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Hey everyone, I'm Andrea Ferretti and this is episode 21 of Yoga Land.

My guest today is Holly Whitaker. When I started this podcast I said to myself and I

actually said to you in one of the episodes that I wanted to cover the real

stuff that people go through in life.

I wanted to talk about our struggles and our pain,

not just about how to perfect our handstands.

And I feel like Holly does that in such a forthright and courageous way and I so appreciated talking to her.

Holly and I became friends several years ago when we worked together at a startup and she got in touch with me a couple years

after we were working together and told me that she was getting really into yoga

both Kundalini and vignasa and she was taking classes online on Yoga Glow with Jason and she'd finally put the

connection together that we were married. She also started a website called

Hip sobriety so she quit drinking and was doing a lot of work in that space to help

others quit drinking. And so I wanted to talk to her on the podcast about how yoga

and meditation have played into her recovery process and it turns out that they've played a huge role.

Holly still publishing her website and she also has a great

podcast with her friend Laura Macauin called Home. So if you are struggling

with addiction or you have family members or students who are struggling I hope

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