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On and Off Your Mat Yoga Podcast

Erika Belanger Yogawww.erikabelanger.com
A self-help podcast for yogis and HSP ready to let go of overwhelm and stress so that they can transform their sensitivity into a superpower. Join me to build your awareness, become embodied and turbo-charge your growth. Learn from the most inspiring and accomplished yoga teachers and coaches in the world with their personal stories, best-kept secrets, and most valuable tools and strategies.

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Episodes

From Corporate Autopilot to Rediscovering Your Purpose, with Celeste Unali

For today's episode, I sat down with Celeste Unali, a yoga and meditation teacher and women's mindset coach based in Australia. After a decade of working her way up the corporate ladder and experiencing plenty of success in the workplace, Celeste found herself feeling more uninspired and disconnected than ever. A deep journey of self-development led her to yoga, where she unexpectedly fell in love with the magic of mindfulness and watched as it unfolded in her life, driving deeper connection, pu...

Jul 29, 202442 minEp. 236

Getting to the Root Cause of Your Anxiety, with Erika Belanger

Instead of putting band-aids on your anxiety, forcing yourself to calm down, or ignoring what you're feeling altogether, it's time to take a deeper look at your brain. You can leverage the power of your brain to start creating change directly, instead of only treating the symptoms of your anxiety. This work is transformational, and it starts here. Tune in this week to finally get to the root cause of your anxiety. I share how to start uncovering what in your life is really causing your anxiety, ...

Jul 22, 202446 minEp. 235

Calling in More Money Through Excitement, Creativity, and Accountability, with Elizabeth Ralph

For today's episode, I'm joined by Elizabeth Ralph, a high-level wealth strategist and intuitive investor who retired at the age of 39 to teach others how to reach financial freedom through non-traditional methods. Discover the pillars of changing your relationship with money and calling in more money in your life. Elizabeth shares how to harness the beautiful energy of money and connect with this tool instead of resisting it, the importance of thinking about money creatively instead of emotiona...

Jul 15, 202444 minEp. 234

PREMIUM | Heart Womb Breath Meditation

If you want to reconnect with your feminine energy, support yourself lovingly in menstruation or cultivate more inner harmony when you’re feeling emotional, this practice is for you. Whether you have a physical womb or not, you can work with these centers of energy to create sexual healing, self-love and self-care. Learning how to come home to yourself in this way can also be supportive on a fertility journey or during pregnancy. This breath-based meditation is part of our premium subscription, ...

Jul 08, 20242 minEp. 233

Feel It to Heal It (Part 2: Anxiety), with Erika Belanger

When coaching my clients, I use a practical and succinct process that helps them process their emotions and traumas so they can heal the past, leverage their sensitivity, and transform their whole lives. You might be scared of the feeling of anxiety right now, but trying to avoid the intensity of your anxiety is limiting your entire emotional experience. Discover how to give space to your anxiety so you can learn to manage it effectively. I share why managing anxiety isn't about trying to calm d...

Jul 01, 202447 minEp. 232

Becoming a Leader That People Love and Respect, with Pavini Moray

If you want to make a real impact in the world, you need to step into your leader self. To discuss how to do this, I'm joined by Pavini Moray, an author with over 30 years of experience as an educator, activist, somatic coach, and serial entrepreneur holding a Ph.D. in somatic psychology. Pavini supports humans and organizations in developing thriving relationships, and their perspective on leadership will truly change your life. Tune in this week to discover what it takes to become a leader tha...

Jun 24, 202438 minEp. 231

Expanding Your Clairabilities to Deepen Your Relationship to Consciousness, with Heather Ivany

If you're spiritually curious, you've probably heard of the four intuitive indicators called the Clairs: being Clairvoyant, Claircognizant, Clairsentient, or Clairaudient. To explore these indicators, I sat down with Heather Ivany, a holistic practitioner and teacher of yoga, meditation, prayer and akashic reading. Heather helps others lean into their spiritual energy and connect to their intuition, which involves understanding their unique way of connecting to the Clairs. We discuss what the Cl...

Jun 17, 202445 minEp. 230

PREMIUM | A Somatic Practice to Feel Anger

If you hate when you do get angry and try your best to avoid this uncomfortable emotion, today’s practice is for you. Learn how to feel anger and process it in a way that feels safe and doesn’t hurt yourself or anyone else. When you stop avoiding this emotion, you won’t have to be sarcastic in disagreement, if uncomfortable with conflict, to control everything (including of your emotions), to shutdown when you’re upset, to feel resentful when people don’t do what you expect… or to numb difficult...

Jun 10, 20243 minEp. 229

The Feminine Way of Doing Business, with Layla El Khadri

Layla El Khadri knows how to get you to access your awe-inspiring magnetism. She has over a decade of experience guiding women to express their absolute highest potential and embody their magic. Through her business, Layla helps her clients tap into their feminine power, find their unique gifts, and turn them into mission-driven businesses that make a positive impact in the world. Discover how to embody the feminine way of doing business. Layla is sharing how to start finding your voice, inner p...

Jun 03, 202441 minEp. 228

Feel It to Heal It (Part 1: Anger), with Erika Belanger

I'm sure you've been told to feel your feelings before, but have you ever been told how? There's a process I use with my coaching clients to help them feel and process their emotions and trauma, so they can heal the past, leverage their sensitivity, and transform their lives, and I'm sharing it right here on today's show. Discover how to feel more fearlessly, be yourself more fully, and access more joy in your life. Learn why healing means truly feeling your emotions, and I show you a step-by-st...

May 27, 202450 minEp. 227

Using Your Dreams to Process Your Emotions with Meli, The Dreaming Yogi

Meli is a dream interpreter who helps sleep-deprived and stressed individuals uncover the root cause of their anxiety through dream work. She helps people address suppressed emotions while providing them with the tools to release these emotions with a process she calls cosmic dream alchemy. Gain a foundation in what your dreams mean, and what you can do with the messages you receive afterward. Meli shares her three steps to alchemize and process your emotions through the subconscious mind with d...

May 13, 202435 minEp. 226

PREMIUM | Body Yantra

If you experience chronic stress, regularly feel tension in your body or discomfort in your joints, this episode if for you. Today we are learning a body yanta. Body yantras are powerful proprioceptive practices, where your nervous system gets to map out where you are in space to move away from chronic holding patterns. This practice allows the NS to realign the bone structure of the body to induce more relaxation. This micro-movement meditation is a harmonizing practice that organically helps y...

May 06, 20243 minEp. 225

The Breath: Eastern Philosophy and Nervous System Science, with Dylan Werner

Dylan Werner is a renowned yoga instructor and author known for his expertise in breathwork meditation, hand balancing, and movement. He founded Myofascial Integrated Alignment and Myofascial Integrated Stretching, which are asana-based systems that combine scientific principles with movement to improve overall health and posture. Discover why we breathe, how to breathe, and the way the breath is capable of influencing us emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Dylan shares pranayama exercises...

Apr 29, 202444 minEp. 224

From Punk to Monk: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Transformation, with Raghunath

My guest this week stepped out of mainstream society as a punk artist, and later in life as a monk, to find truth, joy, and purpose in answering life’s big questions of self-discovery and transformation. I sat down with Raghunath, earlier known as Ray Cappo. Raghunath has been on a spiritual quest his whole life. He practices and teaches Bhakti yoga, and he’s a spiritual storyteller. Raghunath hosts the podcast Wisdom of the Sages and is the author of the book From Punk to Monk: A Memoir . Start...

Apr 22, 202439 minEp. 223

Chronic Fatigue and Creating the Conditions for Healing, with Tiffany Cagwin

My guest this week is Tiffany Cagwin, a certified functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner, a board-certified holistic health practitioner, and a yoga teacher. Chronic fatigue is hindering your body from healing itself, but Tiffany believes that we can create conditions for sustained energy, healing, and thriving in our lives, and she’s showing us how. Discover how to overcome your chronic fatigue and create the conditions that help your body heal. Tiffany shares the difference between chron...

Apr 15, 202440 minEp. 222

Are You a High Achiever or a Perfectionist? With Rachel Dorneanu

For today’s show, I’m joined by Rachel Dorneanu LPC NCC. Rachel is an individual and premarital couples’ psychotherapist. She works with people aged 16 and up, specializing in anxiety, boundaries, Highly Sensitive People, perfectionism, and sex therapy. Get some clarity around whether you’re a perfectionist, or you’re just a high-achieving person. We discuss why perfectionism is prevalent in sensitive people, the different types of perfectionism, and you’ll learn some practical tools to reduce a...

Apr 08, 202440 minEp. 221

PREMIUM | Vagal Toning

If you’re going through loss, whether it's the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, the crashing of a dream…yoga can help you give your grief the dedicated time and space required to move through your thoughts and feelings. With this practice for grief, you’ll learn to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering. This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member . When you leave a review for the po...

Apr 01, 20243 minEp. 220

Understanding Grief to Navigate It More Easily, with Sweta Vikram

Sweta Vikram is a dedicated doctor of Ayurveda, a globally renowned speaker, and an acclaimed author of 14 bestselling books. The goal of Sweta’s work is to alleviate stress and elevate the quality of her clients’ lives, specializing in addressing disordered sleep, anxiety, digestion, appetite, and mood. Sweta’s Ayurveda-based approach gives us a unique perspective on grief, and she's here to help us understand the grief experience. Learn how grief is seen through the lens of Ayurveda and learn ...

Mar 25, 202441 minEp. 219

Living in Accord with the Yamas and Niyamas, with David McGrath

I’m joined by David McGrath, a Kriya yoga therapist and author of the book The Yogi’s Way: Living in Accord with the Yamas and Niyamas . David is dedicated to sharing the philosophical and psychological principles and practices of yoga, with a focus on promoting the holistic capacity of yoga to provide insight into what it means to be human and how we can appreciate and live in tune with the nature of life. Discover how living in accordance with the Yamas and Niyamas will transform your life, bo...

Mar 18, 202441 minEp. 218

Healing as a Whole-Body Experience, with Jonathan FitzGordon

Jonathan FitzGordon is the creator of the Rejuvenation Movement Method, which was born from his own pain and healing journey. He aims to help people age gracefully and live pain-free lives. Jonathan has been practicing yoga since 1995, teaching since 2000, and training teachers since 2005. Discover what healing as a whole-body experience looks like and how it can change your life forever as a highly sensitive or hypermobile person. We’re talking about everything from posture, walking patterns, a...

Mar 11, 202440 minEp. 217

PREMIUM | Breath for Anxiety and Fear

If you’re going through loss, whether it's the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, the crashing of a dream…yoga can help you give your grief the dedicated time and space required to move through your thoughts and feelings. With this practice for grief, you’ll learn to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering. This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member . When you leave a review for the po...

Mar 04, 20244 minEp. 216

Befriending All Parts of Yourself as a Therapeutic Tool, with Magdalena Krohn

Magdalena Krohn is a yoga teacher and mentor for highly sensitive people (HSP). Using the tools of yoga, embodiment, and Internal Family Systems (IFS), she helps HSPs feel seen, validated, empowered, and connected. Magdalena’s mission is to change the narrative around sensitivity by celebrating it and uplifting all those who consider themselves sensitive. Discover a tool that will help you build your self-awareness around the different parts of yourself and how these parts collectively make you ...

Feb 26, 202434 minEp. 215

The Skills of True Confidence, with Alex Kennedy

Alex Kennedy is a confidence coach and shuffle dance teacher who’s here to help you ignite your fire of inner confidence. Through coaching, she assists high achievers in showing up as their raw, authentic selves, building self-trust, and navigating challenges more gracefully. She believes we need to stop hiding our inner weirdness from the world, and she’s here to show us how. Discover how empowering it is to stop living life for others and start trailblazing a unique path. Alex is sharing what ...

Feb 19, 202443 minEp. 214

Getting Out of Emotional Overwhelm, with Erika Belanger

Do you label feeling emotions as something scary and end up shoving them into your emotional closet? If you’re ready to make peace with your sensitivity and learn how to fearlessly experience emotions without becoming overwhelmed, this episode is for you. I delve into what emotional overwhelm is, why it’s common in highly sensitive people, and why we label emotions as scary. I explain four different reasons that can lead us to labeling emotions as something to fear and share how to stop this pat...

Feb 12, 202444 minEp. 213

PREMIUM | Visualization to Create An Inner Sense of Safety

If you’re going through loss, whether it's the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, the crashing of a dream…yoga can help you give your grief the dedicated time and space required to move through your thoughts and feelings. With this practice for grief, you’ll learn to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering. This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member . When you leave a review for the po...

Feb 05, 20243 minEp. 212

Opening to All That Life Brings, or Skillfully Closing Yourself, with Nate Klemp

For today’s conversation, I sat down with Nate Klemp PhD. Nate is a writer, philosopher, and entrepreneur. He’s the author of the upcoming book Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World , and he’s here to help us open up to all that life brings, or skillfully close ourselves off where necessary. Discover how to open your mind to create expansion, possibility, and to shift your focus so you can experience challenging thoughts, emotions, and sensations in new, amazing ways. Learn s...

Jan 29, 202445 minEp. 211

Your Nervous System Through the Lens of Yoga, with Eddie Stern

Even if you have a basic understanding of your nervous system, alongside a basic understanding of yoga philosophy, they may occupy two different areas of your brain. So today, I’m inviting you to merge them together and take your Western scientific knowledge of the nervous system and correlate it to your knowledge of Eastern philosophy, yoga, and ayurveda. To discuss the intersection between yoga and the nervous system, I’m joined by Eddie Stern. Eddie is a yoga teacher, author, and researcher w...

Jan 22, 202446 minEp. 210

How to Keep Up with Yoga in Moments of Chaos, with Brett Larkin

Brett Larkin is the founder of Uplifted Yoga and the author of the book, Yoga Life: Habits, Poses, and Breathwork to Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos . Her online yoga teacher trainings have set the standards for quality online certification since 2015, and she has a thriving YouTube channel and podcast sharing how to actively design your life using yoga’s ancient wisdom. Tune in this week as we look at yoga and self-care as a science of energy management, so you can replace the habits that are wast...

Jan 15, 202443 minEp. 209

PREMIUM | Yoga Practice for Grief

If you’re going through loss, whether it's the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, the crashing of a dream…yoga can help you give your grief the dedicated time and space required to move through your thoughts and feelings. With this practice for grief, you’ll learn to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering. This 30-minute yoga class is part of our premium subscription, to get access to it, become a premium podcast member . When you leave a review for the po...

Jan 08, 20243 minEp. 208

Are You Slowing Down? Or Are You in Functional Freeze? With Diana May

Diana May is a dedicated yoga teacher and lifelong learner with the goal of supporting people in loving their bodies as they are in the present moment. Her practice infuses anatomy, alignment, and mindfulness through the lens of the nervous system. She believes that yoga is a way to observe both physical and psychological patterns and choose a new way forward. Whether you’re in a state of functional freeze, or you want to help others understand their nervous system, tune in this week to discover...

Jan 01, 202435 minEp. 207
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