Messy, Luminous, Being Podcast
Sarah Beth Hunt
How can we incorporate meditation and spiritual wisdom into the messy realities of our lives? How can we think of spiritual practice as something that happens within life, rather than in retreat?
Hi I'm Sarah, and for years I trained in yoga and a form of Tibetan Buddhist meditation, but found it incredibly difficult with two young children to train in traditional ways which required me to step out of my life to sit on my own. What I have discovered over these many years is that many of us need an adapted form of spiritual practice that fits in with our lives. Especially for women whose approach to spiritual practice may be different.
This podcast is a continuing conversation about how spiritual wisdom can illuminate our messy real lives as women. Sometimes you'll get me with some stuff I've been thinking about. Sometimes you'll get me in conversation with another woman about the realities of their spiritual practice — what it's actually like, how it helps the in practical real-life situations and what inspires them most.
We are Messy. We are Luminous. And just Being.
Hi I'm Sarah, and for years I trained in yoga and a form of Tibetan Buddhist meditation, but found it incredibly difficult with two young children to train in traditional ways which required me to step out of my life to sit on my own. What I have discovered over these many years is that many of us need an adapted form of spiritual practice that fits in with our lives. Especially for women whose approach to spiritual practice may be different.
This podcast is a continuing conversation about how spiritual wisdom can illuminate our messy real lives as women. Sometimes you'll get me with some stuff I've been thinking about. Sometimes you'll get me in conversation with another woman about the realities of their spiritual practice — what it's actually like, how it helps the in practical real-life situations and what inspires them most.
We are Messy. We are Luminous. And just Being.
Episodes
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Nov 4, 2019 • 23min
Episode 014 Life is inconsistent...embrace it!
Our spiritual practices help us find inner space for ourselves, return to the core of who we really are & reconnect to the beautiful world around us. And we've got a lot of ideas about what our practice should look like. We strive to be consistent, to stick to our practice day-in and day-out, but life and our own energy levels are incredibly inconsistent. In this episode, I talk about my own experiences with inconsistency and how we might create a spiritual life and group of practices that embrace inconsistency rather than assume it is always just taking us off track.
Oct 28, 2019 • 1h 7min
Episode 013: Is it true? w/Belinda McLean
In this episode I talk with fellow yogi Belinda McLean about what she calls the great question we must ask of all our thoughts and assumption — Is it true? We also discuss what she has learned from working with the elderly as an Occupational Therapist, how hugging trees can be a life-saving practice, and what is means to keep making good causes (even if we sometimes mess up)!
Oct 21, 2019 • 29min
Episode 012 Are we grateful for ourselves?
"The cultivation of gratitude and joy is the way home." This quote from a conversation between Oprah and Brene Brown has had me thinking about gratitude. Research has shown it isn't joy that makes us grateful for the many blessing in our lives. Rather, it's the opposite. Practicing gratitude is the thing that invites joy into our lives. Wow! In this episode, I talk about my own recent experiences in practicing gratitude. This includes expanding our understanding of gratitude to include ourselves!
Oct 14, 2019 • 1h 17min
Episode 011 The Mindfulness Mindset w/Aiko Smith
In this conversation with Aiko, we talk about what how to fit mindfulness into our day when our morning practice doesn't go as planned. We talk about our expectations for ourselves, what to do when life doesn't go the way we thought it would, and how most of life is "none of our business". You can find Aiko on Instagram @aiko.means.love and her coaching practice and blog at themindfulnessmindset.com
Oct 7, 2019 • 31min
Episode 010 An experiment with joy
We think happiness is something we experience when we get what we want. When situations go the way we expected, or we get a reaction from another person that we were hoping for. But what if we were to experiment with the idea that joy is a natural state of being? What effect would it have on my life if I started with the assumption that feelings like calm joy & alive presence are already there inside of me all of the time?
Sep 30, 2019 • 60min
Episode 009 Finding ourselves in the sea w/Anna Neubert-Wood
In this episode, I talk to Anna Neubert-Wood about how sea-swimming has become the purest way for her to reconnect to herself, how her 100 day personal challenge to create nature mandalas became a form of meditative play, and how leading women on adventures into the wilderness allows her to continue her passion for stepping out of busy, everyday life and slowing down in nature. Anna is the Chief Wanderess of her organisation Wander Women in Scotland. You can find more about joining one of her adventures at www.wander-women.co.uk or connect with her on Instagram @wanderwomenscotland
Sep 23, 2019 • 26min
Episode 008 Can we embrace our emotions & still have a calm mind?
Whether it's our yoga mat, a daily walk or time enjoying the morning quiet with a cup of tea, our practice of reconnecting with ourselves should be a time we invite all parts of us to show up. All the emotions we aren't always able to express, all the aspects of us that don't always have a place in our family or professional life. But don't we also really practice to have a calm mind? To get away from all the busy whirling thoughts? In this episode, Sarah talks about how we can accept the reality of our emotional lives and still enjoy a sense of calm in our minds.
Sep 16, 2019 • 59min
Episode 007: Grounding through the soles of our feet w/ Emma
In this episode I talk with yoga teacher Emma Johnston about how barefoot walking is the best way for her to reconnect with the present. We also get real about parenting young children, how taking a few minutes to do Emma's 'utility room breathing' might be the best new life hack you've heard of to stay calm, and the details what her daily practice actually looks like within her busy, full life. You can get in touch with Emma on Instagram @emmajohnstonyoga.
Sep 9, 2019 • 17min
Episode 006: Your life is your retreat
So often we fall into the mindset of waiting until things calm down so we can find space for ourselves. Next week is looking better, but this week is crazy! Or we think the only way we can find mental space and time to meditate is to step out of our lives. Head off on retreat. But making space for ourselves in our lives just as they are is the goal. This episode is about how our lives don't have to be look like the calm, perfect pictures of 'meditation' for the practice to work for us.
Sep 2, 2019 • 1h 21min
Episode 005 Becoming your own sanctuary
Micro-dosing silence. Being a lighthouse in the middle of life storms. These are some of the gorgeous and also very practical thoughts Clem shares in this week's conversation. Apart from being incredibly down-to-earth-wise, Clem Cocquet is the founder of Scapa, a community centred around yoga, adventure and environmental leave-no-trace ethos. You can find more at www.scapafest.com.
