Messy, Luminous, Being Podcast

In this episode I talk to Lisa Valentine about her journey from self-taught yoga and meditation lover to a yoga teacher and studio owner immersed in yin and mindful flow yoga. Lisa shares a lot about the process of giving herself permission to make her yoga practice her own. She has some beautiful words of wisdom on how to explore the different ways of practice that feel right to you and how to allow your practice to change and evolve over time. You can connect with Lisa on IG @lisavalentineyoga and  lisavalentineyoga.co.uk

This episode is an on-the-ground, messy real life story of what I have learned about life, the mind and myself during our house move. I often find that personal situations give me the biggest lessons. Selling our house and moving 8 hours north to Scotland has given me a huge opportunity to work with stress, uncertainty and my own expectations. There are 4 big lessons I've learned about the mind in the process, and a metaphor I want to share with you which has absolutely saved me over the past six months.

In this episode, three speakers from the Forward From Here online summit share their thoughts on reframing the past pandemic year. Melissa Berry Appleton, Zen chaplain and mother of three shares her thoughts on coming into better relationship with uncertainty and recognising how much choice we really have. Liza Kindred, founder of EffThisMeditation shares the power of looking closely at moments of discomfort. And Clem Cocquet, founder of Scapa, reframes how we can use time in new beneficial ways and why a better future is found by working at the intimate level. Listen to the entire conversations with Melissa, Liza and Clem, and get access to all the speakers from the Forward From Here Summit by signing up FREE here:  https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/forwardfromheremay2021

This episode is my little download from the universe this week while I was out for a run. It's my reflections on how different running can be when I shift what's going on in my mind (i.e. the chat about how I hate running!) and ask myself — how can I let this feel easier? I have used this same approach and this very same question in my meditation practice for years. In fact, it's what has helped me maintain a consistent meditation practice over the years despite having two little kids and all the messy life things. So I wanted to talk today about what it might mean to create not physical but mental fitness. Because we're always training the mind in something. Sometimes that's worry, or stress or distraction. Or we can choose to create mental fitness by training our minds in resilience, gratitude, joy and presence. We choose by what we practice. Sending you all love and if you enjoy this episode, I'd love for you to share it with a few friends. This helps me support this tiny podcast more than you know! * in this episode I mention my monthly meditation support membership Breathing Space. It's there for anyone who wants to keep up a meditation practice. If you resonate with my messy luminous approach and you wish you were more consistent about taking time to connect inward, this is where you want to be. And I'd love to spend more time with you! xx s Details at https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/breathingspace 

In this episode, I talk to yoga teacher Monique Fryer about her favourite mantra — you're doing better than you think. We also talk about how time management and putting down our phones and social media can be part of our spiritual practice. She also shares ways to shift out of assumptions about our ageing bodies and what is considered inevitable (but shouldn't be)! This is a million-and-one mini mindset shifts in one inspiring conversation.  You can find Monique on IG @moniquefryeryoga and at www.moniquefryeryoga.com

There's been a moment when you've seen how incredible you can be. When you've felt how expansive joy is, or how a higher ground perspective brings you to a place of total peace even when life is still messy and complicated. You've felt it. You felt it strongly enough to believe it. That's why you are I are both here having this conversation. This episode is an invitation to turn our gaze to the horizon and define ourselves by our potential. It's also about facing the experience of getting unstuck from our habits and the biggest reason we stay in our smaller self.

In a world that is always pushing forward, always busy, and almost always overwhelming, what does it mean to take the backwards step? In this episode, I talk to Sarah Clark, yoga teacher and Buddhist practitioner about how she integrates practice into busy life. Sarah has some gorgeous advice about how to cut through habits of our mind-hearts, displacing the causes of suffering. And her greatest advice for herself and all of us is — don't miss it. The subtle shift that is the long-tail of the practice. You can find Sarah at https://www.sarahclarkyoga.com and on IG @sarahclark_interconnected This episode is sponsored by The Nutritional Therapist. For details of the 14 Day Spring Cleanse: https://spring.cleanse.pages.ontraport.net or on FB @LucyBishop.DNN

I've wanted to get up early and take advantage of the dawn quiet for years. But with little kids who didn't sleep, and my own need for a good 7-8 hours, it always felt like such a struggle and something that really wore me down. After reading The 5am Club, I wanted to try again. In this episode, I talk through what didn't work before and how I'm trying to harness the mornings with a new gentler intention that involves less 'push' and more 'ease'...with all the benefits of a lovely start to my mornings. Messy Luminous Being — add more inner well-being to your week (luminous mind, self-kindness and messy real life tips straight to your inbox) https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/messyluminousbeing

Our bodies are ecosystems, webs of connection, with the qualities of rivers, forests, lakes and mountains. In this week's episode I talk with acupuncturist Hannah Swift about the very grounded nature of our connection to our inner self. She shares how our weakness can often also be our great strength, how worry and overthinking come not from the head but from the spleen, and the one health tip everyone can do to create more inner wellness. You can find Hannah at www.yellowempress.net and on IG @yellow_empress_acupuncture

Practice. Sitting down and being still and watching our minds. This is the only way to get where we want to go. We can't read ourselves there. We can't watch Eckhart Tolle on YouTube until we 'finally get it'. At some point, we have to stop the tendency to sit on the sidelines listening to others and bravely step into practice. In this episode, I talk about how we get stuck in study, how we can re-learn to trust ourselves and our own experience, and how to create a practice that we can really stick with. Want to learn more about my monthly meditation membership Breathing Space? https://mailchi.mp/sarahbhunt/breathingspace