From Party Girl to Losing Weight and Starting her Yoga Fitness Journey with Dylan Zukowski

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This week on Balance Your Life I am joined by Dylan Zukowski. Dylan is an online Yoga Teacher specializing in yoga as fitness. Her interval infused classes are designed to be quick and efficient, full of laughter and energy, and to achieve the desired benefits of both Interval Training and Yoga. Her own journey has shown her the results that these blended classes can obtain, and she stands behind the belief that these functional exercises, mixed with the well-known benefits of yoga, are enough to change your body and your life. On this episode we talk about yoga as fitness and using yoga as a weight loss tool. We also discuss body image and not loving the way she looked or felt, and making a commitment to lose the weight she has put on while in school, drinking, partying and travelling. We talk about making a lifestyle change of cooking for herself, walking and working out for 30 minutes a day, tips to start incorporating a daily fitness routine into your life, as well as why the at home yoga and fitness practice is so important, and so much more.

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amp;lt;p>This week on Balance Your Life I am joined by Dylan Zukowski. Dylan is an online Yoga Teacher specializing in yoga as fitness. Her interval infused classes are designed to be quick and efficient, full of laughter and energy, and to achieve the desired benefits of both Interval Training and Yoga.

Sleeping for Success: The Importance and Benefits of Sleep and Why we Should Take it More Seriously with Dr. Leigha Saunders

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This week on Balance Your Life I am joined by Dr. Leigha Saunders is a naturopathic doctor and the owner and founder of Uxbridge, Ontario’s premiere wellness clinic, True Roots Healthcare. She maintains a private practice with a special interest in helping busy women gain energy, balance their mood, regulate hormones and sleep deep. Her ultimate mission is to help women transform from tired and turned off to energized and excited! Dr. Leigha is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and holds general, intravenous & injection nutrient therapy as well as bioidentical & thyroid hormone prescribing certification with the College of Naturopaths of Ontario. She is also a member of the Ontario and Canadian Associations of Naturopathic Doctors. Dr. Leigha believes that when you have your health, you have everything. On this episode we talk about how lack of sleep can lead to infection, diabetes, cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and weight loss struggles. We discuss the correlation between Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia, low libido, chronic migraines and the consumption of caffeine with lack of sleep. We also talk about different health conditions like low iron deficiency and hypothyroidism, and how sleep can heal us, as well as steps you can take today to ensure you get a good night rest.

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amp;lt;p>This week on Balance Your Life I am joined by Dr. Leigha Saunders is a naturopathic doctor and the owner and founder of Uxbridge, Ontario's premiere wellness clinic, True Roots Healthcare. She maintains a private practice with a special interest in helping busy women gain energy, balance their mood, regulate hormones and sleep deep.

Finding Life Purpose in Using Drumming as an Alternate Healing Modality with Daria Gimon

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This week on Balance Your Life I am joined by Daria Gimon. Daria is a music educator, vocalist, pianist, songwriter and visionary with over 20 years’ experience. She is also a women’s personal empowerment coach, and has been able to channel effective techniques into her own self-development after suffering extensive burnout and personal setbacks. Using djembes, tubanos, and various small percussion instruments, Daria has honed her craft to create group coaching and drumming programs that provide sustained health benefits – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual – that can guide and even accelerate your journey toward self-expression, self-confidence, and overall wellbeing. On this episode we talk about how music can heal us and help to combat anxiety and depression, bouncing back from trauma and re-evaluating her life. How to discover your passion and why it’s important not to let money drive your happiness, and how to implement drumming into your life today, and so much more.

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amp;lt;p>This week on Balance Your Life I am joined by Daria Gimon. Daria is a music educator, vocalist, pianist, songwriter and visionary with over 20 years' experience. She is also a women's personal empowerment coach, and has been able to channel effective techniques into her own self-development after suffering extensive burnout and personal setbacks.

Indoor Plants to Optimize Your Health with Faerlyn Bush

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This week on Balance Your Life I am joined by Faerlyn Bush. Faerlyn is the creator of the home-based business Lady Faer Designs. She is a mom to her 6-year-old son and lives in the small community of Port Alice in the mountains of North Vancouver Island. Faerlyn discovered her passion for plants after moving to Vancouver from Ontario and running a highly successful garden center. She now specializes in organic indoor gardens, ethical floral designs and provides sustainable landscaping practices to her clients, as well as offering mentorship programs to teach and empower those around her. On this episode we talk about the benefits of having plants in your home, how to get the right indoor plant, the best, easy-to-maintain plants for your indoor space, tips to maintaining your indoor plants, and more.

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How to Keep Your Health (& Sanity!) During the COVID-19 Outbreak

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On this BONUS episode of Balance Your Life I am giving you tips and tricks to embody and practice to keep your health and your sanity during this lock down corona virus outbreak we are currently going through.  

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amp;lt;p>On this BONUS episode of Balance Your Life I am giving you tips and tricks to embody and practice to keep your health and your sanity during this lock down corona virus outbreak we are currently going through.</p> <p>Share this episode with a friend who could use some inspiration and positivity during these unknown times.

Everything You Need to Know about Reiki with Sophie Wootton

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This week on Balance Your Life I am joined by Sophie Wootton. Sophie is a studio owner, yoga instructor, and energy worker. Sophie has spent the last decade enriching her life with all things mindfulness, meditation and an overall yogic lifestyle. She created Veda, a studio that everyone could call home, a space with yoga, meditation, reiki and wellness workshops to set each person up to live their best life. Sophie is obsessed with serving her community by sharing her knowledge through her online platforms. On this episode we talk about taking a Reiki training with no experience having had Reiki done before, what Reiki and energy healing entails, how the energy centers in our bodies work and how blocked energy can lead to disease and illness, what a Reiki session with Sophie looks like. We also talk about her personal experience with Scoliosis, and how yoga helped her to discover how to fit the practice to her body.

 

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amp;lt;p>This week on Balance Your Life I am joined by Sophie Wootton. Sophie is a studio owner, yoga instructor, and energy worker. Sophie has spent the last decade enriching her life with all things mindfulness, meditation and an overall yogic lifestyle.

Gift Ideas for Yogis and Wellness Junkies

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On this SOLO episode of Balance Your Life I am giving you gift ideas that you can get for the yogi or wellness junkie in your life! Whether it’s for their birthdays or the holidays, these gifts are sure to make you their favourite person ever, and one that every spiritual friend will want.

 

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On this SOLO episode of Balance Your Life I am giving you gift ideas that you can get for the yogi or wellness junkie in your life! Whether it's for their birthdays or the holidays, these gifts are sure to make you their favourite person ever, and one that every spiritual friend will want.

How to Implement Corporate Yoga and Wellness with Theresa Berenato

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On this episode of Balance Your Life I am joined by Theresa Berenato. Theresa is a corporate yoga teacher and business owner in the South Jersey/Philadelphia area. She primarily teaches full time in a corporate environment and has a passion for employee and workplace wellness. When she's not teaching yoga in person, she's behind the camera filming classes for her online yoga membership. Theresa is an open book, who is willing to talk about the ups and downs of being a full-time yoga teacher, her history with mental health and self-care, and how she's continuing to grow as a person and yoga teacher. On this episode we talk about what yoga in the work space looks like as far as structure, time and space, the benefits of implementing yoga in the office including reducing tension headaches from being at a computer, and reducing back pain from sitting all day, and 3 poses you can do RIGHT NOW to counter stiffness from driving or working at your desk all day.

 

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amp;lt;p>On this episode of the podcast I am joined by Theresa Berenato. Theresa is a corporate yoga teacher and business owner in the South Jersey/Philadelphia area. She primarily teaches full time in a corporate environment and has a passion for employee and workplace wellness.

How to Figure Out What You Want in Life with Veronica Thai

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On this episode of Balance Your Life I am joined by Veronica Thai. Veronica is a fellow Canadian, a life coach, Desire Map Facilitator, Yoga Teacher and host of the Curious Monki Podcast. On this episode we talk about not knowing what to do with your life but knowing what you’re currently doing is NOT it, how to use your heart and body to listen to your intuition and inner guidance, how you can tell if your not doing your life purpose work by the energy you have, and steps you can take to figure out what your life purpose is and how to do more of what you love.

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amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life I am joined by Veronica Thai. Veronica is a fellow Canadian, a life coach, Desire Map Facilitator, Yoga Teacher and host of the Curious Monki Podcast.

15 Self-Care Ideas + a Metta Meditation

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On this SOLO episode of Balance Your Life I am giving you 15 ideas that you can incorporate TODAY to practice more self-care and more self-love in your life. This podcast episode also includes a BONUS Metta meditation to really invite more love, compassion and kindness into your life!

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amp;lt;p>On this SOLO episode of Balance Your Life I am giving you 15 ideas that you can incorporate TODAY to practice more self-care and more self-love in your life. This podcast episode also includes a BONUS Metta meditation to really invite more love, compassion and kindness into your life!</p> <p>Share this episode with a friend who could use some inspiration in their life.

Leaning into Fear, Making Yourself Happy, Pop-up Trainings and Retreats with Kelly Smith

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On this episode of Balance Your Life I am joined by Kelly Smith. Kelly Smith is an E-RYT 500, YACEP, founder of Yoga For You, and host of the iTunes chart topping podcast, Mindful in Minutes. Kelly believes that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to yoga and meditation and cultivates an environment that empowers her students to listen to their bodies, explore their personal practice through more than just yoga poses, and to find joy and gratitude for the life they have. Kelly specializes in one-on-one yoga and meditation teaching/training and unique workshops and retreats for students of all levels, and mentors yoga teachers who are ready to grow their practice and thrive in their teaching. Kelly continues to cultivate the non-physical limbs of yoga by offering teacher trainings in meditation, yoga nidra, and restorative yoga. On this episode we talk about yoga being more than a physical practice, owning a brick and mortar studio and migrating everything online to be location independent, tips to take if you feel paralyzed by fear, when to let things go, suffering from crippling burn out, and why fun is so essential to our wellbeing and self-care practice.

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amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life I am joined by Kelly Smith.  Kelly Smith is an E-RYT 500, YACEP, founder of Yoga For You, and host of the iTunes chart topping podcast, Mindful in Minutes.

Entrepreneurship, Productivity and Time Batching Your Life with Amanda McKinney

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On this episode of Balance Your Life I am joined by Amanda McKinney. Amanda is a Marketing Coach with a passion for empowering yoga teachers to earn more money doing what they love. She does this through her podcast: Marketing Yoga with Confidence and Online Offerings. All of which focuses on building confidence and community with an extra dose of encouragement every step of the way. On this episode we talk about how being laid off from her corporate career lead her on this path of entrepreneurship, what to do when the Universe doesn’t align with your plans, what we can do about it, and what signs we should be looking for. We also chat about navigating the unknown and debunking the “hustle” mentality, how to make yourself and your needs a priority, and how to time batch your day for optimal performance and how to get the most tasks done.

amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life I am joined by Amanda McKinney. Amanda is a Marketing Coach with a passion for empowering yoga teachers to earn more money doing what they love. She does this through her podcast: Marketing Yoga With Confidence and Online Offerings.

20 Healthy Habits to Start in 2020

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On this SOLO episode of Balance Your Life I am giving you 20 healthy habits that you can implement this 2020 year! Add one or two now to your daily routine and add the rest in as you go through the year. These healthy habits are super easy to incorporate into your life, and will absolutely make you feel more energized, healthier, happier, and stress free.

amp;lt;p>On this SOLO episode of Balance Your Life I am giving you 20 healthy habits that you can implement this 2020 year! Add one or two now to your daily routine and add the rest in as you go through the year.

The Importance of Human Connection and S-L-O-W-I-N-G the F*ck Down with Jennifer Madrid

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On this episode of Balance Your Life I am chatting with Jennifer Madrid. Jennifer is the Creator of “She Vibes High”, a platform for empowering women to step into their feminine power. Creation lives in the divine feminine and whether you are looking to create your own business, manifest your dream life, travel the world or all of the above it begins with connecting within. Jennifer’s mission is to activate the necessary mindset shifts to radically change your life so you can begin to live from an inner sense of knowing – your power. On this episode we discuss Ayurveda, what it is and simple tips to implement in your life, what EFT tapping is and how it can benefit you, how we can control our source of energy, why human connection is so important, her move from corporate America to Bali, how to let go of expectations, and so much more!

amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life I am chatting with Jennifer Madrid. Jennifer is the Creator of "She Vibes High", a platform for empowering women to step into their feminine power. Creation lives in the divine feminine and whether you are looking to create your own business, manifest your dream life, travel the world or all of the above it begins with connecting within.

Traveling the World as a Form of Transformation and Growth with Amanda Kingsmith

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On this episode of Balance Your Life I am chatting with Amanda Kingsmith. Amanda Kingsmith is a 500-hour RYT, a yoga business coach, and a world traveler. She blends her background in business with her love of yoga and is passionate about helping yoga teachers create careers that they are passionate about and that are sustainable. Amanda is also the co-host of The World Wanderers, a podcast on travel and travel as a lifestyle. When she’s not practicing or teaching yoga, you can find Amanda traveling the world with her husband, Ryan, hiking mountains, or curling up with a cup of tea and a good book.  On this episode we discuss what it was like for her to first be introduced to yoga as a competitive dancer, backpacking across Europe, Asia, South America, Australia and New Zealand,  taking a yoga teacher training in Bali, building a brand out of personal need, and how to make health and wellness a priority and a full time traveler.

amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life I am chatting with Amanda Kingsmith. Amanda is a 500-hour RYT, a yoga business coach, and a world traveler. She blends her background in business with her love of yoga and is passionate about helping yoga teachers create careers that they are passionate about and that are sustainable.

How to Manifest Your Hearts Desires

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On this episode of Balance Your Life I am guiding you through a meditation to set you up to Manifest Your Hearts Desire in 2020! We are not holding back with our dreams; no fear will hold us back, and we are acknowledging what desires burn deep within our soul.

amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life I am guiding you through a meditation to set you up to Manifest Your Hearts Desire in 2020! We are not holding back with our dreams; no fear will hold us back, and we are acknowledging what desires burn deep within our soul.</p> <p>Share this episode with a friend who could use some inspiration in their life.

The Best of 2019 - Round-Up

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On this episode of Balance Your Life we are rounding up all of the incredible interviews from 2019! I am breaking down each episode in the following categories; yoga journey, mental health, health and wellness, entrepreneurship and work life, yoga teaching, solo episodes, relationships and self-love, nutrition, healing your body, reiki and energy, travelling, overcoming death, meditation, and mom life and postpartum, with an explanation of what you can find in each episode related to that category, so that you can go back and listen to the episodes.

amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life we are rounding up all of the incredible interviews from 2019!

Using Yoga as a Tool to Help Kids with Special Needs with Sasha Walsh

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On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Sasha Walsh. Sasha is an accessible yoga teacher working with children with Autism, ADHD and other special needs. Sasha was born with a rare genetic disorder EDS, and used yoga as a form of coping with her hypermobility, her pregnancy, and every day life. When her son was welcomed into the world, they discovered he fell on the Autism spectrum and Sasha made her duty to offer him, all children on the spectrum and their care givers the tools of yoga to help them cope with anxiety and overwhelm. Since then Sasha has gone on to offer accessible yoga teacher trainings in the hopes of inspiring more people to offer these trainings to children. On this episode we discuss her own personal yoga journey and what lead her to the mat, how yoga has helped her as a mother, what she has discovered since offering yoga to children with special needs and how it has helped them, the power of the breath, and so much more!

amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Sasha Walsh. Sasha is an accessible yoga teacher working with children with Autism, ADHD and other special needs. Sasha was born with a rare genetic disorder EDS, and used yoga as a form of coping with her hypermobility, her pregnancy, and every day life.

Signs of Postpartum, How to Adapt to the Winter Blues, and Why It’s Important Not to Sit in Misery with Cassie Jeans

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On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Cassie Jeans. Cassie is an expert at creating balance and self-awareness. She recognizes that in order for a business to expand the person in leadership must also expand. Cassie is gifted in many regards especially when it comes to simplifying the process of expansion and asking questions that quickly guide her clients to a simple yet profound solution. She uses the title, Spiritual Facilitator for High-Vibe Entrepreneurs, to bridge the gap between logic and spirit. Cassie is a gifted poet and will be releasing a book of her own poetry in 2020 as well as a collaborative book exploring the power of emotions. Her podcast, In the Bedroom w/ Cassie Jeans, is a curious look into what makes us spiritual, how that affects us as humans, and the connections we find in one another. On this episode we discuss winter blues, signs to look for if you (or someone you know!) is suffering from postpartum, using herbs, supplements and adaptogens to help get through fatigue, brain fog, and lethargy, and so much more!

amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Cassie Jeans. Cassie is an expert at creating balance and self-awareness. She recognizes that in order for a business to expand the person in leadership must also expand.

From Medium for Paranormal Investigations to Fitness Competitor and Being Your True Self with Amanda Keays

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On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Amanda Keays from Keays2Wellness. Amanda is a registered Reiki Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, former fitness competitor, and intuitive medium. Amanda has a goal to reach out to people who are suffering like she did and guide them on their journey to wellness. On this episode we discuss what it’s like to be a medium on paranormal investigations, how she became involved in doing them, protecting your energy, how anyone can learn to tap into their intuition, being a fitness competitor and changing directions to becoming a yoga teacher. We also discuss the stigma of mental health, how the health care system can sometimes fail us, and why it’s important to take wellness into our own hands, and so much more!  

amp;lt;p>On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Amanda Keays from Keays2Wellness. Amanda is a registered Reiki Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, former fitness competitor, and intuitive medium. Amanda has a goal to reach out to people who are suffering like she did and guide them on their journey to wellness.