Reclaiming Our Wellbeing
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe podcast to find out how Yoga, mindfulness, Ayurveda, dance, spirituality and emotional literacy MOVES YOU INTO LIVING WELL.
Authentic conversations sharing tips, advice and stories of how Yoga therapy, mindful and authentic living changes lives through self-agency.
Join us and hear stories of healing, health, wellbeing and wholeness.
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Inner Peace Meditation
November 16, 2023 08:32 - 19 minutes - 35.4 MBLet's get straight into the practice of deep wisdom, beauty and power and re-awaken our inner peace and ability to positively impact our world.
Mental Health, Social Belonging and Pendulation
November 03, 2023 08:24 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBThe movement of our mental health and social surroundings, from one extreme to the other, requires pendulation before we discover the middle ground, the healthy path of the new in unknown and unwalked territory. Sitting with the anxiety, discomfort and uncertainty of this change is the work we need to reclaim peace, wisdom and our human goodness.
94. Namaste from the Depth of the Heart
October 05, 2023 09:54 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MBSo many people feel lost, lonely, isolated and anxious at the moment, partially due to uncertainty, partially due to left hemisphere overdrive, partly due to censorship and extreme abstrations of com-part-mentalising a complex reality. The mind that tries to know, control, manipulate and break apart, greatly distorts the cohesive manifacted whole that at our hearts we know we are, come from, yearn for and strive from to create meaningful relationships. The simple heart exercise of Namaste ...
93. Experts vs Pleasure and the Sacred
September 28, 2023 06:51 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBOur loss of joy, pleasure and playfulness has become chronic culturally and seeps into every aspect of our lives. It's time we take back our sense of sacredness and enjoy the beauty of Life, and ourselves as part of the Play. We need to wake up, open our eyes, mouths and stand up for what we know is ours! Reclaiming Our Wellbeing - Shira Cohen Pieter Omtzigt Iain McGilchrist and Dr Schipper
92. Getting Past Being Stuck - Anxiety, Fear and Frustration
September 22, 2023 08:30 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBTop-down versus bottom-up is similar to Iain McGilchrist's left and right hemisphere work. We need both but there is a definite imbalance which needs our active attention and action!
91. Your Life, Live It! with Dr Amanda Foo-Ryland
September 14, 2023 07:37 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBDr Amanda Foo-Ryland, life coach, neural coder and international speaker, shares how her life's incredible experiences led to her strengths, depth, to live life more fully, and help others to rediscover power, passion and mental resilience no matter what life throws at you. And how we have choices. We discuss the neural necessity of context, wholeness and relativity. Resources: Amanda's TEDx talk Find out why you might be stuck - Neural Code report Shira Cohen's book Reclaiming Ou...
90. Moving Into the New With Confidence
September 07, 2023 06:29 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBBreakdowns, the crumbling of the old and the tower falling are all frightening moments in our lives but they are also the bringer of newness and fresh connections and experience of self and our world. Books: Fritjof Capra - The Hidden Connections Iain McGilchrist - The Master and His Emissary, The Matter With Things Shira Cohen - Reclaiming Our Wellbeing
89. Space, Calm, Confidence, Science and Spirituality
August 31, 2023 11:51 - 38 minutes - 53.5 MBSummer holiday full of space, calm and spirituality have me filled with confidence and reserves of joy and freshness! The new is essential to breathing life into the old. Seeing and feeling without bias through meditative and contemplative practices gives us back the space we require to embrace life more fully. Science is a basis for the profound study of the essence of life, but can never reveal more fully what we intuitively already know, that life without devoting some aspect of life to...
88. Removing Trauma Forever with Dr Lisa Turner
July 05, 2023 23:04 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBDr Lisa Turner shares her incredible journey to how she arrived at, and developed, her CET training- Conscious Emotional Training. Using neuroplasticity to remove trauma, resistence, emotional blockages, it re-CETs us like it never happened so we're a new YOU ME WE. We talk about why some don't heal or move on, and how CET creates expansion and growth in the nervous system removing the maladapative neural wiring that keeps us stuck and creates more channels. Lisa Turner's book CET Yours...
87. Coming Home to Our True Self with Gllian McMichael
June 28, 2023 23:09 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBThis week's podcast Gillian McMichael, Yoga and Ayurveda teacher, transformational coach and educator and trainer, shares how we can Come Home to our true self. We discuss how through working with the whole person consciously, including physical health, wellbeing and spiritual needs and growth, we come home and feel more connected, not just with self but also our bigger family and self.
86. Intelligent Plants, Hippocratic Oath and Nature's Medicine
June 22, 2023 07:50 - 15 minutes - 29.3 MBHerbs are potent, rich and powerful because they seek deep in the earth for nourishment, they are intelligent because they find ways to nourish themselves, cooperating with other living species to enhance life for all involved. Hippocratic oath- Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food. Elderflower recipe: 20-50 Elderflowerheads 1 kg organic natrual sugar 1.5 L water 4-5 lemon juice and zest 25mg citric acid Gently shake and wash flower heads removing any bugs. B...
85. Our Full Potential, The Golden Self Meditation
June 09, 2023 08:08 - 11 minutes - 21.4 MBLow self-esteem and confidence often cause us to project our own goodness onto others, while being hyper critical of self. Here's a short meditation for uplifting, inspiring and filling ourselves up with our golden self through other.
84. Self-Expression, Censorship & Creativity
June 01, 2023 10:20 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBHow important is self-expression to our wellbeing? How does it affect our creativity, emotional and mental as well as physical health? How can self-expression refine through communication? What can we do to enhance it? Resources: Reclaiming Our Wellbeing by Shira Cohen https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp
83. Spring Passion, Seasonal Nourishment & Feminine Power
May 25, 2023 07:41 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBPotatoes, rhubarb and eating seasonally can be fun and luscious and bring back the balance to hormonal health as well as wellbeing!! Shira Cohen, Reclaiming Our Wellbeing Burnout podcast Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Link to understanding thyroid health with Dr. Izabella Weltz
82. Self-Love Meditation and Reflections
May 18, 2023 09:27 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB"It's not survival of the fittest but survival of the most nurtured." - Evolutionaty psychologist Casalino. The basis of life is love. Simple practices to reconnect with our self love don't need to be difficult. What could be more essential than loving the self for our world? Why is it so hard and what can we do to break the limiting habit and beliefs? Order Reclaiming Our Wellbeing here for more of these quick yet deep delicious Yogic tools!
81. Breakthroughs and Being Radically You
May 11, 2023 08:47 - 16 minutes - 15 MBA solo on what comes up when we're at the threshold of a breakthrough and why it's so hard even when we know it's better for us seen through the biopsychosocial and spiritual lens.
80. Moving Forward after Covid-regulations with Soraya Saraswati
April 12, 2023 22:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBSoraya Saraswati shares her Awakening Hearts, a culmination of her life work of yoga, trauma work, somatics, chakras, aromatherapy, Ayurveda and Advaita philosophy, and her love for Greece! We talk about after effects of covid regulations and vaccinations; injuries and deaths from the vaccine, the consequences of refusing vaccines such as job loss, persecution, ridicule, smearing and belittling those who are more critical about health measurements. Work With Us: Soraya Saraswati https:...
79. I'm Coming Out!! I Want the World To Know, Got to Let it Show!!
March 17, 2023 09:22 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBChange emotional currents, ride their waves and find out how that affect body through hormonal changes Take a look inside the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axbc8Y4zjzs&t=51s Order book here: https://shiracohen.yoga Much Love, Shira
78. The Hera's Journey Part II with Sharon L. Coggan
February 15, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBSharon L. Coggan, former clinical associate professor of Harvard Universtity of Colorado, Denever, director of Religious Studies programme and author of Sacred Disobiedence, takes us on a wonderful journey through she-story, myth and the collective consciousness of transformation. We discuss the importance of meaning, the difference of the Hero and Hera journey. By discovering courage, fighting our demons, the tasks, trials and tribulations of decapitation of the ego by following our heart...
77. Hera, Twisted Femininity, Toxic Masculinity and Our Shadows
February 01, 2023 23:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBSharon L. Coggan, former clinical associate professor of Harvard Universtity of Colorado, Denever, director of Religious Studies programme and author of Sacred Disobiedence, takes us on a wonderful journey through history, mystery and the collective consciousness of now. And how Hera, the Greek goddess of power and fertility became degraded to a jealous bitch, as an expression of supressed energy of our present collective amina and her sons, the animus, which we see back in emotional and p...
76. Reclaiming Our Wellbeing- a New Start with Shira Cohen
January 27, 2023 16:14 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBThis solo is full of inspiration, wisdom and love from Tama J. Kieves, Sharon L. Coggan, Diana Tokaji, and a little from me, Shira Cohen!! A quick review of the ways we can quickly co-regulate and co-create through coherence and cohesion!
75. Co-Creating a Consciousness, Caring, Creative World through Clarity and Power
December 21, 2022 15:22 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBWhat do we need to do to co-create a world that gives us back our meaning, values, humanity and dignity? Which beliefs make us feel and seem stuck in these societies that have lost all moral values? How can we move torward a global society that gives us back our sense of meaning, feelings of belonging and significance? How can we begin to dismantle the systems, structures, dynamic and relationships, is being shut down on every level of freedom of expression and living fully? What ste...
74. Choosing a Quality Yoga Therapy Training with Alina Calinescu
October 31, 2022 23:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBAlina Calinescu, who was on in May '22 talking about functional aging, came to talk about how to choose a good quality yoga therapy training. The fast pace evergreen and modern consumerism mindset is affecting the quality of all institutions, including educational programmes, negatively impacting the quality of trainings; from prior education requirements for entry, to foregoing recommendations and actual depth of a training. We disscus how to research and find authentic, ethical school...
73. Yoga and Mindfulness to Uplift Communities
October 27, 2022 09:59 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBAndres Gonzalez, yoga teacher, author and mindfulness instructor, share his, and his friends, journey of creating their project and programes of the Holistic Life Foundation. We talk about the 7 essential steps of set up supportive projects, services and programes for community upliftment and helping children to greater opportunities and success. Andres talks about the book Let Your Light Shine. Work with Shira Resources: PATH SEL - Social Emotional Learning Shepard Pratt Mark ...
72. Chakras, Charge and Women Leaders with Anodea Judith
October 19, 2022 22:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBAnodea Judith, Yoga teacher, clinical psychologist and author of 10 books, has a passion for chakras and manifesting. She shares how we can work with the charge of the energy body, for anxiety, depression, trauma by understanding the deficient or excessive energy in each chakra. We discuss manifesting and bringing light into the world through work and women leaders. "Manifestation requires an acceptance of limitations. A boundary allows us to contain, and thus collect and build." - Ano...
71. Yoga for Collective Healing with Harpinder Mann
October 12, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBHarpinder Mann, yoga teacher, mindfulness educator and co-founder of the social justice programme Women of Colour shares the power of storytelling. We talk about uplifting others without righteousness, cognitive dissonance and trying to find who we truly are past identity and conditioning, systems of oppression and repression, and how can WE move forward through co-creating communities by looking at the dirty truth and do our dharma; duty. Vipassana with S.N. Goenka Love & Rage Lama Ro...
70. The Triple Goddess with Professor Sharon L. Coggan
October 05, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBProfessor of Religious Studies Sharon L. Coggan shares her womanhood wisdom and extensive knowledge of the Goddess and matriarchal societies, myths and religions. Looking at the different types of the goddess within us through the lens of relational poles, independent; amazonian and crone and the dependents; mother and lover. And how we can develop them by seeing them in our lives. We discuss daily experiences of women with patriarchy, male gyneacologists and the consequences of masculin...
68. Ayurveda & Yoga for Women's Health with Jeanette Sealy
October 04, 2022 15:32 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBJeanette Seally and Shira speak about women's health from the Ayurvedic and Yogic perspective, the Kayalpa window, the Great Transformation or the Rock. The importance of the special care for healing postpartum and the impact the care from family, community and culture can mean to mother and child, and our future. Work With Us: Jeanette Sealy Shira Cohen Sarva Blackwell Isha Oaks Dr Vasant Lad Pancha Kola Ghee Ysha Oakes Sacred Window Care Sarva Blackwell Indu ...
69. The Power of the Great Goddess with Sharon L. Coggan
September 28, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBSharon L. Coggan, previously professor of religious studies, and author of Sacred Disobedience, discusses the importance of goddess to our modern culture with Shira. Why has modern culture has lost its sense of the sacred? How did our present common fear of mystery and divinity come about? What has caused are we starved for the profound experience? What is the difference between religion and mysticism? What are the effects of purposeful suppression of the goddess, the feminine aspect in e...
67. Yoga Nidra with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, the Power of Rest
August 31, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB"Horizontal humans cause less harm and become portals of healings." Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, yoga therapist, author of Yoni Shakti and Yoga Nidra Made Easy, eco-feminist, shares her very early journey into yoga for health and passion for womens health the power of rest, Yoga Nidra, with Shira. Uma explains how and why starting yoga therapy with yoga nidra enhances healing, awareness and growth. She talks about Devi, the Goddess, Shakti as the power of creativity, preservation and destruction,...
66. Yoga Therapy for Self-Expression with Shira Cohen
August 10, 2022 22:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBThis, the fifth part of five, a series on self-development to the fullest through elements, emotions and chakras. Using the teachings and tools of Yoga as therapy for dealing with difficult emotions in uncertain times and re-connecting with Self more fully, authentically and autonomously. Much Love, Shira
65. Yoga therapy for Self-Love with Shira Cohen
August 03, 2022 22:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBThis, the fourth part of five, a series on self-development to the fullest through elements, emotions and chakras. Using the teachings and tools of Yoga as therapy for dealing with difficult emotions in uncertain times and re-connecting with Self more fully, authentically and autonomously. Much Love, Shira
64. Yoga Therapy fo Self-Confidence with Shira
July 27, 2022 22:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBThis, the third part of five, a series on self-development to the fullest through elements, emotions and chakras. Using the teachings and tools of Yoga as therapy for dealing with difficult emotions in uncertain times and re-connecting with Self more fully, authentically and autonomously. Much Love, Shira
63. Yoga Therapy for Self-Esteem with Shira
July 21, 2022 10:47 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBThis, the second part of five, a series on self-development to the fullest through elements, emotions and chakras. Using the teachings and tools of Yoga as therapy for dealing with difficult emotions in uncertain times and re-connecting with Self more fully, authentically and autonomously. Much Love, Shira
62. Yoga for Difficult Conversation, Trust & Self-knowledge
July 07, 2022 07:10 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this solo conversation I discuss the importance of having difficult conversations. We look at what creates trust and how self-knowledge and the yamas and niyamas are key to building trust to self and therefore others. We do a short practice to reclaim trust, safety and grouding in times of uncertainty. We use the earth element to re-build new pathways of trust in our body and mind. Work with Me: Yoga therapy 1 to 1
61. Yoga for Hypermobility with Libby Hinsley
June 29, 2022 22:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBLibby Hinsley, DPT, C-IAYT and author of her new book Yoga For Bendy People, shares with Shira how yoga was so easy for her because she was hypermobile. We talk about all the different styles of yoga and finding the right style for your body's needs, abilities or goals, which change as we age or realise what exacerbates or relieves our issues. Libby shares how hypermobility can be the underlying cause to reproductive, nerve and digestive health issues as well as anxiety, depression, fib...
60. Yoga Therapy for Cancer Recovery with Lee Mejewski
June 22, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBLee Mejewski, C-IAYT, author of Yoga Therapy as a Whole Person Approach to Health, founding director Yoga for Health Institute, Senior Yoga therapist at Kaivalyadhama Institute, she runs her retreats, Beyond Cancer. She shares her story of yoga, cancer and how life led her to her candid wisdom, insights and experience as a cancer expert and working with chronic psychosomatics conditions. We talk about how yoga therapy is a complementary practice that heals deeply, regardless of beliefs ...
59. Yoga Therapy for Chronic Conditions with Dr Nivedita Pingle
June 16, 2022 04:03 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBDr Nivedita Pingle, certified Yoga therapist and allopathic doctor, shares with Shira her passion and story of going from her masters as a physician to becoming a yoga therapist with her teacher and mentor. We discuss how yoga therapy can help prevent chronic metabolic conditions and how mindful movement helps us live with the complications of dis-ease and injury that's irriversable. We talk about the HPA axis as the intermediate of hormones, immunity and enzymes, and much more juicy phy...
58. Yoga Therapy for Highly Senstive People with Kaitlyn Holsapple
June 08, 2022 22:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBKaitlyn Holsapple, Yoga therapist and somatic therapist, shares her story of being born a yogini, thanks to her dad, with Shira. We talk about healing complex trauma, anxiety, depression and disassociation through embodied experiences that yoga and somatic work facilitate, for the creative and sensitive ones. Kaitlyn explains how sensory and psychological perception influence vagus activity and processing. She shares the importance of wonderful practices to self-regulate vagal tone. Wo...
57. Yoga Therapy for Loving Relationships with Keirin Brown
June 01, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBKeirin Brown, yoga therapist and somatic life coach, and Shira talk about yoga therapy enabling the ability to connect with the emotions through the body and movement. We talk about feelings and emotions as chemical waves we can ride to radical acceptence by slowing down, have visceral awareness, connecting to our inner child and freeing the shadows. We discuss how somatic work naturally releases coping mechanisms, maladaptive patterns, drives and old emotions. Work with Us: Keirin ...
56. Yoga Therapy for Burnout with Jessica Hirani
May 25, 2022 22:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBJessica Hirani, Yoga wellness therapist, shares her story of burnout and reclaiming wholeness and meaning with Shira. We discuss emotions and the associated stigma of burnout and chronic fatigue, and the resulting depression if we don't act on the deeper intuitions of our bodymind seeking healing and wholeness. Looking at the process of undoing limiting patterns and moving into our greater selves, and superpowers. Work with Us Shira Cohen Yoga therapy One to One Jessica Hirani Yoga...
55. Yoga Therapy for Reproductive Health with Lauren Mason
May 18, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBLauren Mason, yoga therapist and educator specialising in prenatal, postpartum and infant loss, shares her story with Shira. We discuss how yoga helps emotional and mental wellbeing, and yoga therapy is about bodymind inquiry and asking the kind of questions to help self-agency and empowerment. We talk about pedagogy, teaching teachers, creating pelvic and reproductive health. Work with Us: Lauren Mason Yoga therapy Shira Cohen Yoga therapy One to One Resources Libby Cox Dou...
54. Yoga therapy for Functional Aging with Alina Calinescu
May 11, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBAlina Calinescu, like a good pitta person, shares her journey of many loved trainings, mentors and teachers, with Shira. We discuss the pricelessness of learning for many years under the mentorship of knowledgable teachers and the importance of trust for healing. We talk about pain care, functional aging, the importance of languauge, understanding the body, anatomy, fascia, kinesiology and movement for different bodies. Judith Hanson Lasater Articles about Alzheimer's naps & Taki...
53. Yoga Therapy as a Tool for Addictions with Jil Manos
May 04, 2022 22:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBJill Manos, Yoga and art therapist, case manager and therapuetic mentor, courageously shares her alchemical story with Shira. She talks about addictions, high functioning, shame, battling with control and not feeling good enough, and how Yoga therapy is a way out of being stuck and self-esteem. We discuss the importance of social connections, feeling the presence of another, regulating emotional states and finding the window of tolerance. Work with Us: Jil Manos - Yoga Therapy Shir...
53. Yoga Therapy as a Tool for Addictions with Jil Manos
May 04, 2022 22:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBJill Manos, Yoga and art therapist, case manager and therapuetic mentor, courageously shares her alchemical story with Shira. She talks about addictions, high functioning, shame, battling with control and not feeling good enough, and how Yoga therapy is a way out of being stuck and self-esteem. We discuss the importance of social connections, feeling the presence of another, regulating emotional states and finding the window of tolerance. Work with Us: Jil Manos - Yoga Therapy Shir...
53. Yoga Therapy with Keri Marino for Mental Wellness and Emotional Wholeness
April 29, 2022 18:15 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBKeri Marino, IAYT certified Yoga therapist, spiritual life coach and speaker, shares her journey with Shira, of eating disorders to a new relationship with herself and body through Yogic chanting, helping her to choose another path of eating and living. We talk about the importance of relationships, universe of emotions and how yoga facilitates being with every part of ourselves, we discuss shame, autonomy and self-worth, and being a beginner again Tapas Work with Us: Keri Marino - ...
52. The Power of Chanting with Tara Mitra
April 20, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBTara Mitra, yogini and yoga therapist in the Krishnamacharya tradition, a vedic mantra and rituals sadhaka and teacher sharees her passion for chanting with Shira. We speak about our unconscious programming to keep going without rest and how complexity kills the power of pause, and how chanting can undo these unconscious patterns. Improving listening skills, the power of focus, sharpening and clearing the mind, as well as affecting our breath, physiology and nerves. Work with Shira W...
51. Fear, Unpredictability and Overriding Emotions
April 14, 2022 07:52 - 38 minutes - 52.2 MBA deep and questioning talk about fear, the underlying principles of domination; supressing the unknown; the feminine, emotions, and anything that can cause unpredictible outcomes. How can we move forward together in honesty and authentically? Work with Me Free Resources Book a podcast call Humankind - Rutger Bregman Child Labour of Cobalt in Conga
50. Leslie Kaminoff and Yoga Education
April 06, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBLeslie Kaminoff, Yoga educator, co-author of Yoga Anatomy, founder of the Breathing Project and soon to be launched platform for yoga therapists and 1 to 1 yoga, shares his yoga journey with Shira. We talk dissection, yoga going online, vagal tone, yoga therapy or yoga education, power and assymetric responsibility, healing, student-teacher relationships Larry Payne PhD Desikachar T.Krishnamacharya's Makaranda Light on Yoga - BKS Iyegnar Amy Matthews Beatrice Beebe Liby Hi...
49. Power Dynamics & the Feminine
March 31, 2022 08:46 - 40 minutes - 73.9 MBShira talks about how women are the reason there is Life, and not honouring that in our systems is the underlying factor to dis-ease, dysfunction and dis-organ-I-sation. We’re free to work for our money, drive cars, live alone, take any professional path and even become leaders. But the path for a woman is always a battle field that encroaches upon our self-esteem and self-worth. In religious texts, media and medical instituitions we’re bombarded with messages of being inferior, or objec...