Big annoncement: This is the last episode of the On and Off Your Mat Podcast… for now anyways. With this episode, I want to thank every single one of you for being part of this incredible journey. I do a little recap, tell you why I’m hitting pause, what’s next, and what you can do from here. Be notified when my new podcast comes out and stay in touch: join my email list For how to work with me, my most popular free resources, my favorite episode list and everything else mentioned, find the full...
Mar 31, 2025•17 min•Ep. 268
Do you struggle with chronic pain that feels like a never-ending battle? In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Dr. Tawny Kross, a doctor of physical therapy and pain specialist. Tawny believes passionately in our brain and body's innate ability to heal, and she's here to share her knowledge as a pain and wellness coach. We dive deep into what chronic pain really is, how to have a productive relationship with your pain, and how to support healing without simply numbing the discomfort. Ta...
Mar 24, 2025•43 min•Ep. 267
As a highly sensitive person, it's easy to feel weighed down during kapha season, a time when the energy around us is heavy, slow, and damp. I've been there too, wondering what was wrong with me and why I felt so sluggish. Discover practical tools to help you release stagnation, boost your energy, and feel more like yourself again. We'll discuss the importance of building ojas, your vital essence, and how to use the principle of opposites to restore balance. For everything else, get full show no...
Mar 17, 2025•38 min•Ep. 266
If you wish you were more energized, vibrant and flowing through life with ease, this practice is for you. Kapha season is the time of year when the energy around us tends to get heavier, slower, and wetter as late winter shifts into spring. The elements of earth and water mix together to create mud. This energy will affect your mind, body, energy and spirit, and today's practice will bring balance and harmony back in your system by cultivating movement, lightness and heat. I've used this practi...
Mar 10, 2025•3 min•Ep. 265
I sit down with Jennily Diaz, a relationship coach and fellow HSP, to dive deep into the world of attachment theory. She is a registered yoga teacher and an integrative health practitioner, certified in integrated attachment theory. Jennily shares her own journey of healing her anxious attachment style and transforming her relationship dynamic with her partner. Discover how your early childhood experiences shape your adult relationships, the four main attachment styles, and why HSPs tend to lean...
Mar 03, 2025•55 min•Ep. 264
I sit down with Katie Silcox, MA to explore a new way to approach healing through the lens of Tantra and Ayurveda. Katie is a New York Times bestselling author and the founder of the Shakti School, a premier online certification school for women-centered holistic wellness. She holds a master's degree in Ayurvedic medicine and is pursuing depth study in Jungian psychology. Her platform focuses on the convergence of ancient holistic medicine, functional medicine science, and heart-centered spiritu...
Feb 24, 2025•42 min•Ep. 263
I sit down with my dear friend and co-retreat leader Cara Edwards to discuss our upcoming Sedona Magic Retreat. Cara has been leading transformative retreats that help others reconnect with themselves and the healing power of nature since 2018. Her retreats weave together her 15 years of experience as a yoga teacher, her passion for the outdoors and herbalism, and her love for creating nurturing spaces. We explore the meaning behind "Sedona Magic" and share our intentions for helping you alchemi...
Feb 10, 2025•45 min•Ep. 262
If you ever feel out of sync with yourself and the world, this practice is for you. Thi Reharmonizing Spanda practice is designed to release overwhelm, recalibrate your energy, and rediscover your natural harmony. Through guided movement, breath, and somatic awareness, this practice offers a pathway to reconnect with your body, process pent-up tension, and step back into your authentic flow. I've used this practice with clients who feel: ✨ overwhelm ✨ disconnected ✨ emotionally or energetically ...
Feb 03, 2025•3 min•Ep. 261
Today, we're diving into the connection between sensitivity, the nervous system, and your breath through the lens of highly sensitive people (HSPs). You'll discover how your sensitivity is intricately linked to your nervous system and why your breath is the key to finding greater calm, clarity and balance in your life. We'll explore common challenges HSPs face, like overwhelm, emotional reactivity, and feeling perpetually on edge. More importantly, you'll learn how tuning into your body's cues a...
Jan 27, 2025•49 min•Ep. 260
In this episode, I sit down with Joanna Sapir, a business strategist for holistic practitioners, to explore how implementing repeatable systems and processes can help you build a more sustainable and impactful business. We dive into the key departments every business needs, and how identifying your strengths and weaknesses in each area can help you focus your efforts. Joanna also explains why creating structured programs and client journeys, rather than just selling one-off sessions, is crucial ...
Jan 20, 2025•40 min•Ep. 259
I sit down with Victoria Moran, a renowned author and yoga teacher, to explore how yoga philosophy and Ayurveda can completely transform the way we think about getting older. Victoria has written extensively on wellbeing and spirituality, with her latest book Age Like a Yogi diving deep into cultivating a radiant "third act" of life. As a lifelong yogi herself, she shares profound insights on the bigger picture of aging - one that goes beyond wrinkles and joint pain to the very heart of our spir...
Jan 13, 2025•38 min•Ep. 258
If you ever feel like stress or tension is stuck in your body and you just can’t shake it off, this practice is for you. The Psychogenic Tremor practice is designed to gently release built-up tension, ease stress, and create a sense of calm and grounding. Through guided somatic movements that activate your body’s natural shaking response, this practice helps you reset your nervous system, let go of what you’ve been holding onto, and feel lighter and more at ease. I've used this practice with cli...
Jan 06, 2025•3 min•Ep. 257
Elyse Wagner has dedicated her life to transforming the world's approach to health and well-being. With a foundation in functional medicine, health psychology, and holistic nutrition, she empowers coaches and individuals to create lasting, positive change. Her own transformative health journey led her to co-found the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy and now she continues to spread well-being education through her impactful programs. We dive into the specific challenges Highly Sensitive Peopl...
Dec 30, 2024•41 min•Ep. 256
Our guest, Nyk Danu, shares her journey with yin yoga and how it has become a refuge for her as an HSP. Nyk is a certified yoga therapist, yin yoga teacher trainer, and yoga business mentor who specializes in teaching therapeutic yoga to students who don't feel at home in mainstream yoga circles. She combines her extensive training in yoga therapy, yin yoga, and traditional Chinese medicine to create a unique approach that prioritizes the nervous system and accessibility. If you've tried yin yog...
Dec 16, 2024•42 min•Ep. 255
By learning to feel your shame more fully, you'll be able to be yourself more authentically and access more joy in your life. Hiding your emotional self unintentionally disconnects you from who you are and turns down the volume on all your emotions. But everything changes when you give yourself permission to feel, and discover that it's not as scary as you think. I share the process I use with coaching clients to help them shift out of shame and into a place of presence. Learn what shame really ...
Dec 09, 2024•53 min•Ep. 254
If you love gratitude practices, this might be a new very powerful way to connect to this emotion, and If you’re highly sensitive and you’ve struggled to connect authentically to gratitude practices in the past, this practice if for you This is my client’s favorite way to connect to gratitude and truly experience it in their body. You can also use this format with any positive high-vibration emotion you want to experience more fully in your life. If you are trying to experience gratitude without...
Dec 02, 2024•4 min•Ep. 253
In this powerful episode, Kristin Windsor shares her incredible journey of self-healing and the unique approach she developed along the way. As a teacher and mentor, Kristin leads people to return home to their innate wholeness by reunifying mind, body, and soul. After independently healing over 100 health battles, 20 years of complex trauma, and 7 years of amnesia, Kristin integrated her wisdom into a groundbreaking method that combines neuroscience, consciousness, and infinite love. We dive in...
Nov 25, 2024•49 min•Ep. 252
In this special episode, I sit down with my client Pascale Etienne, a high school teacher and plant whisperer, to celebrate her incredible transformation through one-on-one somatic coaching. Pascale openly shares her journey from feeling engulfed by her emotions, to developing the tools to harness sensitivity as a superpower. If you want see the process for getting out of overwhelm and exhaustion as a sensitive person, this episode is for you. Discover the power of somatic practices, self-compas...
Nov 18, 2024•40 min•Ep. 251
Do you feel more anxious, scattered, or physically cold and dry as fall sets in? If so, you're not alone. As a highly sensitive person, I feel the shift from summer to fall intensely, and I've noticed it in my clients too. Everyone seems more tired and anxious right now. Explore why fall feels like a challenging transition from the perspective of Ayurveda. I discuss the elements that create the essence of autumn in your mind, body, and energy. Learn to recognize characteristics of a Vata constit...
Nov 11, 2024•40 min•Ep. 250
If you suddenly feel drained, weighed down, sad, or anxious without knowing why after a family gathering, if you experience unexpected aches, tightness, or tiredness during holiday get-togethers, or you find yourself overthinking other people’s problems or wondering how to help everyone around you, or even if you sense the needs and moods of everyone and try to accommodate without them asking... today’s practice is for you. Whether it’s family dinners, office parties, or cozy moments with friend...
Nov 04, 2024•4 min•Ep. 249
The first step in overcoming overwhelm is to understand what it is and how it feels in your body. By learning to recognize overwhelm, you can start to regulate your nervous system and manage stress more effectively. Join me to dive deep into the physical sensations of overwhelm and explore how to process this intense emotion in a healthy way. In this episode, I share the exact process I use with coaching clients to help them overcome overwhelm. As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), you may be more...
Oct 14, 2024•53 min•Ep. 246
If you experience a lot of worry or anxiety, or you’re always replaying in your head what happened, or always thinking about what needs to be done or what might happen in the future today’s practice is for you. A lot of my coaching client find TOUCH to be a really resourcing sense to turn to when orienting, creating inner safety, or widening their capacity for processing uncomfortable emotions and deal with challenges, so I thought I would share one of my favorite, super simple touch meditation ...
Oct 07, 2024•3 min•Ep. 245
Today, I sit down with Shanna Farnsworth to explore practical strategies for confident class planning. Shanna’s journey as a yoga teacher began 15 years ago in a New York City church basement. Since then, she has honed her skills in intelligent sequencing and mentored hundreds of yoga teachers. Her goal is to help teachers feel prepared and confident when leading classes, fostering meaningful connections with their students. Discover Shanna’s tried-and-true methods for crafting sequences that ar...
Sep 23, 2024•51 min•Ep. 244
If you feel sluggish, drained of energy, and experience a lingering sense of emptiness or a hollow ache in your heart, today’s episode is for you. As Highly Sensitive People (HSP), we often wish we didn’t feel so deeply, so we tend to repress our emotions, leading to outbursts of tears. This makes it difficult to identify whether we’re actually feeling sad, angry, disappointed, ashamed, and so on. Tune in this week to discover how to feel your sadness so you can heal it. I discuss how truly feel...
Sep 16, 2024•49 min•Ep. 243
Dr. Andy Sabatier, a physiotherapist passionate about the mechanics of breathing, joins us. After training at Stanford Hospital's Cardiac ICU and serving as the primary ICU physical therapist for a hospital system in Oregon, Andy has dedicated himself to eliminating confusion and harmful practices around breathing. We continue the conversation on breathing that we started a few weeks ago with Alison Starr. In this episode, Andy explains the difference between functional and dysfunctional breathi...
Sep 09, 2024•42 min•Ep. 242
If you want to raise your frequency to uplift your mood and energy, improve your emotional and mental well-being, connect more deeply with your higher self, intuition, or a sense of universal consciousness, or even align yourself with the energies of abundance, love, and success for example so you can manifest more of what you desire, today’s practice is for you. Visualization is a powerful tool for raising your vibration because it engages the mind, emotions, and energy in a focused way that al...
Sep 02, 2024•3 min•Ep. 241
Alison Starr, founder of Kanda Yoga School and creator of the 20 Minute Miracles app, joins us to explore how developing a relationship with your breath can transform your yoga practice and your life. Alison shares her journey of discovering functional breathing and how it helped her overcome chronic pain and instability. She explains the difference between functional and dysfunctional breathing patterns and how many common cues in yoga and fitness can actually restrict the natural movement of t...
Aug 26, 2024•42 min•Ep. 240
Kori Hahn is an author, yoga and meditation teacher, surfer, and devoted mother. Her adventures took her from the frozen landscape of Alaska to the warm waves of Sri Lanka, where she founded the Santosha Society, a community dedicated to travel, surfing, and soulful living. She's helped hundreds of women explore Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and soul growth, and she's here to discuss today's topic through the lens of her new book: A Temple of Her Own. Discover how to embody the Sacred Feminine and...
Aug 19, 2024•31 min•Ep. 239
MaKenzie Fly is a podcast host, retreat leader, and yoga teacher trainer living in Las Vegas. She helps yoga teachers get to their next level by developing more magnetism, attracting and retaining students through better sequencing, theme-weaving, and storytelling, and eventually becoming yogi-preneurs and building sustainable businesses as yoga teachers. Discover how to stand out as a yoga teacher by mastering the skills of theme-weaving and storytelling in your classes and in your business. Ma...
Aug 12, 2024•48 min•Ep. 238
If you have regular headaches, pain in your face, neck or shoulders, ear problems, teeth sensitivity, clicking or popping in your jaw, you might have chronic jaw pain or even TMJ and this practice is for you. Learning how to improve your posture and your breath and how to process emotions like anger and anxiety can help prevent pain, and learning how to release and massage your jaw can help you deal with the symptoms. This somatic practice is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it...
Aug 05, 2024•2 min•Ep. 237
