Love, Curvy Yoga
Love, Curvy Yoga
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Love, Curvy Yoga is a podcast all about the intersection of yoga and body acceptance. Hosted by Anna Guest-Jelley, this podcast brings you conversations, tips, resources, and more!
185: Wrapping Up Season 7 (Season 7, Episode 26)
This podcast is taking a break for the summer! Before we do, I have a check-in and update on my process with this podcast. I also share some resources, including a Best Of list if you want to listen back through some old podcast episodes! Links for you : Podcast Survey : Want to join Curvy Yoga Studio? Use the code CURVY to get your two weeks free right here. : Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. : The Best of “Love, Curvy Yoga” Episode #18: The Love, Curvy Yoga Interview with Tara Brach Episode #24: How Lowering My Standards Helped My Yoga Practice Episode #34: How to Create Your Own Care Instructions Episode #43: You Don’t Need a Different Body Episode #49: An Intuitive Eating-Type Approach to Yoga Episode #64: Finding the Middle Ground with Your Body Episode #94: What If We Got Rid of the Idea of Imperfect, Too? Episode #106: The Seasons & Cycles of Yoga Episode #141: Becoming Your Own Teacher Episode #169: The Kindest Thing You Can Do for Yourself  Transcript For a full episode transcript, please click here.
Jun 26, 2020
14 min
184: Listener Survey & Guided Meditation (Season 7, Episode 25)
In today's episode, I have two things for you: (1) A listener survey that I would SO love you to complete as it's going to help me shape the vision for our next season, and (2) A guided meditation! The meditation is about connecting with your inner compass and noticing how you feel it in your unique body. Links for you : Podcast Survey : Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. Transcript You can find the full episode transcript right here.
Jun 19, 2020
16 min
183: What Yoga Teaches Us About Uncertainty (Season 7, Episode 24)
I think it’s fair to say that I’m not the biggest fan of uncertainty. I mean, is anyone? In this time when uncertainty is more apparent than usual, I’m digging into what yoga teaches us about it — and how you can draw on the tools I bet are already in your toolbox to support you. Links for you : Kaya Mindlin podcast I mentioned : Myra Lewin podcast : Erich Schiffmann’s book: Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness : Tara Brach podcast episode I mentioned : Daily practice recommendations in the Studio : Not a member of Curvy Yoga Studio yet? Join us! Use the code CURVY to save 50% off your first month. : Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. Transcript You can find the full episode transcript right here. 
May 29, 2020
13 min
182: When Your Mind & Body Tell You Different Things (Season 7, Episode 23)
I was talking with one of our teachers lately, asking her how she was. She said, "My mind tells me I'm not that stressed, but my body says otherwise." Um, hi -- can you relate? I definitely can! So in this week's episode we dig into why this happens and how we might invite in more alignment. Links for you : Daily practice recommendations in the Studio : Not a member of Curvy Yoga Studio yet? Join us! Use the code CURVY to save 50% off your first month. : Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. Transcript  You can find a full episode transcript right here. 
May 22, 2020
11 min
181: Where are You in the Dance? (Season 7, Episode 22)
In today's episode we explore Yoga Sutra 2.46: "The pose should be steady and sweet." We dig into what this looks like both on and off the yoga mat, including how to find yourself in the flow of it. Links for you : Daily practice recommendations in the Studio : Not a member of Curvy Yoga Studio yet? Join us! Use the code CURVY to save 50% off your first month. : Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. Transcript You can find the full episode transcript right here.
May 15, 2020
10 min
180: What's Right Here? (Season 7, Episode 21)
What's right here? What's actually right here? In today's episode we dig into this and how it's showing up both in these challenging times and on our yoga mats. Links for you : Anne Cushman's book Moving into Meditation : Daily practice recommendations in the Studio : Not a member of Curvy Yoga Studio yet? Join us! Use the code CURVY to save 50% off your first month. : Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. Transcript You can find the full episode transcript right here.
May 8, 2020
13 min
179: Don't Know Mind (Season 7, Episode 20)
In this time of great uncertainty and our minds trying to grasp onto something, anything solid (or maybe that's just me?), I talk about something that has helped me lately: Don't Know Mind. Links for you : Courtney Martin email : Daily practice recommendations in the Studio : Not a member of Curvy Yoga Studio yet? Join us! Use the code CURVY to save 50% off your first month. : Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. Transcript You can find the full episode transcript right here.
May 1, 2020
15 min
178: Connection not Perfection (Season 7, Episode 19)
I find myself reaching for some perfect way of doing the pandemic when that is obviously absurd on its face. So in today's episode, inspired by a couple wise yoga teachers and friends, we talk about what it looks like to reorient toward connection not perfection -- both on and off the yoga mat. Links for you : Jane House : Mark Epstein on the Hurry Slowly podcast : Michelle Marlahan  : Daily practice recommendations in the Studio : Not a member of Curvy Yoga Studio yet? Join us! Use the code CURVY to save 50% off your first month. : Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. Transcript You can find a full episode transcript right here.
Apr 24, 2020
11 min
177: What I Thought I Knew About Presence
If you'd asked me pre-pandemic what I thought I knew about presence, I'm not sure what I would have said. In some ways, that feels like a lifetime ago. But I definitely wouldn't have described it like I would now (and who knows how I will in the future!). In this episode, I dig into that in order to make space for whatever might be unfolding in each of our lives and practices. Links for you Daily practice recommendations in the Studio Not a member of Curvy Yoga Studio yet? Join us! Use the code CURVY to save 50% off your first month. Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. Transcript Find the full episode transcript right here.
Apr 17, 2020
19 min
176: How's Your Relationship with Your Body Going? (Season 7, Episode 17)
My own relationship with my body is probably best represented by a shrug emoji right now. How about you? In today’s episode I wanted to check in with you about this. I do that by discussing two recent questions that listeners sent in and asked me to talk more about: 1. Many times I talk myself out of doing a yoga video because the practice is too short or it is a meditative practice. I think it stems from the fact that my brain is wired to equate exercise with fitness, thinness and calories. 2. Loving our bodies even when we’re stress eating and holed up inside Links for you Daily practice recommendations in the Studio Not a member of Curvy Yoga Studio yet? Join us! Use the code CURVY to save 50% off your first month. Questions, comments, ideas? Get in touch: [email protected]. Transcript You can find the full episode transcript right here.
Apr 10, 2020
24 min
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