Living Embodied: Reclaiming Our Body as Safe, Sacred and Sovereign Space, a podcast where we explore mental health and wellbeing through nurturing the mind-body connection. Hosted by Sydney Bell, MSW/RSW www.gaiatherapy.net

Episode # 11 Mindful Movement With special guest Diana Byron Episode length: 52:51

In this episode of Living Embodied, Sydney chats with Diana Byron about exploring embodiment through mindful movement. Diana shares her wisdom and insight as a yoga teacher, healer and herbalist. We wrap up the session with a helpful mindfulness exercise offered by Diana to help us center ourselves and feel grounded in our body.

Meet Diana Diana Byron, RYT 200 is a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and founder of Dhyāna Yoga and Wellness, located in Putnam, Connecticut (USA). Diana is dedicated to helping others heal and transform their lives through yoga by offering inclusive, body-positive group classes and private 1-1 instruction, in her studio and online. She also enjoys leading yearly retreats and facilitating women's groups. With over 30 years of experience with meditation, Diana offers free, weekly group meditations and facilitates the online community, Women Who Meditate (https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenWhoMeditate). As an Herbalist, Diana enjoys teaching workshops and online courses on using plants to stay healthy. You can find out more about Diana's offerings at her website, DhyanaYogaAndWellness.com

About Sydney Sydney Bell, MSW is a registered Social Worker offering counselling and therapeutic services to support people with a range of life challenges such as depression, anxiety, unhelpful patterns, or relationship and family issues. Through her practice, Embracing the Body Divine, she also works with people to come to reclaim their Body Sovereignty by developing unconditional positive regard and trust in their body.

Living Embodied - Reclaiming Our Body as Safe and Sacred Space with Sydney Bell, MSW/RSW

Episode 10 - Embodied Self Perception with Vivienne McMaster

In this episode of Living Embodied we are chatting with Vivienne McMaster, a Body Acceptance Photographer, Trauma Informed Coach and Certified Body Trust Provider.

About the conversation Are you one of those people who has a hard time with photographs of yourself? If you are, you are not alone! Many people, myself included, have challenging feelings of body shame when we see photos of ourselves. In this episode you will meet Vivienne McMaster and hear her insights on how we can work through some of these feelings and not only become more comfortable with seeing photographs of ourselves, but also how the camera can become a tool of healing and supporting us in living an embodied life.

About Vivienne Vivienne McMaster is a Body Acceptance Photographer, Trauma Informed Coach and Certified Body Trust Provider. She works with folks through online classes, coaching and photo sessions to shift how they feel about the person looking back at them in photos. The camera and self-portraiture helped her heal her own negative body image. She's now on a mission to share these tools and help folks choose compassion over critique and return to body trust, one photo at a time. You can more about her at www.beyourownbeloved.com

Resources In our conversation Vivienne mentions this book that may be of interest to listeners:

The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living by Hillary McBride

About Sydney Sydney Bell, MSW is a registered Social Worker offering counselling and therapeutic services to support people with a range of life challenges such as depression, anxiety, unhelpful patterns, or relationship and family issues. Through her practice, Embracing the Body Divine, she also works with people to come to reclaim their Body Sovereignty by developing unconditional positive regard and trust in their body. www.gaiatherapy.net

Living Embodied - Reclaiming Our Body as Safe and Sacred Space with Sydney Bell, MSW/RSW

Episode 9 - Gentle Presence with Our Bodies and Ourselves with Lisa Papez

In this episode of Living Embodied we meet Lisa Papez, a Tarot reader/Educator, content creator and author. Join Sydney in conversation with Lisa as they explore how we relate to our bodies, our selves, and the difference between loneliness and being alone. We also explore the value of practicing mindful presence in accessing intuitive wisdom and the role of gentleness.

I think you will enjoy this conversation! Lisa is a Woman of Wisdom and has so much insight to offer those on a healing journey, with their body and healing the self in general.

Connect with Lisa Papez www.supportivetarot.com Creator of The Unicorn's Journey Tarot Author of The Self-Worth Path: A Guided Journey to an Empowered Life Instagram: @supportivetarot

Lisa's resource recommendation's: Lisa mentioned the first book by Brene Brown - as we couldn't remember the name of the book, here are the first three that I found via internet search: Women and Shame I Thought It Was Just Me The Gifts of Imperfection Lisa also recommended: Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Lindo Bacon

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