Being intentional with our well-being, as well as our words and actions, can be the key to a positive, well-balanced life. Allowing us to thrive and make a positive impact in the world.
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Join Dianne and Alicia as we talk about Politics, Feminism, Race, Culture and Motherhood at the intersection of mindfulness and yoga. It is not about me it's about us is aimed at challenging the way we think and how our practices of truth, self-study and connection changes the world Dianne Bondy is a celebrated yoga teacher, social justice activist and leading voice of the Yoga For All movement. Her inclusive view of yoga asana and philosophy inspires and empowers thousands of followers arou ...
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Dianne Bondy and Amber Karnes are two yogis that have been practicing their whole life in bigger bodies. Their mission is to bring yoga to people that are underrepresented in the practice. Amber and Dianne run the Yoga for All training course at https://Yogaforalltraining.com
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Honest talk about contemporary yoga culture from the Yoga International team.
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What was your first time at yoga like? That's the question host Lisa Simchison is asking her guests! Maybe you had a great first time, or maybe your first time was less than ideal...either way it was memorable and that's what we're talking about here! Join us each week for a new episode featuring inspiring yogis from all walks of life! <3
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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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S2EP20: Reclaiming Your Energy with Caroline Shola Arewa
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S2EP18: Unapologetically Fat with Shannon Kaneshige
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S2EP17: Liberation, Boundaries and Joy with Tony Nabors
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Racial Equity Insights - https://www.racialequityinsights.com/ “If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” - Lilla Watson (Murri {Indigenous Australian} visual artist, activist and academic)…
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S2EP16: Black Girl Magic In Action with Dr. Angel Jones PhD
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Dr. Angel Jones PhD Website Buy Street ScholarBy Dianne Bondy
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S2EP14: Ditching Diet Culture with Abby Langer
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Abby’s Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/abbylangernutrition Amanda Thebe: https://www.instagram.com/amanda.thebe/ Dr Jen Gunter: https://www.instagram.com/drjengunter/By Dianne Bondy
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S2E13: What Does It Mean To Be Disabled with Christine Quaglia
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TEDx - What The What; What words are and are not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QmprM3LsmM Charlotte’s Shadow by Dr. Anne-Marie DePape and Christine Quaglia MSW; illustrated by Kenzie Edge https://www.amazon.ca/Charlottes-Shadow-Dr-Anne-Marie-DePape/dp/1778164307By Dianne Bondy
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S2E12: Run For Your Life with The Fat Athlete Marci Braithwaite
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S2E11 Why Black Women Never Rest with Dr. Raquel Martin
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How to leave spaces that you aren't not comfortable in and why you need to do that right now. Just because two people are black does not mean they understand one another. Working with individuals who resemble the individuals that oppress you. The difference between being assertive and being aggressive. Pregnancy for a white person vs a black person…
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S2E10: Everything You Know About Aging is Wrong
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Becca Levy - Breaking the Age Code - find on Amazon Music or Amazon Books Ashton Applewhite - Let's End Agism TedxTalk Habit Stacking - and why it is the easiest way to start new habits.By Dianne Bondy
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S2E9: Meghan, Harry, Colorism, and Colonialism,
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The each their own. I'm coming on here for an impromptu solo episode to share commentary on a think piece I discovered on social media recently that dives into a discussion about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's new Netflix docu-series. Have you seen it yet? Join me here and let's keep the conversation going. These topics will always be relevant an…
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S2E8: Having a Nice Day is a State of Mind
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Medicine and health comes down to the patient and what their own treatment plan and level of care needs to be. It's not about fitting into a box. What does it mean to 'have a nice day?' and why does it seem like everyone says that to one another. Do actions that support what you want to work on for that day and how you want to feel. Accessing the r…
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Ep 33. Buddhism and Intuitive Eating with Jenna Hollenstein
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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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S2E7: Building and Sustaining Community with Niya Bajaj
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Living up to my parent's expectations..or not! the importance of building a community and then sustaining it. not just because we are friends but because we are a community whether we agree with one another or not. How 200-hour yoga teacher training is the gateway to your yoga education and teaching journey How yoga therapists integrate blend very …
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S2E6 Break Free From Food Guilt with Mya Kwon
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The diet culture mindset. Three tips for anyone struggling to unlearn their body narratives and make peace with their body. Instagram: @foodbody.peace Website: www.foodbodypeace.comBy Dianne Bondy
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S2E5. Loving Yourself In The Interim
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Limited spots remaining for Christa's Liberated Yoga Retreat in Ghana, June 13-22, 2022 - Check it out here: https://www.christajaninefit.com/liberatedyogaretreat Find Christa on Instagram, YouTube, and Peleton using the handle @christajanineBy Dianne Bondy
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Tips for Intentional Well-Being in the Activist/Ally/Coconspirator Filter your newsfeed: Take time off social media Cultivate friendships around you Get some rest Guided body scan meditation by Dianne BondyBy Dianne Bondy
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Tera Gillen can be found on Instagram. IG: @teragillenBy Dianne Bondy
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Coming October 22, 2023: The Intentional Well-Being Conference Open to all walks of life. Inspired by the Melanin Yoga Project. Highlighting movement, body image, work, and local healing modalities. Email cara@ravynn.yogi to inquiry about becoming a Vendor or Sponsor!By Dianne Bondy
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Ep 32. Moontime Nutrition Part 2: Nourishing Your Pre-Ovulatory Phase
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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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S2E1. Healing Generational Trauma with Emma Kelly
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Emma Kelly can be found on social media and through her website @yogawithemma www.healingpsacebipoc.com Check out her book of choice! “Freedom: Medicine Words for Your Brave Revolution” by Jaiya John (https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Medicine-Words-Brave-Revolution/dp/0998780235)By Dianne Bondy
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Ep 31. Moontime Nutrition Part 1: Nourishing Your Menstrual Phase
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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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Ep 30. Bonus Sample: The Cacao Cacophony - Deconstructing a pseudo-spiritual experience
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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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Season 1 of The Intentional Well-Being Podcast with your host Dianne Bondy is a wrap! What an incredible first season it has been. I was joined by some incredible experts in their field to lift the veil off of topics such as diet culture, social justice, well-being in the yoga community, self-care, and so much more! Dive into all 26 episodes of thi…
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Ep 29. Overcoming Elitism and Racism in Yoga with Dianne Bondy
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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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S1E26. Why Representation Matters in Fitness Spaces
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Why representation is important to our well-being. When you see an over-representation of another culture and you don’t see yourself represented in a positive light, it can create self-hatred. This is huge in the fitness space. It's important to see cultural diversity and it is also important to see many body TYPES and disabilities! Not just in the…
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S1E25. Inspiration, Creativity, and Cultural Appropriation
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In this episode, Dianne speaks about cultural appropriation and artist intention. Feeling inspired to speak about this topic after watching the new movie release, 'Elvis,' she discusses how taking inspiration from others must always include recognition of the voices where it originated. This is a key component of the well-being and self-esteem of t…
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Ep 28. Bonus Sample: Yoga X Strength Training - What my practice looks like nowadays
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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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S1E24. Accessible Well-Being For All with Dana Acee
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Dana's Instagram: Dana's YouTube Channel: Rate this podcast and let us know your feedback so that we can keep on giving you content you can consume!By Dianne Bondy
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In this episode, Dianne explores the importance of celebrating national holidays. Why do we celebrate them? Who are they for? How having a National holiday based on the abolition of mass human tracking of enslaved Africans and the colonization of Indigenous lands impacts well being of society as a whole. Who gets to celebrate? How does it feel? Wha…
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Ep 27. Thin Privilege and Body Inclusive Fitness with Anna Hearn
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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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S1E22. Changing the Narrative and Cultivating Joy with Martinus Evans
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For the first time, I am joined by my husband, Alan Bondy to discuss how he defines whiteness, how differently white people show up in the world as opposed to people of color, and how our interracial relationship has shaped our perspective over the years.By Dianne Bondy
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Ep 26. Bonus Sample: Patriarchy and Diet Culture
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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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S1E20. Unpacking the Patriarchy with Fredrick T. Joseph
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Dismantling oppression and unpacking the male patriarchy with author, and best seller of Patriarchy Blues, Fredrick T Joseph. Join us in a conversation on the toxic lenses we've been taught to look through, how we can evolve conversations as a collective, and how to get somewhere we've never been before in society.…
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0:00 - 4:30 Short rant about what is going on in America and their refusal of gun reform 6:30 - Accessibility of 200-Hour yoga teaching training and the amount of money and time that we invest into this. 9:30 - Online teacher training, yay or nay? 16:30 - Conspiracy theories that are seeping into the yoga and well-being space. Do they go against th…
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Ep 25. Addressing the Root Causes of Weight Gain
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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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Today we are talking about well-being, activism, and what I like to call co-conspiratorship. People are getting tired, feeling discouraged of what is going on in the Yoga space. So I am sharing conversations I have had with friends about being an ally and what I am really looking for in someone that calls themselves an ally. So listen in and let’s …
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Today we are talking about the very probable overturn of Roe vs Wade and what that could mean to Canada and me. Roe vs Wade is not just a US problem, but an international problem. It scares me that we are taking a 49 year step back in female rights. So, with that, you will take a walk with me through my spiritual beliefs, my background in religion,…
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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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S1E17. The Rise of Alt Right & Roe v Wade
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This is a topic that is rubbing my well-being, causing me to lose sleep. So sit down and listen to me speak my mind about the rise of the Alt Right! In Canada, we are watching our cousins in the south and their politics influencing ours and the worlds. January 22, 1973, it was ruled that the government would stay out of a women’s uterus and now we …
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Let’s talk about what happened over the weekend! A mass shooting in a densely populated Black neighborhood grocery store, Buffalo NY. Has anything actually changed in the last few years with Black Lives Matter?!? Or is this just the same old cycle that Black people have had to continually live? Listen in to hear my thoughts.…
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Ep 23. Weight-Neutral Women’s Health with Dr. Caitlin O’Connor, ND
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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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Ep 22. Bonus Sample: The Essential Oil Spill
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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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S1E14. Michelle Osborne, the change agent!
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Todays guest is Michelle Osbourne! She is change agent, content creator, ceo, multidiscipline educator, communications specialist, obsessed with Tif-tok and she is helping others feel the confidence to be unapologetically their authentic selves! She is the person you want in your corner and I want to scream from the roof tops how amazing this human…
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Ep 21. Cognitive Inoculation & Aromatherapy During the Pandemic, with Salvatore Battaglia
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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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S1E13. Body Inclusivity and Decolonization with Jessica Lin
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Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jessica Lin (she/her). She is a queer, 2nd generation Taiwanese Chinese American with 15+ years’ experience in holistic health. Her dedication to healing comes from her lifelong struggle with chronic illness and her experiences as a survivor of sexual assault and domestic abuse. She is a certified yoga teach…
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Ep 20. Bonus Sample: Yogi, Naturopath, Vaxxed
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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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S1E12. Sensation over Shape with Shannon Kaneshige
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Interviewing some of the people I love most on social media! Shannon is a non-binary yoga educator sociologist who offers inclusive and accessible fat positive spaces. They are trauma sensitive, IGQTBI2+ She helps people reconnect to their body and to take space on and off the mat. With a focus on sensation over shape, they offer a wide variety of …
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