Mindful Parenting and Zen Pig

Finding Your True Essence

Awe Stories podcast guest.png [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1508724925504-31DED9U4FMQ7K31A5DE8/Awe+Stories+podcast+guest.png?format=1000w] EPISODE 15 You will walk away from this episode feeling alive and reconnected to your truth!  Randall Simpson from ITSA Life [http://www.itsalife.com.au/about/] discusses the value and and power of intuition, daily rituals that support our connection to beauty, the importance of creating beauty in the world around you, how parents can support the development of self-inquiry and intuition, and feeling in love with the life you live.  Randall shares ways to connect, or reconnect, to your true essence and being, reminding us that it has been there all along, we just need to slow down, pause and listen. "I have been fortunate enough to connect and share all over the world since 2010 in the realms of yoga, bodywork and healing. I specialize in spiritual understanding of mensuration, womb healing, fertility, conception and conscious relationship & I am about to embark on my  Doula training with IBU Robin Lim, CNN hero of the year in 2011 for Gentle Birthing & changing Birthing throughout the Globe, she is an amazing influencer of mine at present. Expanding my natural intuitive wisdom of our lifes birthing process and unified family raising is the clear next step in the unfolding of my souls growth and planet offering. I began working on international Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2011 and have run my own international 250hr Teacher trainings with 3 levels of course degrees since 2014. I have educated and advocated in universities within California to do with energy psychology and its moving presence through our mind and body. I have worked immensely with children and young people through our ITSA Life offerings, amongst having had the pleasure of providing health and therapy within Mental health hospitals within Western Australia. We continue to run these offerings out of our ITSA life space here in Bali. HELP has been a key word embedded in my soul as an inspired love action since forever, with intention to, do all I can for the planet in anyway shape or form to Heal. Enable. Love. Prosper. We all have a unique key word that is within us and awaiting to be communicated. In realizing and valuing the life I was given, choosing not to waste time in attending to anything that doesn't serve its treasuring worth has been the priority. What’s so amazing is by choosing it, I light up, my soul dances and my heart sings beyond measure. It is when I am connected with this, the life I experience each moment is bliss. As someone who connected to dance and movement from a young age, I really understand life as the dance moving through us and our highest calling is expressing this. By rooting through our presence, returning to our being and embodying conscious essence, we will allow this dance of life to gracefully awaken our planet Earth. I have a saying When She moves, we move… just like that. She representing Love (not a male or female) but rather the togetherness of yin and yang which creates conscious relationship “for without he, she can not exist and without she, he can not be” – Randall Simpson For the Love of IT, Live your dimensional life worth living From Heart, Through Earth Randall Simpson * Creator & Co owner of ITSA Life and all of its dimensional programs & modalities with my partner Daniel Young * Creator of Abode Healing Yoga & 250hr Accredied Teacher Training Courses * Master in Reiki Usui& Seichem Healing * Master in Cosmic Body Work * Author of The Edition, Mindful Awareness Guide Subscribe on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/awe-stories/id1265669519?mt=2], on SoundCloud below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Randall Simpson [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1508725583277-CYFW28CPY2QMUSAC02AZ/Randall+Simpson?format=1000w] TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE * Daily rituals and the how to integrate them into your life * Creating a beautiful world around you * Journaling and the value of self-inquiry * Parenting in ways that support critical awareness and development of intituion * Listening more and doing less * Choosing a way to be each day by listening to your essence * Women uplifting women, the feminine divine > “When I really decided to listen, I do not go through the day without doing anything that I do not choose to do.” — Randall Simpson, ITSA Life Randall Simpson [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1508726224322-7LA7FN0TAI7E072F57IJ/Randall+Simpson?format=1000w] RESOURCES Website:http://www.itsalife.com.au/welcome/ [http://www.itsalife.com.au/welcome/] Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/itsalifeinstyle/ [https://www.instagram.com/itsalifeinstyle/] FREE Offerings to our Listeners: *Free copy of ITSA Life:Mindful Awareness Guide Link here:http://www.itsalife.com.au/new-cover-page/ [http://www.itsalife.com.au/new-cover-page/] Submit the order form (say you are a listener of Awe Stories podcast and you will be sent the ebook for free) *Complimentary Access for 1 week to our Life InStyle Community Programs Our:Elemental Awakening Offerings Link here:http://www.itsalife.com.au/itsa-life-instyle/ [http://www.itsalife.com.au/itsa-life-instyle/] You will be able to choose 1 of the 5 programs and experience its essence for 1 week (Mention that you are listener of Awe Stories podcast to receive this offering.) CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * Facebook- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.facebook.com/pg/abreathoffreshawe] * Instagram- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.instagram.com/abreathoffreshawe/] * #awestories Awe Stories Podcast [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1501448877891-4WJE4USVEDDFACFSU6D8/Awe+Stories+Podcast?format=1000w] AWE STORIES IS A PODCAST HIGHLIGHTING STORIES, MOVEMENTS, AND PRACTICES FOR YOUR SOUL BY AMY GREEN. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BRENDAN MAYER FOR PROVIDING THE MUSIC IN OUR EPISODE.  TO FIND THE LATEST ALBUM RELEASE LONG STORY SHORT, HEAD OVER TO ITUNES. Permalink [https://www.abreathoffreshawe.com/podcast/findingyourtrueessence]

The Power of Stillness

Lindsay Gibson [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1508118580859-2UEGRWOSMNVVXFZHIDMD/Lindsay+Gibson?format=1000w] EPISODE 13 October 15 is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, I am 1 in 4. I am beyond grateful to share with you our latest episode which features Lindsay Gibson.  She shares her courageous journey through stillness and learning how to be with herself, her past trauma, and find her source of joy.  Lindsay became numb and lived in denial after a traumatic experience at 16 years old.  She shares how she lived in fear, in flight, and often experienced flashbacks, nightmares, and disassociated. When she became a mother for the first time, she poured herself into motherhood, continuing to live in the denial of the traumatic experience.  After the stillbirth of her son, Joseph, grief overwhelmed her to the point where she could no longer deny being present with her emotions and allowing herself to fully feel her love, and her loss. Trauma sensitive yoga became a regular practice and supported her journey back to joy. Lindsay is an Author, Motivational Speaker, Trauma/Fertility Yoga Instructor and Fertility/Birth Psychology Specialist; helping to bring light back into people that promotes inner healing. She is the creator of her "Joyful Conception" coaching/yoga series for mamas who are trying to conceive, specializing in 'rainbow' pregnancies. This class is done via phone or live for Connecticut residents. She spends most of her time taking care of her two “blondie” daughters and all that motherhood entails. She’s also a mother to her angel son above, whose love shines through her every day. Her greatest passion is writing to inspire through my heart and through Spirit. She is currently working on her first book, an inspirational memoir, "Just Be: How Her Stillborn Son Taught Me to Surrender." Due to release March 2018. Subscribe on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/awe-stories/id1265669519?mt=2], on SoundCloud below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Lindsay Gibson [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1508118744129-AZMQ62I6FXJ5NKFVB5VR/Lindsay+Gibson?format=1000w] TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE * Staying busy to distract from our true self * Her traumatic experience * Living with trauma, flashbacks, nightmares, and disassociation * Joyfulness of motherhood * The stillbirth of her son, Joseph * Lucid dreaming and how her dreams influenced her * Living in fear to living in joy * Being disconnected from the mind and body * The practice of yoga and trauma sensitive yoga to reconnect with her body * Developing a softness and compassion towards her trauma experience * How her stillbirth gave her the gift of reconnecting with herself > “I developed a softness, a compassion, that overcame me.” — Lindsay Gibson- Healthy Mama, Happy BabyRESOURCES Websites:http://lindsaymariegibson.com/ [http://lindsaymariegibson.com/] www.healthymomhappybaby.com [http://www.healthymomhappybaby.com/] Instagram: @AuthorLindsayGibson [https://www.instagram.com/authorlindsaygibson/] Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/authorlindsaygibson/ [https://www.facebook.com/ZenPigBook/] Lindsay Gibson [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1508119658177-OJXAQJVCZZIJ41TBS4A6/Lindsay+Gibson?format=1000w] CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * Facebook- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.facebook.com/pg/abreathoffreshawe] * Instagram- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.instagram.com/abreathoffreshawe/] * #awestories Awe Stories Podcast [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1501448877891-4WJE4USVEDDFACFSU6D8/Awe+Stories+Podcast?format=1000w] AWE STORIES IS A PODCAST HIGHLIGHTING STORIES, MOVEMENTS, AND PRACTICES FOR YOUR SOUL BY AMY GREEN. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BRENDAN MAYER FOR PROVIDING THE MUSIC IN OUR EPISODE.  TO FIND THE LATEST ALBUM RELEASE LONG STORY SHORT, HEAD OVER TO ITUNES. Permalink [https://www.abreathoffreshawe.com/podcast/thepowerofstillness]

Mindful Parenting and Zen Pig

Mark Brown [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1507513459382-7USLZI56H7IBC723EWN6/Mark+Brown?format=1000w] EPISODE 13 Featured in this episode is Mark Brown, from Zen Pig.  He shares his perspective of moving through the world throughout his early 20's without mindfulness, how his practices of affirmations, meditations, and the like have supported him to develop into the person he aims to be in the world, and now as a parent.  Upon having his son, Mark and his wife created the Zen Pig series to support the growth of mindfulness and emotional development for children.  Mark shares his experiences as a parent utilizing mindfulness, how it shapes him as a parent, and the breathe of life it has given to him as a result. Mark Brown is writer and speaker passionately helping others awaken to a life of purpose, presence and intention. Born in Hampton Roads, VA over 30 years ago Mark Brown now resides in booming Nashville, TN with his wife Amy and son Noble. Subscribe on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/awe-stories/id1265669519?mt=2], on SoundCloud below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. > “It is a must, I do not think I could be the parent I would want to be without mindfulness.” — Mark Brown, Zen PigTOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE * Mindfulness * Mindful parenting * Emotional intelligence and development * Children's media and the deficit of content that nurtures emotional intelligence * Mastermind groups and their value for supporting your work in the world * Meditation and mindful practices * Male gender norms and yoga * Miracles and transformations that occur with presence Mark Brown [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1507513632781-GT9IW400MLMC9A3RLDCR/Mark+Brown?format=1000w] RESOURCES Websites: * www.ZenPigBook.com [http://www.zenpigbook.com/] * www.TheInnerSpaceProgram.com [http://www.theinnerspaceprogram.com/] Instagram: @ZenPigBook [https://www.instagram.com/zenpigbook/] @Markofthecosmos [https://www.instagram.com/markofthecosmos/] Facebook:Facebook.com/zenpigbook [https://www.facebook.com/ZenPigBook/] Facebook.com/markofthecosmos [https://www.facebook.com/Markofthecosmos/] YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg36XYH-G6MbdhKccCcS7aw] Carl Sagan Website [http://carlsagan.com/] Mark Brown [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1507514573688-4DCK5IRFOSAC11W7U17R/Mark+Brown?format=1000w] CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * Facebook- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.facebook.com/pg/abreathoffreshawe] * Instagram- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.instagram.com/abreathoffreshawe/] * #awestories Awe Stories Podcast [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1501448877891-4WJE4USVEDDFACFSU6D8/Awe+Stories+Podcast?format=1000w] AWE STORIES IS A PODCAST HIGHLIGHTING STORIES, MOVEMENTS, AND PRACTICES FOR YOUR SOUL BY AMY GREEN. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BRENDAN MAYER FOR PROVIDING THE MUSIC IN OUR EPISODE.  TO FIND THE LATEST ALBUM RELEASE LONG STORY SHORT, HEAD OVER TO ITUNES. Permalink [https://www.abreathoffreshawe.com/podcast/mindfulparenting]

Yoga Awareness Month: A Power-full Flow

Leanne Woehlke [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1506279468072-5P30KO9XLZN025ZEF2AH/Leanne+Woehlke?format=1000w] EPISODE 12 September is International Yoga Awareness Month, which means each episode this month will feature different practices and practitioners of yoga to share with you how and what yoga is a transformative self care practice. So much beautiful wisdom comes from Leanne Woehlke who is the Chief Officer of Possibility at Epic Yoga, a Baptiste power-yoga studio. Leanne shares with us her journey to getting on her mat and beginning her yoga practice, the fear of starting a new practice and obstacles that can get in the way, walking through being a caregiver to her husband who had cancer while being a new mother, being okay with not being the person for everyone, her beautiful practices of joy and self-care, and enjoying life by inviting quality of life and always being up to something more and bigger in life. Leanne Woehlke… my story. I have been on a quest for health and wellness for as long as I can remember. In 1998, I left a stressful job corporate job and travelled to India in search of answers and a deeper meaning in life. When I got there, I realized I could have found what I was looking for right at home. The problem was, my mind just wasn’t still enough, and I wasn’t listening, or asking the right questions. My yoga mat has been a path to the center of truth. It has been my vehicle for self discovery for over 22 years. The Back Story… I have a Master’s Degree in Experimental Psychology, which opened the door to a career in Drug Development. I dismissed the freedom and flow my soul craved in exchange for a corporate consulting job and the promise of “security.” I had a “good” job and made “good” (six figure) money, but I was, miserable! Many days I woke up nauseous and dreading going to work. After the birth of my daughter, I hung up my corporate suit to pursue a life of balance, focused on the people and things I loved. Ah, finally, a life on my terms! This sounded like pure paradise, until eleven days later, my husband, my rock, my BFF, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. My research skills were put to the test as I scoured the internet for alternative treatments and reviewed traditional protocols. Within weeks of being “cured” he was in the middle of a major relapse. The cancer was back, and with a vengeance. Two rounds of high dose chemo, back to back stem cell transplants, lots of supplements and alternative healers, later my husband was cancer free. It was a long, crazy, twisty road, with many miracles sprinkled along the route. He remains cancer free to this day. During this time my practice kept me grounded in the present moment. This experience only deepened my desire to learn more about health and wellness, from both the physical and the psychological aspects. In 2011, I opened EPIC YOGA, with the intention to help others uncover their own version of an inspired life. I wanted to share hope and inspiration in an attempt to help others find more peace, health and balance in their lives, both on and off their yoga mat. I am a 500 Hr Certified Baptiste Yoga Instructor and Affiliate Studio Owner. I have completed a Health Coach Certification program and am a Sanoviv Health Advisor. I am also a Certified Fire Walk Instructor. Most days you can find me at EPIC, where I teach classes, lead retreats and run Yoga Teacher Training programs. If I’m not there, I am likely at a Middle School Volleyball game, or on the lake, where I recently completed sailing lessons. If you are what you should be, you’ll set the world on FIRE! - St Catherine of Sienna Subscribe on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/awe-stories/id1265669519?mt=2], on SoundCloud below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. > “What do you want to create, and setting your vision on that. What do you need to give up. And how are you ready now, however you are is perfect. ” — Leanne Woehlke, Epic YogaTOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE * Celebrating the small moments in life * Times in life when you need to pull in and hunker down * Being a caregiver for her husband when he was diagnosed with cancer * How yoga, breath, and presence supported her * The Baptiste methodology and practice * Her yoga journey and study along the way * Being ready now- try out something new! Leanne Woehlke [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1506280375206-UUL4SLI4IOU965PPXCHO/Leanne+Woehlke?format=1000w] RESOURCES Epic Yoga Website [http://epicyogacenter.com/] Epic Yoga Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/epicyogacenter/] Epic Yoga Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/epicyoga1/] Baron Baptiste Website [https://www.baptisteyoga.com/pages/about-us] Baron Baptiste Foundation- and Africa Yoga Project [https://www.baptistefoundation.org/] Quote Black copy.png [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1506281522613-KLXRJ1R1S2TFX49FJK1H/Quote+Black+copy.png?format=1000w] CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * Facebook- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.facebook.com/pg/abreathoffreshawe] * Instagram- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.instagram.com/abreathoffreshawe/] * #awestories Awe Stories Podcast [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1501448877891-4WJE4USVEDDFACFSU6D8/Awe+Stories+Podcast?format=1000w] AWE STORIES IS A PODCAST HIGHLIGHTING STORIES, MOVEMENTS, AND PRACTICES FOR YOUR SOUL BY AMY GREEN. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BRENDAN MAYER FOR PROVIDING THE MUSIC IN OUR EPISODE.  TO FIND THE LATEST ALBUM RELEASE LONG STORY SHORT, PLEASE VISIT HERE. Permalink [https://www.abreathoffreshawe.com/podcast/apowerfullflow]

Yoga Awareness Month: Turn Up the Music and Flow

Emmy Singer [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1505695959235-JDHO3P59J4VL4EO3U9FZ/Emmy+Singer?format=1000w] EPISODE 11 September is International Yoga Awareness Month, which means each episode this month will feature different practices and practitioners of yoga to share with you how and what yoga is a transformative self care practice. With lots of joy and laughter, join Emmy Singer from Inner Light Yoga to hear about the practice of music based vinyasa. Emmy shares her experience of music being a source of connection, healing, and release. She shares some of her favorite artists and music to flow to, how to allow yourself to let go and be free on your mat, and begin to blossom and have fun in yoga. She discusses finding this practice through a moment of letting her wall down after a season where she felt lonely and lost. Emmy shares her passion for the practices of cathartic movement and giving yourself the permission to get messy and lost in the process of exploring your body and releasing what no longer serves you, and find all types of beautiful shapes and ways to create movement in your body to build greater self-love and appreciation for your body and self. Emmy Singer is the founder & f-word enthusiast of Inner Light Yoga who believes in positive energy, the collective of people, genuine vibes and the power of puppies. She met yoga in 2008 and it was nearly love at first flow. With a heartbeat for storytelling and pulse for music, she moved to Nashville in 2011 to pursue her music industry dreams. Emmy learned to balance her role running digital for a roster of country artists by maintaining her life-giving yoga practice. Taking her passion one pose further, Emmy trained to be a certified yoga instructor and following her open-heart and renewed spirit transitioned from music to teaching yoga full-time. After Emmy married Lee, a skilled entrepreneur with a love for a good back-beat flow class, in 2015, the newlyweds’ dream of opening a fitness business together took them to California. While out West, Emmy’s love of music and yoga collided when she came across a new style of music-based vinyasa and dove head first into training specifically for this movement focused practice. They both were inspired by the West Coast, but Nashville was calling their hearts home. Filled with gratitude for the open arms of Nashville and passion for bringing music-based yoga to this beautiful community, the Singers moved back to Music City to open Inner Light Yoga. Subscribe on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/awe-stories/id1265669519?mt=2], on SoundCloud below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. > “The simplest thing first to start is find your favorite song, turn it on, close your eyes, and let some stuff move around.” — Emmy Singer, Inner Light YogaTOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE * Movement, dance, and yoga * Yoga becoming a lifeline for her during college * Moving to California with her husband and feeling lonely and lost * Finding a movement-based vinyasa class and falling in love * Exploring your body and self-love through small moments of sweet, loving-kindness * Cathartic movement and the value of play in yoga * Moving through grief with music and yoga * The importance of taking pauses in your day to reset Emmy Singer [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1505695467069-4WR5IYT3C2JKJOMMWNUR/Emmy+Singer?format=1000w] RESOURCES Inner Light Yoga Nashville Website [http://www.innerlightyoganashville.com/] Inner Light Yoga Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/innerlightyoganashville/] Inner Light Yoga Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/innerlightyoganashville/] Turn the Music UP [http://www.innerlightyoganashville.com/playlists/] Emmy Singer Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/emmypsinger/] The Class by Taryn Toomey [http://taryntoomey.com/] Emmy Singer [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1505696147741-LRGQL08R8C7HNAEATOJ6/Emmy+Singer?format=1000w] CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * Facebook- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.facebook.com/pg/abreathoffreshawe] * Instagram- @abreathoffreshawe [https://www.instagram.com/abreathoffreshawe/] * #awestories Awe Stories Podcast [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58e013cf1e5b6c817448df5d/1501448877891-4WJE4USVEDDFACFSU6D8/Awe+Stories+Podcast?format=1000w] AWE STORIES IS A PODCAST HIGHLIGHTING STORIES, MOVEMENTS, AND PRACTICES FOR YOUR SOUL BY AMY GREEN. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BRENDAN MAYER FOR PROVIDING THE MUSIC IN OUR EPISODE.  TO FIND THE LATEST ALBUM RELEASE LONG STORY SHORT, PLEASE VISIT ITUNES. Permalink [https://www.abreathoffreshawe.com/podcast/turnthemusicupyoga]