Wisdom for Women from Yoga & Ayurveda

E82| The Art of Distraction: How Letting Go Lets the Magic In

Episode 82 - The art of distraction: how letting go lets the magic in In this 20-minute episode, we explore one of the most counterintuitive yet scientifically supported ideas in modern creativity research — that certain forms of distraction are not the enemy of deep work, but one of its most powerful allies. We will talk about distraction — not as a failure of willpower, not as the enemy of your practice, not as the thing to overcome... but as a doorway. A doorway into the deepest creative, intuitive, and healing parts of yourself. Resources:  • Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being (2023) • Research: Baird et al. (2012), “Inspired by Distraction,” Psychological Science • Research: Shofty et al. (2024), Default Mode Network and Creativity, journal Brain • PMC Study: “How Chanting Relates to Cognitive Function, Altered States and Quality of Life” (2022) • Baird et al. (2012), “Inspired by Distraction: Mind-Wandering Facilitates Creative Incubation,” Psychological Science • Shofty et al. (2024), “Default Mode Network Electrophysiological Dynamics and Causal Role in Creative Thinking,” Brain • Beaty et al. (2014), “Creativity and the Default Network: A Functional Connectivity Analysis of the Creative Brain at Rest,” Neuropsychologia • EEG research on Yoga Nidra and theta/delta brainwave states (Ally Boothroyd; The Shala London) • PMC research on chanting and mantra: “How Chanting Relates to Cognitive Function, Altered States and Quality of Life” (2022) The Wisdom for Women from Yoga & Ayurveda Podcast is sponsored by the Easeful Yoga Lifestyle Collective(EYLC). The EYLC is a soft landing place for overwhelmed, stressed-out, exhausted woman. EYLC is a yoga & yoga nidra membership and on-demand yoga resource library that is rooted in rest, aligned with Ayurveda and devoted to dharma. Each month, we will rest with yoga nidra, practice Aunsara-Inspired Yoga, and gather for a workshop or intensive study. Join the live or practice with the recordings from anywhere. To learn more or register: Easeful Yoga Lifestyle Collective. [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/product/16903] To learn more about me and my offerings: Facebook: Wisdom for Women Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1961868054063262/] Substack: yourradicallyrestedlife [https://yourradicallyrestedlife.substack.com/] Instagram: radicalrestyogi [https://www.instagram.com/radicalrestyogi/] Website: Jennifer Allen Yoga and Wellness [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/]

E81| April 2026 Rest Message - draw your energy back to yourself

Episode 81 - April 2026 Rest Message: draw your energy back to yourself In this 8-minute episode, we explore how to reclaim our energy through rest so we can bloom from stored energy rather than from depletion.  The Wisdom for Women from Yoga & Ayurveda Podcast is sponsored by the Radical Rest Private Podcast. If you love yoga nidra & are into minimalism - this is for you. If you want to release exhaustion, remember your true nature and rise up into your rested power - this is for you. The Radical Rest Podcast brings you yoga nidra practices in the format you already love — straight to your ears, on your schedule, no mat or studio required. There are no live classes to show up for, no schedules to keep, no guilt about missing a session. Just you, your body, and the goddess Yoga Nidra waiting for you whenever you are ready. This is the Radical Rest Podcast [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/product/92486].  To learn more about me and my offerings: Facebook: Wisdom for Women Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1961868054063262/] Substack: yourradicallyrestedlife [https://yourradicallyrestedlife.substack.com/] Instagram: radicalrestyogi [https://www.instagram.com/radicalrestyogi/] Website: Jennifer Allen Yoga and Wellness [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/]

E80| March 2026 Rest Message - Rest is a Beautiful Interruption

Episode 80 - March 2026 Rest Message: Rest is a Beautiful Interruption In this 14-minute episode, we explore rest as a beautiful in a world with no pause button.  The Wisdom for Women from Yoga & Ayurveda Podcast is sponsored by the Radical Rest Private Podcast. If you love yoga nidra & are into minimalism - this is for you. If you want to release exhaustion, remember your true nature and rise up into your rested power - this is for you. The Radical Rest Podcast brings you yoga nidra practices in the format you already love — straight to your ears, on your schedule, no mat or studio required. There are no live classes to show up for, no schedules to keep, no guilt about missing a session. Just you, your body, and the goddess Yoga Nidra waiting for you whenever you are ready. This is the Radical Rest Podcast [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/product/92486].  To learn more about me and my offerings: Facebook: Wisdom for Women Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1961868054063262/] Substack: yourradicallyrestedlife [https://yourradicallyrestedlife.substack.com/] Instagram: radicalrestyogi [https://www.instagram.com/radicalrestyogi/] Website: Jennifer Allen Yoga and Wellness [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/]

E79| Season 1 Rested Woman Conversations with Margaret James

Episode 79 - Rested Woman Conversation with Margaret James  In this 35-minute episode, I sit down and chat with Margaret on rest and reading. In her words: "....in a lot of the books that we're reading there are young women who didn't know that they had power inside of them until something happened. And then all of a sudden it's a huge becoming into what was already within them. And so it's a really great reminder for me that there's already a power within me to enact change in my own life. It's really nice because, instead of scrolling on social media and getting bombarded left and right and beaten over the head with all the things that are happening, which doesn't feel restful, reading has been a space for me to become immersed in another world...." The Wisdom for Women from Yoga & Ayurveda Podcast is sponsored by the Easeful Yoga Lifestyle Collective(EYLC). The EYLC is a soft landing place for overwhelmed, stressed-out, exhausted woman. EYLC is a yoga & yoga nidra membership and on-demand yoga resource library that is rooted in rest, aligned with Ayurveda and devoted to dharma. Each month, we will rest with yoga nidra, practice Aunsara-Inspired Yoga, and gather for a workshop or intensive study. Join live or practice with the recordings from anywhere. To learn more or register: Easeful Yoga Lifestyle Collective. [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/product/16903] To learn more about me and my offerings: Facebook: Wisdom for Women Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1961868054063262/] Substack: yourradicallyrestedlife [https://yourradicallyrestedlife.substack.com/] Instagram: radicalrestyogi [https://www.instagram.com/radicalrestyogi/] Website: Jennifer Allen Yoga and Wellness [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/]

E78| Season 1 Rested Woman Conversations with Kayla Fanning

Episode 78 - Rested Woman Conversation with Kayla Fanning In this 40-minute episode, I sit down and chat with Kayla about athletics, nourishment & recovery/rest. In her words: "I make it a point to lie down every afternoon, no phone. Sometimes I read a book, sometimes I'm listening to my music, sometimes I just breathe and let my mind wander. Honestly, I'm not meditating in that moment. I meditate first thing when I wake up in the morning. It is that afternoon lie down time that contributes to my recovery. I'm the athlete with the tracker, of course. So it's better HRV. It's better sleep. It's better everything." The Wisdom for Women from Yoga & Ayurveda Podcast is sponsored by the Easeful Yoga Lifestyle Collective(EYLC). The EYLC is a soft landing place for overwhelmed, stressed-out, exhausted woman. EYLC is a yoga & yoga nidra membership and on-demand yoga resource library that is rooted in rest, aligned with Ayurveda and devoted to dharma. Each month, we will rest with yoga nidra, practice Aunsara-Inspired Yoga, and gather for a workshop or intensive study. Join live or practice with the recordings from anywhere. To learn more or register: Easeful Yoga Lifestyle Collective. [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/product/16903] To learn more about me and my offerings: Facebook: Wisdom for Women Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1961868054063262/] Substack: yourradicallyrestedlife [https://yourradicallyrestedlife.substack.com/] Instagram: radicalrestyogi [https://www.instagram.com/radicalrestyogi/] Website: Jennifer Allen Yoga and Wellness [https://jenniferallenyogaandwellness.heymarvelous.com/]