00:30:25 – How to adjust the thoughts which aren’t working for you…
00:33:49 – What formats do you work with people? 121’s? Workshops? Seminars?...
00:35:41 - If someone were to come to you as a new client, how would you assess how to help them?
00:37:00 – What Coaching is…and what it is used for…
00:38:40 – EXAMPLE of how Sorrel works with her clients: Planning our goals with spring as a start date rather than the new year because we are cyclical beings and we should be paying more attention to nature than capitalism, especially when it comes to planning our life.
00:44:01 - Start with questioning what your values…
00:45:49 – Next go on to look at your intentions… which are a bit vaguer than goals or overall visions of what you are aiming for
00:47:02 – Goals are operationalising your intentions with specific actions
01:11:45 - In your own personal and coaching journey to this point in your life what are the best resources that have helped you along the way?
3 principles – human psychology, spiritual dimension, neuroscience-Sid Bankso
Enlightenment experience
- The truth of who we really are
- How our experience is created
- Once you see it you can’t unsee it
Music credit: Bensound [https://www.bensound.com/]
I met Vikki through Starseed Business Networking (which you can find on Eventbrite & join for free to connect with so so many in the holistic health space), Vikki came back to my follow-up email to say she was interested in being a guest on my podcast when I found out she was a Reiki & Energy Healer I was delighted to invite her on to find out more about all the things she does. Talking of energy, Vikki’s energy is just beautiful, calm and relatable throughout our conversation we go into the history of healing and discuss the transition from a linear to a circular worldview and how we are all part of nature and the universe and how we all need to reconnect. We also deep dive into the difference between Reiki and general energy healing and discuss the benefits of both.I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did, and I’d love to hear your favourite takeaway in the comments below. Here’s a bit of Vikki’s story for context:“Throughout life, from childhood through to the present day, there have been a number of life experiences that have occurred whereby I can remember back, vividly, to a point where I was making a conscious wish, a dream maybe, for life to go a certain way and then boom! There it was! To begin with, it was rather a shock! As you’d imagine. Then as I began to acknowledge that this was more than just a coincidence, I began experimenting and seeing how effective this cool attribute could be! Remembering that this was WAY before the term ‘Manifestation’ or the ‘Law of Attraction’ were widely known, the only way I could figure it out was through trial and error. And believe me, there have been a fair few errors along the way. Or as I like to see it; there have been many life lessons experienced along the way... ...In 2017, I began a huge undertaking! I wanted to learn, study, explore and reconnect with that element of my inner self that had been shut away for so long! Answer all these questions that had been building up inside. With maturity on my side, I had the confidence to remain grounded, protected, guided and open-minded enough to open up every element of me to the energetic world and feed my hunger for understanding.All my research and studies have pointed to one thing. Vibrational energy. I have discovered a way to see, feel, hear and connect with vibrational energy. And once I understood this, the rest became so very clear.”I love how Vikki’s whole approach is to help people to help themselves, her vocation is actually ancient, and in my option is absolutely what the world needs right now - to have more and more healers in the mainstream as my goodness we all need healing and need to understand that we don't need to remain in a perpetual state of brokenness.To learn more about Vikki and her offering please connect with her/ give her a follow:WebsiteFacebookInstagramShe also is promoting cleaner ways of living through her alternative Instagram profileTime Stamps:00:00:00 – Welcome to the JamJarGill Podcast00:01:57 – Today’s guest is Vikki Henderson of Soul Energy Alchemy 00:03:12 – Vikki’s Bio00:06:48 - Different types of Reiki and where it comes from and how it works00:14:29 – What is energy and where does it come from?00:16:44 - How we are connected to nature, how we are nature and why that is so important to know00:19:15 – The history of Reiki00:20:57 - Jikiden Reiki is Reiki without modern influence or modification, the way it was originally taught, this is the reiki which Vikki trained in, and how it is the only actual Reiki vs Energy Healing (a more generic term) and why this is00:27:48 – Linear vs Circular and how this relates to the ascension process00:30:06 – Not actually a new way of thinking but rather an ancient way of thinking, what can we learn from tribal culture?00:33:44 - Viewing health conditions, whether those be mental or physical as that we are permanently broken and how we should question this, as there is another way of looking at it…00:34:54 - Buddhism, Enlightenment, Finding our Why… 00:36:52 – Highly sensitive people, why they are so highly sensitive and how it’s actually a beautiful way of being 00:43:14 - Auras, Chakras, Colours of the Rainbow, Colour Therapy and meaning and the importance of the no 7 00:50:52 - Take your cape of negativity/ trauma off and why it’s important to do this and how animals do this innately, but also how domestic animals mimic us so sometimes have to relearn this00:55:54 – Show and tell Energy Healing01:22:59 - Round-up/ Where to find Vikki and how to book her services
I met Jenny through Starseed Business Networking (which you can find on Eventbrite & join for free to connect with so so many in the holistic health space), I found her voice and her presence very calming so was delighted to have her as a guest on my podcast.
Jenny Light is a Yoga Elder, psychologist, meditation teacher on Insight Timer, author and inspirational speaker from Scotland, UK. Her spiritual upbringing was fostered by her parents’ personal exploration of Vegetarianism, Yoga, Buddhism, Findhorn (in the early days) and spiritual healing. She had a kundalini awakening as a small child and found yoga at 9, Jenny continued where she left off in her spiritual meditative path of many lifetimes.
Jenny trained as a Dru Yoga teacher in 2000 and went on the train extensively in Scaravelli Yoga before undergoing esoteric spiritual training under her guru, Paramahansa Yogananada, through the Self Realization Fellowship. She is a Yoga Elder of Independent Yoga Network.
Jenny's long-awaited 3rd meditation book, 'Awakening the Lotus of Peace' (Mantra Books 2022) is a beautifully illustrated book of yoga meditations to experience and express different qualities of peace in your life.
Her first book, ‘Living Lightly: a journey through Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME)’ (Ayni Books 2016) charts her own healing journey after complete burn-out as a Support for Learning and Chartered Teacher in primary & secondary schools. Jenny says: 'I had become a human doing, not a human being.' A path of yogic breathing, meditation, spiritual healing, raw food diet and rethinking her whole approach to life, brought Jenny back onto her original life path as a spiritual teacher.
In her book, 'Divine Meditations: 26 Spiritual Qualities of the Bhagavad Gita' (Mantra Books 2019), Jenny has crafted a spiritual workbook of yoga practises describing how to entrain the consciousness to the higher soul qualities, such as fearlessness, compassion & ahimsa (non-violence), using pranayama, mantra, mudra and meditation.
Jenny has been a spiritual healer for 35 years, is a member of United Spiritual Healers and is an Advanced Sound Healer in the use of tuning forks to harmonise the body/mind/spirit balance. She is also an artist, specialising in oil painting of Scotland’s beaches & islands.
If you want to know more about Jenny, please find all her links below:
Website
Insight Timer
Timecodes:
00:00:00 – Episode Intro
00:02:00 – Jenny’s Bio
00:07:10 – Modern Medicine vs Holistic
00:10:57 – Jenny’s journey with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/ ME
00:13:32 - Jenny’s 5-prong approach to curing CFS/ME: 1. Raw Food Diet 2. Regular appointments with a Spiritual Healer 3. Mini self-healing (charging up the chakras) 4. Meditation 5. Started taking Omega 3,6 & 9 (Veg EPA by Igennus)
00:25:32 - Game-changing book: Its Mitochond
I met Katie through Starseed Business Networking (a free online networking for everyone in the holistic space), she was actually the featured guest speaker the month we met, I was instantly taken with her story and what she was doing in the world, how she was empowering women in such a creative way. So I reached out to her to ask if she'd like to be a guest on my podcast and she said yes! This conversation was so interesting, so deep, I didn't want to edit it down and down so I decided instead to split it into two parts;
PART 1: We dive deep into Katie and Belly Dancing and her journey to get to where she is today with it &
PART 2: We start with an example of some moves and then we get into the physical and emotional/mental benefits of Bellydancing as a practice. Hope you enjoy the first part of this interview with the fascinating and inspirational Katie Holland
If you want to know more about Katie, please find all her links below:
Website
Timecodes:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:36 – Performance Art vs Holistic tool and Katie’s Kundalini Awakening
00:03:50 – The beginning of Awakened Bellydance
00:08:16 – Explanation from Katie on holistic Bellydancing which we are about to show
00:11:11 – Bellydancing example
00:33:49 - Explaining/ walking through the example of Bellydancing
00:34:04 – Different hand gestures and where they come from and how Katie uses them
00:39:16 – the relationship between kundalini and Bellydance
00:40:24 – Yoni and yoga and passing down this knowledge from woman to woman
00:42:24 – The problem with how sex education is taught…
00:44:23 – The societal effect of losing the rights of passage ceremonies/ celebrations – a girls first bleed used to be celebrated and we’ve lost that
00:49:18 – Where to find Katie and what she has coming up
Music credit: Bensound [https://www.bensound.com/]
I met Katie through Starseed Business Networking (a free online networking for everyone in the holistic space), she was actually the featured guest speaker the month we met, I was instantly taken with her story and what she was doing in the world, how she was empowering women in such a creative way. So I reached out to her to ask if she'd like to be a guest on my podcast and she said yes! This conversation was so interesting, so deep, I didn't want to edit it down and down so I decided instead to split it into two parts;
- PART 1: We dive deep into Katie and Belly Dancing and her journey to get to where she is today with it
- PART 2: We start with an example of some moves and then we get into the physical and emotional/mental benefits of Bellydancing as a practice.
Hope you enjoy the first part of this interview with the fascinating and inspirational Katie Holland
If you want to know more about Katie, please find all her links below:
- Website
Timecodes:
00:00:00 – Intro to a new way of podcasting going into 2023
00:01:22 – Intro with Katie
00:05:06 – Katie’s bio in her own words
00:07:54 – History of Bellydancing
00:12:16 – Bellydancing in pregnancy and what it does to your muscles inside
00:16:10 – The historical link between Indian Hareem and Bellydancing
00:18:38 – Katie’s Kundalini Awakening
00:30:26 – More Bellydancing History…
00:35:19 – Empowerment of the women doing Bellydancing vs service to their audience
00:44:07 – Teaching Empowerment through Bellydance
00:45:29 – On working with the shadow aspects of self and what that all means
Music credit: Bensound [https://www.bensound.com/]
I met Marijana at a free networking event which I found on Eventbrite. Going sugar-free is something which I have been interested in, but also sceptical of how, so I was excited and intrigued for this conversation as Marijana promises that "life without sugar is more sweet" - fundamentally life without sugar doesn't mean life without sweetness, eating bland food, quite the opposite in fact. The conversation was so informative with so much tangible advice, I hope you guys enjoy it and find it helpful too. Re-listening to edit the episode made me think about everything she was saying again, and there is stuff we can, and should, all do regardless of budget, like follow the "grandma rule"...
Here's a bit about Marijana:
Marijana’s programmes work to help you to change your relationship with food forever! She can help you lose weight without hunger or cravings. Her programmes use the latest nutritional research. She is a fully qualified Mind-Body-Nutrition Coach, Nutritional Therapist, Keto Coach and Meditation Teacher. In addition to this, she has written a cookbook with hundreds of recipes. She has been perfecting these recipes in one way or another for over 30 years. This knowledge and experience allow her to tailor-make recipes to just about anyone’s preference.
Want to know more, please find all her links below:
Website: www.greenmindfulketo.com
Email: greenmindfulketo@gmail.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/greenmindfulketo
My FB group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ketoforbusypeopleover40
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marijana-dragojevic-849b7b39/
If you are interested in sponsoring this episode please drop me an email to find out more at podcast@jamjargill.com
I met Tania at an R&R Retreat I went to locally where she collaborated with a Holistic Healer (Laura from the last episode) and Kundalini Yoga Teacher in such a beautifully complementary way I invited her on the show to teach us all more about Shiatsu, how it has helped her in her own life and why she decided to train as a practitioner to help others too and all the joy she gets from doing that. Hope you enjoy the conversation...
You can find out more about what she does via:
- Website
- LinkTree
- Email: tania@oxfordshirewellness.co.uk
Timecodes:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:59 – This Month’s Guest is Tania Noble, a Shiatsu Practitioner from Oxfordshire Wellness
00:01:51– Tania’s Bio
00:03:47 – What is Shiatsu?
00:05:23 – How Tania got into Shiatsu…
00:06:51 - How and when in Tania’s life she trained in Shiatsu…
00:08:29 – Discussion around introducing holistic therapies, like Shiatsu, to the corporate environment as a prevention method for work-related stress 00:13:27 – Where Shiatsu comes from…
00:17:44 – How Shiatsu can work in combination with other holistic health practices
00:18:19 – How Tania trained as a Shiatsu practitioner
00:25:08 – What Shiatsu has done for Tania in her own life…
00:27:14 – How do you use Shiatsu to serve others?
00:28:29 – Healing Eczema using Shiatsu/Acupuncture/Diet (Tania’s journey)
00:37:04 – Show & Tell Section: Shiatsu you can do on yourself…
00:48:37 – Learning that the sound of kundalini chants can heal you from a vibrational level even if you don’t know the exact translation of the words
00:57:44 – Where you can find Tania
Music credit: Bensound [https://www.bensound.com/]
This was a fascinating conversation with Laura about her business and offerings as a holistic therapist. All the different modalities she covers and how she found this calling in her life. If this is something which you know little about currently (like me) and don't know where to start but find it interesting, this podcast episode is for you. I have made a point throughout of asking all the layman's questions and Laura does an excellent job of explaining everything in simple and understandable terms.
"Laura is an experienced Healer, she works intuitively with the subtle body to provide deep healing. This is offered through 1-2-1 Chakra work, Shamanic Crystal Dreaming, and Group Meditations. Laura studied intensively with Shanti Mission (a school for the soul) based outside of Sydney Australia, after having an awakening experience in India in 2014. Her life has been transformed into one of joy, service and love, through meditation and healing, and she is passionate about sharing these tools with those ready to embark on their healing journey. "
Time Stamps:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:50 – This Month’s Guest is Laura
00:01:56 – Laura’s Bio
00:02:52 – There are three ways in which Laura works to help people thrive in their lives,
1st Modality: Egnyte your spirit therapy – developed Shakti Durga -Clearing blockages in your Chakras
00:03:34 – 2nd Modality: Crystal Dreaming Therapy – which heals past lives
00:04:18 - 3rd Modality: Group Meditation: Intuitive Healing
00:05:16 - How did Laura come to this all in your own life and why?
00:13:52 - What is a Guru?
00:15:26 - What is an Avatar?
00:29:21 - Conscious vs Subconscious…
00:36:03 - What is "dropping in"?
00:36:51 - Spiritual Healing on Gill...(example)
01:01:29 - What chakras are...
01:05:09 – How do you heal virtually/remotely?
01:10:12 - How having readings can help you mentally prepare for life’s challenges
01:15:10 - Where to find Laura/ What she's got coming up?
You can find out more about what she does via:
Website
LinkTree
Music credit: Bensound [https://www.bensound.com/]
You can also find the video version of this interview on my YouTube Channel
Loved talking to Helen, having followed her and her lovely YouTube videos for quite some time on YouTube, I'm so glad that I reached out to her to invite her onto my podcast.
Helen started her YouTube channel, Well with Hels, back in 2016 after falling in love with yoga as her reason to leave her marketing job on time. She did her 200 hours of teacher training with Yoga London and has since then specialised further with Sally Parkes: 85hr Pre & Postnatal yoga teacher training, Gateway: 8hr Indian head massage training, The Yoga People: 50hr Yin & the elements yoga teacher training, Rachel Land Yoga: 12hrs Myofascial release for yoga teachers, Real Fertile X Sally Parkes: 25hrs Fertility yoga teacher training. Her style is intuitive, inclusive and all about feeling good in your body.
She now has a membership site over at MyMindfulMovement.cowhere:
"Through the My Mindful Movement practice, each new class aims to empower you to move in a way that suits you. No two people are the same and no two days are the same, so we are here as your guide to help you connect deeper to yourself.
Some days we may need a sweaty, strong flow, others stillness and self-reflection, we make space for it all here in the My Mindful Movement studio. We draw inspiration from yoga, mobility, myofascial release, functional movement and more! Expect creative and fun transitions, feel-good stretches and interesting ways to explore your unique body. Prepare to fall in love with movement!"
In this episode, we discuss everything from how physical education is lacking in mindful movement in schools, to how to be a minimalist in every area of your life and focus on less is more and quality over quantity, a work in progress for us both in different ways. Also what we have learnt through being influencers and creating our brand across multiple platforms. And what yoga has done for us both in our lives.
I hope you enjoy this episode and please be sure to check Helen out on all her platforms:
- Wells with Hels on YouTube
- MyMindfulMovement.co
- MyMindfulMovement on Instagram
- TikTok
- Well with Hels on Instagram
Such an interesting conversation with such an inspiring lady who has lived so many lives. We discuss how we have both used yoga and holistic medicine to heal in our lives in different ways. We also talk about the ins and outs of becoming a successful yoga teacher, both f2f and on YouTube and via a membership. Cole shares her insight on all of this along with joy and the stresses of organising and running international yoga retreats all over the world.
· Show notes
· 10 questions blog post
· Cole’s Website
· Cole’s YouTube Channel
· Cole’s IG
· Cole’s FB
Music credit: Bensound
I met Nicole, through the wonderful IG Eco and Wellness community and I loved her content and so asked her to be a guest on my podcast. I had never really talked to a Coach before this conversation so wanted to use this as an opportunity to find out what it is and how it differs from a Therapist and a Mentor. Nicole was super informative telling us all about who she is, what she does and how to define a Coach. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.
Books Mentions:
- Multi-Hyphen Method
- Big Magic
- I am enough
- Green Lights
Nicoles Links: * Instagram * nicolehryoga@gmail.com * Website
I was thrilled this week to be invited on Identity The Podcast back in April this yr to discuss "What is an Eco Influencer?" with Caleb in Illinois & Tarik in NYC and me in rural Bedfordshire, the power of the internet & the amazing opportunities to connect with like-minded people all across the globe literally blows my mind sometimes.
What a privilege to be part of this generation.
Loved being part of this conversation and look forward to collaborating again in the future.
The Find Your ID NYC (https://fyidnyc.com/) Identity Podcast has your Wednesday evening covered! This soul-searching and conscious-thinking podcast focuses on the concept of discovering one's identity. Identity Podcast starts April with the acclaimed environmentalism series! Hosts Tarik and Caleb welcome Gill Perkins, an eco-influencer, The latest episode of Identity will discuss Gill's journey, her eco-influencer career, the art of eco-influencing, and how she promotes the green economy. Gill of JamJarGill.com is an eco-influencer whose goal is to connect with as many ecopreneurs and small businesses as possible. Gill works in a community and collaborates with individuals and groups to product test, interview, and feature in hopes to promote the green economy and turn as many consumers as possible into conscious and mindful consumers, and to make green mainstream. FYID NYC's podcast allows viewers, listeners, guests, and even the hosts to further examine the meaning of "identity."
Identity's newest episode Eco-Influencer featuring Gill Perkins premiered live on April 7th 2021 at 7:15 p.m. EST on Find Your ID NYC's Facebook, Twitch, and Youtube at the Identity Podcast. Viewers can also listen to the show on all streaming platforms. Additional information is available to the press. Please email press@findyouridnyc.com with any questions. Watch the full video on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/findyouridny...), Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/identitypodcast), or Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrFD...). Find Your ID NYC is a global creative agency, founded in 2015 that specializes in brand development and strategy, talent representation, PR, event management, and content curation. The agency has bases in Milan and New York, working with forward-thinking companies to execute an array of brand activations by connecting clients with top, innovative talent.
This episode is the audio from a collaboration I did with Unitoshine at the beginning of the year. It was my first-ever Instagram Live and I used the time to talk through what I had learnt about building a community around your business and brand on Instagram to date, I hope you find this a useful episode and it helps your brand too 🙂
We covered so much but in a nutshell, this is what you can learn from our chat:
👉 How to find your niche before starting your business
👉 How to find these online communities
👉 What is an Instagram meet up and how do you join and run them
👉 How to build your brand organically through these communities
You can find the video of this episode here
Software tips:
Swiftkey Keyboard
Canva
I met Lisa through the wonderful IG community a few years ago and saw that she was running a podcast with fellow yoga teacher Aimee Pruitt called the Radiant Warrior Podcast, where they both discuss how they used both yoga and Ayurveda (the holistic theory behind yoga) to heal themselves from their own life challenges, of anxiety and burn out.
At the point when I found the podcast I had been doing yoga myself for around 20 years but not really got into the theory behind it, I absolutely loved their conversational approach to teaching about the subject through this podcast, each week would be like a phone call of two friends which you got to listen in on and learn so much from.
I also really related to Lisa’s story specifically as she worked in radio broadcasting originally when she first started experiencing anxiety after having a negative manager. I have a media degree and whilst I was studying I volunteered at a BBC radio station, and then I ran my own show on MK Hospital Radio for about a year and a half too, I always thought broadcasting was where I wanted to work and I can really relate to one the one hand appearing as an extrovert as I love to communicate and talk, but underneath fairly self-conscious and anxious. I also love how Lisa has taken this huge life challenge, which I am only giving you the briefest of introductions on, and uses it now as a teaching opportunity to support others through, in her own words “wounds can become wisdom”
My anxiety and insomnia have really been blown open since having children, previously I think I always thought of myself as a worrier from a family of worriers, but these days (my boys are now 5 years old) I feel so much more aware of my triggers and holistic health and how that helps me, after being on prescribed sleep medication for 18 months, anti-depressants for a couple of months and managing to get off both when furloughed from my last job during the pandemic I have learnt so much through this journey. I’m still very much a work in progress, but I’m so glad that people are talking about mental health in such an open and honest way now and I hope that through this podcast and the guests which I have over the coming months I can do my part to normalise it all more and offer some things which have helped me, and learn some things too.
I’m excited about this conversation, I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did.
Host: @jamjargill (Bedfordshire, UK)
Guest: @lisadumasyogatherapy (California, USA)
Producer: @calebkelch (Chicago, USA)
You can find all about Lisa & what she has to offer at lisadumasyoga.com
This was actually my 1st ever podcast guest feature, recorded before Christmas 2020. Hope you enjoy it.
I was so delighted to meet and be interviewed by Marla for her Little Bit of Lagom Podcast, a fellow eco-minded soul trying to do good in the world, I am so blessed to be part of this community of wonderful people and so value connecting with them in different ways.
This interview is with Lauren aka Your Eco Assistant {https://www.laur-elan.com/} a Canadian VA, who lives in Italy and specialises in working with Ecopreneurs.