Non-Diet Yogi

Casey Conroy, MNutrDiet, APD, YT•www.funkyforest.com.au

Non-Diet Yogi explores and dismantles the world of #BigWellness, where yoga, spirituality, fitness, diet culture, white supremacy and toxic female entrepreneurship collide in a dizzying spectacle of goji berries and designer mala beads.This podcast is for you if you - love yoga, but don’t always love yoga culture - wish to form a deeper connection with your body and with the natural world around you, minus the wellness wankery - are tired of the classism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, fat phobia and other threads of white supremacy woven throughout #BigWellness. Hosted by Casey Conroy, non-diet dietitian, naturopath in training, and yoga teacher.

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Episodes

Ep 3. Ayurveda and The "C" Word with Narayana Commerford

Cleansing from a western fad perspective is pure diet culture BS. But in Ayurveda the "C" word takes on a somewhat different, multifaceted meaning. This can be both problematic and refreshing depending on your perspective. SHOW NOTES: How Ayurveda didn’t accompany yoga to the west, and the effects of this on contemporary yoga practice Different spiritual practices (e.g. Vipassana, Tantra) are not suited to everyone Everything can be medicine or harmful, depending on context Your constitution inf...

Jan 15, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 3

Ep 2. Cleanse, Detox, Hurt: The Allure of Unhealthily Strict Diets to the Ascetic Yogi Psyche

Why juice cleansing is so popular in yoga culture, how detoxification actually works, and what you can do to support your body's detoxification processes without starving yourself. · What is juice cleansing? How it’s marketed vs. what’s actually going on · Why it’s so popular in yoga culture · How tapas and saucha may underlie and amplify the tendency towards spiritually-endorsed disordered eating and body dysmorphia · Ayurveda and juice cleansing · Disordered eating and eating disorders in Yoga...

Dec 26, 2019•1 hr 9 min

Ep 1. The Non-Diet Yogi - An Introduction

Why this podcast needs to exist, creating a podcast as a mum, and a bit about me. LINKS: Funky Forest Health & Wellbeing - online non-diet nutrition consulting services and in-person yoga classes Grab your copy of my e-book The Modern Yogi's BS-Free Guide to Wellbeing Funky Forest Health & Wellbeing Facebook page Casey's Instagram Non-Diet Yogi Patreon Support the show...

Dec 13, 2019•12 min•Ep. 1

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