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Non-Diet Yogi

Casey Conroy, MNutrDiet, APD, YT

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Non-Diet Yogi explores and dismantles the world of #BigWellness​, where yoga, spirituality, fitness, diet culture, white supremacy and toxic female entrepreneurship collide in a dizzying spectacle of goji berries and designer mala beads.This podcast is for you if you - love yoga, but don’t always love yoga culture - wish to form a deeper connection with your body and with the natural world around you, minus the wellness wankery - are tired of the classism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transph ...
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Intuitive Eating is an incredible approach for people seeking to heal their relationships with food and their bodies. But it's not without its challenges. In this episode I speak with the wonderful Jenna Hollenstein, who brings years of experience as a non-diet dietitian and meditation teacher to the table to help us understand how to tolerate the …
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The Pre-Ovulatory Phase or "Inner Spring" starts from the cessation of menstrual bleeding to a few days before ovulation. In a typical 28-day cycle, this approximately corresponds to day 6 until day 11. This phase has traditionally been seen as a time of dynamism, of rising energy levels and growing confidence. Here are my top tips for deeply nouri…
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The cyclical nature of your menstrual cycle communicates your constantly changing needs: physically, mentally and emotionally. The Menstrual Phase starts from the first to the last day of bleeding, lasting around 3 to 7 days. Here are my top tips for deeply nourishing yourself during this phase, nutritionally and otherwise. It might not be what you…
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What do you get when you combine a cacao ceremony, hypoxia-inducing breathwork, a bunch of influences from disparate spiritual cultures, partner yoga with intrusive eye-gazing, and really loud music? All that culturally appropriated pseudo-spiritual jazz, otherwise known as The Modern Spiritual Experience. Access the FULL episode by becoming a Patr…
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The 8 limbs of yoga fundamentally support anti-racism, diversity, and body acceptance - and yet yoga in the west has been largely inaccessible to anyone who isn’t white, wealthy, thin, and able-bodied. In this episode I speak with the incredible Dianne Bondy, and she delivers truth-bombs with her characteristic vivacious spirit! We talk about the c…
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My personal journey with movement: how I got into yoga, how yoga contributed to my developing and recovering from an eating disorder, discovering the benefits and limits of strength training, and what my practice looks like nowadays. Access the FULL episode by becoming a Patreon for as little as $2 US a month at https://www.patreon.com/nondietyogi …
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By neutralising body size, not focussing on weight loss and instead emphasising the importance of enjoying movement and caring for our bodies, Anna Hearn is reimagining what the fitness industry could look like. Plus, we discuss the elephant in the room: thin privilege. SHOW NOTES: 00:56 A personal update 07:18 What is thin privilege? 15:07 How and…
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Patriarchy seeks to control and exert power over nature generally, and the bodies of women specifically. Beneath marketable wellness concepts like "clean eating" lie deep ties to body control, and culturally imposed shame over women’s bodies and processes like menstruation. But there is an alternative, more feminist and inclusive approach to food a…
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Here I offer some compassion and gentle guidance to anyone who has experienced an increase in their body weight that concerns them. By taking a naturopathic, holistic and HAES-aligned approach, I want to help you get on board with your body and understand at a deep level what might be going on. Hint: it's not just about “calories in, calories out”.…
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There is an inherent fat phobia and weight stigma in the natural health and wellness communities. Leanness is conflated with health: we're consistently told that fat is the problem, and weight loss is the solution. But focussing on weight loss directly opposes the naturopathic principle of "first, do no harm". Here's why, and what we can do instead…
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Naturopathy was never intended to focus on weight loss. And when it comes to women’s health - especially preconception care, postpartum and peri-menopause - taking the emphasis off of weight and shape and onto health becomes even more imperative. Dr. Caitlin O’Connor, a naturopathic doctor based in Denver, Colorado shares her wisdom. SHOW NOTES: 09…
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What happens when you combine diet culture with MLM essential oil giants doTERRA and Young Living? Disordered eating, poor body image, and a burnt gullet. The practice of ingesting essential oils has been a wellness trend for the last few years thanks to essential oil MLMs. But most qualified aromatherapists and herbalists warn against it. Why the …
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Yes, we can hold both conventional and natural medicine in the same hand. Yes, we can work with traditional wisdom philosophies, whilst using modern science to provide cognitive inoculation against COVID disinformation. And we can do it all whilst staying heart-centred. Salvatore Battaglia, founder of Perfect Potion speaks about true integrative me…
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Working amongst wellness and yoga circles, and living in a permaculture eco village that draws many alternative lifestyle-seeking fringe dwellers, I'm embedded within multiple vaccine hesitant communities. Navigating both my personal stance and my role as a holistic health practitioner within this intersection has been a growth-inducing and revelat…
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In this episode I share why this podcast went quiet in the past year. I discuss divorce, compassion & critical thinking, and working as a holistic health practitioner in communities burdened by COVID misinformation. It contains a lot of personal details and reflections. If that's not your thing, no worries - scroll on. SHOW NOTES: 02:30 On being a …
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Restrictive eating is a major pain, especially when it causes you to lose your period. Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea (HA) leads to infertility but also a bunch of other lesser known issues. Anti-diet naturopath Phoebe Jobson and I talk all things HA - a condition close to both our hearts as we each have experienced and recovered from this condition. In …
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For our collective liberation, it is crucial that our wellness practices go beyond the mainstream representation of individualised, material self-care. Laura Jean, APD talks about community care as a form of self-care that creates space for everyone, including marginalised and oppressed people. In this episode: The "epiphany moment" book that turne…
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Did you know that many far-flung ‘superfoods’ carry a heavy environmental and social footprint? In this episode: WTF is a superfood? (and some brief thoughts on Juice Plus+) Rarity breeds desire Issues around the sustainable harvesting of quinoa Yogis, food and karma Cost-effective alternatives to exotic $$$ superfoods Links: ​Ep 15: Wellness Capit…
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It's time we explored capitalism in it’s indiscriminately elderberry syrup guzzling, MLM essential oil dowsed, $400 supplement protocol pushing form: Wellness Capitalism. In this episode: The value of healthy skepticism, and where Katya's comes from How capitalism takes holistic healthcare - which was traditionally accessible, deeply contextual and…
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There has been a phenomenal uptick of rising yoga and wellness influencers posting anti-racism sentiments on social media. Yet in stark contrast to the important message of bringing light to police brutality against BIPOC, or tackling underrepresentation of coloured folks in wellness spaces, these feeds are filled with white, thin, able-bodied, cis…
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There is a lack of representation of women aged 40+ in fitness. Rachelle Ballard-Clayton is shifting that pattern by basing her approach to training womxn on their shifting internal landscape and cyclical patterns. In this episode: A little pre-interview solo ramble on systemic racism and unrecognised privilege in yoga/wellness/spirituality worlds …
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There are many parallels between our bodies as feeling, sensuous beings worthy of care and attention, and the kind of bodily care and movement encouraged in non-diet and weight neutral approaches like HAES. In this episode: Travel, yoga, energy healing, working with women’s health and indigenous populations: Shae’s path to becoming the multi-facete…
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​Foraging for edible weeds is an accessible and inclusive healthcare skill. Pat Collins is a highly experienced herbalist, natural health practitioner and bush craftswoman with a passion for sharing her foraging know-how and instilling in people a deep appreciation of edible and medicinal weeds: nature's gifts. ​ In this episode: How being able to …
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Gym culture can be incredibly toxic for people struggling with body image and eating concerns. Monique Jephcote, APD, PT and Intuitive Eating Counsellor, is infusing weight-neutral principles into the fitness world with compassion, respect and gusto. In this episode: How and why Monique opened her non-diet private practice soon after graduating HAE…
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With great uncertainty comes fear and uprooted trauma. COVID-19 has seen an amplification of weight stigma, wellness wankery, and conspiracy theories that have the potential to magnify our stress and trauma. Here's what to look out for, as well as ways to ground, protect and nurture yourself and your loved ones at this uncertain time. Show notes: T…
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In this episode: The book that pivoted both Fiona’s and my own trajectory (If not dieting) Fiona’s yoga teaching as embodied movement VS a fitness class The 3 C’s: Care, consent and choice as essential factors in being inclusive dietitians, inclusive yoga teachers and inclusive humans Doing the work doesn’t always feel good What determines whether …
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In this solo episode I riff about the ups and downs of motherhood, and my personal experience as a (mostly) work at home mum. In this episode: Being a mum is amazing, and it's also hard The impact of parenthood on my friendships and relationships How the Mother and the Warrior archetypes are one and the same My experiences with extended breastfeedi…
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A Health at Every Size (HAES®)-informed, weight neutral practice is old school naturopathy in its best sense. In this interview with Chandrika Gibson, ND we cover these topics surrounding HAES® naturopathy, yoga and yoga therapy: The co-opting of wellness to sell stuff and the accessibility issues this creates Differences between health, wellness a…
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Research and experience tells us that in yoga teachers and practitioners, orthorexia may be the norm, rather than the exception. SHOW NOTES: Food rules in yoga and wellness circles That moment when Amy was holding a can of beans thinking, “I can’t eat this!” - and she realised something was up How becoming a mum tipped the scales towards Amy’s reco…
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Yoga teachers, please stop giving terrible dietary advice to your students. SHOW NOTES: That time I gave terrible nutritional advice Why people ask yoga teachers for nutritional advice Some of the crappy nutritional advice yoga teachers pass on to their students The perils of getting nutrition advice from a yoga teacher, personal trainer, or health…
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Cleansing from a western fad perspective is pure diet culture BS. But in Ayurveda the "C" word takes on a somewhat different, multifaceted meaning. This can be both problematic and refreshing depending on your perspective. SHOW NOTES: How Ayurveda didn’t accompany yoga to the west, and the effects of this on contemporary yoga practice Different spi…
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Why juice cleansing is so popular in yoga culture, how detoxification actually works, and what you can do to support your body's detoxification processes without starving yourself. · What is juice cleansing? How it’s marketed vs. what’s actually going on · Why it’s so popular in yoga culture · How tapas and saucha may underlie and amplify the tende…
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Why this podcast needs to exist, creating a podcast as a mum, and a bit about me. LINKS: Funky Forest Health & Wellbeing - online non-diet nutrition consulting services and in-person yoga classes Grab your copy of my e-book The Modern Yogi's BS-Free Guide to Wellbeing Funky Forest Health & Wellbeing Facebook page Casey's Instagram Non-Diet Yogi Pat…
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