167 - The benefits of yoga (revisited) with Lucy Holtom

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week offers a chance to revisit a previous podcast conversation – or perhaps hear it for the first time. Lucy Holtom is an experienced Ashtanga yoga practitioner who has a particular passion for helping with women throughout all cycles of life whether it’s to help manage the fluctuation of hormones during menstruation, postnatal recovery, or perimenopause and postmenopause. In this episode, Lucy and Louise discuss the different types of yoga, individual practices and the benefits they can bring. Lucy explains how her interest and experience in well woman yoga evolved and how she supports women in the perimenopause and menopause. Lucy’s 3 tips for those interested in trying yoga for the first time: If you want to try a class, look for recommendations from others and chat to different teachers to find what’s right for you. Wear comfortable clothing – you don’t need to spend money on new yoga outfits, just wear whatever you can move freely in. Go with an open mind and enjoy! Visit Lucy’s website at www.livingyouryoga.co.uk Follow Lucy on Instagram @xxlivingyouryogaxx This podcast episode was first released in October 2019

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Newsome Health Menopause podcast.
0:10.0	I'm Dr Louise Newsome, a GP and menopause specialist
0:15.0	and I run the Newston Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:20.0	Hello. Menopause and Well-Being Centre here in Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:29.6	Hello, today I've got Lucy Holtan with me, who's a yoga teacher, who I've met fairly recently. We've been doing yoga together here at the clinic, and also she's been teaching some of my staff and some of the other people.
0:36.6	So today I really wanted to explore a bit about yoga, what it is, what it can do for us,
0:43.5	why it's become so popular and almost trendy in some places.
0:47.8	So hi, Lucy.
0:49.0	Hello, Louise.
0:49.6	Thank you for agreeing to come here.
0:51.5	We've just done a really great class with James Pritchley who is going to come
0:55.3	and do a session with us in the podcast soon. So just tell me a bit about your background, Lucy.
1:01.2	I started yoga. I taught myself when I was about 15. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, it's quite young. My mom had
1:07.1	this quite gruevy 1970s Vogue book that she kept.
1:16.6	And in there, I just saw images of women doing all these different shapes.
1:18.5	And I thought, well, that looks quite fun.
1:22.6	So I came from that, really, from a physical aspect, just copying.
1:24.6	Yes, you wanted to look like these people.
1:26.6	Yeah, well, I just thought the shapes look quite fun and I've always been quite playful and physical.
1:28.7	Yes.
1:29.0	And my background was in theatre as well.
1:31.7	I used to work as a performer and as a physical theatre performer.
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