In my body

September is here again...and we've come a full circle! Thank you so much for being here with us over the past year. We wrap up season 1 with new insights on old episodes as the podcast enters into her own season of rest.  Wherever you are in your life/year/chapter right now, we invite you to ease into pause, rest, and rejuvenation, before gearing up for your next adventure!  Join us in this conversation, one unravel at a time.  Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha

We wrap up our conversation with Elia (wildwonderwellness.com) by digging a little deeper into embodiment - how she views and practices embodiment, and ways she guides her clients, who are helping professionals themselves, into embodied presence. A core part of social work is advocacy, and we listened in awe as Elia shared her journey towards embodying advocacy with compassionate lens.  Join us in this conversation, one unravel at a time.  Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha Say hi to Elia at wildwonderwellness.com IG: wildwondercoach

We are thrilled to invite a fellow social worker/body-based coach Elia (www.wildwonderwellness.com) onto the show! In this 2 part series, we did what we do naturally as social workers: reflect on everything in life :D  We chat with Elia on the expectation of being a fixer/problem solver that comes with the profession and the challenges that social workers face in drawing boundaries at work. When we bring this conversation back to our body, we realise that many social workers / helping professionals may be stuck living in our heads. We envisioned what social work and helping professions could look like if we choose to take intentional pauses to shift our attention into our bodies, bringing first and foremost, ourselves back into wholeness. Other highlights in this episode include: - The deep use of self in this profession - The strength we carry that empowers our clients can come from our own history of pain   Join us in this conversation, one unravel at a time. Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha Say hi to Elia at wildwonderwellness.com IG: wildwondercoach

This episode is different from the rest. We thought it would be nice to disengage from the act of thinking, discussing and reflecting that is usually offered in previous episodes. De-attaching ourselves from activities that involves our minds can possibly be useful in times when we may find ourselves overwhelmed with what is going on in it. We offer a short embodiment practice to support you in times when you may find yourself in a fight or flight state. Feel free to take this practice in ways that would support you. May your mind be tamed, your body be free. May you arrive and feel alive.  Tammie and Yokes x Join us in this conversation, one unravel at a time. Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha

We enter into a flurry of thoughts and opinions in this 2nd part of our conversation with Leigh Khoo! Taking a stab at trauma informed yoga, we chat about how trauma shows up in yoga classes and how we can all be more aware and informed about trauma when we share our yoga practices together.  Much of trauma live as imprints in our body — our muscle tone, breath patterns, our emotional reactions to certain body postures, and capacities to arrive in the present moment, just to name a few. With that context, there is no doubt that trauma will show up in yoga classes. Some of the highlights in this episode include:  The need for control is the only way to feel safe when we are carrying trauma, and why that makes surrendering so hard Offer invitations for inquiry instead of giving hard instructions and demands Hold spaces for people to feel, and let them know that if they do not feel, that's okay too. Our practice does not determine our worth.  Breath attuned practice vs. breath embodied practice Taking full ownership and responsibility over my Yoga practice, and the importance of a self practice Join us in this conversation, one unravel at a time. Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha Say hi to Leigh at www.living-yoga.co IG: livingyogawithleigh

"I believe not only that trauma is curable, but that the healing process can be a catalyst for profound awakening — a portal opening to emotional and genuine spiritual transformation." - Peter Levine We enter into our most spiritual episode yet with our new guest, Leigh Khoo (www.living-yoga.co). In this 2-part intimate sharing of her lifelong relationship with Yoga that began at the age of 16, Leigh weaves in stories of curiosity, pain, love, and anger that led her onto a path home to herself and her inner divinity. As we listen to tales of her meeting yoga, falling out of the practice, then returning to, and deepening of the practice, the stories seem to mirror her relationship with her own pain and healing — non linear with twists and turns.  Yoga holds up a mirror to our relationship with ourselves, our bodies, and ultimately, our divinity, our inner goodness. Our hearts nourished, as we listened to Leigh's journey into her inner divinity, from a constant grasping at control to a yielding surrender to life and its grander mysteries.  May your heart be nourished by her sharing too. 💕 Join us in this conversation, one unravel at a time. Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha Say hi to Leigh at www.living-yoga.co IG: livingyogawithleigh

We wind down our conversation with Shihui chatting about ways she has learned to create a loving relationship with herself. We particularly love these two nuggets of wisdom from her: "cooking is love made tangible"and "therapy is dedicating time for yourself to explore wisdom and healing that exists in yourself". We will leave you to discover the rest of the gems - enjoy!  Join us in this conversation, one unravel at a time.   Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha

We continue the conversation with our guest, Shihui. In episode #16, Shihui shared how a health crisis turned her life around when she realised that there is no shame in prioritising her health (over her work). She brought us along the different ways she's since found to gather the different parts of herself, that were once fragmented, back together in support of each other.  In this episode, she reflects on her experiences in pilates and yoga and the invitation from her yoga teacher that changed the way she relates to her body: "do what your body feels is useful."  Our conversation took a meandering turn that landed on our childhood experiences when we discussed the question "what does coming home to yourself look like?" Here we did a little unpacking on the unhelpful messages from the adults around us which, accumulated over time, may have turned into the little t traumas that we continue to carry in us as we grow up.  Join us in this conversation, one unravel at a time.  Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha

Our next guest, Shihui, shares with her own journey of healing. Many parts of her sharing are deeply relatable for many of us who place our work identities above everything else. Shihui shares how a health crisis turned her life around when she realised that there is no shame in prioritising her health (over her work). She brings us along the different ways she's since found to gather the different parts of herself, that were once fragmented, back together in support of each other.  Healing is a lifelong journey. Join us as we discover with Shihui, over the next 3 episodes, how different ways of healing have supported her at different points of her journey.    Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha

In this last part of a 3 part series with Daphne Chua (yogawithdaphne.com), we continue the conversation with Daphne on complex trauma in the body and the paths she explore with folks she journey with towards healing. Her sharing in this episode reminds us of a line from Thich Nhat Hanh - "There is no way to peace, peace is the way. The process that gives rise to peace has to also be peace. Every step on the path to peace must be peace."  We may often look at what's at the end of the tunnel: to be healed, our pain and suffering be done and dusted. Many of us forget that the path we take towards healing, is already the healing that we are looking for. Our healing is in the process.  Yet, healing can be a lonely place to dwell in, as Daphne reminds us. Sometimes we get stuck inside with our pain and our ego, and feeling becomes too scary when judgement hovers above us. Daphne shares ways we can come into relationship with ourselves, learning to feel — without judgement. Learning to feel, while reminding ourselves that we are not alone.  Join us in this conversation, one unravel at a time. Add in your comments, thoughts and reflections at different segments of the episode at this link here if you like! https://anchor.fm/inmybody/message *** We'd love to connect with you. Find us at IG: Inmybodysg and FB: Inmybodysg Say hi to Yokes at somayoke.com IG: free_peanut Say hi to Tammie at theyogicbuddha.com IG: theyogicbuddha FB: theyogicbuddha Say hi to Daphne at yogawithdaphne.com IG: yogadaphne