Do you think of yourself as creative? What if we all realised that creativity is something that is accessible and that supports the full spectrum of our health? And it needn’t add to your priorities, but can instead be enhanced what’s noticing what’s already around you. If you’re led by your to-do list, then you’ll love hearing about creativity and play. It’s the perfect approach for anyone who needs permission to sit still, or who can’t slow their busy mind. For the full show notes: https://www...
Oct 14, 2020•56 min
According to Michel Odent, who has been attending births since 1953 and is now in his 90s, society is at a precipice. It’s time to change our way of thinking and enter a new paradigm. We need to be asking “why some births go so well”, rather than “why birth is difficult”. He talks about how important the transition into birth is, and the need for protecting this time. Waiting for the initiation of labour, including for caesarean births wherever possible, so that the baby is ready to be born. Thi...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Human beings need to feel safe so that we can thrive. That’s not easy to do right now, especially during a pandemic, with so many environmental, social and political issues in the forefront of our minds. Finding safety can be simply and accessible and I’m sharing my easiest tips so that you can feel more settled. For the full show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/feel-safe Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Sep 30, 2020•13 min
Have you ever felt constricted by what other people think you ‘should’ be? In this episode, I speak to artist Sheree Mack https://www.instagram.com/livingwildstudios/ about reclaiming her true voice and learning to express herself authentically and fully. We talk about her new project: ‘The Earth Sea Love Podcast’, which explores women of colour and their relationship with the natural world. For the full show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/sheree-mack Get full access to Heart to Art b...
Sep 23, 2020•55 min
Sophrology is a mind-body approach to life that incorporates breathwork, relaxation, visualisation and movement. It can be a useful approach to address stress and anxiety, prepare for birth, enhance performance and facilitate change. For the full show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/dominique-antiglio Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Sep 16, 2020•51 min
The fourth trimester/ postpartum period can be challenging. Here are some suggestions to support the new mother, couple and baby to feel more relaxed and integrated in this stage of life. For the Full Shownotes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/diane-speier Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Sep 09, 2020•51 min
Connecting with the element of water is one of the simplest and most versatile ways of supporting our physical, emotional and mental health. You can drink water, behold it or immerse yourself in a relaxing bath, floatation tank or the ocean. Cold water swimming is having a surge in popularity and is good for mental, physical and emotional health. Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Sep 02, 2020•10 min
Are you tired of rushing around, without the time and space for what’s truly important to you? Yarrow Magdalena lives a soft and intentional life, working from home in Scotland and creating offerings for her inclusive community about rituals, business and healing. She shares her philosophy that a slow, sustainable life can be just as creative and impactful. For the full show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast /yarrow-magdalena Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart....
Aug 26, 2020•56 min
It should be obvious that placing a woman at the centre of her antenatal care is vital, but it sadly isn’t always the case. In this conversation, midwife Elsie Gayle and I explore continuity of care in midwifery and the rise in birthing outside of the system, (a.k.a freebirthing), when women choose a non-medicalised experience or feel like they have no other choice (perhaps because of previous experiences). For the Full Show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/elsie-gayle Get full access t...
Aug 19, 2020•52 min
Herbal Medicine is a way of supporting health for individuals and for building community. Plant medicine and sharing knowledge and skills for all. Catch the full show notes at https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/rasheeqa-ahmad Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr
Emotions such as fear, shame and anger can be difficult to identify and release in the body. When we release blocks, we can access greater joy and pleasure. Also talking about the transformational aspect of the menopause For the Full Show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/ marcela-widrig Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Aug 05, 2020•57 min
Tips on how to re-emerge after lockdown, as well as time away for any other reasons including surgery, compassionate leave, illness, holiday, retreat or giving birth. For the full show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast /reemerge Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Jul 29, 2020•7 min
What if everyone realised that the true expert is within? How different birth and humanity could be if decisions were made around love rather than fear. Birth choices and embodying birth. For the full show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast /maha-almusa Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 14 min
How to effortlessly bring intentionality and sacred rituals into everyday tasks as well as opening up to the unseen world around you and reconnecting with womb wisdom as the seat of power. Talking to Chloe Isidora, author of ‘Sacred Self-care’: Everyday rituals for a more joyful and meaningful life ’ For the full show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/chloe-isidora https://www.chloeisidora.com Instagram @chloeisidora Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack....
Jul 15, 2020•53 min
Do you feel overwhelmed about using spices to enhance your cooking? Learn how to layer flavours with whole and ground spices to create tasty dishes. For the full show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/ren-patel Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Jul 08, 2020•51 min
If you’ve been transfixed by ‘Normal People’ or ‘I May Destroy You’, it might have something to do with the powerful intimate scenes. In this episode I’m speaking to Ita O’Brien, Intimacy Coordinator and founder of Intimacy on Set, about consent, choreography and storytelling. Full Show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast /ita-obrien Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Jul 01, 2020•37 min
A conversation about learning through play and movement and inspiring potential and self-leadership in childhood. The role of teaching to create a space for play where it’s safe to make mistakes. Full Shownotes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/alison-kriel Resources: Alison Kriel website Twitter Above and Beyond Education Bryn Llewellyn from Tagtiv8 Ted Talk Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Jun 24, 2020•43 min
Why is it that two people can experience the same stressful event, but have very different outcomes? In this episode I speak with Steve Haines, chiropractor, craniosacral therapist and TRE teacher about deepening feeling, changing the narrative and addressing pain and trauma. Show notes: https://www.avni-touch.com/podcast/ steve-haines Get full access to Heart to Art by Avni Trivedi at hearttoart.substack.com/subscribe...
Jun 17, 2020•53 min
In the 50th episode of ‘Speak From the Body’, I’m speaking with Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg about her pioneering research on oxytocin. She shares how the research has progressed, so what was originally thought of as a hormone of motherhood (birth and breastfeeding), is now understood to be a crucial part of growth and healing for everyone, men and women, young and old. Oxytocin is released with touch and pleasure and inhibited by stress, and we talk about the implications of this in Lockdown. SHOW NOTE...
Jun 10, 2020•49 min
These are heavy times. There have been big themes of illness, isolation, suffering, hypocrisy, violence, injustice and inequality that have been headlining the news. Climate change, politics, race and class inequality, a global pandemic. Our world as we’ve known it is in intense change. It’s noticeable that more and more people are using their voices and their platforms to stand up and be counted and share their voice on the things that matter. This gives me hope. If we join together as a collec...
Jun 03, 2020•8 min
Dr. Jessica Drummond is the CEO of The Integrative Women’s Health Institute and author of Outsmart Endometriosis. She holds licenses in physical therapy and clinical nutrition and is a board certified health coach. She has 20 years of experience working with women with chronic pelvic pain, facilitates educational programs for women’s health professionals in more than 60 countries globally, and leads virtual wellness programs for people with endometriosis. Dr. Drummond lives and works with her hu...
May 27, 2020•49 min
Mira Manek is a wellness consultant and the author of Prajna—Ayurvedic Rituals for Happiness. Her first book was Saffron Soul, a cookbook focusing on healthy Indian vegetarian and vegan recipes, published in 2017. Mira also has her own café Chai by Mira in Kingly Court, inside Triyoga Soho. www.miramanek.com @miramanek We recorded this episode during lockdown in the UK. Tools that Mira has found helpful during this time include running and doing online classes on alternate days, making chai and ...
May 20, 2020•47 min
Naomi has been teaching yoga full time since 2002. Over this time she has developed a deeply compassionate style of teaching that emphasises the therapeutic benefits of yoga and also its potential to uplift and inspire. In 2012, she set up Yoga on the Lane with the intention of creating a dynamic community of teachers and students united by their commitment to practicing mindful, breath-led, vinyasa yoga. And then, in 2015, she designed the 200hr Yoga on the Lane Teacher Training Programme, whic...
May 13, 2020•57 min
Touch is our first sense. It’s how we engage with and explore our world. Touch is key to survival. We quickly pull away from something sharp or hot, but nestle in towards warmth and comfort. Right now, we need to be retreating into our homes for the safety of ourselves and one another. Human beings are social beings. Even if you’re a strong introvert like I am, we need human connection and contact. Touch may be high up in your list of love languages (If you don’t already know about this, it’s a ...
May 06, 2020•8 min
Mac Macartney is an author, an activist, and an international speaker. He is the founder of Embercombe in Devon, a centre that seeks to explore and promote the profound regeneration of land, society, and people. Over a period of twenty years Mac was mentored by a group of indigenous elders. During this training and ever since, he has attempted to bring two worlds together – an ancient world-view that emphasises relationship, interdependence, and reverence for life with the significant challenges...
Apr 29, 2020•55 min
Dr Deepa Apté is a fully qualified Indian medical doctor, Yoga teacher and Ayurvedic practitioner. She lectures widely on Ayurveda and Yoga and regularly writes articles for, and features in, magazines and the press. After having run successful practices in India and Germany, she now runs her practice from The Ayurveda Pura Health Spa & Beauty Centre in London where she offers Ayurvedic consultations, individual Yoga sessions and workshops. She lectures as a guest speaker at numerous interna...
Apr 22, 2020•52 min
Natalie Meddings is a doula, active birth yoga teacher and mother of three. She has written two books on birth, How to Have a Baby and Why Home Birth Matters and founded and runs the pregnancy support site, Tell Me A Good Birth Story. She lives in South London with her husband Danny and three children, Constance, Pearl and Walter. Natalie suggests that each woman should start with biology when thinking about birth and then consider the environment that would best suit the biology “Birth isn’t a ...
Apr 15, 2020•55 min
I wanted to record a short episode that speaks to you if you’re going through a crisis. This is a time where things are stripped back to what’s important and what’s not. In some ways this can be really liberating, as you can pay attention to what you really need to and completely ignore everything else. Keep life simple. Drop the expectations - this is the time to make do. People have different ideas of what ‘coping’ looks like. Whatever works for you is fine, even if it looks messy to someone e...
Apr 08, 2020•8 min
Janey Lee Grace is an Amazon No 1 Best-selling author, commentator, and co-presenter on the UK’s biggest radio show, BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon. Previously she was a backing singer with George Michael and Wham!, Kim Wilde, Boy George and had her own Number 8 chart hit with 7 Ways to Love as Cola Boy. Janey has written five books on Holistic living including the number One Amazon best seller Imperfectly Natural Woman and currently writes columns for many magazines, and offers PR ...
Apr 01, 2020•48 min
Founded in 2013, Pause Global offers bespoke retreats and coaching for leaders. Led by a team of human transformation experts in beautiful locations around the world, Pause retreats have been attended by leaders from HSBC, Mars, BP and the United Nations. The Pause method is based on the best-selling book by Danielle North, an international board level executive coach. For the last 15 years, she has helped teams and leaders across the world to pause in order to reach their next level of brillian...
Mar 25, 2020•49 min
