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Throughout the process of writing The Yoga of Parenting and conducting interviews for this podcast, I’ve had the opportunity to listen to and learn from parents with children of all ages. And in this delightful discussion, I chat with Adam and Holly Husler. Adam is a renowned yoga teacher with a robust schedule in the UK and abroad, Holly is a celebrated sound healer and yoga teacher, and they’re both the parents to baby Sonny and hosts of the “Honestly Unbalanced” podcast. In this episode, we talk about the surprises, delights, and challenges that come with having a new baby. We acknowledge how a little one affects a traveling teacher’s busy schedule, when our pre-baby parenting expectations about staying home vs. working to support the family don’t line up with a more nuanced reality, and how the yoga we did pre-baby provides a valuable storehouse we can tap into after baby arrives.
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The Huslers (Adam and Holly) offer London yoga classes, retreats, international event teaching and host the “Honestly Unbalanced Podcast.” They also share all of their skills online via “Home with The Huslers.” Adam hosts teacher trainings and international workshops while Holly leads sound journeys and records music. Between them, they’ve appeared in Mens’ Fitness, New York Times, Evening Standard, The Telegraph, Lonely Planet, Elle, Nat Geo Traveller, Channel 5 and more.
Visit them at thehuslers.com.
Links:
The Yoga of Parenting: www.yogaofparentingbook.com
Connect with Sarah on IG @sarahezrinyoga and TikTok @sarahezrin
Honestly Unbalanced Podcast
https://honestly-unbalanced.captivate.fm/listen
Original music by Egeman Sanli
Produced by Kyle Rebar
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In this episode we talk about the ways that Ayurveda informs Dr. Siva’s parenting, and she offers simple suggestions to support both parents who are new to Ayurveda and those who are already quite familiar with it. In particular, we explore the importance of patterns--our own and our children's--and how understanding those patterns can help us cultivate stronger emotional relationships with kids of all ages.
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Dr. Siva Mohan MD has a background in Neuroscience and behavior change. She presents a unique East-West Mind-Body version of Ayurveda, guiding her audience to individualized wellness lifestyle with tools and approaches from Ayurveda, emotional wellness, and functional medicine. Her book, courses and content can be found at ayurvedabysiva.com.
Links:
The Yoga of Parenting: www.yogaofparentingbook.com
Connect with Sarah on IG @sarahezrinyoga and TikTok @sarahezrin
Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers and Students (Singing Dragon, 2019): https://www.amazon.com/Ayurveda-Yoga-Teachers-Students-Bringing/dp/1848193939
Original music by Egeman Sanli
Produced by Kyle Rebar
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I consider Jane Austin the absolute queen of prenatal yoga—and for good reason! Since 1990, thousands of pregnant people, parents, and yoga teachers have attended and raved about her yoga classes, workshops, and trainings (including me!) In addition to her background as a birthworker and prenatal/postpartum yoga teacher, Jane is also the parent of adult children. In this delightful episode, we talk about importance of community and ritual during and after pregnancy (particularly in a culture that lacks this), helping our kids to establish healthy views on body image and sexuality, and tools from the yoga tradition we can tap into for support during and long after pregnancy. And Jane regales me (and you!) with her stories from over three decades specializing in prenatal yoga.
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Jane Austin is the founder and director of Mama Tree, a prenatal yoga school dedicated to educating yoga teachers, doulas and midwives on how to use the tools of yoga to support pregnant people and new parents in all stages of the childbearing year and beyond. She weaves her experience as a midwife, doula, childbirth educator and mother into her work. Visit her and learn more at janeaustinyoga.com
Links:
The Yoga of Parenting: www.yogaofparentingbook.com
Connect with Sarah on IG @sarahezrinyoga and TikTok @sarahezrin
Original music by Egeman Sanli
Produced by Kyle Rebar
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After interviewing Darren Main for The Yoga of Parenting, I realized I was still eager to know more about his parenting journey—in particular how fatherhood has shaped and changed him as a person, and as a practitioner of yoga. That’s why he’s one of the few book contributors that I’ve brought back for this podcast. As the single dad of a teenager, Darren has a whole lot of experiential wisdom to offer—more than I could fit into one section of my book—and I’m so happy to share more of his story with you in this latest episode. In it, we discuss what it’s like to become a parent quite literally overnight, the joys and challenges of single parenting, and how having children helps (and let’s be real, often forces) us to reexamine our priorities.
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Darren Main has been writing books, teaching yoga and speaking about mindful living for over 30 years. His work has evolved to support yoga teachers and studio owners in growing a successful and ethical yoga business. He currently lives in Northern California with his son Jaden where he teaches yoga in San Francisco’s iconic Grace Cathedral. Learn more at darrenmain.com.
Links:
The Yoga of Parenting: www.yogaofparentingbook.com
Darren’s Books: https://www.darrenmain.com/books-darren-Main
Connect with Sarah on IG @sarahezrinyoga and TikTok @sarahezrin
Original music by Egeman Sanli
Produced by Kyle Rebar
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I’m so excited to share this latest episode with you, where I sit down with Dené Logan to talk motherhood and identity, seeking balance and support as we parent, and more! Dené is the co-host of the podcast “Cheaper than Therapy,” an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, yoga teacher, and mom to a six-year-old. In this discussion we delve into Depth Psychology (what it is and how it informs Dené’s parenting), tools for supportive co-parenting (both for couples with kids and for parents who aren’t together), and why we, as a society, must do more to support parents of all genders in order to help families thrive.
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Dené Logan is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor, and Group Experience Facilitator who’s passionate about sharing with others the tools she’s found to be most helpful in her own journey. Learn more about her services, courses, events, and work (including her upcoming book!) at deneselkin.com.
Links:
The Yoga of Parenting: www.yogaofparentingbook.com
Cheaper than Therapy podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cheaper-than-therapy-with-vanessa-and-den%C3%A9/id1504710841
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6J1xpavG5VCNxsBTwOaIbi
And Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1-RvtCuTlvGgbv3OkVNqQ
Connect with Sarah on IG @sarahezrinyoga and TikTok @sarahezrin
Original music by Egeman Sanli
Produced by Kyle Rebar
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In this episode I talk with Strala Yoga co-founder, best-selling author, and mama to six-year-old Daisy, Tara Stiles. Tara shares the unexpected ways that both yoga and Tai Chi have helped her manage her energy as a mom and the joys and challenges that arise with each new stage of parenting. She also shares the tips she’s learned for getting through challenging days with a little one and super-practical ways that we can use our body position to conserve energy (including an especially helpful tip for ending a conversation when you need to!)
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Tara Stiles is the co-founder of Strala Yoga, best-selling author, and well-being expert. Tara revolutionized yoga for millions, transforming a practice so often seen as dogmatic, and guru-based, into an everyday movement that supports ease and well-being. Learn more about her work at Tarastiles.com.
Links:
The Yoga of Parenting: www.yogaofparentingbook.com
Tara’s books: https://www.tarastiles.com/#books
Connect with Sarah on IG @sarahezrinyoga and TikTok @sarahezrin
Original music by Egeman Sanli
Produced by Kyle Rebar
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In this episode I share an enlightening conversation about trauma-informed parenting with therapist, somatic experiencing practitioner, yoga teacher, author, and activist Hala Khouri. Hala is the mom of a 12-year old and a teenager and shares invaluable nuggets of wisdom from both her personal experience and her professional expertise. We talk about raising resilient kids, how to navigate important conversations about topics that can feel uncomfortable (i.e., sex), and the pressure to be “perfect” that social media places on teens.
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Hala Khouri (She/Her) is a therapist, yoga teacher, and somatic experiencing practitioner known for her nuance, compassion, and humor in addressing difficult topics such as stress, anxiety, and trauma. One of the founders of Off the Mat and Into the World, Hala teaches workshops on yoga, anxiety, trauma, resilience, and social justice nationally. Learn more about her work at halakhouri.com.
Links:
The Yoga of Parenting: www.yogaofparentingbook.com
Peace from Anxiety: Get Grounded, Build Resilience, and Stay Connected Amidst the Chaos (Shambhala, 2021): https://www.amazon.com/Peace-Anxiety-Grounded-Resilience-Connected/dp/1611808103
Connect with Sarah on IG @sarahezrinyoga and TikTok @sarahezrin
Original music by Egeman Sanli
Produced by Kyle Rebar
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In this episode, I share my recent conversation with acclaimed yoga teacher, activist, author, Yoga for All Founder, and mom of two teenage boys, Dianne Bondy. We dive into the unique joys and challenges that come along with parenting teens including preparing them for life after high school, maintaining close and healthy relationships, supporting and celebrating their successes, and the specific challenges that parents who are raising Black sons face in a world that doesn’t offer them the same safety that it does their peers.
Dianne shares not only her experience as a mom but also reflects on her own childhood being raised by immigrant parents and how we can see the love and care behind the choices our caregivers made even if we decide to parent differently ourselves.
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Dianne Bondy (she/her) is a social justice activist, author, accessible yoga teacher, and the leader of the Yoga For All movement. Her inclusive approach to yoga empowers anyone to practice—regardless of their shape, size, ethnicity, or level of ability. Dianne is revolutionizing yoga by educating yoga instructors around the world on how to make their classes welcoming for all kinds of practitioners. Visit her online at Diannebondyyoga.com
Links:
The Yoga of Parenting: www.yogaofparentingbook.com
Yoga for Everyone (DK Publishing, Penguin Random House):
Yoga Where Yoga Are (Shambhala):
Connect with Sarah on IG @sarahezrinyoga and TikTok @sarahezrin
Original music by Egeman Sanli
Produced by Kyle Rebar
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For my very first episode I got to speak with Accessible Yoga founder, Jivana Heyman. Jivana is the dad of a teenager and a young adult. We cover the whole gamut of his parenting journey thus far: from the early days of having to slow his career to tend to two babies, to the challenges of finding a village as a gay dad, to when his kids were in middle school and he was able to reignite his teaching, to the constant compassion-balance that is parenting teens and young adults.
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Jivana Heyman (he/him), C-IAYT, E-RYT500, is the author of Accessible Yoga: Poses & Practices for Every Body (Shambhala, 2019), and Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion (Shambhala, 2021). Jivana is the founder and director of the Accessible Yoga Association, an international non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings. He’s also the co-founder of the Accessible Yoga School, an online portal focusing on equity and accessibility. More info at jivanaheyman.com.
Links:
The Yoga of Parenting: www.yogaofparentingbook.com
Accessible Yoga: Poses & Practices for Every Body (Shambhala, 2019): https://www.amazon.com/Accessible-Yoga-Poses-Practices-Every/dp/1611807123
Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion (Shambhala, 2021): https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Revolution-Building-Practice-Compassion/dp/1611808782
Connect with Sarah on IG @sarahezrinyoga and TikTok @sarahezrin
Original music by Egeman Sanli
Produced by Kyle Rebar
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