In today's episode Alex meets Susie Streelman, creator of Zeroproof Experiences! Susie has created the Sober in the City Movement - if you're active on Sober Facebook and Instagram, you're bound to have seen it! In this episode Susie shares her sobriety story, and what's brought her to create Sober In the City events. You can find Susie on Instagram and learn more about her events at: @zeroproofexperiences. Support the show Read Alex's Writing at the Intersection of the ...
Feb 02, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 43
In this episode Alex sits down with Yogi Aaron, who's lived many lives in his yoga career! From growing up in Canada, to founding Nude Yoga in NYC, to owning Blue Osa in Costa Rica, to now developing a system for reducing pain in yoga. Tune into this episode to learn why we should stop stretching, what techniques Aaron recommends for managing pain, and more. You can buy Aaron's book here: https://amzn.to/3HiRnwA and learn more about his work here: https://yogiaaron.com/ Support the sho...
Jan 26, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Are you curious about the Yoga Sutras? I've had a TON of people asking me about my Sutra Study Course. Two people asked me today if they could still register even though the deadline has passed! So I've made a decision to extend the registration deadline since I won't offer this course again until 2024. In this episode today I explain the first four yoga sutras and provide my insights and reflections on them. If you're curious about the Yoga Sutra Study course, I'm openi...
Jan 19, 2023•14 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Service is a fundamental aspect of the AA method - and it actually has proven benefits to support our health & wellbeing. How can you give service in your sober journey without being part of AA? In this episode I provide three ways you can give service without joining a traditional recovery program. If you're curious about our next Yoga Teacher Training, it begins in mid-February, and the link is here! https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/online-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training Support ...
Jan 12, 2023•7 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Meet Christiana Maxion - one of Alex's friends in Dubai! Alex had Christiana on an earlier podcast episode and she spoke about her sober journey. In today's episode, Christiana shares her entrepreneurial journey - from being a teacher in Abu Dhabi to becoming an Entrepreneur. You can connect with Christiana at christianamaxion.com. You can connect with Alex to discover the type of entrepreneur coaching she offers at: https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/entrepreneur-mastermind Suppor...
Jan 05, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Meet Amanda Chisholm - one of Alex's friends from her 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training, back in 2014! Alex and Amanda met at Yandara, where Alex hosts the annual Mindful Life Practice Yoga Retreat. Since graduating from the 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Amanda has gone on to be a successful yoga studio owner in Bathurst, New Brunswick. Listen to this episode to learn about Amanda's journey to becoming an entrepreneur and what she learned along the way! You can connect with Amanda on In...
Dec 29, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 38
In this episode, Alex sits down with her Master Trainer from when she trained to be a Barre Instructor, Jojo Maisie! Jojo and Alex were both freelancing yoga/fitness instructors pre-covid. Both of them built online businesses over the course of the pandemic. Jojo founded Body By Jojo which can be found here: https://www.bodybyjojo.com/ In this episode, Alex interviews Jojo about her journey as an entrepreneur. This episode was recorded live as part of our BYOB Summit (Be Your Own Boss!). In the ...
Dec 22, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 37
In this episode, Alex sits down with her psychic, Dan Kumar, to discuss self-image! Some of the things they discussed were: - What is self image? - What is good self image versus bad self image? - What are the components of self image? - Why is self image important? - What tips do you have for building a positive self image? You can book a one-to-one Intuitive Healing (Psychic Reading) session with Dan, at this link. https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/intuitivehealingwithdan Support the show...
Dec 15, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 36
In this episode, Alex sits down with the inspiring Karolina Rzadkowolska! She is a certified alcohol-free life coach who helps intuitive women ditch alcohol and discover their greater purpose. She’s worked with thousands of clients through her online courses and coaching to change their drinking habit and unleash a new level of health, happiness, and potential to go after their biggest dreams. Her book Euphoric: Ditch Alcohol and Gain a Happier, More Confident You (HarperCollins) came out on boo...
Dec 08, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Alex is excited to sit down with Freddie Bennett today, who is someone she met on a Facebook Group in her early days of sobriety. Freddie is about one month earlier into sobriety than Alex - and he's accomplished so much while sober! From moving his family from the UK to New Zealand, achieving a Guiness World Record, Starting a Business, participating in an Ironman and an Ultramarathon, and raising over $100,000 for charity. Tune into this episode to hear Freddie's inspiring journey - ...
Dec 01, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 34
In this episode, Anneka Reece returns as a guest on the show. Anneka is a health and mindset coach who specializes in helping people manifest a life of their dreams, alcohol free. In this episode, Anneka and Alex speak about how alcohol lowers your vibration and speak about strategies to raise your vibration to manifest what you dream of. Anneka has a new manifestation course launching in January 2023. To register for her program, please reach out to: [email protected] . Support the ...
Nov 24, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Alex is so excited to celebrate Shanna, one of the community members of the Mindful Life Practice, who is officially ONE YEAR SOBER! Shanna has graduated from the 30 Hour Sober Curious YTT, and is also currently a student in the Deep Dive into Sober Yoga. In Shanna's words: I am a yoga teacher for adults, teens and children with a trauma informed focus, an Ayurvedic Specialist, a podcast host called High Vibe HEALth, a recently a sober curious advocate. I am very active and love to stay bus...
Nov 17, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 32
In this episode, Alex sits down with Jason Rudeen, who a person in long term recovery. Jason is the CO host of the Way Out Podcast. He is a recovery advocate, a peer recovery specialist, and a Stephen Minister. In this episode Jason and Alex speak about his sober journey, and also the role that faith has played in his recovery. Support the show Read Alex's Writing at the Intersection of the Bhavagad Gita, Patanjali's Sutras, The Buddha Dharma and Mental Health at: https://thedailydharm...
Nov 10, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 31
In this episode, Alex sits down with Cole Chance, who is a yoga teacher in recovery. In this episode Cole shares her inspiring story with sobriety, recovery, and her journey stepping into her purpose as a yoga teacher. Cole currently offers yoga practices on youtube and in her membership on her website. She also runs international retreats and yoga teacher trainings. To connect with Cole, check out: - https://emergerecovery.com - https://www.instagram.com/colechanceyoga/ - https://colechanceyoga...
Nov 03, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 30
In this episode Alex sits down with Ally Morton, who is a recovery coach based in the UK! Fun fact: Ally completed her 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training with the Mindful Life Practice and her 30 Hour Sober Curious Yoga Teacher Training as well! Ally is a certified recovery coach and life coach based in London, UK. She specialises in alcohol, substance abuse, and eating disorder recovery. Ally is passionate about helping individuals release addictive behaviours so that they can step forward into an ...
Oct 27, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 29
In this episode, Alex meets Sara Momtaz, who is the founder of We All Belong and Mou Mou and Friends. Sara is the mother of Amani (MouMou) whose life completely changed upon receiving Amani’s Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) diagnosis. Eventually overcoming the desperately dark days of trying to understand what Down syndrome is, to grappling through extremely testing times of dealing with Amani’s open heart surgery, the surgeries that followed and all the therapy interventions Amani will need, Sara gr...
Oct 20, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 28
In this episode, Alex sits down with Molly Ruggere, who shes's been friends with on social media for ages! Molly Ruggere is a Certified Life Coach, Certified This Naked Mind Coach and Founder of Counterculture Club, a global alcohol-free community offering private and group coaching, monthly membership and events for individuals who want to build authentic relationships, socialize without drinking and counter the mainstream idea that we need alcohol to have fun, fulfilling lives. In this ep...
Oct 13, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 27
In this episode Alex & Cathy sit down in the Sober Girls Yoga Facebook Group and go live to chat about preparing to go sober for the holidays and all the things to think about. The next 108 Day Recovery program with Cathy starts this week - if you would like to jump in and join, click the link here! https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/108-day-recovery Support the show Read Alex's Writing at the Intersection of the Bhavagad Gita, Patanjali's Sutras, The Buddha Dharma and Mental H...
Oct 07, 2022•20 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Alex sat down today with Jay Chase. Jay is a speaker, host of the Don’t touch my mindset podcast and a character development coach. He helps individuals in active recovery from substance misuse disorder manage destructive emotions and habits to maintain sobriety. In this inspiring episode Jay shares his story with recovery and the work he does now as a professional podcaster and inspirational speaker for those in recovery. You can discover more about Jay's work at: https://thejaychase.com/ ...
Oct 06, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 25
In this episode, Alex has Gretchen on the show - one of the Mindful Life Practice community members and yoga teachers. In this show Gretchen shares her 100 Day milestone of sobriety with the community and what she learned along the way. Gretchen took part in the 108 Recovery program led by Cathy as part of the Mindful Life Practice & Sober Girls Yoga, which she shares about in this episode. You can learn more about it at this link. https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/108-day-recovery Supp...
Sep 15, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Alex is excited to bring Lisa Ryan back on the show today! Lisa was a guest on the show around a year ago, when Alex still lived in Abu Dhabi. In this episode Alex and Lisa record live in the Sober Girls Yoga Facebook Group, sharing about Lisa's Sober Journey and celebrating her milestone! You can join the Sober Girls Yoga Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sobergirlsyoga Support the show Read Alex's Writing at the Intersection of the Bhavagad Gita, Patanjali's S...
Sep 12, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 23
What is the significance of the number 108 in yoga? In this episode Alex & Cathy record live in the Facebook Group. They share the significance behind the number 108, why they chose it for the Challenge to Recovery Program. The 108 Day Recovery is a four month program for women more than two months sober. It digs deep into emotional recovery. The next 108 Day Recovery Program begins this weekend and there are a few spots left. Here is the link to join! https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/...
Sep 09, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Another episode recorded live in Sober Week! Alex was so excited to sit down with Tommy Rosen, founder of Recovery 2.0 and learn about his beliefs around the nature of addiction, and the role of yoga in recovery. A highlight of this episode is Tommy's explanation on the role of nutrition in sobriety. Tommy Rosen, a vinyasa flow and Kundalini Yoga teacher, is a leading authority on addiction and recovery, with 30 years of experience helping people overcome addictions of every kind. He is the...
Sep 08, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 21
This episode is a special one because it was recorded live as part of Sober Week! This morning Alex and Rolf Gates, Author of Meditations from the Mat, conducted a live interview with members of The Mindful Life Practice and Sober Girls Yoga live in the audience. In this interview, Rolf shares about his story with sobriety, recovery, yoga, and then we took several audience questions for Rolf. If you're interested in being part of our sober community, please jump on and join here! https://ww...
Sep 01, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This episode is a special bonus episode with Alex & Cathy from their weekly Facebook Live! In this episode, Alex & Cathy share about sober news, sober week and what's coming up for their next group of Challenge to Recovery participants. The next 30 Day Challenge starts September 4th and there are less than five spots left - if you'd like to join, sign up here. https://www.themindfullifepractice.com/30daychallenge As well, the next 108 Day Recovery begins September 11th. This is...
Aug 29, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Today Alex sits down with Kristen Hutchinson, one of the newest members of the Mindful Life Practice / Sober Girls Yoga team! In this episode Kristen shares her journey with Sober Girls Yoga - from January 2022, when she joined her first 30 Day Challenge with us - to now being a yoga teacher and on the yoga teaching team. Kristen describes her experience with our community as life changing! If you'd like to join the next 30 Day Challenge Group, we begin on September 4th, 2022. The link to j...
Aug 25, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Today's episode is a live recording of Cathy & Alex's live from this week in the Sober Girls Yoga Facebook group! In this episode Alex and Cathy chat about what they learned in their Sober Summers. If you'd like to join Cathy & Alex for their regular lives, join the Sober Girls Yoga Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sobergirlsyoga . Alex & Cathy go live every Monday at 6am Bali time / 6pm Eastern Standard Time. Support the show Read Alex's Writi...
Aug 18, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 17
On today's episode, Alex had Dan, her psychic. Dan has been a previous guest on previous episodes so if you haven't tuned into those, make sure you check them out. In today's episode, Alex and Dan speak about having the courage to live a life different than what society expects of them. They speak about living nomadically and following alternative career paths. Alex records these episodes live in the Sober Girls Yoga Facebook Group. If you're interested in booking a one-on-on...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Bobbi Paidel is a Hatha Yogi & Sadhak who spends most of her days traveling or living in northern India studying meditation & the wisdom of the vedas. Bobbi grew up on a second generation cattle ranch in southern Alberta, Canada, had a promising career in the global fashion industry and was continually struggling with addiction & mental health issues. That all changed when Bobbi met her Guru in India, devoted her life to yoga, sadhana & sobriety, became a compassionate, animal lo...
Aug 04, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Matt Gardiner is a passionate and empathetic Recovery Coach & Life Coach who has helped numerous people get out of their 'stuck stories' and move towards the life of their dreams. He focuses on changing the language & words, and the stories you've been attaching to the events in your life. Better words + better breathing = better life. Matt's vision of Recovery includes an active and healthy lifestyle, that also includes planning for some very deliberate, relaxing dow...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 14
